We're moving!

Dear readers,

We are moving!

We have made the decision to move to wordpress, so you can now find us here!

Thank you to everyone who has followed and read our blog so far. We hope you'll continue to enjoy our posts!

-Beth & Emma

Happy Reading!♥

Books up for trade

-I WOULD PREFER TRADES TO BE UK ONLY-



I have the following books up for trade:

Now Is The Time For Running - Michael Williams

The Tide Turner - Angela McAllister

The Look - Sophia Bennett

Framed - Frank Cottrell Boyce

Survival - Paul Dowswell

The Weight of Water - Sarah Crossan

Mockingbird - Katheryn Erskine 

Mortlock - Jon Mayhew

My Now or Never Diary by Kelly Ann -Liz Rettig

If you would like to see reviews for these books, see this page.

If you would like to trade with me (one book for one book), click here for books I want to read.

If you're interested in trading with me, please email me at sugarplumbug@gmail.com or DM me on Instagram.

-Beth

Happy Reading!♥ 

Review: Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Landline is a book by Rainbow Rowell, first published in 2014 by Orion Books.

TV comedy writer Georgie McCool can't actually visit the past. But she can call it.

The fact that she has a magic phone that enables her to talk to the 1998 version of her husband must be fate, right?

But why does she suddenly have access to this wonder? What does it all mean?

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"You're Neal, right?"

He didn't look up again. "Right."

"I'm Georgie."

"Are you?"

"Sorry?"

"Are you really?" He asked.

"Um, yes?"

He nodded. "I thought it was a pen name. Georgie McCool. Sounds like a pen name."

"You know my name?"

Nail finally looked up at her. With round blue eyes and practically his whole head. "Your photos in The Spoon," he said.

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Rainbow. Rainbow. Rainbow.

I don't even know what to say. How to describe this book.

Only Rainbow Rowell could write this one. It was...magic. Pure magic.

It's been a while since I've been so blown away by words. I'm actually shaking my head as I'm writing this.

The concept of Landline is so simple, but the way it's carried out has so much meaning.

I've always said that the way Rainbow writes has so much meaning, but I've never meant it this much. It was just so original. So different, so perfect.

I feel like words can't even explain how I feel about Landline. I feel so deeply emotionally connected with it. I cried at the end. Not for sadness, but for a specific young couple on page 335. Because I'm in a long distance relationship. I know how that feels.

But page 335-337 wasn't the only time I cried. I cried at the dedication at the start. I have to share this one, because even that carried so much meaning.

"This book is for Kai.
(Everything that matters is)"

Reading Landline felt warm and comfortable. Like a pillow and comforter cocoon. It felt safe. 

This one blew my mind. It was one of those books, you know? One of the ones you'd save in a fire.

-Beth

Happy Reading!♥

Movie: Pixels

Pixels is a 2015 American science fiction action comedy film produced by Columbia Pictures, 1492 Pictures and Happy Madison Productions.

Yesterday, I went to the cinema/movie theater and saw Pixels. I don’t know if anyone has heard of this movie, so I’ll explain more about what it's about before I write my actual review:

In 1982, Sam Brenner came second in the Arcade Championship. He thought his skill would never be of any use, and grew up to be a NERD, working for a company that installs gadgets and flat screen TVs.

But when the world is unexpectedly attacked by giant, evil versions of the old arcade games, Sam’s childhood skill could finally come in useful.

His old arcade friend, now the president of the USA, ropes him in to save the world, along with other gaming masters from their arcade days.

Maybe Sam wasn’t as useless as he thought…

It may sound cheesy, but I walked out of that cinema holding my head up higher than when I went in.

You may know I’m a gamer. And, unlike many kids now, who’ve moved on to computer games, and computer games only, I am still a Nintendo fan. It made me proud to know the references in Pixels, whereas maybe some of the younger children watching may not have picked up on some things.

Pixels actually made me proud to be a gamer.

Pixels made me proud to be who I am.

I love gaming, I am a video gamer. And I don’t have to stay in the shadows.

Pixels made me feel like I can stand with my head up high and show everyone that.

I am like Sam, and even like Eddie. I have played games for most of my life, and I have seen games be hacked. Every day, I play some sort of game, read blogs, go on forums.

Gaming is where my friends are, my community, my life, I suppose. I have friends worldwide who run, read and are part of gaming blogs/websites etc. And even though I miss them all tremendously and haven’t met some of them, I love them all from the bottom of my heart.

But aside from that, Pixels wasn’t just a great film because of my personal connection with it. It was really humorous, and (I believe, anyway) had great music. It created a really good atmosphere in the room, and no one got up halfway through for ice cream. I think that fact alone says enough about the movie, and how much everyone there seemed to enjoy it. 

Yes, critics don’t seem to like this one (from what I’ve read and heard), but that’s because they’re not part of it like the gamers now and from the arcade days. Because trust me, I’m pretty sure anyone who’s ever played Tetris in the middle of a massive tent in a car park outside of the Ricoh Arena, seen people on stage talking about how much gaming has been a part of their life, been to a convention specifically for one game, and been one in ten thousand there and felt like you were at home, understand what I’m going on about.

If you’re a gamer, I truly think you should go and see Pixels.

We are a community, we all support each other, and I am proud of all of us.

Viva gaming. Long live us, and what we stand for.

-Beth

Happy Gaming!♥