Top ten books/ Book series to read ever (for teens)

Hello avid readers of the internet Becky here with a top ten review of the best books/ series to read ever (for teens)

1. The hunger games book by Suzanne Collins 

The Hunger Games series  

in the first book of the series follows Katniss Everdeen as she volunteers for her little sister in a televised TV show to fight to the.... Death , she soon becomes the face of rebelion in the next book "Catching fire" where she is re entered into The Hunger Games In the third and final instalment "Mockingjay" she fights in the rebelion, Must read book because of the everlasting suspense and the fact I finished the whole series in a week speaks for itself... well. OK. it doesn't Its the easy to fall in love characters the twist in every page and the way the book is written its exhilarating,exciting and electrifying!  buy it here 

Quote: "Fire Is Catching If We Burn You Burn With Us" Katniss Everdeen Mockingjay

Divergent series 

2. Divergent  by Veronica Roth
In the first book "Divergent" we follow Beatrice Prior as she embarks on choosing a new faction we see her try to get through initiation
In the second book "Insurgent" The faction system is divided and Beatrice is on the run, In the final book "Allegiant" the faction system has collapsed and trusting each over has become vital, I love this series as it is face paced well plotted but it scored second                                                           as the love story didn't seems as strong or as believable as the love                                                           story between Peeta and Katniss in The Hunger Games! buy it here

Quote:" Fear doesn't shut you down it wakes you up" Four Divergent


3.  Gone by Michael Grant

Gone series 

The whole series follows a group of teenagers aged 11-15 deal with the mysterious disappearance of every adult in the town of Peridio beach. With communication with the rest of the world gone the teenagers have to deal with everything that could possibly go wrong, Scary and frightening books that keep you entertained for hours, Scored three on the list as can b a bit difficult to read at times! Buy it here  

Quote: "Welcome to Peridio Beach where our motto is r adiation                                                                            what radiation" Sam Gone

4. Harry Potter J.K Rowling

  Apparently people in the world have no idea what happens in Harry Potter so I shall tell you its about this boy wizard who continually saves the world from the evil wizard! I love this series as its is imaginative, immersive and INCREDIBLE, scored four as the last book is a bit too slowly paced but that's alright! Buy it here 

Quote: "Its leviosa not leviosah" Hermione Granger Harry potter and the philosopher's stone



5. Jinx by Meg Cabot

Jinx by Meg Cabot

Nope this time not a series (even though I WANT IT TOO BE *fangirls*)
Jinx is about a girl nicknamed Jinx who moves too New York to forget about something horrible while in the midst of this she has a ever raging war with Tori her cousin and finds love with the next door neighbour called Zach,  A laugh out loud zany creative book that is so fun to read scored 5 as it needed a sequel which it hasn't got   you can buy it here

Quote: "I Like seals" Jinx (Jean) from Jinx







6. Nightmare Academy by Dean Lorrey

Nightmare Academy book 1 

This series is about a boy named Charlie who can travel to another dimension called the Nightmare dimension, he goes to an academy to control his powers while saving the world from the monsters we have nightmares about, Fun, Frightening and fast paced this book can be a awesome thing to read at 3am scored 6 as you can easily forget the plotline at times! buy here


"You don't know adults like I do they will never forgive me" Edward Pinch monsters revenge




7. In My Dreams I Dance by Anna wafula Strike

In my dreams I dance

A autobiography about the paralympian Anne Wafula strike It made me cry made me feel angry yet made me feel as if i cant't lose my dream my goal and gives me the hope I can carry on it is in on word tearful scored 7 as it made me feel so sad i sometimes couldn't read it for another week! buy it here 

Quote: In, My dreams I dance" Anne in my dreams i dance






8.  Philippa Fisher and the fairy godsister by Liz Kessler

Philippa Fisher's fairy godsister

This series is about a girl who befriends a fairy and saves the world this series is fun, funny,magical and majestic  and it is really imaginative a great read scored 8 as I only just remembered it buy it here 

Quote: "My name is Daisy. Daisy French" Daisy Philippa fisher and the fairy godsister








9. Oven chips for Tea  By Alex Gutteridge

Oven chips for Tea

This book is about a girl called Kat (Katrina) who tries to deal with a family secret. This book made me cry for about four hours it was heartbreaking, tearful and just upsetting and thought provoking scored a 9 as it made me a little depressed! buy it here 

Quote: "Who did I really play Ping Pong for" Kat oven chips for tea






10. Soulmates by Holly Bourne

Soulmates cover

This book is about a girl who falls in love but it comes with a price that endangers the world! I felt sad at the end and it was really beautiful the way the writer ended the story, The book was emotional and fun and was a really good read! scored a 10 just because it was a little bit to lovey- dovey in parts! buy it here

Quote: "Face it Poppy your a big clichė" Lizzie Soulmates






So that is my round up of the ten best books/ books series you should read if you have any suggestions please comment below and until the next post have a great time reading as usual it was a pleasure blogging this for you BYE!

Insurgent

Hi avid readers of the internet Becky here with another review on the popular book series "Divergent" by Veronica Roth
so are you sitting comfortably and I'll begin the story (like the play on words)
the synopsis of Insurgent is pretty simple we see Tris (Beatrice Prior) and Tobias and fellow abnegation (selfless faction) members run from The erudite faction and their leader Jeanine Matthews... We also see Tris come to terms with certain deaths in the first book we also find out the truth behind why Divergent's are a threat to the system! (No I shall not reveal spoilers so =P)  Now before I continue I shall remind you of the factions
Candor- Honesty 
Erudite- Intelligence
Amity- Peace 
Abnegation- Selflessness
 and the one no one wants to join
Factionless  I think we all know what this means; Almost all the characters are alive in this book I will not reveal who died and who survives so you shall have to read Insurgent for yourself,
the themes of the book are: Discrimination, War, Death and Corruption  
  Now the reason I love this book (I still prefer the hunger games as I feel a more emotional connection with the characters and I believe the love story between Katniss and Peeta Don't worry Divergent is next in the list of my favourite book SORRY FOR RAMBLING DON'T HATE ME NEITHER DIVERGENT FANS!!!) As I was saying I love the book because it proves it's ok to be different this book also proves that you can be whoever you want to be and that truly everyone is "Divergent" and that you can stand up for the people you care about and that's why so many people connect to this book just as much as the hunger games. to finish of my review I want to know what faction you would be in and if you were Divergent what factions would you have to choose from?

US and UK covers (US have the better covers)

I know I'd be Divergent I would have to choose between Erudite, Abnegation and Dauntless 
you can buy the books here, here, (uk only)here and (Uk only) here

as usual it was a pleasure blogging for you until the next post have a great day or night

Divergent

HAPPY NEW YEAR avid readers of the internet (sorry it's a bit late i was busy) and for today's review i am reviewing DIVERGENT (yep fellow divergent fandom member rejoice as it is being turned into a movie this march) and so I have watched the trailers before I read the book so I had no idea what the plot was so I decided to read the books (I'm rambling again sorry)

Synopsis (plot)
We follow sixteen year old Beatrice prior in a futuristic version of America where once you turn sixteen you have a choice to either stay where you were born aka a fraction you can be split into five fractions
Candor- Truth 
Amity - compassion and kindness
Erudite - Intelligence 
Dauntless - Bravery 
Abnegation- Selflessness (not to be selfish)
But before you choose in this big public ceremony you have a test and when Tris's (Beatrice) tests show she is Divergent (people who belong to more than one fraction and cannot be moulded into a certain fractions way of thinking) she fits into three category's Dauntless, Abnegation and Erudite!
After that we see her go off to the ceremony where she chooses Dauntless and her brother chooses Erudite. Soon after you face initiation where you face your fears in simulations called fear landscapes while on top of this she befriends Christina, Will, Albert (Al) Uriah and Edward and meets Four (Tobias Eaton)  Soon after the simulations Albert starts to torment Tris Some time after this incident the Dauntless  initiates face the final stage to become proper members of the fraction Tris, Will, Christina (who is now dating Will), Uriah, Shauna, Marlene and Peter make it through whereas Molly and Drew and the other initiates become Fraction-less and after that everyone get injected with a tracker , when she awakes she finds everyone in a trance like state and everyone in Dauntless begin to start killing everyone in Abnegation...   gets she soon develops a plan in which they stop the simulation to the Dauntless
This was all caused by jeanine matthew's the antagonist of the series

I loved this book as it's full of action and comical humour and I'm already 75% through Insurgent I can't wait to finish and read Allegiant you can buy it here   and here  as usual it was a pleasure blogging for you until the next post have a good time bye

The hollow by jessica Verday

Hello avid readers of the internet today I am reviewing a book called "The Hollow" it's a three part book series written by Jessica Verday, I am only on book one which is "The Hollow".

Synopsis (plot)
the story is set in the mysterious town of "Sleepy Hollow" we see life through a teenage girl called Abbey "Abigail" we see her try to come to terms with the death of her best friend Kristen. She finds it very hard to come to terms with and still thinks Kristen is alive while in the midst of all this she befriends the mysterious Caspian who has secrets of his own, she starts to fall in love with but soon she starts to doubt her own sanity when she learns a secret that makes her question everything she thought she knew about  her best friend

Main Characters
Abigail (Abbey) - A teenage girl that struggles to come to terms with her best friend Kristen's death and soon falls in love with the mysterious called Caspian
Kristen- Best friend of Abbey's Kristen kept a daunting secret that possibly lead to her death
Caspian- Love interest of Abbey Caspian is the mysterious boy who has a lot of secrets

Now I thought the book was a heart wrenching thriller that makes you question everything you thought you knew about "people" and whether you can trust ANYONE  I absolutely love Abbey's strength and determination about finding out about Kristen's death and her mysterious secret and I can't wait to read the next two instalments of the series  The Haunted  and The Hidden.

I found The hollow in my school's library you can buy it here or here
The Haunted: here or Here
The Hidden here or Here

I can't wait to read the next two books they are lovely refreshing series of books to read (judging from the first book)  it's a great book to move onto once you've read the The Hunger Games trilogy
anyway Merry christmas and a happy new year
enjoy it
bye

Noughts and crosses (RE-REVIEWED)

Hi avid readers of all shapes and sizes MERRY CHRISTMAS Now today I shall review "Noughts and crosses " By Malorie Blackman  now this is the first book out of a four book series, It's about the
dystopian future where the world is not as it seems as black people known as "Crosses" are in charge of the world where white people are known as"Noughts", there are two main protagonists in this book Callum who is a "Nought" and Persephony  (Sephy) a "Cross:" who are childhood friends but when a deadly romantic passion emerges Sephy and Callum are determined to find a way to stay with each other!
Characters 
Callum- Nought in love with cross Sephy
Sephy (persephone)- Cross in love with nought Callum
Jasmine/Kamal- Sephy and Minevira's parents
Mineveria (Minnie)- Sephy's sister
Maggie/Ryan-Callum, Jude and Lynette's mum and dad
Jude- Callum/ Lynette's brother

Book cover 

Lynette- callum and Jude older sister
 
I'm not a big fan of this book as the pacing within the books is really slow and I found myself getting bored quickly I'm still on page 98 and stuck there. I think this storyline has great potential... but the fact that you find out the actual storyline very slowly just makes the book slow, repetitive and it just lags making you bored and uninterested,

I have one or two good points: The fact that Callum and Sephy's relationship is slow and steady and full of passion helps you read on just a little bit more.... Just not enough for me to find the will to finish the book,

Also the fact that it makes you wonder how much we take for granted and that racism and prejudices' are still apart of the world even though we have developed and evolved it also shows us that if the worlds history was just a little different how would the world turn out?  why? and this book tries to make us understand that which is a good pro for the book but it just isn't enough for this book to be interesting to me... And I usually love Malorie Blackman books, eg: The stuff of nightmares so the fact I didn't like this book has made me a little sad    
    
here   and here
so I hope you enjoyed the review dont forget MERRY CHRISTMAS until the next review bye bye 

the hunger games catching fire

hey guys I am back with (oh you know what I'm back with I'm just going to get on with the review) THE HUNGER GAMES CATCHING FIRE!!! yep I am reviewing this and it is definitely the right time to review it seeing as the movie is coming out very soon!
What happens is since the incident of the berries during the 74th hunger games the districts of Panem  are starting a second rebellion as Katniss gave them hope, now when she gets home she is told by president Snow to try to stop the second rebellion,
she then finds out that district thirteen is alive and kicking as well as it being the year of the 75th hunger games (Third Quarter Quell) and previous victors (including Katniss and Peeta) are called back into the games, Will Katniss survive?
This book you will never put down its tear jerking and a emotional rollercoaster i recommend you buy it, A thought provoking read, My favourite character is Finnick  as he isn't as egotistical as he acts to be and has a great sense of humour (for the love triangle I'm confused I'm not sure about Gale  as he knows Katniss way better than Peeta and looked out for her but becomes a douchebag! And I don't know about Peeta as he's been through the games with and knows what she fears and actually saved her life) but aside from that here are a list of characters

the tributes I remember

Cashmere and Gloss
Brutus and Enobaria
Beetee and Wiress
District 4 Finnick Odair and Mags (Annie Cresta mentioned, Mags volunteered for Annie also Finnick's love interest)
District 5 tributes are never mentioned
District 6 tributes are never mentioned
District 7 Johanna Mason
District 8 Cecelia
District 9 never mentioned
District 10 never mentioned
District 11 Seeder
District 12 Peeta Mellark And Katniss Everdeen (Haymitch Abernathy mentor, Peeta volunteered for Haymitch and Peeta is also a love interest of Katniss) (Katniss's dad died in a mining accident along with Gale's dad)

Other important characters
Gale: Katniss's best friend and love interest (His father died in a mining accident at the same time as Katniss and Prim's dad)
Primrose/Prim: Katniss's younger sister (Father died in a mining accident
Mrs.Everdeen :Mother of Katniss and Primrose
Hazelle: Mother of Gale and his younger siblings Vick, Rory and Posy 
Cinna: Katniss's stylist
Madge Undersea : Friend of Katniss and daughter to the mayor of district 12
Effie trinket: Their publicist
Cray: The "old" head peace keeper
Darius: A young peace keeper
Rounaldous Thread: The new peacekeeper
Plutarch Heavensbee: New head gamesmaker
President snow: The president of Panem
Bonnie and Twill: Two girls from District 8 and tell Katniss about District 13
you can buy it at WHSmiths, amazon, play.com and waterstones
till the next post bye

Soulmates by Holly Bourne

Hey guys I am back ( sorry for a long wait for the new post was trying to finish this book) now today I am reviewing a book called "Soulmates"

Soulmates book cover

 it's a debut by British writer Holly Bourne; This book is about this seventeen year old girl called Poppy who meets this boy called Noah and basically (I think you've already guessed this) they fall in love but there soulmates,
BUT not alot of them meet so mysterious, strange stuff happens stuff like: Blackouts, earthquakes and other natural disasters (now I shall not reveal anymore its up-to you to read the book)   But I shall tell you the characters.

Poppy Lawson- seventeen year old college student also Noah's soulmate
Noah Jenkins- eighteen year old bass guitarist for the local band also Poppy's soulmate
Lizzie- Poppy's friend and journalist
Ruth- Poppy's friend and local heart breaker
Amanda- Poppy's friend and Johno's girlfriend
Johno- Amanda's boyfriend
Frank- Poppy's friend in college
Dr Anita Beaumont- A doctor that helps conduct experiments on soulmates
Dr Rain- Dr Beaumont's assistant
I really enjoyed this book as it has a really brilliant storyline as it takes what we think of "soulmates" and turns it upside down (in a good way) I also like the fact I can relate to the characters and the fact that their personalities are so lifelike!

Also I love Poppy's friend Lizzie she adds humour to the book as well as some well needed guidance she has alot of determination especially when she decides to write a article for the local newspaper
I also like frank he has a good sense of humour and also likes to insult people and acts so hipster-ish at times which makes him such a cool relaxed character that adds even more mysterious to the book 
  
 and I shall tell you now the ending is so heart breaking I shed a tear! you can find the book at here and Here
till the next post see ya next time

doctor who feast of the dead

hey guys sorry for a long time for a review just been trying to think of books to review! but I'm here with a doctor who book and I've forgotten who wrote it #EPICFAIL and yes I AM A WHOVIAN! #BEINGBADASS! now this is a book with a imaginable believe able storyline that captures everybodys' i mean what if fish made u saw dead loved ones that told you to jump into the river Thames! it brings out the awesomeness of doctor who onto paper and i think everyone should read it!
you can buy it at www.play.com www.amazon.com especially as its cheaper than WHSMITH

Girl undercover secrets

This book is about a orphan child prodigy called Jesse Sharpe  raised by a secret agency C2 not knowing who to trust read this imaginative book as she's on her first mission to protect a young girl from being kidnapped and to find out about her family. Their are 5 books

1. secrets   2. Fugitive  3. Nightmare  4. Danger  5. Twisted  I thought this series was very imaginative and packed full of action to keep the reader guessing and full of suspense a really great read you can buy it at  www.play.com   www.amazon.co.uk

Cookie

Cookie is a book about a girl called beauty cookson and her mum and their life with beauty's abusive dad and being bullied at school, moving away and starting a new life with her mum. 

Cookie UK book cover

I found parts of the book very heartbreaking... especially when Beauty's pet bunny died due to her dad letting it out of its hutch and letting it be eaten by a fox, and this was all because her dad doesn't want a pet in the house.  But I like because it proves even the people that seem the weakest are the strongest

 Characters 

(I haven't read this book in ages so I will check the character names when I get home)

Beauty Cookson (Cookie)- 12 year old girl being abused by her father 

Miss Cookson- Cookies mum also abused by her husband 

Mr Cookson- Cookies father who is abusive 

Skye- Cookies bully 

Rhona- Skye and Cookie's friend 

Tim and Princess (I've gotten the name's wrong I think) - Become cookies friends when cookie moves away 

Sam/Hutch- Cookies favourite TV presenter and his pet rabbit

 My favourite character has to be Beauty as she has a heart of gold, shes so sweet and tries not to let anything get to her.  I love the fact she got over her bullying very well when she moved away from her abusive father, I mean she did cry a little and shouted at her mum... Wouldn't you if you'd have been bullied by a very snobbish girl? 

My least favourite character is Skye, she is such a stuck up one dimensional character, who only thinks of herself, she doesnt care who she hurts to get what she wants... I know we have people like that in reality but in a book you feel what the main character feels... And I felt so sorry for cookie as Skye was one of the people that pushed Cookie to her breaking point 

a emotional heartbreaking story that must be read it is a beautifullly written book with suspense in every page and it makes yu cry #prepareforthetissues buy it at here

The hunger games

Hunger games cover

The hunger games is a trilogy written by Suzanne Collins set in the distant future in America aka Panem, Panem is split into 12 districts the 13th being bombed in the rebel war and every year every district chooses 1 boy and girl aged 12 -18 to fight in the hunger games.

 We meet sixteen year old Katniss Everdeen volunteer for her twelve year old sister Primrose (Prim) Everdeen in the 74th annual Hunger games, We see Katniss fight to the death and have a love story with Peeta Mellark.

 Characters

Katniss Everdeen- 16 year old girl who volunteers for her sister in the 74th annual hunger games 

Gale Hawthorne- Katniss's best friend and hunting partner 

Primrose Everdeen-  Katniss's twelve year old sister

Madge Underdsee- Mayors daughter and Katniss's friend

Peeta Mellark- Fellow tribute and has a crush on Katniss

Haymitch Abernathy-  Katniss and Peeta's mentor (earlier victor who gives advice to survive the games)

Effie Trinket- Hunger games announcer and personal escort

Cinna- Stylist (what is cinna's last name? Mon! Cinna + Mon = Cinnamon  =D nicest/easiest math ever) 

Glimmer/Marvel- District 1 tributes

Cato/Clove-District 2 tributes

District 3 never mentioned

District 4 never mentioned

Foxface district 5 girl tribute boy never mentioned

District 6- Never mentioned

District 7- Never mentioned

District 8- Never mentioned 

District 9- Never mentioned 

District 10-Never mentioned

Rue/Thresh- District 11 tributes (Rue is also katniss's ally)

President Cornelius Snow- President of Panem 

Scenea Crane- Head games maker

 

I love this book as it has a action packed story filled with constant suspense and drama... Oh quick note your favourite character may die, 

Anyway back to why I like the book... I love Katniss's fiery attitude and sometimes stubborn impulsive nature and her quick wits, I love the fact she has a kindness and warmth about her especially with Rue and Prim, Also her sense of humour is absolutely BRILLIANT! 

In addition I love the book as the storyline is very intuitive and mind boggling (in a good way) 

and it always gives you goosebumbs! (NOT LYING) 

 This spellbounding book leaving you wanting more. I'll let u read the books to find out more you can buy it here  and here    QUOTE: "Happy hunger games and may the odds be ever in your favour!" Effie Trinket