I Have A Weakness

And it's for cheesy, passionate, squeal-inducing, cute contemporary novels.

I always make a promise to myself that I will read that fantasy book that's been sitting on my shelf for months and then the next thing you know I am laying in bed with one of those horribly, erotic looking covers (you know the ones - girl and boy typically making out most of the time in front of a beautiful sunset or in the middle of a torrential downpour) and then it isn't until a few hours later when I've finished the book that I realise it is exactly like the past three contemporary books I've read.

YA Tropes I Hate: Female Protagonists

Now I'm sure we all have those bookish pet peeves, whether it's dog-earing pages or simply cracking spines, it's something we have in common. But if there's one thing that really grinds my guts in YA novels it's an annoying female protagonist.

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Ninety-five days, and then I'll be safe. I wonder whether the procedure will hurt/ I want to get it over with. It's hard to be patient. It's hard not to be afraid while I'm still uncured, though so far the deliria hasn't touched me yet. Still, I worry. They say that in the old days, love drove people to madness. The deadliest of all deadly things: It kills you both when you have it and when you don't.

Welcome, FlowersInMyBooks

This all feels oddly formal so I'll probably just write up this post quickly so we can get to what we're all waiting for, THE BOOKS!

Sixteen year old me had been wanting to start a blog for a while, but never quite knew how to start, and now at Seventeen I couldn't be more excited to finally get down to business and start what I feel like will be a new chapter in my life (wow, are we really getting into book puns already). 

Anyway, I'm Natalie, and I love books (and talking about books) so much it drove my family and friends crazy so I thought 'hell, why not turn to the internet' since I've figured out after many years of using (abusing) tumblr that half of the people on the internet have already been driven to insanity, so another book blog can't possibly hurt too much? right?

I'd firstly like to thank Eve for the beautiful design I couldn't be happier with it and then there is Sandra  (Tea Between Books) who has been such a great friend to me over the past couple of months and who has really helped me get the balls to finally start my own blog (even though she won't accept that Michael Clifford is clearly the better member of 5 Seconds of Summer).