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Friday, 27 July 2018
Weekly Wrap-Up
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kim @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
Saturday, 21 July 2018
Weekly Wrap-Up
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kim @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
Friday, 13 July 2018
Weekly Wrap-Up
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kim @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
Saturday, 2 June 2018
Weekly Wrap-Up + LifeLik3 GIVEAWAY!
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kim @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
Life Beyond Books
Life Lik3 by Jay Kristoff Sydney Launch
This was an awesome experience. He was extremely TALL but very down to earth. Just a few fun facts that he mentioned at the event:-
Saturday, 19 May 2018
Weekly Wrap-Up
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kim @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
Life Beyond Books
I've been participating in the Bout-of-books readathon. I have been hitting my goal of 200 pages daily! Here are my update posts. Have you been participating? Please leave your link below so I can cheer you on to the finish line.
Saturday, 12 May 2018
Book Blogger Hop ~ favourite book
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop's purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
This week's Question?
Could you ever pick a favorite book or is it like choosing your favorite child?
I could not choose a favourite book, I think it'd be worse than choosing a favourite child as there are so many more choices LOL.
Next Week @ Book Blogger's Hop
What were your worst movies based off of books?
Sunday, 6 May 2018
Weekly Wrap Up
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kim @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
Life Beyond Books
I have been toying with the idea of doing ALL the memes I participate in, on Monday, but that'll mean that ALL my linking will be on ONE post. Do you put your memes on the one post, or do you post daily? I just don't know how it'll all work, so stay tuned.
Friday, 4 May 2018
Book Blogger Hop - Emerged better...
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop's purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
This week's Question?
Do you ever feel like you have emerged better for reading a book?
(Suggested by Rubina @ Booklove)
"Better" can be interpreted in many different ways. I don't feel that a book needs to have a "moral to the story" for it to make me "better". For me, if I read a book and I enjoy the story and every moment I am immersed with the characters and world...to me that's made me better. It maybe from an expanded knowledge due to the book, or just pure enjoyment, once I finish the book, I feel that I have become a better person just because I had the opportunity to share in the Author's journey of a wonderful piece of work.
Who hasn't read this and have had some emotional reaction to this brilliant story.
P.S. I love you by Cecelia Ahern
I cried in this book, and years later I still recall what happened in the book, so that means it really struck a chord with me.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Like the book above I am not 100% sure why it struck so much of a chord with me, but years on I still remember the story and I remembered having major book hangover from these books.
What books has struck a chord with you, and have you been able to pinpoint why? Also let me know, which books have given you hangovers? Please comment below...let's chat!
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Who hasn't read this and have had some emotional reaction to this brilliant story.
P.S. I love you by Cecelia Ahern
I cried in this book, and years later I still recall what happened in the book, so that means it really struck a chord with me.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Like the book above I am not 100% sure why it struck so much of a chord with me, but years on I still remember the story and I remembered having major book hangover from these books.
What books has struck a chord with you, and have you been able to pinpoint why? Also let me know, which books have given you hangovers? Please comment below...let's chat!
Next Week @ Book Blogger's Hop
Could you ever pick a favorite book or is it like choosing your favorite child?
Saturday, 28 April 2018
Weekly Wrap Up
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kim @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
Week Gone By
It's Monday, what are you reading?
Waiting on Wednesday
Perfect by Cecelia Ahern - Review
Book Blogger Hop
Waiting on Wednesday
Perfect by Cecelia Ahern - Review
Book Blogger Hop
The Week Ahead
I won't bother putting the memes I'm participating in, but I am hoping to get these reviews finished this week.
As she fades by Abbi Glines - Book Review
Passengers by Alexandra Bracken - Book Review
Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken - Book Review
As she fades by Abbi Glines - Book Review
Passengers by Alexandra Bracken - Book Review
Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken - Book Review
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
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Audible
I am unsure if I have read Life After Theft, but I like the premise of a criminal trying to do the right thing once passed. Glitter I had never seen before, but I love the setting at Versailles. I'm a bit of an Aprilynne Pike fan as I really enjoyed her Wings series.
The last 3 have been just ones I've seen around the blogosphere; Marie Lu and Marissa Meyer are both amazing YA Authors so it's just an auto-pilot thing to get their books. Caraval I ended up picking up because it was in Hailey in Bookland's March Wrap-Up Video, check it out! Do you watch Booktubers, if so comment below and link me up to your favourite ones.
Friday, 27 April 2018
Book Blogger Hop - Writing to Authors
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Ramblings of a Coffee Addicted Writer. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop's purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
This week's Question?
Have you ever thought of writing a respectful, but angry letter to an author to ask them WHY they killed off one of your favorite characters in a novel?
(Suggested by Maria from A Night's Dreams of Books)
I cannot think, of the top of my head a favourite character that has been killed off, not to say there hasn't been, but I can't remember, so my answer for this week is no.
However, I am not opposed to emailing an Author...well wanting to anyway, to ask them what happened to the characters beyond the book. A lot of times I'm really interested with secondary characters as most books wrap it up for the main characters but you are so curious about the secondary characters, what happens to them???
Am I the only strange one that wants to know what happens to the characters beyond what the Author has written?
Next Week @ Book Blogger's Hop
Do you ever feel like you have emerged better for reading a book?
Wednesday, 25 April 2018
Waiting on Wednesday
Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted Breaking the Spine.
Talon by Julie Kagawa
Series: Talon #5Publication Date: April 24, 2018
TODAY, WE STRIKE BACK.
WE SHOW TALON THAT WE WILL NEVER ACCEPT THEIR NEW WORLD.
Ember Hill has learned a shocking truth about herself: she is the blood of the Elder Wyrm, the ancient dragon who leads Talon and who is on the verge of world domination. With the Order of St. George destroyed, Ember, Riley and Garret journey to the Amazon jungle in search of one who might hold the key to take down the Elder Wyrm and Talon—if they can survive the encounter.
Meanwhile, Ember’s brother, Dante, will travel to China with a message for the last Eastern dragons: join Talon or die. With the stakes rising and the Elder Wyrm declaring war, time is running out for the rogues and any dragon not allied with Talon.
The final battle approaches. And if Talon is victorious, the world will burn.
I am currently listening to Legion book 4 in the Talon series and I have thoroughly enjoyed this series! This is the series that got me into listening to Audiobooks. Have you read the Talon series? How are you liking it? What books are you waiting on?
WE SHOW TALON THAT WE WILL NEVER ACCEPT THEIR NEW WORLD.
Ember Hill has learned a shocking truth about herself: she is the blood of the Elder Wyrm, the ancient dragon who leads Talon and who is on the verge of world domination. With the Order of St. George destroyed, Ember, Riley and Garret journey to the Amazon jungle in search of one who might hold the key to take down the Elder Wyrm and Talon—if they can survive the encounter.
Meanwhile, Ember’s brother, Dante, will travel to China with a message for the last Eastern dragons: join Talon or die. With the stakes rising and the Elder Wyrm declaring war, time is running out for the rogues and any dragon not allied with Talon.
The final battle approaches. And if Talon is victorious, the world will burn.
I am currently listening to Legion book 4 in the Talon series and I have thoroughly enjoyed this series! This is the series that got me into listening to Audiobooks. Have you read the Talon series? How are you liking it? What books are you waiting on?
Monday, 23 April 2018
It's Monday, What are you reading?
It's Monday! What are you reading? is hosted by Book Date. It is where we show what we are currently reading and what we are planning to read for the week. I will also link up to the YA version of this meme hosted at Teach Mentor Texts and Unleashing Readers.
Currently Reading
Kindle
Audible
Paperback
This Week
What are you reading this week? Please comment below so I can also check out your Reads for this week. Happy Reading!
Sunday, 22 April 2018
Weekly Wrap-Up
The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kim @ Caffeinated Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news~ A post to recap the past week on your blog and showcase books and things we have received. Share news about what is coming up on our blog for the week ahead.
I have just recently started reading again let alone blogging. About a month ago I started reading regularly again, I never fully stopped reading but I certainly was not reading as often as I used to, or as much as I had liked to, but I kind of got my groove back a month ago. A week after I commenced reading again, tragedy struck my family, my 14 year old furbaby passed away, and because blogging was our bonding time; as she'd sit with me whilst I read and whilst I wrote up posts, I decided to start blogging again...so here I am.
Last Week @ Paperback Princess
Stacking The Shelves - Commencing from this post I will link up both memes on the one post, as I figured it will prevent doing a double up. If you link up to several memes in the one post, let me know how you find it and what memes do you participate in?
Top Ten Tuesday - Topic freebie! Check out what I chose.
Book Blogger Hop - Which fictitious town would you choose to live in? My answer was quite predictable.
Review - Flawed by Cecelia Ahern
The Week Ahead
I have only just started blogging again, so below is only a guideline of what I hope would be posted up next week.
- Top Ten Tuesday
- Book Blogger Hop
- Review - Perfect by Cecelia Ahern
- Review - Passengers & Wayfarer by Alexandra Bracken
- Review - As She Fades by Abbi Gline
Around the Blogosphere
Spring Clean Your Blog by Jamie @ The Perpetual Page Turner
"5 Bookstores on my Bucket List" by Giselle @ XPresso Reads
Stacking The Shelves is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks!
I love Keeping up with the Kardashians, it's definitely a guilty pleasure so when I came across this book, and Melissa de la Cruz commenting on the cover that it is the funniest book she'd ever read, I had to give it a try.
I actually wanted to borrow Everything, Everything but it wasn't in my local library so I grabbed this.
Soldier and Legion are Audiobooks through Audible. I have loved the Talon series thus far and eagerly anticipating the release of book #5 Inferno. Once I started the series as an audiobook, I find I must continue in this form, it just doesn't seem like the same story for me if I change format.
What are you currently listening to in Audible? Does anyone else find that when a book/series is being read well in an audiobook, you've got to continue to the end of the series in the same format?
Last but not least, I'd just like to ask...when I preview or check my blog out from my web browser the font seems really small, despite it being "Normal" in size according to Blogger, so I've now made it to "Large" but I don't know if it's showing up on your computer the same...so if you can kindly let me know which looks better?
Normal or Large
Thanks everyone! If you also participated in the above memes please send me a link on the comments below. Have a wonderful week!
Friday, 20 April 2018
Book Blogger Hop - Organising Book Review
Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Billy from Coffee Addicted Writer. Each week the hop will start on a Friday and end on Thursday. There will be a weekly prompt featuring a book related question. The hop's purpose is to give bloggers a chance to follow other blogs, learn about new books, befriend other bloggers, and receive new followers to your own blog.
This week's Question?
How do you organise your book for reviews? Does it work for you or have had to change it?
Since I have only just started blogging again the books I'm due to review are not set with a due date, so for those I don't really organise it in any way, unless it's a series, I TRY to review it one after the other if I read the books consecutively. I am so interested in everyone's answer for this in hope that I may find a better way than my current state of affairs.
However, when I participated in Blog Tours, Author Interviews and received books from Netgalley or Publishers I would use a monthly calendar where I note any commitments I may have set to ensure that I have it posted on time. I would also write down due dates for reading books by. For e.g. if my Netgalley book is due for publication on 1st of May I would endeavour to have it read by the week before so it gives me ample time to write the post, this obviously does not always happen, but again with an extra week buffer I can take my time.
However, when I participated in Blog Tours, Author Interviews and received books from Netgalley or Publishers I would use a monthly calendar where I note any commitments I may have set to ensure that I have it posted on time. I would also write down due dates for reading books by. For e.g. if my Netgalley book is due for publication on 1st of May I would endeavour to have it read by the week before so it gives me ample time to write the post, this obviously does not always happen, but again with an extra week buffer I can take my time.
Next week @ Book Blogger Hop
Have you ever thought of writing a respectful, but angry letter to an author to ask them WHY they killed off one of your favorite characters in a novel?
Friday, 16 August 2013
Friday Hop ~ Book Blogger Hop and Feature & Follow Friday
Book Blogger Hop hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer
Were you a born bookworm or somebody got you into the habit of reading?
Born a bookworm! My Mother read to me when I was a child. I still own my very first book, a hardcover A4 book of nursery rhymes, scribble and all done by yours truly. Then as a child my nose was always stuck in a book, I didn't go anywhere without one, this pretty much continued throughout my childhood till I got to high school. From high school through to my early 20s I still read but my reading reduced quite substantially for me anyway.
The Rules:-
- You MUST follow BOTH hosts Rachel @ Parajunkee and Alison @ Alison Can Read
- You MUST follow BOTH Featured Blogs of the week (linked below)
- Do your own Feature & Follow Friday post answering the question of the week and link to it at the bottom of this post
- Follow and comment on other participants Feature & Follow Friday posts!
Friday, 9 August 2013
Friday Hop ~ Feature & Follow Friday and Book Blogger Hop
Book Blogger Hop hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer
If you don't like a book that you said you would review, do you graciously turn it down and explain why or do you struggle through it and hopefully come up with a half decent review?
Firstly if I've already said yes to reviewing the book then the least I can do is give it a try. If I'm still not getting into the book after awhile despite having tried I'd then email the Author/Publisher and explain to them why I'm just not getting the hang of said book. If the story (plot, characters, writing etc) was still good but I just personally didn't like it, I'd also offer the Author/Publisher a Spotlight with Excerpt post, if however the book was just plain terrible, then I'd offer up the reason as to why I didn't like it and leave it at that.
The Rules:-
- You MUST follow BOTH hosts Rachel @ Parajunkee and Alison @ Alison Can Read
- You MUST follow BOTH Featured Blogs of the week (linked below)
- Do your own Feature & Follow Friday post answering the question of the week and link to it at the bottom of this post
- Follow and comment on other participants Feature & Follow Friday posts!
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Top Ten Tuesday #21 ~ Books I Wish Had Sequels
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature hosted by The Broke & The Bookish
Hi Everyone! I've been really slack with my Top Ten Tuesday post as of late, I would read the topic for the week and struggle to come up with ten so I just wouldn't do the post. This week though, Jen from The Broke & The Bookish only did seven, so I decided that it's ok to not have ten from now on. It's better to participate and come up with less than ten than not participate at all.
I thought that this topic would be slightly difficult because I don't know if anyone else has noticed but most books nowadays are series! There aren't many standalone books anymore, does anyone else agree with me?
Lastly, are there anyone that are clever with the whole HTML coding? I'd like to use threaded comments for my comments, but I'm unable to do so using the Blogger instructions, apparently because of my design, so if someone knows how to to incorporate the threaded comment in my HTML coding I'd love your help!
Top Ten Books I Wish Had Sequels
Next week @ Top Ten Tuesday
Top Ten Books With "X" Setting
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