'Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself. You bring to a novel, anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and you read it in your own terms.'- Angela Carter

Wednesday, 9 January 2013

Waiting on Wednesday #11


"Waiting On Wednesday" is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine , which allows us to show off the books we cannot wait to get our hands on :). This weeks choice is:

Dualed - Elsie Chapman

Dualed (Dualed, #1)

The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. Everyone has a genetic Alternate—a twin raised by another family—and citizens must prove their worth by eliminating their Alts before their twentieth birthday. Survival means advanced schooling, a good job, marriage—life.

Fifteen-year-old West Grayer has trained as a fighter, preparing for the day when her assignment arrives and she will have one month to hunt down and kill her Alt. But then a tragic misstep shakes West’s confidence. Stricken with grief and guilt, she’s no longer certain that she’s the best version of herself, the version worthy of a future. If she is to have any chance of winning, she must stop running not only from her Alt, but also from love . . . though both have the power to destroy her.

Elsie Chapman's suspenseful YA debut weaves unexpected romance into a novel full of fast-paced action and thought-provoking philosophy. When the story ends, discussions will begin about this future society where every adult is a murderer and every child knows there is another out there who just might be better.


Bring on February! 
xxx

Dystopia Reading Challenge 2013


Dystopia Reading Challenge 2013

The wonderful Blog of Erised (love the name!) is hosting a challenge for 2013 which I couldn't resist. I adore the Dystopia genre and this just seems perfect. The challenge is to attempt to read 24 Dystopia books in 2013 and at the end of the challenge Ula is hosting a giveaway to celebrate. Sounds perfect, doesn't it? 

Here are the books that I've read so far :) : 25/24
Malley, Gemma - The Legacy



Badges


(1-6 books: 22/02/2013)








(7- 12 books:11/03/2013)



 (13-18 books: 05/05/2013)
Slika v vrstici 1  (19-24 books: 01/09/2013)

Tuesday, 8 January 2013

**GRAB A BARGAIN**Rachel Vincent Werecats / Faythe Sanders Series Books 1-5 -



Just a quick post to show all of you the BARGAIN I nabbed from my local bookshop yesterday. If any of you are interested in trying the books - and I'd been looking for the first in the series for awhile! - then this is amazing. The first five books of the series for £6.99! Cannot go wrong as they're priced at £7.99 each. Hope this helps anyone looking for a bargain :).
   

xxx

Sunday, 6 January 2013

Showcase Sunday #21



 It's Sunday again so we all know that it's time for Showcase Sunday. It's a lovely weekly meme hosted by Vicki over at Books, Biscuits and Tea, and it allows us to show off all the lovely buys this week. I love this meme as it gives a chance for us to show and browse so many books!



Books

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Kindle

The Homecoming Masquerade

Net Galley
The Rules (Project Paper Doll, #1) The Best of All Possible Worlds Blood's Pride

Theres a bit of a pattern with the books I've bought this week in cover colours! Haha :).

xxx

Friday, 4 January 2013

Feature and Follow #13


So here's Fridays meme: Feature and Follow hosted over at Parajunkee and Alison Can Read. The aim of the blog is to gain new followers! :)

How to participate:

Gain new followers and make new friends with the Book Blogger Feature & Follow! If this is your first time here, welcome! You are about to make some new friends and gain new followers -- but you have to know -- the point of this hop is to follow other bloggers also. I follow you, you follow me.

What sets this Hop apart from others, is the Feature. Each week they will showcase a Featured Blogger, from all different genres and areas. Just remember it is required, if you participate, to follow the Features and you must follow the hosts (Parajunkee & Alison Can Read) as a courtesy.
                         Featured Blogs: Lost in Thought & Galavanting Girl


Q: What New Years Blogging or Writing resolution have you placed on yourself?

To write more reviews! I started off really well and then began slacking so I definitely need to up my game. I also need to find time for my blog each day despite my Masters course. Fingers crossed I'll stick to these :). Book wise, I'm hoping to read 100 books this year on my Goodreads challenge and to achieve Level 4 in the Dystopia Reading Challenge! Busy, busy :).

xxx


Thursday, 3 January 2013

BOOK BLOG TOUR**Cephrael's Hand - Melissa McPhail** NOVEL PUBLICITY

Today's section of the Novel Publicity Book Blog Tour is an interview by the author herself, Melissa McPhail. Enjoy!

Please enjoy this interview with Melissa McPhail, author of the spellbinding epic fantasy, Cephrael's Hand. Then read on to learn how you can win huge prizes as part of this blog tour, including a Kindle Fire, $450 in Amazon gift cards, and 5 autographed copies of the book.  
1. Your debut novel, Cephrael’s Hand was the winner of The Written Arts Award for both the best fiction and the best Sci-Fi/Fantasy categories--congratulations! So tell us, what was the inspiration behind this story, and can you tell us a little bit about it? I started the first version of Cephrael’s Hand when I was going through a difficult time in my life. I needed the cathartic joy that I’d always found in writing. I didn’t set out to write a novel—just to write. That first draft had no planning, no world-building, no design. It was pure creative inspiration. And it was awful! But the characters… I had brought them into being, and they insisted that they had a story to tell. It took my growing as a writer—and over a million words tossed into the trash—to finally tell their story properly. Cephrael’s Hand is the result of a philosopher’s approach to fantasy. It’s the story of one man’s steadfast determination to save the realm he swore to protect, and his willingness to do anything it takes to accomplish that end—even to betray those he loves. It’s the story of the unlikely pieces (men and women) who unknowingly fall beneath his shadow, and of the players who follow him. Ultimately, it’s a story of salvation. I see fantasy as a metaphor for life in this world. We all face tests of our honor. We’re all working to accomplish our goals and flourish and prosper. Few of us set out to do evil. Yet evil is done. Goals are abandoned. Integrity is compromised. We totter precariously on thin wires as we move through the labyrinth of life. I strive with my series to illuminate those wire-thin paths, that we might find solid ground beneath them.   

Wednesday, 2 January 2013

BOOK BLOG TOUR**Cephrael's Hand - Melissa McPhail** NOVEL PUBLICITY

Today's part of the blog tour is a guest post by the author of Cephrael's Hand, Melissa McPhail.

Please enjoy this guest post by Melissa McPhail, author of the spellbinding epic fantasy, Cephrael's Hand. Then read on to learn how you can win huge prizes as part of this blog tour, including a Kindle Fire, $450 in Amazon gift cards, and 5 autographed copies of the book.  

My Take on Magic Systems

A guest post by Melissa McPhail