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I read this book quite a while ago but I thought that you might like to know my thoughts on it.  The Fifth Wave is a dystopian novel about the earth being taken over in five different waves that supposedly intended to wipe out the human race. The main character is a girl named Cassie whose family gets torn apart by the waves of sickness and destruction. It is a very gripping novel and had me hanging on to every word. It is set in a world where no one can be trusted and you can be alive one minute and dead the next. This makes the relationships Cassie once had, very dangerous to form again in that crumbling world. I would consider this novel a sci-fi, action, dystopian, romance book with many changes of point of view which creates an extra dimension in the story. For any Hunger Games and Divergent fans out there who haven’t already read it, The Fifth Wave is definitely a book you should read. This dystopian novel is a good kind of cliche. Teens: this one’s for you....

I have rekindled my love for classics after reading the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. It surprised me and turned out to be better than I had originally suspected. Filled with action and old words I have grown to love, the storyline of the Hobbit is extremely intricate and entertaining. Bilbo Baggins, an ordinary Hobbit is paid a mysterious visit by the infamous wizard Gandalf and his band of dwarves who invite him on their treacherous treasure hunt. Bilbo is their secret ingredient: the burglar, whose job is to steal the gold from the old dragon, Smaug who lives beneath the Lonely Mountain. This adventure turns out a little more strange, dangerous and exciting than Bilbo had anticipated and when his friends are in trouble and he yearns for his warm armchair at home, he needs to be brave and faithful enough to use his secret weapon for good, not bad. I think that the Hobbit is appropriate for ages 10+ since it contains no romance or swearing, but there is some violence involvi...

I apologise for my absence from uploading blog posts for the past few months, but it is partially due to a family holiday spent in Europe. Spread throughout this post and several other future posts, I’m going to share with you my amazing experience and recommendations from all over the continent in the cities of London, Dublin, Paris and Rome. Firstly, in London, there were so many famous landmarks and buildings to see, we didn’t run out of things to do until the end of the week. Highlights included Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and the British Museum. I found Westminster Abbey absolutely incredible. We bought audio guides and got tickets to see inside the Abbey, it was definitely worth it. The building is very old and the architecture is amazing. On the walls and even under the floor are the burial places for the most famous people of British and European history. The sculptures and decorations covering the coffins and tombs are very detailed and there were endless...