Recently I’ve been thinking about reading books that I wouldn’t
generally go for, you know to broaden my literary horizons or something like
that. It is half term and although I have mounds of homework and revision to do
for school (Year 10 really is the death of your social life) I always like to
make time to immerse myself in a good book at least once a week. After a quick stop
at my local library I decided to pick up quite a few books. Now I wasn’t ready
to invest in the books I was about to try because I wasn’t really sure I would
like them so the library was a perfect choice because if I didn’t like them I would
be able to return them. After a little snoop round I picked up two books. “Flip
Flip” by Martyn Bedford and “Adorkable” by Sarra Manning. I am a little ashamed
to say that the first thing that drew me to these two books was their covers.
You know the saying – ‘Never judge a book by its cover’ I did.. Sorry!
“Flip Flip” looked so exiting. It had a photograph of an
upside down boy’s head on both covers , front and back with mirrored writing on
one cover and normal writing on the other. This was the only way to decipher
which was the front cover and which was the back. My geeky side really took a shine
to this quirky layout for this book and I spent at least 10 minutes flipping
the book back and front. A little tip - one way to remember which side is the front cover
is that the boy on the front cover has his eyes closed whereas on the back
cover the boy has his eyes open. The whole book is kinda topsy turvey if I am
honest with you guys.
Do you know that question that people often ask, ‘what would
you do if you woke up in another person’s body for a day’ well this is exactly
what happens to the main character in this novel. But its not only for a day,
it may even be forever if he doesn’t find out the cause and how to go back to
his own body. I personally really enjoyed reading this book and as a person who
only reads science fiction books if they have a sonic lipstick involved (LOL) I
feel converted.
Another book I didn’t think I would like after my library
endeavours is “Adorkable”, now this book it is safe to say has no sci fi
elements to it. It is completely 100% super natural
free. It is the regular boy meets girl books that most girls swoon over but
from my previous experiances with these type of books I was wary. I thought it
may be full of the sissy, predictable boring malarkey but it wasn't and I was pleasantly
surprised. The boy and the girl in this book hate each other. They hate each
other like I hate maths, maybe even more! He is the hot, sporty, brainy popular
boy and she is the freaky peachy hair coloured, granny knits wearing girl with
a penchant for making teachers squirm but after something happens involving the
two of them they start seeing eachother in a different light and may even have
a positive influence on eachother. This book is worth 5 stars and a big fat
recommendation.
Lot of Love Lule x
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