Pride and Prejudice | Slightly Obsessed...

Let me start at the beginning... It all happened in the middle of my English class about 2-3 months ago. I was sitting in a tiny hallway with all of the other girls who attend my (all girls) school. The head of the English department told us we could choose an elective book to read. Me being me, I was thrilled that I could choose out of a selection of books to read! 
So I got the list and went home, when I got home I found out the options were as follows:

1. The Great Gatsby 
2. The Secret Life of Bees
3. The Plain Truth
4. The Book Thief
5. Pride and Prejudice

So, I heavily debated between The Book Thief (which I have already read) or Pride and Prejudice. And after a LOT of research, I decided upon my FIRST CLASSIC BOOK! - Pride and Prejudice. 

Book Slump?

I have something awful happening to me that I NEVER though would happen... I have always felt for the people who have been affected by it, but I never though that it would impact on my life the way that it has. 
I am in a book slump. 
And at present, I don't know what to do about it. I have so many books that I want to read! Up until this point, I wasn't ready to accept the truth, but I cannot deny it anymore. So I am speaking out, I am acknowledging it, so that hopefully I will be able to overcome this massive struggle that I am going through... 
This is my story...

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HAHA! And to think that I all but failed drama in year 8! If you have gotten this far, I thank you for being so strong and persevering through that! 

To be honest, this post it just going to be me randomly talking about anything that is book related and happening in my life, also why I haven't been posting as much lately. 

So lately, I have found that although I want to read I am psyching myself out of it. So I try to sit down and read and all I can think about is how I am going to fail school if I don't do more school work. I know it sound stupid, but I feel guilty about not doing school work but I also feel guilty about not posting on my blog and reading books...

See my problem here? But I have come up with a solution people!

Instead of feeling like I need to read, I am just going to read when I want to. Sounds simple enough right? And it really is! 

So, basically, you can be expecting more posts from me in the coming weeks! I feel so happy about this and will keep my reading up, because it is something I love and I don't want to EVER get sick of!

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What am I reading and listening to?:

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♫ Dirty Little Secret - All American Rejects 

📖 Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin

♫ Teenagers - My Chemical Romance

📖 Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan 

♫ Big Dog - Masketta Falls

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Thank you so much for reading this quick little post! This was very enjoyable to write! I am going to go driving today, then I am going to a party and will try and read! Thanks for checking out my blog and if you want leave a comment just to say hi! 

Until next time, keep reading!
-Shelbi (Book Ambrosia)

The process of choosing a book...

We all know that choosing a book can be hard, as book nerds we have so many books to chose from! 

Let us be choosing a book from the library, to choosing a book to buy, or even to choosing our next book to read! Choosing a book is not easy! 

So read on to find out the many different things that run through a book nerds head as they are trying to CHOOSE A BOOK!...

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There are so many beautiful books out there, with beautiful covers, plots and authors! Which means that there are so many books I NEED to read and buy! My friend and I have actually planned to got book shopping these holidays - we are basically just going to go to my favorite two-story Dymocks and basically buy hundreds of books!

Anyway, back to a book worms thoughts when trying to choose a book!

1. What genre... YA? Contemporary? What about good old supernatural?... Probably the most important part of choosing a book too read! My default is always a mystical YA book, because I just LOVE YA and supernatural! 

2. Now I have decided on a genre, do I want to read a book that is apart of a series or a stand alone? This is actually a huge thing to decide! For me, if I start a series I want to binge read it or I feel really bad... The source of me sadness is that I have a reasonably bad memory and I normally forget what happens... And to be honest,, I have so many book I NEED to read and don't have time to reread a series. (Unless it is a series I adore! Because I always have tie to reread them!)

3. Next, where will I get this book from? Because there is always the library, the fantastic place where you can get FREE BOOKS! But, if you are anything like me, you understand the issue I have about wanting to own the books that you read. Like, I love the idea of not paying for my books, but I love having the books on my shelf even more... The other thing is just going to your TBR shelf (or in my case - pile) and pick up and book and tada! There is your new read! Or... you could make like most of the book community and go out and buy ten new books for every one book you finish... To be honest, that is probably what I am going to do...

4. What type of book... Want vs. Need! As a book blogger, I am lucky enough to be sent books to review by authors and publishers, and because of this I kind of need to review these books for the amazing people who sent them to me (plus I actually LOVE all of the books that I am sent). And then there are the books that I have bought myself and these books are usually the books that is ABSOLUTELY ADORE and cannot wait to read!

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Thank you so much for reading this quick little post! i actually really enjoyed writing this while I was watching booktubers. So, basically if you cannot tell, I am having a relaxing holiday! 

Until next time, keep on reading!
-Shelbi (Book Ambrosia)

Velvet review - written by Temple West

Attention! This review may contain spoilers that could reveal the story line or events that occur over the duration of the book. If this does not bother you, or if you would just like to get a better feel of what this book is about before you read it, please feel free to carry on and enjoy this review!

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Quick overview:

When an evil demon is after you, the only thing that you can do is have a super hot vampire become your fake boyfriend slash bodyguard right? 

When Caitlin's mother dies and she has to uproot her whole life to move to live with people she can barley call family, she last thing she wants is to be marked by a demon and be scared for her life. But all that happens and the only form of protection that she has is a bipolar bad-boy vampire. 

But hey, what can you do?

(Velvet by Temple West)

Read the full summary and check out other books by Temple West on this Goodreads link.

Personal opinion on the book:

My emotions regarding this book can only be described as... neutral. 

I didn't dislike it, but I also didn't love it. Most of the book I just sat there, flipping page by page while thinking: Why?

Now don't get me wrong! I actually thought that the idea for this book was really great! It was something a little different (although it did kind of remind me of a "Wattpad book"). But still, the characters felt cliche and bland. I didn't like the female lead, she was just a little too helpless for me. And the male lead! Gosh, he was such a moody prick! One minute he loved her and the other he wouldn't look at her! 

The only character I did like was the little brother of the male lead and the best friend of the female lead. (Can you see how I am not using their names? That's cause I don't remember them! The charterers were just that forgettable...)

Overall, this book was very easy to read and was well written, although I am not the biggest fan of it, it was still a fantastic book to read. 

Star rating (out of 5):

This book was nothing special, but was still a nice and easy read. I give this book a 3/5 stars. 

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Okay, so my sister and I just started season 3 of the Arrow. And I already love it! 

I also received two packages in the mail! One is a book to review from an author and the other is my YA Chronicles book box! 

Today has just been the best day! 

I will hopefully be posting quite a lot these holidays, but just letting you know, if I'm not active over the weekend, I have an excuse! It's my birthday!!! 

Anyway, thanks for reading this post! Hope you are all having a fantastic week!

Until next time, keep reading!

-Shelbi (Book Ambrosia)

What makes a Wattpad book?

Okay, so we have all heard the term "Wattpad" and if you haven't I recommend coming out from under that sad little rock and checking it out. 

Wattpad is an awesome online book site, where book lovers can read, write and share books that are all written by users of the site. Now this is in no way a novice site where people write bad quality books! No! These books are actually incredible to read and are very good quality.

So basically, what is a Wattpad book? It must fit a VERY strict criteria, this includes:

1.  A dual POV – this allows for the reader to get a feel for the main (usually girl) character, but then also you usually get to see the guys POV. This is usually where he talks about how much he loves her.
2. A love triangle – well dah! This is a must have for every Wattpad book and basically without this there would be no Wattpad…
3. A bad boy – cause everyone loves the hot, bad-ass wearing leather!
4. A good girl – every good girl wants the bad boy to be good for her…
5. Tragic backstory – what is a Wattpad book without a whole chapter being dedicated to the main characters love interest talking about their miserable life?
6. An “agreement” – like someone *cough – the bad boy* being the *cough – good girl’s* fake boyfriend
7. A prom – insert the beautiful dresses, the hot guys in tuxes and obviously a masquerade were people kiss the wrong people…

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Now, that is all that I can think of at the moment. But please keep this discussion going in the comments! This is such a fun topic!

Thanks for reading this post!

Until next time, keep reading!

-Shelbi (AKA. Book Ambrosia)

A Court of Mist and Fury review - written by Sarah J. Maas

Attention! This review may contain spoilers that could reveal the story line or events that occur over the duration of the book. If this does not bother you, or if you would just like to get a better feel of what this book is about before you read it, please feel free to carry on and enjoy this review!

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Quick overview:

After risking her life to save the man she loved and all of the fae world, Feyre is having to deal with her new immortal body as well as the consequences for what happened under the mountain. With loyalties and love changing Feyre must decide what role she is going to play in the upcoming war. As well as who's side she will be on and who she will stand as. 

(A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas)

Read the full summary and check out other books by Sarah J. Maas on this Goodreads link.

Personal opinion on the book:

First I just want to say that these characters names are so fricken unique! They are so unique that I cannot even say them! Basically my friends and I are talking about books, I bring up the ACOTAR series and try and talk about the main characters, and all I can say is Tamlin. And I DON'T EVEN LIKE TAMLIN! All I want to talk about is Rhys and Feyre, but alas! My inability to speak english words makes it downright impossible to say their names... 

ANYWAY! Lets get on to talking about how amazing this book was!!!
I have actually been putting off writing this review for about seven weeks. It's not that I don't like the book! Hell I LOVE IT! But I am having trouble putting into written word how much I adored this book! 
And to be honest, I feel as though I will NEVER be able to do this book justice. But hey! I'm going to try!
So, before I get into the actual review, bare with me while I show you this adorable picture that I found. (Credit to whoever made the image - it is so amazing!)

And now that I have shown you this amazing picture, I will now go on to talk about this image - and the resulting ship! 
So the way that I view the book is that the only thing worth talking about is Rhys and Feyre! 
So, towards the end of the first book in that ACOTAR series, I was innocently sitting on twitter and found a tweet where someone said something along the lines of "so now I have finished the ACOTAR series, I HATE Tamlin!" And that made me doubt how much I liked Tamlin. So I got to thinking and came to the conclusion that although Tamlin did love Feyre, in the ACOMAF book, he came across as possessive and a bit sexist. 
But then, insert Rhys *swoon* he was just the sun on a cloudy day and MADE THE BOOK! 
He is officially my favorite book boyfriend and is the best character ever! He was there for Feyre when she needed him (even if she didn't think that his help was needed). 
And I curse (yet praise) Sarah J. Maas for setting my expectations so high! 

Basically, I adore this book and Sarah J. Maas' writing style. Overall, this book deserves a huge star rating of like 1 million out of 5 stars. 

Star rating (out of 5):

This book was truly incredible to read and I am so happy that I have been able to experience this beautifully, well-written book! This book gets a star rating of 5/5 stars! And also gets the title of one of my top 5 books I have read this year!

Books in the series:

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
2. A Court of Mist and Fury

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It is now school holidays!!! So I can now write up so many posts! I have a bunch of things in mind, and cannot wait for you to see them! 
Thanks for reading and keep an eye out for some really exciting posts!

Until next time, keep reading!

-Shelbi (Book Ambrosia)

A Court of Thorns and Roses review - written by Sarah J. Maas

Attention! This review may contain spoilers that could reveal the story line or events that occur over the duration of the book. If this does not bother you, or if you would just like to get a better feel of what this book is about before you read it, please feel free to carry on and enjoy this review!

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Quick overview:

Feyre has broken the law. Now that wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't a fae law that asked for her life in return. 
After killing an immortal creature, Feyre is required to be killed... Or go and live with the mysterious masked Tamlin. Caught in a world of magic and evil, Feyre may be the only one who can save it...

(A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas)

Read the full summary and check out other books by Sarah J. Maas on this Goodreads link.

Personal opinion on the book:

The only reason why I even started reading this book is because I got given it as a Christmas present last year, and after all of the hype about the second book coming out I decided that I may as well start reading it. And let me just say, that this book was truly the best thing ever! The plot was completely unique, and I know that it was said to have had an underlying story of Beauty and the Beast. But this book has carved it's own legacy. 
The female lead, Fayre was so kick ass and is actually the most loyal and feisty character that I have read about in ages! Lets just say that if I was to go through any of the things she did I would probably die. She was the most quick witted, quick minded and just gosh dang best character! 
I gotta say that in the middle of the book I was the biggest Tamlin and Fayre shipper - but as soon as we met Rhys I jumped off the plank and swam through shark infested waters just so I could come to the Rhys and Fayre ship! 
Rhys is just the best. I don't want to go into too much detail (I am saving that for my review of A Court of Mist and Fury) but long story short. I have found my one true love. 
Overall, this book was incredible and is easy my favorite book series I have read this year! 

Star rating (out of 5):

This book was truly incredible to read and I am so happy that I have been able to experience this beautifully, well-written book! This book gets a star rating of 5/5 stars!

Books in the series:

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
2. A Court of Mist and Fury

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Okay so firstly I just have to apologist for how this review has probably been written. I actually FINISHED A Court of Mist and Fury before I even started writing this review. To be honest, this is probably my favorite series EVER!

Anyway, just wanted to let you know that ALL of my opinions about this book are probably a (lot) bias...

Until next time, keep reading!

-Shelbi (Book Ambrosia)