The Trials of Apollo review - by Rick Riordan

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:

The all powerful Apollo is (obviously) a devastatingly handsome and all powerful God. So it is a big surprise when he wakes up and is no longer in his Godly form and is instead stuck as a (slightly) overweight and acne covered teenager called Lester... Getting beat up by a gang of street thugs is only the first of his issues, he is now stuck with a fashion disaster of a young demigod and has to save the wrld! But most importantly... he has to get rid of this acne!

(Trials of Apollo by Rick Riordan)

Read the full summary and check out other books by Rick Riordan on this Goodreads link.

Personal opinion on the book:

So it actually took me SOOO many month to read this book... Like, I liked this book, but dang I think I read like 5 other books at the same time I read this. From the very first chapter of this book I was immediately swept back into  Rick Riordan's world. This actually inspired my to start a (now crazily large) Pintrest board just so that I could gather all of my favorite Percy Jackson fan art and just put it in one place and be able to fan girl about it whenever I wanted. *forced laughter while slowly backing away*...

Burning Embers review - written by Hannah Fielding

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!

I received this book for free as a physical copy, kindly provided to me by the amazing author of the book - Hannah Fielding!
I would just like to quickly thank Hannah for sending me this book, as well keeping me in the loop about all of her other books! It is really great to have such a friendly and positive connection between myself as a book blogger, and Hannah as a published author. 

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Quick overview:

After calling off her wedding and receiving news that her father has passed, Coral leaves her life in England to travel back to her childhood home in Kenya, Africa. In Kenya, Coral takes ownership of her inheritance - the plantation, Mpingo. 

Although, while on the voyage Coral meets a handsome stranger, who she again encounters days later, and he is introduced as Rafe de Monfort. The man who is a known womanizer and her new neighbor who is thought to be involved in her fathers death...  

(Burning Embers by Hannah Fielding)

Read the full summary and check out other books by Hannah Fielding on this Goodreads link.

Personal opinion on the book:

When I first received this book, I kinda expected it to be a sappy romance book, but it turned out to be so much better than that. Yes, it is very different to the type of books that I would normally read, but it was actually really good to read.

From the very first few pages, I was struck by how in-depth the description of every little detail was, up to the point when I was kinda like "damn! this book." 

By page 3 I could already feel myself being drawn into the book's story line, although the book was apparently meant to be set in the 1970's and 1960's, but I honestly couldn't tell the difference in the setting...

Busy Life and Blog Update...

Okay, so I just wanted to write a REALLY quick blog post to catch you up on why I have been so inactive lately.

So, firstly, I am actually in a book reading slump... Actually, that is not the right way to put it, I would LOVE to read hundreds of books! But I am actually just so swamped with school work, school it's self and also my two jobs... 

So, this is in no way me saying I will not be posting on here anymore!!!! I WILL!!!!

But I am just going to probably be inactive for the next, three weeks or so.. But as soon as I finish all my exams, I will be back and as bloggie and book-crazy as ever! 

Thank-you so much for understanding!

Until next time, keep reading!

-Shelbi (Book Ambrosia)

Vic Challenger: Fast - written by Jerry Gill | Review

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!

I received this book for free as a physical copy, kindly provided to me by the amazing author of the book - Jerry Gill!

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Quick overview:

Vic is a reincarnated cave girl, she is on the ultimate quest to find her soul mate. But along with this journey, Vic and her best friend, Lin, writers and well trained warriors, go on a series of death-defying adventures that test their skills. 

On this adventure, the two writers travel to Australia to visit Vic's family as well as receive inspiration for their writing. But when the map to a family treasure is stolen, it becomes personal. The girls set out after the Bushrangers, and along the way face nameless creatures, shot-offs and much more! 

Join Vic and Lin on this action-packed adventure!

(Vic Challenger: Fast by Jerry Gill)

Read the full summary and check out other books by Jerry Gill on this Goodreads link.

Personal opinion on the book:

This is actually such a fun review to write up, because I decided that I would get sticky notes that I could write my comments and opinions on and stick into the book! It looks so cool and is really helpful while I am writing this! 

Upon reviving this book, my first though was, this is so COOL! It's a book based in Australia! I also couldn't get over the fact that in English class I had just finished a unit on Australian representations! Like what an incredible coincidence!...

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)