'Girl Online' by Zoe Sugg

Hey guys, welcome back. I hope you had a great Christmas!
So today I thought I would share with you a book I read recently, and I enjoyed. (kind of a guilty pleasure!). The girl who (partly) wrote this is a very famous YouTube, and is called Zoella!
So anyway she wrote this book a couple of months ago, and its called girl online.

“Penny has a secret.
Under the alias GirlOnline, she blogs about school dramas, boys, her mad, whirlwind family - and the panic attacks she’s suffered from lately. When things go from bad to worse, her family whisks her away to New York, where she meets the gorgeous, guitar-strumming Noah. Suddenly Penny is falling in love - and capturing every moment of it on her blog.
But Noah has a secret too. One that threatens to ruin Penny’s cover - and her closest friendship - forever.”

So this book is basically about a 15 year old girl who is not very confident about herself, and goes to New York on a holiday with her family. Anyway, here she meets Noah, a gorgeous boy, who she spends most of her time with on this holiday and finds her self falling love. During the book she blogs about her life and these blogs are inserted into the book.

There is not much to say about this book..... It is written in a very simplistic way, (I found) and was a very easy read. I didn't think much of the story line, but she developed it very well which made the book an intriguing read. it was sweet to find out about what they got up to, and how she finds he3rself being much more confident and feeling better about herself around him. I found it interesting (and sweet) how from the first day of being with him, she has shared her most embarrassing moments, and things which she would not dare to tell her (supposedly) best friends.

I have to say that part of the reason I wanted to buy this book, was because of its cover, its cover looks like this:

 

I found this the cutest, tumbleryish cover ever, and I think it only comes in hardback, which makes it even nicer! (yet much more expensive!!). Even though you shouldn't judge a book by its cover, if I am in a bookshop, I am not going to pick out a book with a horrible cover. Even though the content may be amazing, I probably wouldn't even get that far to reading the blurb!

I am thinking about doing a whole blog about front covers, and I will be posting pictures of my favourites, and why I like them!


I really did enjoy reading this book, even though I have to say the content would not be a book that got chosen to be read in English class! It is a great story line, and there are cute side things, like her best friend Elliot, who you learn to love, and her best friend (?????) in school, who you learn to hate. I read a couple of chapters when I first bought it, and then I picked it up again and read the rest in one day.

WARNING: IF YOU WANT THIS BOOK TO LAST YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS,, DO NOT READ THE LAST 5 CHAPTERS IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FINSH THE BOOK THAT DAY!

There is a twist at the end which I really liked.

I am aware that this blog is turning out to be quite long, but I have a challenge for you. I dare you, to get one of your friends, your librarian, or your mum, to pick out a book for you and wrap it in brown?black/white paper. You must not know the title, the author, any of it! Just read it and see what you think. If you do this, let me know how it went in the comments!

Love you guys so much,
JJ

'The Perks of being a Wallflower' by Stephen Chbosky

Hey guys! Welcome back.
So last week I was off school as I was sick, so I was reading a lot (and watching a lot of movies I have to admit. ha!) and I started 'The Perks of being a Wallflower' a couple of days ago. This is a really well known book, and also a very well known film. So I tried reading this about 6 months ago, and was really put off when I came to a sex scene so I decided to stop. But I tried it again about a week ago and got through it! Anyway here is the blurb:

Charlie's not the biggest geek in high school, but he's by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent but yet socially awkward, Charlie is a wallflower standing on the threshold of his life whilst watching everyone else live theirs. As Charlie tries to navigate his way through uncharted territory - the world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends - he realises that he cant stay on the side-lines forever. there comes a time when you have to see what life looks like from the dance floor.

 

And here is the cover I read it from:

But this one is defiantly more well known:

 



  

This book is written by Charlie writing letter, and addressing them to 'friend'. He obviously is not a very confident boy, and he is writing to us, who he supposedly trusts. Charlie writes about his life in high school, and the crazy friends he makes. He learns how to express feelings and falls in love.

During the book, he mentions his Aunt Helen frequently and at the very end of the book, we find out what happened with her, and to her. This bit was very emotionally made out in the film, which I also watched. Charlie also refers to him worrying about going back to his 'bad' state. We never really truly find out what this is, but I could guess what its like.

The reason I didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I would, is because I found that it got slightly boring. I think that the middle of a book should be the best, most gripping bit of the book, and I found that it was the bit I enjoyed the least. Ironically, this is the bit where he is most happy, but the writer does not put enough detail into the bits the reader most wants to know about.

 I fell in love with the friends Charlie makes. Patrick, and Sam. Patrick is such a confident, funny, lively guy at the start of the book, and doesn't really care what people think of him. He is happy with the way he lives. But as the book goes on, Patricks ego is slowly crushed and its is very interesting and sad as you see the way it effects him. Sam also, she is so happy and friendly all through the book, but there is obviously more to her than comes to eye and Charlie finds this out after a while. Charlie is in love with Sam, and he realises this as the book continues. Its not just some high school crush, but a real love. He just needs to find a way to show it.


Sorry I wrote so much this blog, the words just flew out of me. I didn't think I would write half of what I did. I recommended you to READ THE BOOK FIRST and then watch the film, as this always makes it easier and better for me. Its not my favourite book, but I defiantly enjoyed it.

Love you guys so much,
JJ