tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34133372760483901552024-03-05T15:44:38.729+11:00Alex Eats BooksReviews and Randomness..Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-30616594459887429052012-04-18T19:27:00.000+10:002012-04-18T19:27:44.587+10:00Waiting on Wednesday #6
Waiting on Wednesday spotlights upcoming releases to be excited about! (Created by Jill at Breaking the Spine)
Broken by Elizabeth Pulford (Illustrated by Angus Gomes)
Published June 1st 2012 by Walker Books Australia
(This is GoodReads:)
Critically injured in a motorbike accident, Zara Wilson lies in a coma. She is caught between the world of her hospital room and that of her Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-84577494103779047342012-04-05T23:41:00.001+10:002012-04-05T23:41:20.888+10:00April New ReleasesHello folks! So today is April 5th - and a surprising amount of (in my opinion) awesome books are being released not only this month: but TODAY! Also - these are all second or third or fifth or SEVENTH in a series - like how'd that happen? I feel like there are fewer and fewer stand-alone titles coming out these days.
Anyways! Here are the goods:
Fire Ascending (The Last Dragon Chronicles #7)Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-64478337227233588632012-03-23T21:20:00.001+11:002012-03-23T21:20:57.754+11:00Book Review: Sorry by Zoran Drvenkar
"This is all about memory. It's about details. Details are important to you. You prize details." Pg 7.
Kris, Tamara, Wolf and Frauke. Four young friends with too much time on their hands and one big idea: an agency called Sorry. Unfair dismissals, the wrongly accused, jilted lovers: everyone has a price and the Sorry team will find out what that is. It's as simple as that. The ideaAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-39163202671244378822012-02-20T22:26:00.000+11:002012-02-20T22:26:06.022+11:00Book Review: The Truth About Celia Frost by Paula Rawsthorne
"They mustn't know that they are being looked for. We can't afford for them to run away again." Pg 111
Celia Frost is a freak. At least, that's what everyone thinks. Her life is ruled by a rare disorder that means she could bleed to death from the slightest cut, confining her to a gloomy bubble of 'safety'. No friends. No fun. No life.
But when a knife attack on Celia has unexpected Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-2170347458944832232012-01-12T17:16:00.000+11:002012-01-12T17:18:57.514+11:00Waiting on Wednesday #5
Waiting on Wednesday spotlights upcoming releases to be excited about! (Created by Jill at Breaking the Spine)
Some Kind of Fairy Tale by Graham Joyce
Published June 21st, 2012 by Gollancz
(This is Goodreads:)
For twenty years after Tara Martin disappeared from her small English town, her parents and her brother, Peter, have lived in denial of the grim fact that she was gone Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-80597644230071147092011-10-23T21:36:00.000+11:002011-10-23T21:36:55.279+11:00Book review: Things We Didn't See Coming by Steven Amsterdam
"This whole thing is symbolic, symbolic of a system that's hopelessly short-sighted." Pg 21
It's the anxious eve of the millennium. The car is packed to capacity, and as midnight approaches, a family flees the city in a fit of panic and paranoid, conflicting emotions.
The ensuing journey spans decades and offers a sharp-eyed perspective on a hardscrabble future, as a boy jettisons Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-65859846821905559072011-09-15T15:46:00.002+10:002011-09-15T15:47:56.155+10:00Book Trailer Spotlight #3
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Catherynne M. Valente.
Published by Macmillan, May 2011.
This book is ridiculously gorgeous with it's illustrations. And the song is rather charming too!
(On a side note - I just want to apologise profusely for not updating at all recently! I'm moving interstate this weekend so life has been go go go for the Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-44522314843596132512011-08-27T14:11:00.000+10:002011-08-27T14:11:17.322+10:00Maria V. Snyder Giveaway WINNER!!!
First off I'd like to say a big THANK YOU!!! to those who entered my very first giveaway, I was really pleased with how it worked out and I plan to have many more giveaways in the future!
So, using random.org I was able to choose a winner of the signed copy of Inside Out......
And that winner is..........
AMANDA FROM BENTON, KY!! WOOHOO!!
Her favourite character is from a series called Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-75025947021710513892011-08-23T23:26:00.000+10:002011-08-23T23:26:31.952+10:00Waiting on Wednesday #4Waiting on Wednesday spotlights upcoming releases to be excited about! (Created by Jill at Breaking the Spine)
The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternPublished September 13th, 2011 by Doubleday(This is GoodReads:)
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-11943737687522275482011-08-12T14:48:00.001+10:002011-08-12T15:16:14.137+10:00Maria V. Snyder in Melbourne and a GIVEAWAY!On Tuesday the 9th of August in overcast (but not raining!) Melbourne - Hawthorn Readings bookshop played host to the wonderful author of 8 books (so far!) - Maria V. Snyder.
It was a very relaxed atmosphere inside - everyone was chatting excitedly as we waited for Maria to make her entrance - comparing book covers, favourite characters and scenes as well as (naturally) talking about theAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-22985222266648113692011-08-09T19:56:00.000+10:002011-08-09T19:56:05.215+10:00Book Trailer Spotlight #2Todays book trailer is for a picture book that is very dear to me. Quite possibly one of my favourite picture books after Oliver Jeffers 'Lost and Found'.This is: 'It's a Book' by Lane Smith.Published by Macmillan Children's books in August 2010.Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-35629360133823361332011-08-06T22:22:00.000+10:002011-08-06T22:22:22.303+10:00Update and what-notHey grand folks of the Internet world - it is I, you're illustrious occasional-blogger *grins*
So I thought I'd give a little overview of what I'll be getting up to, book-wise, over the next month!
Tomorrow (Sunday) I'll be shooting off to Melbourne for the week, which I am rather excited about for a few reasons - Firstly I have a job interview on Monday (!!!) in a bookshop no less (!!!!!!) so Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-58247040778262720782011-08-06T01:25:00.002+10:002011-08-06T01:29:50.591+10:00Book Review: Outside In by Maria V. Snyder
"There wouldn't have been a rebellion or the Force of Sheep without you. You started everything and you need to finish it." Pg 55.
Me? A leader? Okay, I did prove that there's more to Inside that we knew. That a whole world exists beyond this cube we live in. And finding that led to a major rebellion - between worker scrubs like me and the snobby uppers who rule our world. Make that Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-8330893372548060832011-08-03T01:34:00.000+10:002011-08-03T01:34:03.627+10:00Teaser Tuesday #4
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:- Grab your current read- Open to a random page- Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page- be careful not to include spoilers! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! you don't want to ruin the book for others!)- Share the Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-81622307325292799782011-07-29T12:21:00.001+10:002011-07-29T12:23:36.236+10:00August HighlightsHey folks!
Well it's coming to the end of July - so I thought I'd do a little post on what I'll be looking forward to in YA this coming month! (As if I didn't have enough to read as it is *grins*)
There is no Dog - Meg Rosoff
Published: 4th August by Puffin
Meet your unforgettable protagonist: God, who, as it turns out, is a 19-year-old boy living in the present-day and sharing an apartment Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-90988935655171527812011-07-27T16:51:00.000+10:002011-07-27T16:51:38.839+10:00Waiting on Wednesday #3Waiting on Wednesday spotlights upcoming releases to be excited about! (Created by Jill at Breaking the Spine)
Crossed by Ally CondiePublished November 24, 2011 by Puffin(This is Amazon:)
Rules are different outside the Society.
Chasing down an uncertain future, Cassia makes her way to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-75255083447316933812011-07-25T11:23:00.000+10:002011-07-25T11:23:15.627+10:00Book Trailer Spotlight #1Little Owl's Night by Divya Srinivasan, published by PenguinYoungReaders in September 2011.Isn't it absolutely adorable?!!?! *gushes*Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-45984702558264742352011-07-23T13:28:00.002+10:002011-07-23T13:31:46.194+10:00Book Review: The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
"Once I am in the Cellar, proving myself indispensable to the safety of Marblehaugh Park, they'll never send me away. I will be safe then, absolutely safe." Pg 39
She doesn't really know who she is or what she wants...
Corinna is a Folk Keeper. Her job is to keep the mysterious Folk who live beneath the ground at bay. But Corinna has a secret that even she doesn't fully comprehend, Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-2143944195579820852011-07-05T18:54:00.002+10:002011-07-05T18:59:12.876+10:00Teaser Tuesday #3
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:- Grab your current read- Open to a random page- Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page- be careful not to include spoilers! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! you don't want to ruin the book for others!)- Share the Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-81726378643163405132011-06-30T01:52:00.000+10:002011-06-30T01:52:53.438+10:00Book Rant - DifferencesIt's always disconcerting when you read reviews of a book you've read and loved - only to find that others have not loved it at all...
I have just recently finished Wither by Lauren DeStefano and enjoyed it immensely. However upon logging into my GoodReads account I noticed that one of my friends had just started reading it - only she wasn't enjoying it at all. In fact she seemed to be deeply Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-62214699943409219962011-06-29T10:19:00.000+10:002011-06-29T10:19:57.805+10:00Waiting on Wednesday #2Waiting on Wednesday spotlights upcoming releases to be excited about! (Created by Jill at Breaking the Spine)
1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiPublished October 17, 2011 by Harvill Secker(This is Amazon:)
The year is 1984. Aomame sits in a taxi on the expressway in Tokyo.
Her work is not the kind which can be discussed in public but she is in a hurry to carry out an assignment and, with the traffic Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-77707002499008918152011-06-25T16:52:00.001+10:002011-06-25T21:53:09.647+10:00Book Review: Shift by Em Bailey
“Anyway, aren’t we supposed to be staying away from Miranda?”
Shift is a sinister psychological thriller that tears through the themes of identity, loss and toxic friendship.
Olive Corbett is just a bit mixed up. Dealing with a family break-up and surviving a suicide attempt, Olive has turned from being the popular girl at school to the introverted ‘freak’ that everyone ignores. Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-31803415946783417442011-06-21T16:32:00.001+10:002011-06-25T22:06:48.265+10:00Teaser Tuesday #2
Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:- Grab your current read- Open to a random page- Share two "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page- be careful not to include spoilers! (Make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away! you don't want to ruin the book for others!)- Share the Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-74589273080362626292011-06-21T01:59:00.002+10:002011-06-25T22:29:02.881+10:00Book Review: An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
"Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back." Pg 110.
When it comes to relationships, Colin Singleton's type happens to be girls named Katherine. And when it comes to girls named Katherine, Colin is always getting dumped. Nineteen times, to be exact. He's also a washed-up child prodigy with ten Alexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3413337276048390155.post-69759512395129815782011-06-15T09:39:00.002+10:002011-06-25T22:44:38.925+10:00Waiting on Wednesday #1Waiting on Wednesday spotlights upcoming releases to be excited about! (Created by Jill at Breaking the Spine)
Naked by Kevin Brooks
Published: October 6th, 2011 by Puffin
(This is Amazon:)
London 1976: a summer of chaos, punk, love... and a boy they called Billy the Kid.
It was the summer of so many things. Heat and violence, love and hate, heaven and hell. It was the time I met William BonneyAlexhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01973604589007729471noreply@blogger.com2