Giant Days, Vol. 6 (Giant Days #21-24) by John Allison

Giant Days, Vol. 6 (Giant Days #21-24) - 4 Stars

Synopsis

Esther, Susan, and Daisy have moved into their beautiful new house off campus, but the new living situation creates new challenges for the girls.

Second year begins and Daisy, Susan, and Esther have taken their friendship commitment to the next level by moving into their “beautiful home” off-campus. But the keys didn’t come without new responsibilities. Unwanted suitor visits, a robbery, and Susan living only a few blocks apart from her ex-boyfriend, McGraw, has made the dorms feel like a haven. The girls are in for a dose of reality when they learn that there’s more to being an adult than paying your own rent.

Eisner Award nominee John Allison (Bad Machinery, Scary Go Round) and illustrators Max Sarin and Liz Fleming welcome you back to Sophomore year in Giant Days Volume 6, collecting issues #21-24 of the critically acclaimed series. 

Review

This has a darker feel but still highly enjoyable.

Giant Days, Vol. 5 (Giant Days #17-20) by John Allison

Giant Days, Vol. 5 (Giant Days #17-20) - 4 Stars

Synopsis

Going off to university is always a time of change and growth, but for Esther, Susan, and Daisy, things are about to get a little weird.

Their freshman year is finally coming to a close and Daisy, Susan, and Esther say goodbye to Catterick Hall forever. Literally forever. It’s being bulldozed and re-purposed as a luxury dorm next semester. But as one door closes, another opens and between end of semester hookups, music festivals, and moving into their first home together, the life experiences are just getting started.

Written by Eisner Award nominee John Allison (Bad Machinery, Scary Go Round) and illustrated by Max Sarin, Giant Days Volume 5 finishes off freshman year in style, collecting issues #17-20 of the Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated series.

Review

End of year 1 and the beginning of year 2. This series is addictive and fun.

Giant Days, Vol. 4 (Giant Days #13-16) by John Allison

Giant Days, Vol. 4 (Giant Days #13-16) - 4 Stars

Synopsis

t's springtime at Sheffield University — the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and fast-pals Susan, Esther and Daisy continue to survive their freshman year of college. Susan is barely dealing with her recent breakup with McGraw, Esther is considering dropping out of school, and Daisy is trying to keep everyone and everything from falling apart! Combined with house-hunting, indie film festivals, and online dating, can the girls make it to second year? 

The Eisner Award-nominated series from John Allison (Bad Machinery, Scary Go Round) with artist Max Sarin delivers another delightful slice-of-life adventure in Giant Days Volume 4. Collects issues 13-16.

Review

Another excellent adventures with the girls.

The Kiss Quotient (Kiss Quotient #1) by Helen Hoang

The Kiss Quotient - 5 Stars

Synopsis

Cosmopolitan's 33 Books to Get Excited About in 2018

It's high time for Stella Lane to settle down and find a husband - or so her mother tells her. This is no easy task for a wealthy, successful woman like Stella, who also happens to have Asperger's. Analyzing data is easy; handling the awkwardness of one-on-one dates is hard. To overcome her lack of dating experience, Stella decides to hire a male escort to teach her how to be a good girlfriend.

Faced with mounting bills, Michael decides to use his good looks and charm to make extra cash on the side. He has a very firm no repeat customer policy, but he's tempted to bend that rule when Stella approaches him with an unconventional proposal.

The more time they spend together, the harder Michael falls for this disarming woman with a beautiful mind, and Stella discovers that love defies logic

Review

Wow, what can I say about this amazing book. This novel blew me away and has left me wanting more. In the book, we follow Stella a young gifted economics mathematician, who is feeling pressured by her mother to find love. Stella struggles to find this and struggles with certain situations due to having Asperger’s. One night a colleague on his way out to date gives her the idea to find a man to practice her social and sexual skills with. She finds an escort agency and finds an advert for a young man named Michael. Stella meets Michael and what starts off a one-night experience turn into a situation that neither of them had planned for. Michael is so swoon-worthy it's unreal. He is a family man that has been forced into escorting to help his family and he does this without complaint. I just adored Stella and Michael blooming relationship. Yes, this book is steamy, but I do my romance on the steamier side. The authors writing is beautiful and engaging. I did not want to put this book down and did not want to finish this either.

Would highly recommend this book and cannot wait to read book two.

Currently Reading & Why I am excited to read it - A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness

A Discovery of Witches

Synopsis

Fall under the spell of Diana and Matthew in the stunning first volume of the No.1 internationally bestsellling ALL SOULS trilogy.

A world of witches, daemons and vampires. A manuscript which holds the secrets of their past and the key to their future. Diana and Matthew - the forbidden love at the heart of it.

When historian Diana Bishop opens an alchemical manuscript in the Bodleian Library, it's an unwelcome intrusion of magic into her carefully ordered life. Though Diana is a witch of impeccable lineage, the violent death of her parents while she was still a child convinced her that human fear is more potent than any witchcraft. Now Diana has unwittingly exposed herself to a world she's kept at bay for years; one of powerful witches, creative, destructive daemons and long-lived vampires. Sensing the significance of Diana's discovery, the creatures gather in Oxford, among them the enigmatic Matthew Clairmont, a vampire genticist. Diana is inexplicably drawn to Matthew and, in a shadowy world of half-truths and old enmities, ties herself to him without fully understanding the ancient line they are crossing. As they begin to unlock the secrets of the manuscript and their feelings for each other deepen, so the fragile balance of peace unravels... 

Why I am excited to read this

Well my mum has read this series and it's one of her favourites and I have wanted to read this for sometime. But the main reason is that it's being made into a TV mini series by Sky TV in the UK. I saw the teaser trailer and was blown away and that's what has made me want to read the books before the series premiers later this year. Plus I adore anything paranormal and romance. So far this is not bad around 15% complete. I cannot wait to carry on. 

Below are some pictures from the series that have been recently released.

Currently Reading & Why I am excited to read it - The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang

The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang 

Synopsis

Cosmopolitan's 33 Books to Get Excited About in 2018

It's high time for Stella Lane to settle down and find a husband - or so her mother tells her. This is no easy task for a wealthy, successful woman like Stella, who also happens to have Asperger's. Analyzing data is easy; handling the awkwardness of one-on-one dates is hard. To overcome her lack of dating experience, Stella decides to hire a male escort to teach her how to be a good girlfriend.

Faced with mounting bills, Michael decides to use his good looks and charm to make extra cash on the side. He has a very firm no repeat customer policy, but he's tempted to bend that rule when Stella approaches him with an unconventional proposal.

The more time they spend together, the harder Michael falls for this disarming woman with a beautiful mind, and Stella discovers that love defies logic.

Why I am excited to read this

1st I have heard so much good buzz about this book. It's all been positive and exciting. I love that the main character has autism and wants to explore her sexuality. So far I am halfway through and enjoying every minute. 

Also below is an inspiration of Michael photo posted by Helen Hoang herself. Wow this guy is so dreamy, I can see why he was the inspiration.

Below is the US Cover of The Kiss Quotient

The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones (Mabel Jones #1) by Will Mabbitt

The Unlikely Adventures of Mabel Jones - 4 Stars

Synopsis

Have you ever picked your nose? Have you ever picked your nose and EATEN IT? Have you ever picked your nose, eaten it, and, by doing so, opened a portal to a world run by PIRATES?

Mabel Jones has.

Kidnapped, Mabel is forced to serve aboard The Feroshus Maggot with the strangest crew you’ll ever meet. And the captain—an odious wolf named Idryss Ebenezer Split—won’t let her go until she helps the pirates uncover the treasure they seek. 

Mabel’s voyage takes her across the Greasy Pole of Certain Death, into the belly of a whale, and underground to a decrepit crypt. And she does it all…in pajamas!

Read on if you dare. You are promised a most unlikely adventure.

Review

This was a funny, gross, charming, delightful and high adventurous tale. Have this book on my shelf for some time. Really glad I gave this a ago.