Video Review: The Infinite Sea (The Fifth Wave #2) by Rick Yancey

HI Y'ALL I'm backkkk to book blogging yay! First up is my video review (coz I wanna test out my new CSC!) of The Infinite Sea by Rick Yancey!

Thanks to Penguin Teen Australia for this review copy <3

Release Date: September 9 2014
Publisher: Penguin Teen Australia
Source: Review copy via publisher
Genre: Dystopia
My Rating: 

Synopsis:

"For Cassie Sullivan and the rest of Earth’s remaining human survivors, the situation was already desperate when the 5th Wave hit. It’s about to get worse.

No one yet knows the depths to which Earth’s conquerors—the Others—will sink in order to rid the Earth of the human infestation, nor have they guessed the heights to which the human spirit can reach. Characters introduced in Book One will come to the fore—and others will face the ultimate test."

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Key Points:

• Mainly Ringer's POV
• Her character is a cold at the beginning but as the book progresses, her story is revealed and it's quite riveting
• Slow to start but gets much better
• There is Cassie! (And you'll have to read to see... Evan Walker... because you know.. The 5th Wave O_O)
• Razor!
• We see Ben, Sammy, even more Vosch and Poundcake's story brings on ALL the feels
• This book was a major feels trip
• If you thought The 5th Wave was mind fkery you haven't seen anything yet
• Really enjoyed this overall, great writing as always
• Bigger, badder plot twists - intense bomb shell and ends on an even more insane cliffhanger

Getting to Know You Blog Hop

In light of certain recent events in the book blogging community (which I am NOT going to mention because there's been enough shit about it already), Cuddlebuggery are hosting a Getting to Know You Blog Hop to get the good vibes going again!

So you're here to get to know me, and in return you win books - this is a win-win situation! I get to talk which I love doing and I get to share book love which benefits us all! YEYEYEY.

Okay leggo

I handed in my Honours thesis yesterday! I'm studying a Bachelor of Information Systems which basically means I learn about the technical side of computers (networking, programming, databases) and the business side (how businesses can leverage information systems to make $$$) and how these 2 sides talk to each other! My friends and I were such dorks yesterday we spent the better part of the day taking photos with our theses. In our defence, it was almost like having a baby - 9 month in the making, lots of cravings, lots of pain, lots of sleepness nights yeah...

My favourite season is summer and as I'm Sydney born and bred I love the beach - I swear we have some of the prettiest beaches in the world. Bondi <3

I'm a bit of an owl though so I don't go to the beach a lot; it takes a lot of planning. Well actually I'm an owl. I sleep at like 4am and get up at like 4pm in the afternoon on days where I don't go out.

I try not to go out. I'm a very lazy person. I stay in my pyjamas all day and don't leave my room unless I need to go get food or go to the bathroom. I'm not an introvert... not really I swear... I just don't want to deal with  real life sometimes.

Which is why I spend a lot of time gaming when I'm not reading. I play MapleStory and I've been playing it for the past 7 years and NO REGRETS. My favourite game ever is Final Fantasy X followed closely by Kingdom Hearts II but I do love FFX-2 as well.

One of the reasons why I love KH other than the superb graphics and awesome storyline is that it combines Final Fantasy with Disney. Disneyland is one of my favourite places in the world and I adore Mickey Mouse. My Mickey Mouse plushie is 19 years old from when I went to Disneyland Anaheim in 1995 - now you know how old I am.

I try to buy everything in blue, especially seafoam or Tiffany's blue because it's beautiful so I basically only wear blue (and grey) clothing. And I love florals too so I have a lot of flowery clothing.

Growing up I've always listened and loved music. Sadly I cannot play a musical instrument but I can read music? My favourite musical genres are house/dance, pop, alternative and the best of the best - KOREAN POP! My K-pop collection is half the size of my book collection so yahhhh... Which is where my blog name came from. "Fiction in fiction (in fiction)" is the chorus to B2ST's Fiction which is my favourite K-pop group and my fav song by them! My blog's tagline "Even today, I’m still in the story of you and I that hasn’t ended, in fiction" is another line from the song :D

OK LASTLY. YA high fantasy is my favourite genre EVER. Throne of Glass is my favourite series <3 I also love the Grisha trilogy, Fire and Thorns trilogy, The Lotus War. I love fantasy too so Covenant, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, The Iron Fey. Paranormal is another favourite and I adore The Raven Cycle, The Violet Eden Chapters, Unearthly. Contemporary is another awesome genre (ALL THE MELINA MARCHETTA AND GAYLE FORMAN. Also Jandy Nelson, Huntley Fitzpatrick, Katie McGarry ) and sci-fi ain't too bad either (Legend trilogy, Shatter Me trilogy, The Bone Season, Lux, These Broken Stars, Under the Never Sky, Angelfall, The Darkest Minds).

YAY GIVEAWAY TIME. This is open internationallyyyyyy yeyeyey and you can win ONE of the following books from the below pictured - these are the start of a series but you can win any of the books within that series! You'll notice that these are books I mentioned in the previous paragraph and that's because I love these all so much and I want to share them with YOU.

I will ship the book via The Book Depository (so only enter if TBD ships to your country) and the default will be the US hardback where possible unless you specify otherwise!

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On Life and Other Shenanigans (Hiatus)

Hi guys!

I guess from my sporadic activity it's pretty obvious my blog isn't that active at the moment. I guess this is because of a few reasons:

1. I haven't been reading review copies lately (I only JUST finished 1 a few days ago) as I'm trying to catch up on my back log. However, I can't seem to stick to one (review copy that is) and instead of DNFing I decided to put them down and just read my own books in the hopes of clearing up my TBR pile. So no reviews on the blog (as I only review books I request from publishers on here).
2. And the main reason is that life is hectic. Thesis is intense right now and it's due October 31. The presentation to academics is the week before that so I want to finish my thesis even before that for review and make changes before the due date. I'm also attempting a social life which is failing. Either way, I'm barely reading my own books now as it is :( I have 20 days to finish thesis *hyperventilates* and I'm so stressed/worried/anxious LOL!
3. After thesis is done I still have exams and assignments for other subjects - whose smart idea was it to overload their final semester while doing thesis and take on a job? Me, duh.

Hence, I'll be on full hiatus until October 31, 2014 and semi-hiatus until November 17, 2014 which is my last exam EVER :D then I'm gonna binge read ALL the books and catch up on all the reviews I owe the amazing publishers who put up with me.

In the meantime, you can find me on social media - I'm still active on Twitter and Instagram (links on the side) but not so much tumblr anymore (same deal as the blog).

Thanks for understanding. Hugs and cookies for you all.