A Clash of Kings - George. R.R Martin

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Hey guys, the next instalment of the Game of Thrones books. 

If you can recall I wasn't the biggest fan of A Song of Ice and Fire, it made me angry. 

By the time I got to this book, I wasn't as angry though still made me cringe reading about rape, as well as how bad woman are treated. 

In honesty this book bored me. I just went from feeling angry with one book to being bored. It got better the further I got in the book but it started off way too slow for me. So slow apparently that the start of Season 2 (yep I've caught up on the series now) cut off most of it. 

There are too many "kings" and most of them irritated me, especially Joffrey - that child needs a slap. 

I think with this book is that there was so much detail where there really didn't need to be, that by the end of the chapter you were left there wondering what you'd just read, so by the time you got back to that characters next chapter, you had no clue what was going on. It's great he has this world down to have so much details but I felt like it was just used to take up room in the word count form. 

I am currently on A Feast With Crows now and am enjoying the series much more, just this book was not the best. (For me).

You can buy this book for as little as £3.49 on Amazon. 

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Letters From Alcatraz - Michael Esslinger

Hey guys, today's review is on this book based around the inmates of Alcatraz.

I don't know why but I've always found Alcatraz fascinating, not sure why - it was a prison, I can't say I've been curious about other prisons before. I don't know if it's location - I've always wanted to go to San Francisco and this prison was located off shore on a rock. Fascinating.

When I saw that Amazon were giving this book away for free I had to download it for my Kindle. It did take me ages to get around to read it as there was so many other books ahead of it on my list, but when I did I was glad. 

Not only does this book go into details about certain inmates, what they were in there for and what was recorded about them whilst they were there, it also had letters from the inmates to family members and their replies. It was so interesting to read knowing it was written by the actual people, in those moments of what could only be described as living in hell. 

Some of the letters repeat themselves so  I can understand that could get boring for some readers, but all in all it was a great read.  Not only are all the letters typed out so you can read them properly, there are copies of the actual letters, lots of photocopies of photos, as well as history on the prison and the reason it ended up closing its doors. 

This book is no longer free on Amazon, you can buy it for £4.28 on Kindle though.

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An Abundance of Katherines - John Green

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Hey guys, a John Green book today. I think this is the 4th book I've read of John's and it was just as good as the others. If you're a JG fan you will like this.

Colin Singleton has only one requirement when it comes to girls, they have to be called Katherine. 

19 times he's been dumped, all by a Katherine. His best friend decides he needs to do something for Colin, so they go on a road trip to help Colin forget K-19. 

Colin is trying to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability, in hopes he can predict the future of any relationship, this involves a lot of maths based on his past relationships. Interesting even if you're not a maths fan. 

They end up in a little town where the body of Archduke Franz Ferdinand is said to rest. From there they meet a new friend Lindsay who shows them the grave. Her mum ends up giving them jobs and a place to stay for the summer.  Whilst Colin is working on his theory, a summer passes with all sorts of adventures. 

You can buy your own for as little as £2.62 (Kindle) on Amazon. 

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Time Rift - Eric Fox

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I found this as a freebie on Amazon a while ago, I love reading books that are based around actual events that have happened, but with a twist so this book seemed perfect for me, especially as it involved time travel. I love the idea of time travel. (Not a surprise I love Doctor Who and Back to the Future). 

This book is based on the Grandson of a guy called Thomas Cole, Thomas was hired to deliberately sink the Titanic. As we know in actual events the Titanic did sink but in this book with the ability to travel back in time Thomas's grandson, David Cole, goes back and saves both his grandfather and the ship. 

You know there are going to be twists and turns along the way and this book didn't disappoint.

You are changing something from the past, it's going to change the future - but how much and in what way? 

This book was a real page turner, at only 84 pages long you could read it in one sitting but are left sat there thinking about it, even days later. 

You can buy your own version for £1.84 from Amazon. 

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