Update 30/10/2011

Well, todays been a hetic day! I have another review coming out for you guys today or tomorrow.
Currently my internet is being updated and router changed and all that jazz so should be good!

This month will also be a slow one thanks to NaNoWriMo. Wish me luck on that and add me on antiwings!

Thanks guys!

Charmfall - Chloe Neill Cover Reveal!

I'm so excited that Chloe Neill has another Dark Elite novel on its way to bookshelves across the globe in 2012.

The cover is just stunning isnt it? I loved the first two and can not wait for more Scout!

Protecting Chicago from the dark side can be an exhausting job, especially when you're a sophomore. So when the girls of St. Sophia's start gearing up for Sneak, their fall formal, Lily decides to join in on some good, old-fashioned party prep - even if it means not giving demons, vampires and the twisted magic users known as Reapers her undivided attention. But when a Reaper infiltrates the school, Lily doesn't forget what she's sworn to protect. She reaches deep into herself to draw out her magic - and finds that it's gone. And it turns out she's not alone. A magical blackout has slammed through paranormal Chicago, and no one knows what - or who - caused it. But Lily knows getting back her magic is worth the risk of going behind enemy lines . 


Sound good to you? I think so!

Bloodthirsty by Flynn Meaney

Finbar Frame is a bit of a dweeb. He's alergic to the sun, dealthy pale, has cold hands and is kind of moody. All things that vampires have in common.

When Finbar decides to turn himself into a vampire to attact girls to him, he didn't realise how much of a commitment it was. Finbar finally convinces his school, after a fight, that he's supernatural and a girl that Finbar has a crush on, finally admits she likes him for who he is, and not what hes trying to be.

This is a very small but clever book and takes the fame and fortune of other vampire novels like Twilight and makes a parady of real teenage life and how pretending to be something your not can back fire. This was a very light and fluffy read which can be enjoyed by boys and girls alike, if you boys aren;t thrown off by the cover!!

Until I die cover reveal

Theres been so many cover releases lately, I just can't believe how many wonderful books are coming out!!

 

When I reviewed Die for me by Amy Plum, I wished that it would be a series, I loved the characters, the consept and was left wanting more. Well, Plum has now released the english cover and a blerb!

 

Kate has chosen to leave the comfort and safety of her human world in order to join Vincent in the dangerous supernatural universe he inhabits. For his part, he has sworn to go against his very nature and resist the repeated deaths that are his fate as a revenant—even though it will bring him immeasurable suffering.

Heady with romance and rife with danger, the second book of the DIE FOR ME trilogy follows Vincent and Kate as they search—separately—for a solution to their plight, pursuing their quest from the glamorous streets of Paris to the city’s squalid underbelly. Although the experiment that Vincent attempts is progressively destroying him, he insists on seeing it through to the end. This prompts Kate to strike out on her own into the dangerous world of the revenants to find another way. But she unwittingly puts everyone she loves at risk when she discovers a family of ancient healers who hold the key to a secret that could help the bardia—the good revenants—overthrow their murderous enemies, the numa, forever.

And while the lovers search for something they have little chance of finding, a new threat arises among the numa. Kate finds herself in the midst of an ancient and deadly war, not as a bystander...but as a target.

Are you excited? I am! The cover is beautiful! I even think I love it more then I did with Die for me. What do you think readers?

NaNoWriMo

As some of you may know, in the month of November, its national writing month! Every year people from around the world sit down with pens and paper, laptops and keyboards and write 1700 est words a day, and if completed that pretty much makes a novel.

Now this is going to be my first ever NaNoWriMo, and I'm so excited! I'm making rewards for myself as well.

Now, I can only have one of these, so if I finish 20000 by the end of november I will only get a teddy bear, if I only write 100 I will only get a cup of coffee.

100 words  - Coffee
1000 words   -  Chinese take away
5000 words   - A new note pad
10000 words   -  A new sims game
20000 words  - build a bear
30000 words -  4 books
40000 words -  hair cut
50000 words - a build bear, a fancy dinner out, and 10 books and a hair cut :D


Easy enough?

Covers!

So, in the next few months there are some book releases that I'm super excited about! And, I know I'm pretty late, but I want to share them with you!

A Million Suns - An across the universe Novel
By Beth Revis

You may remember me reviewing Across the Universe a while ago, And I'm so happy that Revis decided to write a sequal!

10th Jan 2012

I loved Matched by Ally Condie, The dystopian novel that made me gag for more.

Crossed has a beautiful cover with a girl getting out of the bubble. Very fitting!

This novel comes out 24th November 2011

Torn by Cat Clarke is coming out on 22nd December 2011.

Someone buy me this for christmas?!

Thats it for now, I will post more! I promise!

Jinx By Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot, who is a highly acclaimed children and teenage novilst has written many best selling books including The Princess Daries, The mediator series And Avolon high.
I'm not going to lie to you readers, I never thought of picking up any of Meg Cabots books because I felt like they were too young for me, and to be honest the covers were too girly and made me feel like a 12 year old when I even looked at them.
But while at work one day I realised that I didn;t have a book with me to read, so like any other bookworm I headed over to the discount bookstore by my work and looked round.
I found Jinx in the sale section and for once it didn't have a super girly cover, but had a cover that would be okay to read on a bus and not feel weird about.

Jean is a girl who always has bad luck. As the title suggests shes a jinx and when she arrives at her families house in  New York to escape a staulker from her old home town, her bad luck is only just beginning. Tory, Jeans cousin, is heavily into witch craft and has made it her personally mission to make Jeans life a misery.

I never really pick up witchy books, I mean I read sweep series by Cate Tiernan, but that's as far as my experience goes, and the edition of Jinx that I brought doesnt have a blerb. I didn't know when I picked it up what it was about but thought its a teen book why not?

To be honest, It wasn't bad. Admittedly it took me around 4 weeks to read it in the middle of other books and projects that I've been doing. I wouldn't call this book the best book I've read but at only 260 pages, it was a easy read, with a compelling story, simple story line and simple dymatic. Theres a few principle characters but not enough to get confused and just seems like a glorified short story. Saying that, I think this book is worth more as a borrow from a library then a buy. At £5.99 in most bookstores is a little steep for what it is, I'm thankful I only paid 99p for it!

Thank you for reading!

Eyes like stars by Lisa Mantchev

Eyes like Stars is a book set in a theatre, Beatrice Shakespear Smith, otherwise known as Bertie, has been raised in a theatre after being abandoned there as a child. But, this is no ordanary theatre, the characters from plays are real within the walls thanks to a magical book and soon the book becomes under threat, in which Bertie has to save the say along with her side kicks, and love interests.

I picked this book up because it looked pretty. I know I've said it before, but its true. I'm drawn to lovely covers and this one had a Harry Potter feel, like they took a scene of the book and used that. I love that! Many YA novels these days use a symbol or a pictire of a girl to empathise the story through the cover. And I have to say, I want Berties hair in the picture. Just plain beautiful.

Bertie is a very intelegent character, a trickester and a good friend to  Peaseblossom, Moth, Cobweb and Mustardseed, along with Nate and Ariel. All of these characters have unique characteristics and joys about them. The fairies of course were the highlight. All of them were funny and every oportuinity they had they said something that made me laugh. Including embarrisingly on a bus.

Theatre itself enchanted me. All characters from every play ever written can be found within its walls, all brought out by a book which has them all in. This makes the theatre an endearing setting for this magical book.

The pacing in this novel are fast pace, which at somepoints a little too fast and I found myself having to double back  and rereading parts to ensure that I didnt miss anything out. But in all it was a very active read, and once you start you don;t realise that your reading, the discription is so vivid and breathtaking.

I would recommend this book to anyone, and now, I'm loaning this book out to a friend. Just hope she loves it like I do!

Currently reading

Hey guys, I thought since I was reading so many books at the moment, all in the stages of midway or less because at the moment getting back into the swing of writing is just so frustrating, that I have decided just to tell you what I am reading, so you can expect those to come out soon, or see what books I'm not currently interested in!

So this is how its going to work. Every Monday I will tell you what I am reading and give you a general update on bloggish things. Maybe we could turn it into a meme?

Current reading list

• Eyes like stars by Lisa Mantchev
•  Wish me dead by Helen Grant
• Arrow by R.J Anderson
• Bumped by Megan McCafferty
• Jinx by Meg Cabot

Yes, I read many books at a time. The reason being I have a very short attention span. Also, if I forget to take a book to work, I tend to buy one!

Heres a little update on blog stuff. Now I haven't recieved any subscribers or comments which, to be honest, I'm pretty bummed about. So please, even if its just to say hi, please leave a comment or subscribe to Bookish Bloggish.I'm thinking of having a contest, of when I reach 100 subscribers I'll randomly pick one of those to recieve a gift. International of course!

Also I'm looking into buying a domain name. I'm so excited!

Now, Off to the bookshelves with me. Happy reading.

Bookshelves!

I love book cases, I love how they look and how they can tie a room together. Currently I'm designing my own book case to store my 600 books. Heres some inspiration!

Most of these won't work in my tiny bed room but arn't they pretty?

Sweetly byJackson Pearce

When I heard that Jackson Pearce had a second book heading to the market I jumped up and danced around. From Sisters Red I could tell that Pearce took her writing seriously and took great pride in her work, and after seeing several interviews I could see that she took her research seriously too. I appauld authors who take the time into researching there content to ensure that the stories gel together.

Sweetly is a loose sequal from Sisters Red, both havingthe same enemy and I believe love interests from the same family. (This hasn't been confirmed as far as I know but the simularties are noticable.) The story follows a brother and sister called Gretchen and Ansal who when they were children had to face a tragety of loosing Gretchens twin to a witch. The loss shadows the siblings lives taking their mother and father from greif.

When Gretchen and Ansel are old enough their step mother kicks them out and they have to make it on there own, but breaks down in a small town which no one likes outsiders and girls are going missing. They stay with a chocolate maker called Sophia and everything seems perfect until Gretchen notices things are wrong and embarks on a journy of self discovery and discovery of what happens to the girls of the town; with the help of the love interest Samuel.

I love strong female characters but I also like those who are weak but instead of letting it control them they deside to take it within themselves and fight, which is exactly what Gretchen does in this novel. Through out the novel I couldn't help but be proud of the progress that has been made by Gretchen with the help of Samuel.

The plot flows beautifully and there was never a moment that I thought, I need to get to the next part this is boring. The only thought going through my head was must keep going, I want to know what has happened here. The pacing was good too, everything just fell into place, very impressive!

The characters are all believeable, real and have a beauty that is difficult to capture in pen and paper. I was sad to finish the novel as I assume I wont see these characters again... direct sequal next time maybe?

My one complaint that really isn't a complaint is when I read this novel, I had a huge chocolate craving and must have eaten several bars of chocolate throughout reading. Jackson Pearce you have ruined my diet! Saying that, maybe you should include some recipies? Cheers :P

Thanks for reading my review!

Looking for Alaska by John Green

When one of my best friends told me to read Looking for Alaska by John Green; I did everything I could to delay reading it. I borrowed it from the libaray and had to give it back before I could read it. I had several books before it on my to read list at all times. I just thought "I would never enjoy this book"


But finally I picked it up at my local discount book store, because there was a deal of 3 books for £5, and I only started to read it because the other books I got were later in series that I havent started yet but have, and I didnt have a book on me while at work. So, I sat down and opened it.

I was imediatly drawn to the count down of "One Hundred and Thirty Six days before." The thought went through my head of, before what? So I continued and found that John Greens writing style is full of Angst and is one of the most realistic portrayal of teenagers I've seen from an adult novelist.

Our main character Miles moves from a school were he has no friends and doesn't care about anything apart from famous last words. Alaska is described as gorgeous, clever funny, sexy and screwed up, but Miles is fasinated by her and is in love with her. They have a group of friends at the new school and pull pranks on the other people there.

The book leads up to a tragic accident which leaves the group asking what happened and why, then having to accept what happens and move on. This book is a delightful little tale, which softens the hearts and brings a tear to your eyes. I laughed and cired while reading this and it has honestly changed my life. So, Good job; John Green.

Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick

After a long period of antisipation, begging and pleading, and bargining with mice and cat treats; I have finished Silence and it was good.

In Cresendo we are left with a major cliff hanger and in Silence it picks up several months later, and Nora can not remember the past 5 months. So memory of her kidnapping, no memory of Patch. Now she's back with her mother and wants to know what happened to her and will stop at nothing until she finds out.

I picked up this book expecting this to be the last, and with the ending I was confused, it left it open to another book; which Fitzpatrick has already confirmed on Twitter earlier this week. I read this book in one sitting, something I havent been able to do for a while but I could not put it down.

The relationship of Patch and Nora is as complicated and intrecuit as it has always been with the other books, and to be honest its what I love about this series. Each book gives the couple a brand new comflict that tears them apart and then they fight to be together, It seems more real then other books that I have read.

The book brings us a colourful cast of characters including those like Vee, who is Nora's best friend, although in this book she is more of a side throught rather then a main part of the events which upset me. In Hush Hush and cresendo, time with Vee was paramount!

If you haven't read this book or started the series then where have you been? This is such an amazing book, where the pacing is perfect and the characters are well rounded with developed personailties which is rarely present in young adult novels these days! So please, check them out!!

Thank you for reading :)

Update 09/10/2011

Hey book lovers! Today is just a quick update about my kitty and other book related things!

Firstly my kitten Nyx is now 6 months old and will soon be joining the older cats down stairs after shes been neutered.
She's been a menice, not letting me read and going on my laptop has been difficult too! So thank you to all my readers who has continued to check even though I haven't been updating. Now that Nyx is joining the down stairs cats I should be able to get on top of my book reading and making posts more reguarlly!

Next point, since now I have more retime then when I had when she was a kitten I have started to organise my books! Its been tough but now I have them all in one place, my bed! I haven't counted them as of yet but I will post a blog soon when I do. But just to give you an idea...

This is just a small part of the book collection, theres also shelves, and several crates full of books. As you can tell this is going to take me a while to sort these books out. It will also take the help of my friends Zoe and Vykie who are book fans like me... Although I may have to search them after!

As for the last part of the update, I reacently went to my local bookstores and I got a few good deals, and signed books! First being Silence by Becca Fitzpatric. Apprently she signed 6000 books for UK book giant waterstones and they;ve been flying off the shelves at most waterstones. I'm personally number 178! Thank you waterstones for this opportunity for those who can not get to book signings to buy a signed edition. This now makes all my hush hush series to be first edition... Now I just need Hush Hush and Cresendo signed!

2nd book that I brought that was signed was Heist Society by Ally Carter. She was at Bluewater waterstones a few weeks back signing these editions, and when I went there on Saturday they had a pile just waiting to be brought! So needless to say, my phone bill isn't being paid just yet.

Thank you to all my readers and I'll be posting again soon!!

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

There comes a time in ever book bloggers life when they pick up a book, and because the predesessors were fantastic; they assume the last book will be epic.

Sadly, this isnt the case for Forever. After the stunning conclusion of Linger, fans across the world antisipated a book filled with light and fantasy. Instead they read a book that lacked in every aspect. Coles and Isabelles relationship continue to develop into a conclusion of its own, which I have to say was the most forfilling part of the final book as a whole. On the other hand the relationship and characters of Sam and Grace, our main protagonist and romance seemed to devolve into sap and drivel.

I hate to say horrible things about a book, expecially one that I loved the previous books for but the story was unexplained and dull, nothing kept me hooked and it seems so many questions have been left unanswers like if there is a cure to being a wolf, and what causes it in the first place. What happens to the wolves now that they have moved to a new home?

I feel that those like me who feel like they need to finish off a series because of loyalty to a series should attempt to read it, but if you're one of those who can be satisfied with only reading the first book then please do so.

This is bookish bloggish, Thank you for reading :)