tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82249676367242512302011-10-13T02:47:26.056+11:00Romy @ Lost.in.Storieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17624862185728414866noreply@blogger.comBlogger2031100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8224967636724251230.post-76143530297719556942011-05-17T20:12:00.002+10:002011-05-17T20:18:51.806+10:00

Okay so I know that this isn’t even remotely related to anything booky but I’m currently a bit obsessed, just ask Nicole, with this YouTube clip of a failed TV show called Poochinski, I just have to share its goodness with everyone. But Romy you ask what is this Poochinski about exactly? Well I’m glad you asked, Poochinski (don’t you just love that name) is about a boorish cop killed in the line

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE 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 title and

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So I was going through my daily ritual this morning of reading The Age whilst drinking my delicious chamomile tea and lo and behold there was an article on the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards 2011 and down the bottom of the article they mentioned that Victoria’s very own Cath Crowley won the Ethel Turner Prize for Young People's Literature for Graffiti Moon, congratulations Cath! Here’s what the

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So I was feeling very procrastinatey today and instead of doing work I decided to read the paper and lo and behold apparently the producers of The Hunger Games movie have found their Peeta and Gale. These were my thoughts whilst reading the article:WTF!?!? When did this happen? Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth. Hang on Liam Hemsworth as in the Aussie whose brother was an “actor” (and I use that

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: All These Things I've Done (Birthright #1) by Gabrielle ZevinRelease Date: September 27, 2011 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Age Group: Young AdultFrom the author of the critically acclaimed

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Today I’m really excited to be posting my very first author guest post on my humble little blog written by the super talented and lovely Rebecca Lim, author of Mercy. For those of you who haven’t heard of Mercy before it offers a unique take on the angel genre by mixing an intriguing romance with a suspenseful mystery. Feel free to check out my review of Mercy HERE. I also posted an interviewed I

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.Hello everyone, I hope you guys all had a great week. Now I know I said this like last month and then failed to update for another month but hopefully I will be back and into the swing of blogging again, I’ve been very remiss, so apologies. I’m really missing

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.Hello my bloggy readers, I hope you are all well. You may or may not have noticed that I’ve been MIA from blogging and *sigh* reading for most of February as uni work and actual work caught up with me. For a while there I was drowning in it but fear not I’ll

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As some of you may know my love of Kimberly Derting knows no bounds, I adore her Body Finder novels, the woman is a genius and now she is releasing a new novel titled The Pledge, I hear you asking what in the heck is this pledge novel about? Well here’s the little snip bit (or taster as I like to call it) we’ve been given, thanks to goodreads:“A romantic fantasy novel set in a dystopic, war-torn

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne Release Date: December 20, 2011 Publisher: Simone Pulse Age Group: Young Adult Hannah and Colin seem to have the perfect relationship, but as her second-to-last year

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: Want to go Private? by Sarah Darer Littman Release Date: August 1, 2011 Publisher: Scholastic Press Age Group: Young Adult Abby and Luke chat online. They’ve never met. But they are going to. Soon.

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “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 title and

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I know I’m a bit behind the eight ball but Entertainment Weekly’s Shelf Life recently released the cover for Richelle Mead’s new vampire academy spin off series Bloodlines and what the heck?!? The publishers have managed, once again I might add (Last Sacrifice cover anyone), create a fugly cover, why oh why are they doing this to me. I don’t like the font style and I don’t really like the model

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I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Rebecca Lim author of the YA angel novel Mercy. Rebecca is great (not only because she answered every one of my long list of questions!) you can tell she really believes in her book which comes through in her great answers to my questions.[click to enlarge]For those of you who haven’t heard of Mercy before here’s the blurb[click to enlarge]Mercy

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: Exposure by Therese Fowler Release Date: May 3, 2011 Publisher: Ballantine Books Age Group: Young AdultIn Exposure, Therese Fowler has written her most gripping novel to date—a

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE 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 title and

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: The Summer Before Boys by Nora Raleigh Baskin Release Date: May 10, 2011 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Age Group: Young AdultJulia and Eliza are family, but they’re also best

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE 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 title and

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Release Date: August, 2010 Publisher: Allen & Unwin Genre: Realistic/Contemporary Fiction Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 300 Challenge: Aussie YA Reading Challenge Source: Bought Blurb (from allenandunwin.com) 'Miss Amelia Hayes, welcome to The Land of Dreams. I am the staff trainer. I will call you grasshopper and you will call me sensei and I will give you the good oil. Right? And just so you

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: Saving June by Hannah Harrington Release Date: April 19, 2011 Publisher: Harlequin Teen Age Group: Young Adult When model student June Scott kills herself on the brink of high school graduation, no

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Now, now calm down, your eyes do not deceive you there is indeed a release date for The Hunger Games Movie, March 23rd 2012, I’m so excited *squee*. The release date was revealed by Entertainment Weekly, here’s what they had to say about it:“Game on! Lionsgate has announced to EW that The Hunger Games, the highly anticipated adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ futuristic YA thriller about scrapper

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I know I’ve been MIA for the past week (sorry guys) but I just had to take a break from everything for a little bit but now I’m back and ready to announce the winners of my giveaway, yay! I just want to thank everyone who entered I had a great response which I wasn’t expecting as it was only open to Australian residents and the last one I had for Australian residents only didn’t get too many

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “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 title and

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.For Review: The Twin’s Daughter by Lauren Baratz-Logsted (Bloomsbury USA Children's Books/August 2, 2010)Lucy Sexton is stunned when a dishevelled woman appears at the door one day…a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to Lucy's own beautiful mother. It

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After seeing the harrowing images of the Queensland floods on television and reading all about the devastating effect the floods are having on the people of Queensland I’ve decided to write up a post about how you can help those that are currently affected by this tragic event.The floods that are currently travelling through Queensland are the worst since the 1974 floods, however many more people

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: Return to Me by Justina Chen Headley Release Date: Fall 2011 Publisher: Little, Brown Age Group: Young Adult A gripping new novel from Justina Chen Headley, author of the wonderfully received NORTH OF

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE 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 title and

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Kimberly Derting has just released (okay so it was Wednesday, what can I say I’m a bit behind) the official Desires of the Dead trailer and it’s really good, so without further ado here’s the trailer, enjoy!For my review of Desires of the Dead click HERE.

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The wonderful Trish over at HarperCollins Australia has graciously given me two copies of Mercy by Rebecca Lim to giveaway *happy dance*. Unfortunately however I can only open this giveaway to Australian residents, sorry internationals *sad face*, but I’m in the process of organizing an international giveaway for next month so keep you eyes peeled.Mercy is the first in a new series by Melbourne (

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Release Date: November 1, 2010 (Australia)/May 17, 2011 (US)Publisher: Angus & Robertson [imprint of HarperCollins] (Australia)/Hyperion (US) Genre: Angels Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 280 Challenge: N/ASource: HarperCollins Australia Blurb (from harpercollins.com.au) Mercy ′wakes′ on a school bus bound for Paradise, a small town where everyone knows everyone else′s business -- or thinks they do

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: Putting Makeup on Dead People by Jen Violi Release Date: May 24, 2011 Publisher: Hyperion Age Group: Young Adult Sometimes it’s easier to put make-up on dead people than make up with your family. In

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Release Date: December 21, 2010 Publisher: St.Martin’s Griffin Genre: Realistic/Contemporary Fiction Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 230 Challenge: The Contemps Challenge Source: Bought Blurb (from courtneysummers.ca) When Eddie Reeves’s father commits suicide her life is consumed by the nagging question of why? Why when he was a legendary photographer and a brilliant teacher? Why when he seemed to

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Happy New Year everyone! I hope you all had an amazing night of celebration when the New Year was brought in. I can’t believe 2010 is over, it went so quick.So anyway yesterday Kristi over at The Story Siren did this great post entitled Goodbye 2010 in which she lists some of her favourite books of 2010 as well the ones she wished she read. Kristi also lists in this post some of her can’t wait to

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Just a quick post to wish all my readers a very Merry Christmas, I hope you all enjoy the day with your family and friends!

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: The Lost Saint (The Dark Devine #2) by Bree Despain Release Date: December 28, 2010 Publisher: EgmontUSA Age Group: Young Adult The non-stop sequel to The Dark Divine delivers an even hotter romance

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Release Date: June 29, 2010 Publisher: Hyperion Books Genre: Paranormal Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 281 Source: Good Golly Miss Holly Arc Tours Blurb (from staceykade.com) Alona Dare–Senior in high school, co-captain of the cheerleading squad, Homecoming Queen three years in a row, voted most likely to marry a movie star…and newly dead.I’m the girl you hated in high school. Is it my fault I was

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE 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 title and

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Release Date: November 22, 2010 Publisher: Penguin Australia Genre: Paranormal Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 348 Source: Penguin Australia Blurb (from Penguin Australia) Sam leads a pretty normal life. He may not have the most exciting job in the world, but he's doing all right - until a fast food prank brings him to the attention of Douglas, a creepy guy with an intense violent streak. Turns out

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: Burn Bright by Marianne de Pierres Release Date: March 1, 2011 Publisher: Random House Australia Age Group: Young Adult Into a world of wild secrets and deadly pleasures comes a girl whose innocence

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE 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 title and

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So on Sunday Sue Bursztynski author of the newly released Wolfborn was at Dymocks in Southland, which is a shopping centre in Melbourne, signing copies of her new book Wolfborn and I decided to trundle along and brave the crazy Christmas shopping crowd to firstly actually meet Sue whose blog I’ve been following for a while now and to get my copy of Wolfborn signed because as many of you already

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So you may be wondering what the heck this ‘League of Extraordinary Writers’ is, well it’s a group of debut YA authors who write science fiction and dystopian works (which I am a big fan of). Each of the authors have works that run the gamut of near-future mind control to far-future space travel, but they do have one thing in common: a future where the Earth we know now is twisted, gone.League

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Nomes over at Inkcrush and Nic over at Irresistible Reads have come up with the best idea ever, these two fabulous book bloggers have decided to hold an Aussie YA Book Challenge, so cool! Here’s a little of what Nic had to say about the challenge and why they came up with it:“If you haven’t noticed I am big fan of Aussie young adult fiction. Many of my favourite books (On The Jellicoe Road,

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Jan over at Eating YA Books has an amazing 21 day giveaway going on in order to help celebrate her one year Blogoversary and upcoming birthday (on Dec. 21).Jan will be holding a giveaway everyday for the next 21 days (thanks Jan!). Each day one book will be given away. Many of these books are ARC copies and have not yet been released.Each day's contest will be open for two weeks, and the books

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.For Review: Last Sacrifice by Richelle Mead (Penguin/December 7, 2010) Rose Hathaway has always played by her own rules. She broke the law when she ran away from St. Vladimir’s Academy with her best friend and last surviving Dragomir Princess, Lissa. She broke

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Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question

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Readings, which is a great independent bookstore with locations around Melbourne (I always have to visit their Malvern store whenever I’m down in Glenferrie Road), have picked their favourite books of 2010 (as rated by Readings staff members). One of their categories is for the Best Young Adult Books of 2010. So without further ado I give you Readings Best Young Adult Books of 2010:Six

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Today is the release day for Matched in Australia *squeals in excitement* and to celebrate its release I’m posting my interview I recently did with Ally where we discussed Ally’s novel and her writing in general. Now for those of you who haven’t heard of Matched before well it’s definitely going to be “the next big thing in YA literature... it's been called a dystopian futuristic romance”.

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “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 title and

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.For Review: Mercy by Rebecca Lim (HarperCollins Australia/November 1, 2010)Mercy ′wakes′ on a school bus bound for Paradise, a small town where everyone knows everyone else′s business -- or thinks they do. But they will never guess the secret Mercy is hiding .

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Hey guys,Sorry about the late posting for this, I was so tired from my trip back to civilisation (it took so long to get home, 6 hours in a car is not fun let me tell you!) but I’m finally back now and refreshed so now I have to pick a winner for my Eternal Ones Giveaway, so without further ado the winner is …..Entry no. 84, so that’s Charlotte Congratulations Charlotte! I’d just like to thank

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Hey everyone just thought I’d give you all a heads about my lack of posting that will be coming up this week. Tomorrow (Monday 29th) I’ll be leaving Melbourne and going to the bush where there will most probably be no internet connection *gasps in horror*, it’s probably a good thing as I’m supposed to be helping out a PhD student with her research so I can’t get distracted. Anyway long story

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.Bought:Radiant Shadows (Wicked Lovely #4) by Melissa Marr (HarperCollins/April 20, 2010)Hunger for nourishment.Hunger for touch.Hunger to belong.Half-human and half-faery, Ani is driven by her hungers.Those same appetites also attract powerful enemies and

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Release Date: October 12, 2010 Publisher: Penguin Genre: Fantasy, Romance Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 516 Source: Penguin Australia Blurb (from Penguin Australia) One night in the rain, Ethan Wate opened his eyes and fell in love with Lena Duchannes. His life would never be the same.Lena is a Caster and her family is locked in a supernatural civil war: full of darkness and demons. On her

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Okay so a couple of days ago I was browsing through Borders desperate to spend my $100 gift voucher I received for my birthday which has been burning a hole through my pocket just waiting to be spent on some good books. I eventually decided upon Radiant Shadows by Melissa Marr. I’ve read the first three books in the series and really enjoyed them so I thought why not start the next book in the

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-------------------------------------------------------------------If the answer to this is a resounding YES and you live in Australia then keep on reading!-------------------------------------------------------------------To celebrate the upcoming release of Last Sacrifice, Penguin Australia has six copies of Last Sacrifice to giveaway. These copies will be the first reading copies in Australia,

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Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: Last Sacrifice (Vampire Academy #6) by Richelle Mead Release Date: December 7, 2010 Publisher: Razorbill Age Group: Young Adult Murder. Love. Jealousy. And the ultimate sacrifice. Now, with Rose on

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “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 title and

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I’ve just signed up to the 2011 Debut Author challenge hosted by Kristi over at that fabulous blog we all know and love The Story Siren. You’re all probably thinking well that’s all well and good but what exactly is this 2011 Debut Author Challenge Romy? Well this challenge aims to highlight young adult and middle grade authors who are releasing their first novel in 2011. The challenge is to read

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought. For Review: Wolfborn by Sue Bursztynski (Woolshed Press [Imprint of Random House Australia]/December 1, 2010) Break the curse or howl forever. Etienne, son of a lord in the kingdom of Armorique, goes to train as a knight with Geraint of Lucanne. Geraint is

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Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is:Dead Rules by Randy Russell Release Date: June 21, 2011 Publisher: HarperTeen Age Group: Young AdultSometimes falling in love means you've got to kill somebody.Jana Webster and Michael Haynes were

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE 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 title and

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.For Review: Hold Me Closer, Necromancer by Lish McBride (Penguin Australia/November 22, 2010) Sam leads a pretty normal life. He may not have the most exciting job in the world, but he's doing all right - until a fast food prank brings him to the attention of

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Greetings everyone, as some of you may already know this from my previous posts but one of my favourite books of all time is Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë so imagine my utter delight when I found out that the new trailer for the movie starring Australian Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland) as Jane Eyre and British actress Sally Hawkins (Happy Go Lucky, very funny movie if you haven’t seen it I

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Release Date: October 14, 2010 Publisher: Hachette Australia Genre: Angels, Romance Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 288 Source: Hachette Australia Blurb (from goodreads.com)I slowly opened my eyes. The sun speared its first bright rays of golden orange into the sky and I leapt from the cliff, with the sorrowful knowledge that no matter what the outcome, at least part of me would die that day...

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Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: The Faerie Ring by Kiki Hamilton Release Date: October 2011 Publisher: Tor Books/Macmillan Age Group: Young Adult London, December 1871 Orphaned and picking pockets in London’s Charing Cross station

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE 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 title and

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.Bought: Nevermore by Kelly Creagh (Atheneum/August 31, 2010) Cheerleader Isobel Lanley is horrified when she is paired with Varen Nethers for an English project, which is due—so unfair—on the day of the rival game. Cold and aloof, sardonic and sharp-tongued,

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Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question

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Hello my bloggy readers, I have some good news for you all … I feel that it is indeed time for a giveaway, yay!I have a copy of The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller up for grabs for one lucky reader and the best part is its open to everyone no matter where you live!Gus looking fab modelling the book the winner will win!For those of you who haven’t heard of The Eternal Ones before it is a story

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Release Date: August 30, 2010 Publisher: Penguin Genre: Paranormal, Romance (sort of) Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 420 Source: Penguin Australia Blurb (from Penguin Australia)Haven Moore has always known she's different: there are the talents that can't be explained; the knowledge of places she's never been; and then there are the visions that overwhelm her - terrifying visions of a life that

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is:Bumped by Megan McCafferty Release Date: April 26th 2011 Publisher: HarperCollins Age Group: Young AdultWhen a virus makes everyone over the age of eighteen infertile, would-be parents are forced to

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Whoa you say, what’s been happening on your blog, it’s been over a week since you have posed anything on your fantabulous blog and I simply cannot live without your witty book reviews and bookish musings, I need answers! Well here comes the sob story about my lack of posting, last week was a crazy busy week (plus it was the last uni week of the year), with assignments and presentations (I hate

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought. Bought: Crescendo (Hush, Hush #2) by Becca Fitzpatrick (Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing/October 19, 2010)Nora should have known her life was far from perfect. Despite starting a relationship with her guardian angel, Patch (who, title aside, can be

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Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question

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Before I get to my “Waiting on Wednesday” pick I’ll just mention that my posting may decrease the next few weeks as I’ve nearly finished uni for the year which means lots of assignments due and exams so I’m going to be pretty busy concentrating on that stuff. I’ll do my best to write a review a week though. I’ve nearly finished Beautiful Darkness so hopefully I will have my review posted by the

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It is with great pleasure that I announce Paige the winner of my Six Impossible Things by Fiona Wood Giveaway, congratulations Paige, you will be receiving an email shortly with all the details.

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.For Review: Anastasia’s Secret by Susanne Dunlap (Penguin Australia/October 25, 2010) The Romanov family have been ousted from the imperial palace by the Bolsheviks and exiled to Siberia. Life as a privileged member of the Russian Royalty has come to a

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Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question

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Okay so today is my birthday *squeals of excitement*, and I get to pick my present from my parents, I know great surprise! Anyway I was thinking I should ask for a little thing known as a kindle from Amazon as the Aussie dollar is so high against the US plus they just look so cool but I’m just not sure at the moment, I don’t know if I’d actually use it plus I do like the feel of an actual book,

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: My Not-So-Still Life by Liz GallagherRelease Date: May 10th 2011 Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books Age Group: Young AdultVanessa is wise beyond her years. She's never really fit in at school, where all the

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Release Date: March 15, 2011 Publisher: HarperCollins Genre: Paranormal, Romance Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 368 Source: International Book Tours Blurb (from kimberlyderting.com) Violet can sense the echoes of those who've been murdered—and the matching imprint that clings to their killers. Only those closest to her know what she is capable of, but when she discovers the body of a young boy she

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following: 1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “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 title and

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.For Review: Desires of the Dead (The Body Finder #2) by Kimberly Derting (HarperCollins/March 1, 2011) – International Book Tours Violet can sense the echoes of those who've been murdered—and the matching imprint that clings to their killers. Only those

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Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.Jennifer also asks us hopper's to answer a new question

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Release Date: October 12, 2010 (Australia/US) Publisher: Penguin (Australia)/HarperCollins (US) Genre: Historical Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 408 Source: Penguin Australia Blurb (from Penguin Australia)THE YEAR IS 1929.NEW YORK IS RULED BY THE BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS:FLAPPERS AND SOCIALITIES SEEKING THRILLS AND CHASING DREAMSIN THE ANYTHING-GOES EAR OF THE ROARING TWENTIESLetty Larkspur and

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: Flawless by Lara Chapman Release Date: May 2011 Publisher: Bloomsbury Age Group: Young Adult A hilarious story of misguided matchmaking, a best friend's boyfriend, and a big nose.Sarah Burke is just

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “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 title and

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Whilst everyone was either at home watching the grand final footy match (take 2) or actually at the footy I hopped the train into the city with my mother in tow to go and see Cath Crowley, Simmone Howell and Fiona Wood at Borders Melbourne Central for what was billed as ‘Normal Romance - A Conversation & Author Signing’.Unfortunately not many people turned up, probably due to that darn footy

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.Bought: Everything Beautiful by Simmone Howell (Pan Macmillan Australia/November 1, 2008)I believe in Chloe and chocolate. I believe the best part is always before. I believe that most girls are shifty and most guys are dumb. I believe the more you spill, the

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Book Blogger Hop is hosted by Jennifer @ Crazy for Books whilst Follow Friday is hosted by ParaJunkee’s View. ‘The Hop’ and ‘Follow Friday’ are a great way to find other people who love to blog about books just like me! So if you’re interested in participating why not check out both Crazy for Books and ParaJunkee’s View for more information.Jennifer also asks us hopper’s to answer a new question

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*I don’t recommend reading this review unless you’ve read Leaving Paradise first as it does contain some spoilery goodness from Leaving Paradise* Release Date: September 1, 2010 Publisher: Flux Genre: Realistic/Contemporary Fiction, Romance Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 302 Source: Bought Blurb (from Goodreads) Maggie and Caleb just went through the worst year of their lives. Hit by a car and

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Congratulations are in order for Kirsty Eagar author of Raw Blue and Saltwater Vampires who last night won the Young Adult Fiction award for her debut novel Raw Blue at the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards 2010 held by the Wheeler Centre (for books, writing and ideas). The judge’s described Raw Blue as “a wonderfully assured novel that takes the reader from the stagnant aftermath of trauma to

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" is: Desires of the Dead by Kimberly DertingRelease Date: March 15, 2011 Publisher: HarperCollins Age Group: Young AdultViolet can sense the echoes of those who've been murdered—and the matching imprint

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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:1. Grab you current read 2. Open to a random page 3. Share two (2) “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 title and

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Release Date: November 30, 2010 (US)/December 7, 2010 (Australia) Publisher: Penguin Genre: Dystopian Age Group: Young Adult Pages: 304 Source: Between the Lines (Penguin Australia) Blurb (from Penguin Australia) On her seventeenth birthday, Cassia meets her Match. Society dictates he is her perfect partner for life.Except he's not.In Cassia's society, Officials decide who people love.How many

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In My Mailbox is a meme hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren once a week which explores the weekly contents of your mailbox and books bought.For Review:Beautiful Darkness by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl (Penguin/October 12, 2010 - Australia) One night in the rain, Ethan Wate opened his eyes and fell in love with Lena Duchannes. His life would never be the same. Lena is a Caster and her family is

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