Category: Book Reviews
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Waiting On Wednesday – The Future of Us by Jay Asher & Carolyn Mackler
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating. This Weeks Choice: THE FUTURE OF US by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler. Expected Publication Date: November 21, 2011 (US) January 5, 2012 (UK) Blurb taken from Goodreads: It’s…
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Cover Reveal – Wicked As They Come by Delilah S Dawson
OMG! I want to read this book so bad, I can almost TASTE it! Due to be released in Spring 2012 and I CAN NOT WAIT!. So I’m trawling google for book reviews, news, cover pics… and this pic hover’s onto the radar WOW! Meet Criminy Stain. Steampunk, Vampire’s, Top hat’s, Circus Freak’s…. Oh yeah,…
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Twilight – Breaking Dawn- Official Trailer
I’m looking forward to this but only because I hate to leave a series unfinished… Breaking Dawn was my least favourite of the Twilight series but I’ll still watch it. Obviously 😀 Just one thing though – WTH?!?! Carlise? Where did the uber hot Dr Cullen go? And, I know that (in the complexion department)…
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Review – Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Dead Until Dark {The Southern Vampire’s – #1} Format: Paperback, 336 pages Publisher: Gollancz Publication date (first): 2001 ISBN-13: 978-0575089365 Links: Goodreads | Amazon US Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She’s quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn’t get out much. Not because she’s not pretty. She is. It’s…
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Review – Never Go Back by Robert Goddard
Format: Paperback, 369 pages Publisher: Corgi ISBN-13: 978-0552152112 Publication date: 6 Nov 2006 Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK | Amazon US Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ For a group of ex-comrades, it is to be the reunion to end all reunions: a weekend in the Scottish castle where they were guinea pigs in a psychological experiment many years…
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Review – Storm Front (Dresden Files #1) by Jim Butcher
Format: Paperback, 352 pages Publisher: Orbit ISBN-10: 1841493988 Publication Date: 1 Sept 2005 Links: Goodreads | Amazon US | Barnes & Noble Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ HARRY DRESDEN — WIZARD Lost Items Found. Paranormal Investigations. Consulting. Advice. Reasonable Rates. No Love Potions, Endless Purses, or Other Entertainment. Harry Dresden is the best at what he does. Well,…
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Review – INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE by Anne Rice
Format: Paperback, 352 pages Publisher: Futura Publications (New edition) Publication date: 31 December 1981 ISBN-13: 978-0708860731 Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK | Amazon US | Waterstones | Barnes & Noble Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life – the story of a vampire,…
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Earth’s Children by Jean Auel
I was excited to hear that Jean Auel is releasing a further installment to her Earth’s Children series this year on Mar 29th. It’s called The Painted Caves/ You can read the first 3 chapters of Painted Caves HERE on Jean’s site. There’s also some free wallpapers etc to download. It’s been almost 25 years…
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Review – THOSE THAT WAKE by Jesse Karp
Format: Hardcover, 336 pages Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publication Date: 03/21/2011 ISBN-13: 9780547553115 Links: Goodreads | Amazon US | Barnes & Noble Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆ New York City’s spirit has been crushed. People walk the streets with their heads down, withdrawing from one another and into the cold comfort of technology. Teenagers Mal and Laura have…
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Is there such a thing as ‘Challenge Addiction’?…
Challenge addiction? I haz it! Can’t help myself. I think it’s an illness. Send help, please. Thank you. Two more challenges added to my list, and I’m 99.9% sure they’re my last for 2011 (but don’t quote me on that). I have been looking over my goodreads ‘read’ list and there are a few on…