Month: September 2013

Showcase Sunday #22

Posted September 21, 2013 by Emma in Blog / 40 Comments

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Showcase Sunday is a weekly meme hosted by Vicky at Books, Biscuits & Tea.
Its an opportunity to highlight our newest books or book related swag and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops and downloaded onto eReaders each week.

Unfortunately it has been a while since I have done a Showcase Sunday *sighs* but this week I got a little overloaded with books so I thought I would make a one of the best books I have received and looking forward to reading in the next few weeks. Work has also been keeping me busy with new prospects ahead for the future as well. Exciting Times. So thank you to my Postman who seems to know even when I’m not in to deliver to my work so I can get them. Haha! So thank you to again Royal Mail and the Publishers for these….

                           Shine by Candy Gourlay                                             Dead Jealous by Sharon Jones
                        Soulmates by Holly Bourne                                          AntiGoddess by Kendare Blake
                       Stolen by Lucy Christopher                                       Shadows and Haze by Paula Weston
              The Coldest Girl in Coldtown by Holly Black              She is Not Invisible by Marcus Sedgwick
                          Teardrop by Lauren Kate
I’ve kind of experimented with my book presentation. Hehe. Anyways Soulmates I’m so excited to read, Holly actually lives near where I work now so I was very honored to get this book. Stolen was one that I asked for and if you have seen my tweets on it with Sam @ Realm of Fiction you know how much I really want to get stuck in.Now the second picture; Dead Jealous is one that I’m reading for #UKYA (which I have only just heard of, Sorry Lucy!) But my surprise was from Indigo with the Shadows and Haze, I love when I receive them in series order. Finally She is Not Invisible was again a surprise, I haven’t read anything by Marcus, so I’m looking forward to it. 
  
And Yes I have some NetGalley’s this week. I have been a very good girl and only requested ones that sounds really interesting or ones that have been recommended to me. I love LOVE Simone Elkeles Perfect Chemistry book, I have re-read them like 5 times… So I can’t wait for another series. The Breathe series I’m reading for Sci-Fi Month in September and Geek Girl 2, well I’ve heard such high praise and I’m thinking of doing a read-along of the series to those who want to join! Let me know in the comments!
So with the all that showcased I will resume my blogging this week. It has been manic… So thank you to all the Indigo, Hachette, Random House, Chicken House, Usbourne and Bloombury. 
On the blog recently my joints of reviews of City of Bones Book and Film Review, Go check it out!

Well that’s my haul for this week. Have you read any of these novels? I would love to know… Leave me a link to your Sunday Post and I will be sure to see what you received!?

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Book Review and Film Review: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

Posted September 11, 2013 by Emma in Blog / 11 Comments
Book Review and Film Review: City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1)by Cassandra ClarePublisher – Walker BooksRelease Date – July 2nd 2007Purchase – Amazon | The Book Depository  When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder — much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing — not even a smear of blood — to show that a boy […]

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NEW FEATURE: Book of the Week #1

Posted September 4, 2013 by Emma in Blog / 10 Comments
NEW FEATURE: Book of the Week #1

Inspired by my job as a Library Assistant, this feature is to showcase the best book that you either received or reserved from your library this week whilst also promoting your love and support to your local libraries. For more information about this meme, please click here. Hi Everyone and welcome to my very first post of this feature Book of the Week. I would love for you to all join so I have left the linky widget at the end of the post. I got my hands on some pretty looking YA books this week but the aim of […]

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Mini Reviews: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas and Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone

Posted September 2, 2013 by Emma in Blog / 5 Comments
Mini Reviews: Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas and Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone

Crown of Midnight (Throne of Glass #2)by Sarah J. MaasPublisher – BloomsburyRelease Date – August 15th 2013Purchase – Amazon | The Book Depository  I never really done a review for Throne of Glass, it was either a mixture of I wasn’t in a blogging mood at the time or I’d simple got so caught up in it that I knew so many of you would have already read, and reviewed it with the similar ideals and expectations like me. Throne of Glass was for me a little tough for me to get into as it was the start of the […]

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Our NEW Blog – The Girls of YA

Posted September 2, 2013 by Emma in Blog / 4 Comments
Our NEW Blog – The Girls of YA

Throughout the Summer I’ve had a little project been going between myself and Megan over at The Book Addicted Girl. We have been Twitter Buddies for quite a while and we’ve had some good laughs and book talks so I decided to see whether she wanted to do a joint blog with me!? I love my own and I wanted to be part of something else as well;  Read, Fangirl and Design together. What could be better. So here is where the Girls of YA has been born today. We will blog weekly with some of the following features below: […]

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