"Attachments" by Rainbow Rowell

"Attachments" is one of those books that I've been meaning to read for ages, but never got round to it. This week, I've been at home, ill with a dreadful cough - so I decided to start it.

The story follows three people, working in a newspaper office. There's Lincoln, a computer security officer (his job is to check everyone's emails by night to see if there is anything offensive in them. A bit like an online nocturnal policeman, stalking the cyber-streets), Jennifer, who's this fantastic, perpetually moody editor, and her best friend Beth, a movie critic. Over the course of the novel, Lincoln begins reading their emails. It's part of his job, he convinces himself - although if he truly believed that, he would have sent them an email reprimanding them about 10 pages into the novel. So he keeps reading them, and finds himself being pulled further and further into their lives, into their stories of family, friends and romance. In fact, he becomes so... obsessed with them that he starts falling in love with Beth. The good news? She thinks he's cute too.

The bad news? She's got a boyfriend. A boyfriend who plays in a band.

Throughout the book - Lincoln's part at least - the whole narrative is a whole should-I-ask-her-out-should-I-not-ask-her-out palalva, with him moaning about his life in all the spaces between. Everything seems to have a constant grey cloud hovering over it - from his conversations with his mother, whom he still lives with, to going out with friends or going to work. And yes, I understand that it's meant to represent the fact that he's not really bothered about what he wants to do with his life, until the very end of the novel, etc etc. But I still preferred the Beth/Jennifer chapters.

Apart from that, it was an amazing book, much better that I expected. The ending was so good, it made me cry. Twice. I love the language in it too - there's something about the scene where Lincoln moves into his new flat that makes me really sad, and I don't know why.

Rating: 8.5/10
Would I Recommend to a Friend?: Yes, especially if they were a sucker for out-there indie romance
Favourite Character: Jennifer
Least Favourite Character: Beth
Favourite Part: The ending. Sob.
Least Favourite Part: The scenes where Lincoln goes clubbing with Justin and you can just feel the awkward when he tries to talk to a girl
Time It Took To Read: Monday 26th January - Tuesday 27th January

Favourite Quote: "A girl who never got tired of her favourite movies... who collected dresses like ticket stubs. Who could get high on the weather... You looked like the girl I loved."

                                                                                                        -p354

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Happy Reading!

-Ginger xx

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Pretty Little Liars - Sara Shepard

So, the last book I read was "Pretty Little Liars" by Sara Shepard. Sound familiar? You've probably seen the TV show based on the series of books. I'm totally addicted to it, so I decided to read them.

The book is set in Rosewood, a seemingly idyllic - and fictional - town in Pennsylvania, America. The trees are taller, the houses are bigger, the shops more expensive. Oh, and the body count is a little higher than usual, too. When Aria Montgomery, Emily Fields, Spencer Hastings and Hannah Marin's best friend, Alison DiLaurentis, goes missing in the Summer before 8th grade, the four best friends are distraught, and, unable to cope with the pain of Ali's disappearance, drift apart. The novel is set three years later, and a lot has changed - previously dorky Hanna is now the Queen Bee at Rosewood High, punky Aria has returned from Iceland, Emily is realising she may not just like boys anymore, and Spencer is overworking herself at school. All seems well and good - or as well and good as a book about murder, scandal and cheating on your significant others can be - until all the girls start getting creepy texts from the mysterious "-A". "-A" seems to know all their secrets and eventually the girls reunite to try and find out who their stalker is.

I went into this book with high expectations - the TV show is incredible, and I was expecting the books to be at least as good - after all, most books are better than their film/TV show counterparts.  I don't know whether it's because I set the mental bar too high, but I didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I would. There are some fantastically, sarcastically funny parts, and I loved the fact that Aria has a "furious knitting habit" - a part of her personality not included in the TV show - but I found that I disliked all the characters. Every single one. Which meant that I spent the entire time sighing and rolling my eyes at whatever they were doing and wishing that they would all just grow up!

However, I'm glad I read it. The drama of the whole thing pulled me in and it's a good book for anyone who has seen the show or likes drama/romance/comedy/suspense books about really b****y, rich girls. I probably will read the next book in the series, in the hope that the characters stop being so bloody irritating.

Rating: 7/10
Would I Recommend to a Friend?: Yes, probably, if they had seen the show
Favourite Character: Spencer
Least Favourite Character: Aria
Favourite Part: Ali flashbacks
Least Favourite Part: The Spencer and Wren scenes. Sooo uncomfortable; I do not need that much information.
Time It Took To Read: Friday 23rd January - Sunday 25th January

Happy Reading
-Ginger xx

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~Hello~

Hello!

First off, welcome to my blog. This is my first post, and will hopefully give you a taste of what the rest of my blog will be about. I will be reviewing books (mainly YA fiction) and suggesting books for you to read. If you would like me to review a particular book, or if you are looking for a book to read, comment down below! If you disagree with any of my opinions regarding the quality of a book, say so in the comments - put please be polite to me and other commenters. Thank you!

Happy Reading,

-Ginger xx