Wednesday, December 31, 2014

2015 goals!

Hey everyone!
Today I want to share my reading/blogging goals for 2015.
Reading:
1.       To read/complete a book every week of the year. I have read about 40 books in 2014 and that's pretty good with school and everything, but I read a lot in the first and the last 3-4 months of the year and almost not reading at all for about half a year.
2.        To read 60 books. I'll set that as my goodreads challenge, but I don't really care if I read 52 or 60 if I manage to complete a book every week. I do want to read more than one book every week, so 60 will be a good number for me. This is the one goal I don’t care about – i care about the rest of my goals.
3.       To complete every series that I started and is out. So if I read Inkheart, I'll also read Inkspell and Inkdeath to complete that series. If not all of the books came out yet – I'll try to read every book that is out.
4.       Re-read a book every month. This is something that I really want to do – with great books that keep coming out, I feel like I don’t have time to re-read my favorite books, and what's the point of owning a book if you won't re-read it?
5.       To read 20 books in English. I try to read more to improve my language, but in 2014 I only read 7 books (one of them being a novella) and I do own a lot of English books, so I'll try to read them and not only me Hebrew books.
6.       To listen to 12 audiobooks. So, here's the thing. I discovered that audiobooks are great 3 months ago. I know I'm able to listen to one every month, on the bus or the train. This should be an easy goal.
Blogging:
1.       To post every week, once a week.
2.       To post 2 reviews every month.
3.       To discover book-bloggers
I guess that's all, I haven’t figured out the blogging thing yet.
Have a good day and an epic weekend, keep reading! J


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Sunday, December 14, 2014

All I want for Christmas?

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree. (unless they're books)

I just want books for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas
Is BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS , yeah.

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
And I don't care about the presents
Underneath the Christmas tree. (why didn't you get me books?)

I don't need to hang my stocking
There upon the fireplace
Santa Claus won't make me happy
With a toy on Christmas Day.(like, doesn't he know me?!)

I just want books for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is books
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS, baby.

Oh, I won't ask for much this Christmas
I won't even wish for snow
And I'm just gonna keep on waiting
Underneath the mistletoe.

I won't make a list and send it
To the North Pole for Saint Nick
I won't even stay awake to
Hear those magic reindeer click.

'Cause I just want books here tonight
Holding on to me so tight
What more can I do?
Baby all I want for Christmas is books,
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS Baby.

Oh, all the lights are shining
So brightly everywhere
And the sound of children's
Laughter fills the air.

And everyone is singing
I hear those sleigh bells ringing
Santa, won't you bring me the one I really need?
Won't you please bring more books to me?

Oh, I don't want a lot for Christmas
This is all I'm asking for
I just want to see new bo-oks
Sitting right outside my door.

Oh, I just want books for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
Baby all I want for Christmas is
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKS baby.

All I want for Christmas is books, baby
All I want for Christmas is books, baby
All I want for Christmas is books, baby
All I want for Christmas is books, baby.
(Y U NO GIVE ME BOOKS)

Happy holidays!

Wednesday, October 8, 2014

Social Media Tag + Reading Update!

Hey guys!
It's Rotem here :)
So I wanted to do the SM tag and to just tell you what I'm reading the moment.
I had a pretty busy week and I'm currently reading 4 books.
I don't do that often, maximum three.
So the first book I'm not reading but listening to is Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. It's about 19 hours long and I've only listened to 2:30 hours so far, but I'm loving it. I'll probably stop for a while, I like listening to audiobooks on the roads so that would have to wait for Sunday.
The second one is Legend by Marie Lu. I'm reading this because everyone loves this trilogy so I thought I'll try but I don't like it so far. I do plan on finishing this book, and I hope the rest of it is better. I'm about 100 pages in so far.
The third book I'm reading is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I'm about 300 pages in and I'm loving it so far, I have no idea why I haven't finished it.
And the last book I only started 2 days ago in class is Paper Towns by John Green. IDK why would I read ANOTHER book but I do. I don't have an opinion on it just yet, wait for my October wrap up for that.
I have read 1 book cover to cover but again, more to that in my wrap up.

And for the fun part!
The Social Media tag was made by faultydevices on youtube.
Questions:
Twitter: Your favorite shortest book.
A Beautiful Wedding.
Facebook: A book everyone pressured you into reading.
The Maze Runner.
Tumblr: A book you read before it was cool.
The Fault In Our Stars
Myspace: A book you don't remember whether you liked or not.
Not sure I have one
Youtube: A book you wish would be turned into a movie.
Fangirl.
Goodreads: A book you recommend to everyone.
Wonder.

That's it for now, share your thoughts below!


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Wednesday, October 1, 2014

IT'S TOP 5 WEDNESDAY! - TERRIBLE BOOK COVERS

Hey guys, and welcome to my brand new reading blog!
So, t5w.
I always thought that it's pretty awesome and really wanted to join "the back scenes" of it.
So guess what? I DID.
Today's topping is as you can see, terrible book covers. Feel free to join the Goodreads group for all of the toppings and everything.
If you've never heard of T5W you should totally check that out.
Ok, for the covers. They're in a kind of random order.
First we have the Hebrew version of The Fault In Our Stars by John Green.  I own the regular English version and I love it but.. yea. Thumbs down for the Hebrew one. It looks like that.
Up next is the old (I think!) version of Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. I mean, don't get me wrong, the other books are beautiful. But that girl.. och. I love the eye version tho and I'll be ordering that series soon. I'm talking about this.
Next is one of my favorites - The Perks of Being a Wellflower. It's not really terrible but borring, and I think they did a better job with the movie cover. The one with text is amazing. I love it. But who cares, this book is great and some would say it matchs the book but I don't. Check it out here.
The next book is a book I loved when I was younger and I still do but the english virsion of it just looks ugly. It is Audrey, Wait! by Robin Benway. Just.. terrible, look. How can you not hate it?
And for the last book is another book I haven't read it and it's An Abundance of Katherine. I know this book has a few covers but I hate them all exepet for the audio CD one, but my least favorite I guess is that. I mean.. the faces? and.. everything pretty much. I don't know if I should read this even. 
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September wrap up and October TBR.

WELCOME TO MT FIRST WRAP UP+TBR !!!

So I'll post these posts every 1th of a new month if my school won't be too crazy. That might happen and I'll that.
So I started school on Sep 1st and it's my first year in high school and that was kind of crazy and idk I had this feeling that I wasn't reading enough but it turned out kinda fine, I read a total of six books and that's nice.
And for the books:


The first book I started in August but finished in September was The Lying Game by Sara Shepard. This is the first book in the series. I saw the TV show first  but it's nothing alike, and the main reason I ever did that was my love and addiction to the Pretty Little Liars series. I loved the book and I can't wait to get more  books of that series! I really hope the next books have more action because I felt it was pretty slow. 4.5/5 stars.

The second book I started for the first day of school is the AMAZING Walking Disaster by Jamie McGuire. Oh god, Travis. I mean, MORE MADDOX? PERFECT. Such a sexy book. But the thing is I loved how everything was mysterious if you know what I mean and Walking Disaster destroyed that (you see what I did there?) but I loved it anyway. 4/5 stars.

The next book is Wonder, by  RJ Palacio. I finished it in about a day-a day and a half maybe, and I honestly believe everyone should read this and learn something. 5/5 stars with a full heart.

The next book that it's kind of wired I only read now and it is Percy Jacson - Lightning Thief (Book 1 ). I read it because everyone kept telling me "Read this" so I did, it was immature for me I loved it anyway and I will keep on reading the Percy Jacson books. 4/5 stars.

The next book I read (re-read honestly) is The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky. It's one of my top favorite books of all times and I kind of have a crush on Charlie so it's awesome. I really want to write a review for that on my reviews blog so look out for that. READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T YET YOU MUST. 5+/5 stars.

And the last book for this month is Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. I haven't finished it yet  but I'm planning on doing that today so yea. I love it I love Rainbow I love Cath I love Levi I love Nick and I miss him so much. I don't want to rate it yet but I guess it will be 5/5.

AND TO MY OCTOBER TBR!
First of all I'll finish fangirl. That will happen soon as I wrote above but that counts.

Next I want to read John Green's Paper Towns. I heard good things about it and I want it behind me before the movie buzz so I'll be doing that.

Next is a book I know I'll read on Oct 4th (Yom Cippor) is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I wanted to read this book forever and I feel like I would really connect to that book and I saved it to Yom Cippor even tho they aren't related, I just know I won't put this book down and it will make me kinda sad so.. yea.

The next book I borrowed from A friend and I need to give it back is Legend by Marrie Lo. Supper exited to read this and I have nothing else to say about this, I really hope I'll enjoy it like I expect to.

Next up I have another barrowed book and that is Percy Jacson - The Sea of Monsters. I might end up picking up the third book this month too but I don't know yet.

And finally to MY books again! I'll be reading The Hundred Years Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. I started this last year in class but we never finshed it and I really wanted to know what happens next so I picked it up and I'm gonna read it. 

The next three I downloaded for free with an app called "free books". I'll be waiting for a winter day or something like that and thay are Dracula, Frankenstein & The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hide. I don't have much to say about these but I saw remakes for all three as a younger girl and I think it's finally time to know the source to that. This app has a lot of classics and I love it and more people should have it.

And the last book is an audiobook I have on my iPod  is A Beautiful Wedding by Jamie McGurie. Super exited for that to happen. I think I'll listen to it mostly on buses and trains or on a walk, this is my first audiobook so I hope I'll like it. 

And that's it, nine books. I hope to finish as much as I can and still study as much as I need.
Sorry if that was long, feel free to ask my anything or share your thoughts!  
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Monday, September 29, 2014

FIRST POST

Hey guys, this Rotem and you're at my BRAND NEW READING BLOG!!!

I'll start with sharing a bit about me?
I'm 15 years old, and I'm on the 10th grade. I live in Israel.
I've been reading since like, ever. I stopped for a while when I got super busy with school and all but about three years ago I discovered "The  Hunger Games" and got back to reading pretty much everything.
I read in Hebrew or English. I'm a quick reader - I finish a 400 pages long book in 3 hours or so.
I read mostly fiction, YA or NA. My favorite writer of the moment is Rainbow Rowell.
My English sucks sometimes even tho I'm great in English, sorry for that. 

So, why did I open this blog?
Well, about a year or two ago I discovered Booktube. I love it so much, I can spend hours watching videos. So, I wanted to join Booktube. I have the time for it now. So I made a few videos but they all turned out to suck so I haven't posted any of them, but opened this blog so I'll still be able to post.
Will try my best to post 2 posts a week: A T5W & a special books tag/challenge. Plus, I'll post one TBR/wrap up and a #bookofthemonth every month. 
I also have a Wordpress blog for reviews you should look at!

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