Year: 2012

Showcase Sunday (#12)

Posted November 11, 2012 by Emma in Blog / 20 Comments
Showcase Sunday (#12)

Showcase Sunday is a weekly meme hosted by Vicky at Books, Biscuits & Tea. Its an opportunity to highlight our newest books or book related swag and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops and downloaded onto eReaders each week. This week has been the BEST week by far… Eeeeeeeeeek! I’m so lucky to have receive these books and I can’t get over the BIG grin plastered on my face! xD (Instead of a comment on each I will link it to Goodreads!) This week I received: Mystic City (Mystic City #1) by Theo […]

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PROMO: A Trace of Moonlight by Allison Pang

Posted November 10, 2012 by Emma in Blog / 1 Comment
PROMO: A Trace of Moonlight by Allison Pang

Title – A Trace of Moonlight (Book Three Abby Sinclair Series)Author – Allison PangGenre – Urban FantasyPublisher – Pocket BooksPages: 400 Drinking from the waters of lethe and offering herself up as Faerie’s sacrificial Tithe …these just might be the least of Abby Sinclair’s problems. Abby’s pact with a demon—whether or not she remembers making it—is binding, so she’d better count herself lucky that (in the words of a daemon who knows better) there’s nearly always a loophole. But her friends’ reckless attempts to free her, well intentioned though they may be, set off a disastrous chain of events. In […]

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Feature & Follow (#12)

Posted November 9, 2012 by Emma in Blog / 14 Comments
Feature & Follow (#12)

Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that is designed to provide some much-appreciated exposure to the bloggers participating, and to expand their following. Hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, each of whom feature a chosen blog for the week, it’s an interesting way to get to know one another. Q: Do you mind books with similar ideas to other books? Similar concepts, backgrounds, retellings or pulled-to-publish fanfic? A: In all honesty, no I don’t mind! I guess the similarities in YA books got stemmed from Twilight and Harry Potter. Similar concepts and ideas started my love for […]

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“Waiting on” Wednesday (#12)

Posted November 7, 2012 by Emma in Blog / 13 Comments
“Waiting on” Wednesday (#12)

Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. Title – The Collector (Dante Walker #1)Author – Victoria ScottGenre – Paranormal/FantasyPublisher – Entangled TeenRelease Date – March 12th 2013  He makes good girls…bad. Dante Walker is flippin’ awesome, and he knows it. His good looks, killer charm, and stellar confidence has made him one of hell’s best—a soul collector. His job is simple, weed through humanity and label those round rears with a big red good or bad stamp. Old Saint Nick gets the good guys, and […]

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Cover Reveal: Rouge by Leigh T. Moore

Posted November 2, 2012 by Emma in Blog / 4 Comments
Cover Reveal: Rouge by Leigh T. Moore

Title – RougeAuthor – Leigh Talbert MooreGenre – Mature YARelease Date – 11 November 2012Edition(s) – Paperback/eBookSummary from Goodreads: Trapped in the underground theater world of 1890s New Orleans, Hale Ferrer has only one goal: escape. But not without Teeny, the orphan-girl she rescued from the streets and promised to protect. Freddie Lovel, Hale’s wealthy Parisian suitor, seems to be the easy solution. If only his touch could arouse her interest like Beau’s, the penniless stage hand who captures her heart. Denying her fears, Hale is poised to choose love until an evil lurking in their cabaret-home launches a chain […]

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Feature & Follow (#11)

Posted November 2, 2012 by Emma in Blog / 5 Comments
Feature & Follow (#11)

Feature & Follow Friday is a blog hop that is designed to provide some much-appreciated exposure to the bloggers participating, and to expand their following. Hosted by Parajunkee and Alison Can Read, each of whom feature a chosen blog for the week, it’s an interesting way to get to know one another.Q: What is a deal breaker for you in a book? For example, do you abhor love triangles? Or can’t deal with bad editing? A:  Hmmm, tough question… I think that what really gets me is the bad editing. For example I have seen the in multiple books the use of “the […]

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Review – Heart Search: Lost by Carlie M. A. Cullen

Posted October 31, 2012 by Emma in Blog / 2 Comments
Review – Heart Search: Lost by Carlie M. A. Cullen

Title – Heart Search: Lost (#1)Author – Carlie M. A. CullenGenre – Paranormal AdultPages – 421Publisher – Myrddin PublishingSource – eBook Supplied by Book Tour When Joshua Grant vanishes days before his wedding his fiancée Remy is left with only bruises, scratch marks and a hastily written note. Heartbroken, she sets off alone to find him and begins a long journey where strange things begin to happen. As Joshua descends into his new immortal life he indulges his thirst for blood and explores his superhuman strength and amazing new talents while becoming embroiled in coven politics which threaten to destroy […]

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“Waiting on” Wednesday (#11)

Posted October 31, 2012 by Emma in Blog / 13 Comments
“Waiting on” Wednesday (#11)

Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating. Title – Crash (Visions #1)Author – Lisa McMannGenre – YA ParanormalPublisher – Simon PulseRelease Date – January 8th 2013 If what you see is what you get, Jules is in serious trouble. The suspenseful first of four books from the New York Times bestselling author of the Wake trilogy. Jules lives with her family above their restaurant, which means she smells like pizza most of the time and drives their double-meatball-shaped food truck to school. It’s not a recipe […]

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[Heart Search Blog Tour] – An Interview with Carlie M. A. Cullen

Posted October 30, 2012 by Emma in Blog / 1 Comment
[Heart Search Blog Tour] – An Interview with Carlie M. A. Cullen

Thank you so much for joining me today Carlie and for letting me be a part of this Tour… Thanks for inviting me Emma. And as for ‘letting’ you be part of the tour, you honour me by wanting to get involved – it’s me who should be thanking YOU (and I do)! Who inspired you to write Heart Search? Nobody actually inspired me to write Heart Search – I’ve been writing since I was a child for my own entertainment and as an emotional outlet. However, once I’d started writing the book, it was my daughter’s love and enthusiasm […]

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