Song of The Week (1)

Week 1 - March 26

Katy Perry - Part of Me

I came across this song last week and i...LOVE it. I mean seriously i have it on replay in my head all the time.

Memorable Monday (1)

Here is a quote I came across on Tumblr a while back but it's sort of stuck with me. 

I always wonder why birds stay in the same place when they can fly anywhere on the earth. Then I ask myself the same question.

                      - Harun Yahya

Musing Monday (1)

This weeks Musing Monday Question is...

Would you choose to review a book if its description sounded interesting but the cover was terrible?

Quite simply, yes.

Before I was part of this whole 'online book-readers community', my main reason for picking up a book was based on three things; the title, the blurb and the cover. Obviously if the cover and name appealed to me I would be intrigued and I would read the blurb. The blurb was the main decider, if the blurb managed to really grab my attention then I would read the book. But even if I didn't really like the cover but I liked the blurb I would probably read the book.

Recently, since I''ve started reading again I have been using Goodreads, if I like the synopsis I will generally read the book, even if I don't like the cover. But another big one fore me is reviews and ratings, if lots of people have written good reviews or lots of people have given 4/5 star rating then I will probably read the book; there's obviously something good about the book and I wouldn't want to miss out on anything great. 

But obviously, a good cover will make the whole book reading experience just that little bit more enjoyable, especially if the cover portrays an aspect of the book that you discover only by reading the book, those little details. For example, i'm currently reading Delirium by Lauren Oliver (buddy review up soon) the cover of the book has silhouettes of birds which i guess you could say represent freedom in the book. well thats what i would say. 

You'll understand what i mean from the following quote:

“After a while, though, I would just walk. I liked to watch the birds. They would lift off from our side and soar over into the Wilds, as easily as anything. Back and forth, back and forth, lifting and curling through the air. I could watch them for hours at a time. Free: They were totally free. I’d thought that nothing and nobody was free in Portland, but I was wrong. There were always the birds.”

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Quote It Saturday (1)

" We never noticed beauty because we were too busy trying to create it" - Unknown

The Firday 56 (1)

It is now 00.06 a few minutes past 12, i really wanted to do the Friday 56 yesterday, today, whatever. I got caught up editing my blog but I'm still going to post because i don't want to wait till next week to post :) So here goes...

Book: Delirium
Author: Lauren Oliver 

"... In his mouth it sounds musical, not angular, the way my teachers have always made it sound. His Eyes are a warm amber colour, and as I look at him I have a sudden, flashing memory of my mother pouring syrup over a stack of pancakes. I look away, feeling ashamed, as though he has somehow been responsible for dredging the memory up, has reached in with his hand and wrenched it from me. Embarrassment makes me feel angry, and i press on, ..."