My Expanding Bookshelf

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is ten authors I've met. I don't actually think I've met ten authors... and the ones I have met aren't exactly well known (I don't think...) due mainly to location, but I'm going to list them with at least one of their books that I've read/own.

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

Title: Where Rainbows End Author: Cecelia Ahern Published: 2012, HarperCollins Pages: 558 Source: Bought Format: Paperback Rating: 4/5 Since childhood, Rosie and Alex have stuck by each other through thick and thin. But they're suddenly separated when Alex and his family move from Dublin to America. Their magical connection remains but can their friendship survive the years and miles? Misunderstandings, circumstances and sheer bad luck have kept them apart - until now. But will they gamble everything - including their friendship - on true love? And what twists and surprises does fate have in store for them this time...?

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is ten of the shortest books I've read.

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

Title: The Crown Series: The Selection #5 Author: Kiera Cass Published: 03/05/2016, HarperCollins Publishers Pages: 278 Source: Publisher Format: Paperback Rating: 2.5/5 Keira Cass's #1 New York Times bestselling Selection series has captured the hearts of readers from its very first page. Now the end of the journey is here. Prepare to be swept off your feet by The Crown - the eagerly awaited, wonderfully romantic fifth and final book in the Selection series. In The Heir, a new era dawned in the world of The Selection. Twenty years have passed since America Singer and Prince Maxon fell in love, and their daughter is the first princess to hold a Selection of her own. Eadlyn didn't think she would find a real partner among the Selection's thirty-five suitors, let alone true love. But sometimes the heart has a way of surprising you... and now Eadlyn must make a choice that feels more difficult - and more important - than she ever expected.

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by  The Broke and The Bookish . This week's topic is ten books on my spring TBR.

Title: Goodnight Mister Tom Author: Michelle Magorian Published: 01/08/1996, Penguin Books Pages: 386 Source: No idea... it just appeared when I was little... possibly from my granny's house Format: Paperback Rating: 3.5/5 Young Willie Beech is evacuated to the country as Britain stand on the brink of WW2. A sad, deprived child, she slowly begins to flourish under the care of old Tom Oakley - but his new-found happiness is shattered by a summons from his mother back in London.

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimberly of Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news. A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.

Title: Bookishly Ever After Series: Ever After #1 Author: Isabel Bandeira Published: 19/01/2016, Spencer Hill Contemporary Pages: 378 Source: Netgalley Format: Ebook Rating: 2.5/5 In a perfect world, sixteen-year-old Phoebe Martins' life would be a book. Preferably a YA novel with magic and a hot paranormal love interest. Unfortunately, her life probably wouldn't even qualify for a quiet contemporary. But when Phoebe finds out that Dev, the hottest guy in the clarinet section, might actually have a crush on her, she turns to her favorite books for advice. Phoebe overhauls her personality to become as awesome as her favorite heroines and win Dev's heart. But if her plan fails, can she go back to her happy world of fictional boys after falling for the real thing?

The first challenge I will be participating in is the 2016 Bookish Resolutions Challenge, hosted by Laura @  trips down imagination lane  and Michelle @  Because Reading . The challenge runs from 1st January 2017 to 31st December 2017 and you can sign up here before 1st March 2017. My 2017 resolutions are: Reading Goals: Get my Netgalley ratio up to 80% and maintain January - 73% February - 76% (I'm right on track so far, though I did request a couple this month) Reach a Goodreads goal of 75 books January - 9 February - 15 (so happy with this, but I'm feeling my reading slow down at the moment) Read 30 physical books I own January - 1 February - 3 (not great, but COYER finishes this week so II'm going to read lots of physical books next month) Read 10 Classics January - 0 February - 0 (still no progress, but I'm not too worried yet) Reread 5 books January - 0 February - 0 (again, I'm not too worried about this one yet) Get my TBR