Dewey's 24 hour Read-a-thon Wrap Up // Emile

Bonjour!

Here is my Dewey's read-a-thon wrap up for October 2015. It didn't exactly go as planned.

We made a comfy space with lots of pillows and blankets.

We grabbed snacks.

And then started reading!

After only thirty minutes, my reading partner fell asleep -_-

I kept at it though!

And then I got tired.
Really tired.
And it was only 11:30 pm.

So I ended up listening to an audiobook as I went to sleep.

The next morning we both read for fifteen minutes, then after we got dressed we had to make cookies as part of a homework project. By the time we finished, tidied up and had lunch, the read-a-thon was over.

So all in all it didn't go too well, but we both had a fun time and that's what matters. I only read 150 pages in total: 30 pages of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and 120 pages of The Night Circus.

Oh well. Better luck next time.
Emile x

Currently Reading 21.10.15 // Emile

Bonjour,

I am currently reading The Nights Circus by Erin Morgernstern. It's a good book so far, although I think that I'm in a bit of a reading slump at the moment. Hopefully it's not a long one. 

I got my braces on today and my teeth really hurt. I'm now going to attempt to sleep.

Goodnight,

Emile x

The Name of the Wind Review // Emile

Bonjour everybody,

Recently, a couple of days ago in fact, I finished reading The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. As it's such a well known book in the world of YA fantasy, I thought it would make for an interesting review. So here we go.

The Name of the Wind is the life story of a world famous hero, murderer, arcanist and musician called Kvothe. However after all of his exciting exploits he disguised himself as an innkeeper called Kote in a humble village. One day, despite his best efforts to stay hidden, Kvothe is found by a scribe who wants to hear his life story. Eventually Kvothe agrees, and tells the scribe his tale...

Over all, I really enjoyed this book. It is quite long so it took me a while to read, which wasn't helped by the fact that when I got to bed I was so tired that I could only read five pages before my exhaustion took over. It is the first book in the Kingkiller Chronicles, which are a three books series. I have heard it described as "a book every fantasy lover needs to read" as well as "the cult of YA fantasy". I consider myself a fantasy novel enthusiast, therefore I decided that I had to read it. I would recommend it, although I don't think that it is mandatory for all fantasy lovers. I really liked reading from the main character's POV (point of view), and I was always excited to see what happened next. I found the relationships between characters incredibly interesting, also the setting of the story was cool to read about. I would love to go to The University! I would spend so much time in the Archives. I rate it 4/5 stars.

See you on Wednesday,
Emile x

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