Between the Lines (Spoiler Free)

By renowned author Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha Van Lee

What happens to the characters once a book has ended? What about when the book is closed?

What if happily ever after... isn't?

What if the fairytale prince wanted to live happily ever after... with you?

Fifteen year old Delilah spends most of her time buried within a book to escape her own reality. When she discovers a rare fairytale with which she feels an overpowering attachment she delves deeper into the story only to find that Oliver, the fairytale prince that she has fallen in love with, loves her too. And he want out of the book and into the real world!

Told from three points of view (Oliver, Delilah, with parts of the 'fairytale'), Between the Lines was a charming love story that I just could not put down. The characters are both simple and yet, oddly complex; they are unbelievable and yet somehow relateable. So much of the novel was laugh-out-loud funny and I fell in love every time I turned the page. I felt that giddy fairytale feeling that I haven't felt since I read Hans Christian Andersen's The Tin Soldier. It draws the prefect line between reality and fantasy, combining the classic fairytale with a modern twist. The very premise is a fantasy that has played out in my mind so many times before, and has inspired fanfiction writers for as long as there have been stories to tell, What if this character could live on? (what if I could write Augustus Waters into my life?)

The book is full of gorgeously detailed images from 'the fairytale' as well as a scattering of splendid silhouettes (unintended alliteration) throughout the pages. I was completely and utterly charmed by this book (can you tell?). I have fallen completely under its spell.

A perfect blend of Inkheart (Cornelia Funke) and The Fault in Our Starts (John Green) this is a fantastic book that I would definitely recommend to everybody looking for a light, fun read.

For the 3rd time in the history of my personal book reviewing I give this book 5/5.
12+

I Read my Brother's Diary

So, I ready my brother's diary. It is only two pages long and has not been written in for a decade (he was 5 years old at the time.) So I read it, and it was adorable.

I thought I would share with you The Diary of a Child #1 - UNEDITED (Note: you may not be able to understand a word of this if you do not speak fluent child, however, it does roughly resemble English.)

for my holidays I am going to raos Hill regunol parke (Rouse Hill Regional Park) and I am haveing lotst of fun and we are going to have a barder que 

and I am haveing lost of fun and the flying fox  is broken and some one pout an stike on it. 

on fridgy I am staying with my mum an d my sistr is going to my grandmars hose and I will miss Shalyer (note: my name is spelt Shayla) and I love my sister.

now my step brofher is being mene to me at my dads hose I am rieding a book and my dad is skreming at my sister I love my dad and now ther is some peplo haveing a partey and I can her peplo screming

my step brother is now being nice to me and I am happy I love my family they are grat I love my mum dad steq brother and my step sister and my sister my sister is the best I love my family.

I swear this is the most adorable thing he has ever written. He is now fifteen and would die before ever saying he loved me.

I love you too Austin

See me and my brother in a YouTube video here

Hello There

Long time, No see.

I have recently moved from my father's house and back in with my mother, so it has been difficult to do things on the internet lately. I haven't really been still enough to try. I'm moving again, with my mother, this time, into another house. So everything has been up in the air.

Hopefully I will get back into the swing of things and make more and hopefully more creative videos shortly. Until then, feel free to watch my older stuff, even if it's not great.

My brother and I are considering making a collaboration channel, possibly Vlogbrothers inspired (although, he has no idea who that  is.)

Until next time.