The Lost Boys
Written By Lilian Carmine
Published 24 / 10 / 2013
512 Pages
Thank you to Netgalley and Random House UK
Fate has brought them together. But will it also keep them apart? Having moved to a strange town, 17 year old Joey Gray is feeling a little lost, until she meets a cute, mysterious boy near her new home. But there’s a very good reason why Tristan Halloway is always to be found roaming in the local graveyard. Perfect for fans of Stephenie Meyer and Lauren Kate, The Lost Boys is a magical, romantic tale of girl meets ghost.
Like most bloggers, each week I'm inundated with nonsense spam comments. Luckily, my comments are filtered and almost all unwanted guests are sent to my spam folder. It's almost entertainment in itself. I assume that even spam finds itself lost in translation, so each week, I'd like to share a few of my cut and paste moments. All names and websites shall be omitted.
A guest list needs to bе created and invitations need to be decided upon anԁ mailed out to everyone concerned. One οf my fondest moments was giving my daughter heг first bath. While no one can say that it's hard to cook soup, there would also be no one that would refuse this type of fooԁ when it's offered to them.
Say what? Now I know you parents out there are fond of celebrating milestones, but that's just ridiculous... I don't care what kind of soup you're serving.
Amped
Written By Daniel H. Wilson
Published 07 / 06 / 2013
288 Pages
Thank you to Simon And Schuster Australia
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It’s the near future, and scientists have developed implants that treat brain dysfunction, and also make recipients capable of superhuman feats. Exploiting societal fears of the newly enhanced, politicians pass a set of laws to restrict the rights of 'amplified' humans, instantly creating a new persecuted underclass known as 'amps.' On the day that the Supreme Court passes the first of these laws, twenty nine year old schoolteacher Owen Gray is forced into hiding, only dimly aware of the latent powers he possesses. To escape imprisonment, and to find out who he really is, Owen seeks out a community in Oklahoma where, it is rumored, a group of the most enhanced amps may be about to change the world, or destroy it.
Promised (Birthmarked: Book Three)
Written by Caragh M. O'Brien
Published 02 / 10 / 2012
304 Pages
After defying the ruthless Enclave, surviving the wasteland, and upending the rigid matriarchy of Sylum, Gaia Stone now faces her biggest challenge ever. She must lead the people of Sylum back to the Enclave and persuade the Protectorat to grant them refuge from the wasteland. In Gaia's absence, the Enclave has grown more cruel, more desperate to experiment on mothers from outside the wall, and now the stakes of cooperating or rebelling have never been higher. Is Gaia ready, as a leader, to sacrifice what, or whom, she loves most?
Thanks to Putnam, I'm giving away an ARC paperback copy of Scan, the brilliant new series by author S. E Fine and Walter Jury (who produced the Divergent movie). This ARC paperback is not yet available in Australia, but I've got an extra copy to giveaway to one lucky Australian resident.
Tate and his father don’t exactly get along. As Tate sees it, his father has unreasonably high expectations for Tate to be the best, at everything. Tate finally learns what he’s being prepared for when he steals one of his dad’s odd tech inventions and mercenaries ambush the school, killing his father in the process and sending Tate on the run from aliens who look just like humans.
Even with all he knows like how to defend himself with useful tools made out of bubblegum, Tate fears he’s still inadequate. With the help of his girlfriend and estranged mother, all Tate can really do is keep moving and ensure his father’s invention stays out of the hands of his pursuers and that his father didn’t die in vain. A riveting, fast-paced adventure, Scan is a clever alien thriller with muscle and heart.
See my review of Scan here, and good luck to everyone who enters.
Giveaway
SCAN (Scan series: Book One)
Written By S. E Fine and Walter Jury
Expected Publication 01 / 05 / 2014
336 Pages
Thank you to Stacey from Putnam for sending me a copy all the way from the U.S
Written By S. E Fine and Walter Jury
Expected Publication 01 / 05 / 2014
336 Pages
Thank you to Stacey from Putnam for sending me a copy all the way from the U.S
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Tate and his father don’t exactly get along. As Tate sees it, his father has unreasonably high expectations for Tate to be the best, at everything. Tate finally learns what he’s being prepared for when he steals one of his dad’s odd tech inventions and mercenaries ambush the school, killing his father in the process and sending Tate on the run from aliens who look just like humans.
Even with all he knows like how to defend himself with useful tools made out of bubblegum, Tate fears he’s still inadequate. With the help of his girlfriend and estranged mother, all Tate can really do is keep moving and ensure his father’s invention stays out of the hands of his pursuers and that his father didn’t die in vain. A riveting, fast-paced adventure, Scan is a clever alien thriller with muscle and heart.
Picture Me Gone
Written By Meg Rosoff
Published 05 / 09 / 2013
208 Pages
Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin
Mila has an exceptional talent for reading a room, sensing hidden facts and unspoken emotions from clues that others overlook. So when her father’s best friend, Matthew, goes missing from his upstate New York home, Mila and her beloved father travel from London to find him. She collects information about Matthew from his belongings, from his wife and baby, from the dog he left behind and from the ghosts of his past, slowly piecing together the story everyone else has missed. But just when she’s closest to solving the mystery, a shocking betrayal calls into question her trust in the one person she thought she could read best.
I can't believe it's been a full year since I first begun blogging. I've met fabulous fellow bloggers, equally as fabulous publishers and have expanded my reading list by hundreds.
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88 people added me to their Google Circles...
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23% have visited via Goodreads.
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I worked with 14 Australian publishers.23% have visited via Goodreads.
I gained 705 Google followers.
234 Twitter followers.
150+ Goodreads friends, and
34 members choosing to follow.
Begin writing for ibrary.
594 followers gained via Bloglovin',
with 129 personal followers.
88 people added me to their Google Circles...
and read 263 books throughout the year.
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