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2012 in Review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for my blog! Thanks!! Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 8,700 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 15 years to […]
Stocktake Saturday 33
Welcome to Stocktake Saturday! This feature is where I share some news with you and then show you all the bookish goodies I got over the week. This week’s cover reveals (links to Goodreads pages): The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden, #1) by Julie Kagawa – paperback cover The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden, #2) by Julie Kagawa […]
The Blood Countess by Tara Moss
Date published: 1st November 2010 Publisher: Pan Macmillan AU Format: MM Paperback, 389 pages Series: Pandora English, Book 1 ISBN 13: 9781405040143 Categories: Fantasy Goodreads / Booktopia / Bookworld Source: bought Challenge: Australian Women Writer’s Reading Challenge 2012 Pandora English is no ordinary small town orphan. When she’s invited to live with her mysterious Great-Aunt Celia in New York City, she […]
Waiting on Wednesday 20
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that allows readers to showcase eagerly awaited upcoming releases. This week I’ve picked Unfettered by Shawn Speakman (ed.). This is a Fantasy anthology featuring some of the finest writers of our time! Expected publication: 2013 by Grim Oak Press Format: Hardcover, Anthology Goodreads You […]
Beastly by Alex Flinn
Date published: 8th February 2011 Publisher: HarperTeen Format: Paperback, Movie Tie-in Edition, 304 pages Series: Kendra Chronicles, Book 1 ISBN 13: 9780061963285 ISBN 10: 0061963283 Categories: YA – Other Paranormal Goodreads / The Book Depository / Booktopia / Bookworld Source: bought Love is never ugly I am a beast. A beast! Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright. I […]
Two and Twenty Dark Tales by Georgia McBride and Michelle Zink
Date published: 16th October 2011 Publisher: Month9Books Format: Paperback, 340 pages ISBN 13: 9780985029418 ISBN 10: 0985029412 Categories: YA – Fantasy Goodreads / The Book Depository / Booktopia / Bookworld Source: provided for review by the publisher In this anthology, 20 authors explore the dark and hidden meanings behind some of the most beloved Mother Goose nursery rhymes through short story retellings. […]
Most Anticipated Releases of 2013
Having shared my favourite reads of 2012, it’s only fitting that I now tell you about the books I cannot wait to read in 2013! They follow, in no particular order. The Indigo Spell (Bloodlines #3) by Richelle Mead In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself […]
Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick
Date published: 23rd October 2012 Publisher: Simon & Schuster AU Format: Paperback, 453 pages Series: The Hush, Hush Saga, Book 4 ISBN 13: 9780857072924 ISBN 10: 0857072927 Categories: YA – Angels Goodreads / Booktopia / Bookworld Source: provided for review by the publisher Nora is more certain than ever that she’s in love with her fallen angel, Patch, despite her Nephilim heritage making […]
Stocktake Saturday 32
Welcome to Stocktake Saturday! This feature is where I share some news with you and then show you all the bookish goodies I got over the week. This week’s cover reveals (links to Goodreads pages): Antigoddess (Antigoddess, #1) by Kendare Blake School Spirits (Hex Hall Spin-off, #1) by Rachel Hawkins The Girl with the Iron Touch (The Steampunk […]
This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
Date published: 1st November 2012 Publisher: Griffin Teen (from Pan Macmillan AU) Format: Paperback, 336 pages ISBN 13: 9780312656744 Categories: YA – Zombies Goodreads / The Book Depository / Booktopia / Bookworld Source: provided for review by the publisher It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside […]