Month: March 2014

BOOKLIGHT #2 – THE GEOGRAPHY OF YOU AND ME by Jennifer E. Smith

Posted March 30, 2014 by Emma in Blog / 9 Comments

Today, its that time of the week, Booklight, spotlighting another anticipated release this year. My choice for today is Jennifer E Smith, The Geography of You and Me. I absolutely loved her contemporary, This is What Happy Looks Like last year and I’m super excited to read this book very soon. So the lovely Jennifer has given you and me an excerpt on what’s to come…

The Geography of You and Me
by Jennifer E. Smith
Release Date – April 10th 2014
Publisher – Headline

Lucy and Owen meet somewhere between the tenth and eleventh floors of a New York City apartment building, on an elevator rendered useless by a citywide blackout. After they’re rescued, they spend a single night together, wandering the darkened streets and marveling at the rare appearance of stars above Manhattan. But once the power is restored, so is reality. Lucy soon moves to Edinburgh with her parents, while Owen heads out west with his father.

Lucy and Owen’s relationship plays out across the globe as they stay in touch through postcards, occasional e-mails, and — finally — a reunion in the city where they first met.

A carefully charted map of a long-distance relationship, Jennifer E. Smith’s new novel shows that the center of the world isn’t necessarily a place. It can be a person, too.

Click on ‘Read More’ to read an excerpt of this brilliant novel. 

Outside, they stood for a moment with the plastic bags hooked around their fingers. The last streaks of pink had been erased from the sky over the Hudson, and an inky black had settled over the street. As they walked uptown to join the line for free ice cream, there was still a feeling of celebration to the evening. The price of beer at the bar next door was plummeting as the kegs grew warmer, and on the other side of Broadway, a restaurant was serving a makeshift dinner by candlelight. A few kids ran past with purple glowsticks, and two mounted policemen steered their wary-eyed horses through the crowds, surveying the scene from above.

As the line inched forward, Lucy glanced over at Owen, who was looking around with a dazed expression. 
“You’d think there’d be looting or something,” he said. “In a place like this, you’d think it’d be mayhem. But it’s just a big party.”
“I told you it’s not so bad here,” Lucy said. “Give it a chance.”
“Okay,” he said with a little smile. “As long as you promise every night will be like this.”
“What,” she asked, “dark?”
“That’s the thing,” he said, looking up. “It’s not that dark. Not really.”
She followed his gaze to where the sliver of moon hung above the shadowy outline of the buildings, a thin curve of white against a navy sky that was dotted with stars. In all her years here, Lucy had never seen anything like it: a million points of light, all of them usually drowned out by the brilliant electricity of the city, the billboards and streetlights, the lasers and sirens, the fluorescent lamps and the neon bulbs, and the great white noise of it all, which left no room for anything else to break through. 
But tonight, the world had gone quiet. There was nothing but the black canopy of the sky and the wash of stars above, burning so bright that Lucy found she couldn’t look away.
“He was right,” she murmured. “This must be quite a sight from up in space.”
Owen didn’t answer for a moment, and when he finally did, his voice was hushed. “I don’t know,” he said. “I think it’s even better from down here.”
THE GEOGRAPHY OF YOU AND ME is coming to a store near you on the April 10th! 
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REVIEW – PANIC by Lauren Oliver

Posted March 25, 2014 by Emma in Blog / 8 Comments
REVIEW – PANIC by Lauren Oliver

Panicby Lauren OliverPublisher – HarperCollinsRelease Date – March 4th 2014Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She’d never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover […]

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BOOKLIGHT #1 – OUT OF CONTROL by Sarah Alderson

Posted March 18, 2014 by Emma in Blog / 11 Comments
BOOKLIGHT #1 – OUT OF CONTROL by Sarah Alderson

Today, I bring you a new feature to the blog, I’ve been asked by a couple of authors lately to promote their upcoming novels and I thought I would create Booklight, spotlighting new books with excerpts, interviews and character profiles. Today’s pick is Out of Control by Sarah Alderson, author of The Sound and The Lila Collection.  Out of Control by Sarah AldersonPublisher – Simon & Schuster UKRelease Date – May 22nd 2014 When 17 year old Liva witnesses a brutal murder she’s taken into police custody for her own protection. But when the police station is attacked and bullets start flying […]

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MINI REVIEWS – FRACTURE by Megan Miranda & THE KILLING WOODS by Lucy Christopher

Posted March 11, 2014 by Emma in Blog / 9 Comments
MINI REVIEWS – FRACTURE by Megan Miranda & THE KILLING WOODS by Lucy Christopher

Fracture (Fracture #1) by Megan Miranda Publisher – Bloomsbury Release Date – 13th February 2014 (Re-Printed) Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Fracture is a very different concept of YA that I haven’t read before. I’m watch mysteries and thrillers, I enjoy my weekly fix of Revenge, Bones, NCIS, CSI, I know these are crime dramas but still you get the point. It’s a book that you can’t really put down if you want to read and experience the full effect of the novel. But in a real world I couldn’t do that so I settled for two. This novel […]

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REVIEW – BE WITH ME by J. Lynn

Posted March 7, 2014 by Emma in Blog / 9 Comments
REVIEW – BE WITH ME by J. Lynn

Be With Me (Wait For You #2)by J.LynnPublisher – HarperCollinsUKReleased – 27th February 2014Buy – Amazon | Book Depository Teresa Hamilton is having a rough year—she’s in love with her big brother’s best friend, but he hasn’t spoken to her since they shared a truly amazing, mind-blowing, change-your-life kiss. She got out of a terrible relationship. And now an injury is threatening to end her dance career for good. It’s time for Plan B – college. And maybe a chance to convince Jase that what they have together is real. Jase Winstead has a huge secret that he’s not telling […]

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BRAND NEW DESIGN!!

Posted March 6, 2014 by Emma in Blog / 7 Comments
BRAND NEW DESIGN!!

Hi Everyone! I was previously going to do a review today but I thought I share and show you my new design. Your probably thinking why have I designed it again!?  Well when it comes to creative design and art it has be dead right and as my blog is an important part of life I like to show that in my design. This wasn’t a sudden decision but I have been teaching myself how to create graphic illustrations. So its me holding a book to my face. I thought that was quite apt for my blog and I can […]

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