About A Girl by Lindsey Kelk.

I'm a huge Lindsey Kelk fan, her writing is always really funny, warm and it's addictive - I can never stop reading her books once I've started them.  And I'm so happy to see that this book marks the beginning of a new series,because I'm totally hooked on the 'I Heart' series, and I have a feeling this one will be just as good.

This book is set in Hawaii which sounds just as dreamy as I would imagine it to be.  I love the main character Tess, despite being in a slightly crazy situation, she seems so normally and I'd love to think we would be friends in real life (oh, if only Lindsey's books were real - life would be so much more fun.)

The writing is chocked full of hilarious one-liners, of which one of my favourite, without giving any of the story away, has to be: "Oh my God, your life is turning into a Taylor Swift song.  This is amazing." Love it!

If you like chick-lit then this book is for you, it's full of strong characters, laugh out loud moments, amazing settings, romance and strong friendships.  I particular love the character Al and his relationship with Tess.

The worse thing about this book is that I have to wait until the next book to continue Tess' story... I'm desperate to know what happens but the next installment in the series won't be published until next year.  Let the countdown begin...

Oh, and just so you know vampires and werewolves are out; it's all about #TeamCharlie v's #TeamNick.  And I'm #TeamNick all the way.

Title: About A Girl
Author: Lindsey Kelk
About A Girl Series #1

Where We Belong by Emily Giffin.

I've read all Emily Giffin's books so was excited to read this one too.

Like all her books before, this is another heartwarming story with two really strong main characters.  Each character takes turns telling a chapter from their point of view which I really enjoyed, and found easy to follow despite it sounding a little confusing.

I found the relationship between Marian and Kirby very interesting. Adoption is not something I have any experience of and so understanding the feelings of the all the characters involved in this story was fascinating. Despite not having any experience to draw upon I really understood each characters viewpoint and felt I could identify with each of them.

This was a really warm and uplifting book, full of strong characters and very believe-able relationships.  All I can say is that I hope Emily Giffin keeps on writing, so my collection can keep on expanding.

Title: Where We Belong
Author: Emily Giffin

Billy Connolly's Route 66 by Billy Connolly.

It's always been a dream of mine to travel along Route 66 and watching Billy Connolly's three part TV series about his journey
along the famous road only inspired me more so I was keen to read the book too.

I really enjoyed this book, it made a refreshing change to read something factual as I'm a fiction fan most of the time.

Billy writes as if he's telling you the story of his journey in a very chatty manner, sometimes going off topic when he gets excited (or annoyed!) by a particular subject.  I really liked how Billy came across in the book, he seems like a really genuine guy with some strong, honest values.  But I have to admit that he may have put a damper on my dream of travelling The Mother Road, but only because he is honest about how much some of the towns along the route have declined since the road's hey-day.

There are photographs throughout the book and I really enjoyed seeing images of the places I'd read being described, it really brought the stories to life.

This book is packed full of facts and figures, history and most of all real human-interest stories; something for everyone I think.

Title: Billy Connolly's Route 66
Author: Billy Connolly

Leftovers by Stella Newman.

I've started to wonder if I'm getting too picky over my chick-lit; maybe because I read so much of it, but unfortunately it means that I wasn't to mad about this book.

On a plus point Leftovers has everything that anyone could want from a chick-lit book: its easy to read with a likeable main character... and there's a lot of food references: a bonus for a foodie like myself.

But I think in general this book just lacked that something special to make this story stand out from all the other chick-lits available on the bookshelf.

All in all it was enjoyable but I don't think I'll be rushing out to read Stella Newman's back catalogue any time soon.

Title: Leftovers
Author: Stella Newman

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green.

I loved this book.  It's one of my favourites of the year so far.

I borrowed it from a friend and didn't even read the 'blurb' on the back before I started reading and I'm glad I didn't.  It is a love story but one in which all the main characters are suffering from Cancer.  I think if I had read the blurb first I may have been a bit put off thinking that I was about to pick up a very depressing book.

While this is a sad story and I did spend probably the last third of the book crying whilst I read; it's also one of the most uplifting books I've read.  Even when dealing the issues of death somehow the writing is comforting.  The story is quite philosophical in parts which was really interesting; I love books which make me think.

The characters in this book are strong, likeable and very normal. There is much more to the story than the Cancer which affects the characters.  I really enjoyed the relationship between the three main characters, Hazel, Gus and their friend Isaac.  I also loved the relationship between Hazel and her parents.

This was a brilliant book which I didn't want to put down.  Thought provoking, charming and absorbing.  I would definitely recommend it.

Title: The Fault In Our Stars
Author: John Green

I Heart Vegas by Lindsey Kelk.

What can I say, I heart the 'I Heart' series of books.  I've absolutely loved the first three books in this series; New York, Hollywood and Paris, and this one did not disappoint either.  I laughed out loud (which is always inappropriate whilst reading in a totally silent office at lunch time) and cried my little eyes out in parts.

I adore the main character Angela and her relationships with boyfriend Alex and best friend Jenny, and to top it all off they were having adventures in Vegas, where I just happen to have been this time two weeks ago, so I really did love every single thing about this book.

Lindsey Kelk writes in such a light-hearted, funny way that you can't help but fall in love with all the characters, and despite all the heartache Angela endures you always come away from reading the 'I Heart' books feeling so happy.

Angela has so many funny internal monologues but my absolute favourite from this book is "everytime someone swipes an Iphone a fairy dies" - love it!

I am now just slightly panicking by the fact that I only have one more 'I Heart' book left to read on my shelf.  I may have a slight nervous breakdown once I have none at all left.  Whatever will I do for feel good, make you all warm and fuzzy inside books...

Title: I Heart Vegas
Author: Lindsey Kelk
I Heart Series #4

When She Woke by Hillary Jordan.

I was really intrigued by the concept of this book.  It was easy to pick up the rules of this 'new' society and the story was everything I expected from reading the blurb on the back of the book.

Hannah is quite a strong character but I would have liked to get to know other characters a little bit more.  Hannah's sister was in interesting circumstances and I would have liked to see what happened with her.  There was just something lacking with Hannah and her story as I didn't have the 'page-turning', 'can't put the book down' feeling that I get when reading some other books.

I only gave this book four stars as I was a little disappointed with the ending, it ever so slightly felt like when I was at school and I struggled to think of any endings to my stories other than "and then she woke up and it was all a dream".  I would have liked a little bit more detail regarding Hannah's transition, how it happened, what happened to her 'after'.

It's an interesting read, the concepts of chroming and how it is a punishment for crime are well thought out and quite believable but I would have like to become more attached to the characters.

Title: When She Woke
Author: Hillary Jordan