Fab development last month – I was sent my first physical review copy direct from the publisher (thanks, Walker Books!). It honestly feels like such an achievement, and as someone who prefers physical books to eBooks, I’m quite excited (sorry, NetGalley!).
Find out what books I’ve hauled, what I’ve read, and what I’ve been watching in February. I’ve also done a round-up of some of my favourite posts from other bloggers, so don’t forget to check them out!
Gloria is tired of her ordinary life. She barely recognizes the free-spirited girl she used to be in the unadventurous teenager she has become. So when a mysterious boy bent on breaking the rules strolls into her classroom, Gloria is ready to fall under his spell.
Uman is funny, confident and smart. He does whatever he likes and doesn’t care what anyone thinks of him. The only people for him are the mad ones, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing but burn, burn, burn. He is everything Gloria wishes to be. He can whisk her away from the life she loathes and show her a more daring, more exciting one, in which the only limits are the boundaries of her own boldness. But Uman in not all he seems and by the time she learns the truth about him, she is a long way from home and everyone wants to know, Where’s Gloria?
3.5* Read!
Yesterday, in Is Bigger Better?, I blogged about the size of my unruly TBR pile. This was inspired by Dani @ Dani Reviews Things, who wrote a post discussing how growing up and reviewing books has changed her reading habits. I’m turning this into a mini-series, as there are a few things that have changed for me from Before Blogging to After Blogging, so I’ve split them into separate posts for your reading pleasure 🙂
Yes, my title is a little tongue-in-cheek. It’s one of those days. Pick your mind up out of the gutter, I’m talking about TBR piles.
Recently, Dani @ Dani Reviews Things wrote a post discussing how growing up and reviewing books has changed her reading habits. It’s a fab post and I highly recommend you check it out! I’d been thinking about how I read Before Blogging and After Blogging for a while, and her post inspired me to finally get my thoughts on to the screen. Here we go…
I’m always on the look-out for a great deal on books, and bookish related items, and every Christmas I put together a Gift Guide with Discount Codes from selected Etsy sellers, and other stores. I’m working with some sellers to provide permanent discount codes to Confessions of a Book Geek readers, which will be posted here for you to browse.
Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. But she’s at last returned to the empire – for vengeance, to rescue her once-glorious kingdom, and to confront the shadows of her past… She will fight for her cousin, a warrior prepared to die just to see her again. She will fight for her friend, a young man trapped in an unspeakable prison. And she will fight for her people, enslaved to a brutal king and awaiting their lost Queen’s triumphant return.
4* Read!
Find out what books I’ve hauled, what I’ve read, and what I’ve been watching in January. I’ve also done a round-up of some of my favourite posts from other bloggers, so don’t forget to check them out!
They say every family has skeletons in their closet… But what happens when you open the door, and they won’t stop tumbling out?
For Adam and Beth the first secret wasn’t the last, it was just the beginning. You think you can imagine the worst thing that could happen to your family, but there are some secrets that change everything. And then the question is, how can you piece together a future when your past is being rewritten?
4* Read!
This was the Top Ten Tuesday topic a couple of weeks ago… but it has taken me a little time to get my ass into gear with scheduling posts. Today is a freebie topic, so TA DA!
The first time I signed up to reading challenges (in 2015), I got a little bit carried away, and committed to far too many. I’ve discovered being a mood reader can really impact on my challenge performance, so this year I’m going to try for quality over quantity!
What do you do when you find your love-life in ruins? Get revenge on every man who ever broke your heart, of course…
Suzie Miller, a disillusioned agony aunt, can’t believe she’s been dumped from a great height yet again (this time by text, straight after they’d had sex… twice!). So she decides the time is right to make every one of her ex’s feel the pain she felt when they carelessly cast her aside.
3.5* Read!
I completed this survey last year, and still think it’s the best way to round off your reading and blogging year. Thanks to Jamie @ The Perpetual Page Turner for inventing this Survey and hosting it, and THANK YOU to all of you who read my blog, comment on my posts, and visit me here in my cosy corner of the Internet! I hope you had an excellent 2015, and wish you all health, happiness and love in 2016!
Last year, I took part in the 2015 Discussion Challenge, hosted by Shannon @ It Starts At Midnight and Nicole @ Feed Your Fiction Addiction. I really enjoyed it, so of course, I’m bringing it back this year!
Last January, I put together a post that analysed how much I spent on books throughout the year, and I’ve decided to bring it back for a 2016 edition. I’m a great believer in hunting down deals and bargains, and I’ve always believed that while I do spend money on books, I spend a reasonable amount, and make sure I get a lot for my money. So let’s see how I did in 2016!
I hope you had a fab Christmas and New Year! How is it 2016 already?! 2015 went by in a flash! I was planning to all all sorts of reading and blogging over the Christmas period, but I was super lazy and relaxed, and spent most of it with my sister pondering the meaning of life.
Find out what books I’ve hauled, what I’ve read, and what I’ve been watching in December. I’ve also done a round-up of some of my favourite posts from other bloggers, so don’t forget to check them out!
This is the story of what happens when you can’t make it to a book signing, when your sister agrees to go for you, and when the author has a great sense of humour…
Confessions of a Book Geek 