This Week’s Adventures

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Alexandra Bracken, Lisa Gail Green, Never Fade, Soul Crossed

In which I talk about things that happened this week.

At Uni

As some of you may be aware, I started back at uni on Monday. One week in and I am completely exhausted.

For my first computer programming workshop, I made this:

Which was really exciting, but the rest of the week was pretty boring.

Exhausting, but boring.

And I also go a taste of just how busy I’m going to be for the next 5 weeks. Out of the house by 6:30 every morning, getting home at 7pm most nights only to have to leave again for tutoring which means my day doesn’t really finish until 9pm.

So, if you’re wondering why I haven’t replied to any comments or commented on anyone else’s blog lately, you now know why. I’m still trying to figure out when would be a good time to designate to blog reading, but I haven’t got one yet.

Books Read

On the train, I read Soul Crossed, by Lisa Gail Green.

At home I’ve been reading Never Fade, by Alexandra Bracken. If it wasn’t for the fact that I have to be up at 5:30am every morning, I so would have finished it (and possibly the sequel) by now.

On This Blog

Monday: I farewelled my spare time
Tuesday: I listed my favourite book heroines
Wednesday: I reviewed Soul Crossed
Thursday: I gave a more detailed guide to my rating system
Friday: I took a break and posted nothing

Wow, I posted an awful lot for someone who said she wasn’t going to be around as often…don’t get used to this people.

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Amy Zhang, Falling into Place, Kylie Fornasier, Masquerade, Nick Lake, Richelle Mead, The Ruby Circle, There Will Be Lies

Usually this would be a thing about the things that happened since last Saturday. However, because this is the new year, I’m going back a little further.
I’m sure you can all cope 🙂

Books Released:

On the Internet

If you pre-order The Ruby Circle at Dymocks, you get a free copy of Masquerade, by Kylie Fornasier!!

Guys, you totally want to do this, Masquerade is an awesome book, which means that not only do you get a phone call when Ruby Circle comes out (who wouldn’t want that?) but you also get a TOTALLY AMAZING BOOK FOR FREE HOW COULD YOU NOT WANT THAT???

And if you still have doubts, here’s my review of Masquerade.

 

Also, RUBY CIRCLE BOOK TRAILER!!!!

 

On Other People’s Blogs

Laura Plus Books kicked off the new year with a New Blog Design (go see it, it’s pretty)
Cait at Paper Fury talked about 22 Things she wants to do before she turns 22
Emily at Loony Teen Writer posted January Loony Blurbs (my version coming soon)
Maddie at The Girly Geek created a Bookish Bingo Challenge (which I am totally doing)
Stacie and Amanda welcomed the world to Beautiful Bookish Butterflies (which is awesome, btw)
Kat at (Almost) Completely Mad talked about 5 Ways to Make Time to Reply to Comments (which is totally helpful)

On This Blog

On Monday I reviewed There Will Be Lies
On Tuesday I FINALLY completed The Gif Tag
On Wednesday I reviewed Falling into Place
On Thursday I talked about Why I Don’t Finish Books
On Friday I complained that The Book Thief Ruined my Life

Oh, look, I posted every day this week!

This Week in Books

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Blue Lily Lily Blue, Insurgent, Julie Kagawa, Maggie Stiefvater, NaNoWriMo, Talon, Veronica Roth

NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo begins today!!

Due to the fact that uni is still happening, and exams are coming up, most of my writing will be restricted to weekends and the last week of November.

However, I’m still going to try.

And good luck to everyone else participating.

Insurgent Posters

You can view the interactive 3D posters here.

*EXCITEMENT*

Books released:

Talon, by Julie Kagawa

Books Read:

Blue Lily, Lily Blue, by Maggie Stiefvater
I just want to start by saying that I did not read this intentionally…IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!!
But it was SO GOOD! I don’t know what it is about those books, but they are just so amazing.
Also, I think my feels died a little.

Miscellaneous:

Because everyone needs this photo in their life:

Just one of the many marvellous pictures that you get to see if you follow me on instagram!

This Week in Books

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A Court of Thorns and Roses, Blue Lily Lily Blue, Corruption, Disruption, Jessica Shirvington, Kiera Cass, Maggie Stiefvater, Sarah J. Maas, The Heir, This Week's Adventures

On the Internet

So…some internet stuff has happened this week, and I felt like I needed to say something about it. I don’t want to be more specific, because chances are, some of the people involved knew exactly how wrong it was, and they’re just doing this for all the attention.
The saying “all publicity is good publicity” exists for a reason.
So, I’m just going to say this:

1. Stalking is not ok under any circumstances.
2. Using pseudonyms online is not illegal.
3. Bloggers are allowed to dislike books.
4. A negative review will not ruin an author’s career, stalking a reviewer and bragging about it more than likely will.

Also, there was this thing about how reading Percy Jackson was bad for you…or something ridiculous like that. For that, I’ll just say this:

1. People can read whatever they want.
2. Language is constantly changing, and when you tell kids to only read the classics, you’re basically saying that the language of the past is the only language worth knowing. Let kids read what they’ll understand!!
Then they can go for the harder stuff.

Books released:

Blue Lily, Lily Blue, by Maggie Stiefvater
I’ve got my copy 🙂

Cover Reveals:

First, we have A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas

(Not related to the Throne of Glass series)

And we also have The Heir, by Kiera Cass:

SO EXCITED!!!

Books Read:

Disruption and Corruption, by Jessica Shirvington
Started Disruption AGES ago, but only finished it in the last week. I finished Corruption today…THE FEELS!!
They were both amazing, and I can’t believe it has taken me so long to read this author.

Black Ice, Becca Fitzpatrick
DNF.
I tried. I really tried. But I really could not stand any of the characters. Reading the synopsis on goodreads got me further in the story than me actually reading it did. I made it to chapter 5.
So, after DNF-ing Hush Hush, and now this, I think it’s fair to say this author isn’t for me.

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Note: I usually post this on Saturdays, but due to a variety of delays, it’s only getting posted now.
I’m sure you can all cope.

Between the Covers YA Party

Thursday night we had the awesome YA Party, hosted by the wonderful Harper Collins YA people

We ate pizza (well, everybody else did…I don’t like pizza), got excited about books, and almost completely ruined the end of Disruption.

And I got to meet the wonderful Jessica Shirvington

We were, like, the last people there (almost).

Unfortunately, I didn’t really get to meet many bloggers, because the person in charge of getting us there decided to ignore the people who work at the building (who said we should get off at Town Hall), and instead told us to get off at Central.
It was a half-hour walk.
She is no longer in charge of organising how we get to things.

I did get to meet and say hi to Maddie, who blogs at The Girly Geek, though. Yay!

New Mockingjay Teaser/Trailer/Thing:

Books Read:

Sacrifice, by Brigid Kemmerer

I know, only 1 book read in 2 weeks…I blame uni.

This Week in Books

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Blue Lily Lily Blue, Brigid, Cinder, Maggie Stiefvater, Marissa Meyer, Sacrifice, This Week's Adventures

Blue Lily, Lily Blue:

The Blue Lily, Lily Blue trailer is here!

And Maggie Stiefvater has written music for Blue Lily, Lily Blue, which you can listen to here:

 

Snow Like Ashes:

On Epic Reads you can read an exclusive prologue to Sara Raasch’s Snow Like Ashes, Icicles Like Kindling, here.

Books Released:

Sacrifice, by Brigid Kemmerer

Books Read:

Cinder, by Marissa Meyer
I’ve been meaning to read this for ages, finally got around to it. I loved it.

This Week in Books

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Afterworlds, Are You Seeing Me?, Cassandra Clare, Darren Groth, Heir of Fire, Holly Black, Illusions of Fate, Kiersten White, Mockingjay, Rick Yancey, Sarah J. Maas, Scott Westerfeld, The Infinite Sea, The Iron Trial, This Week's Adventures

So, it’s been a while…

I realise I haven’t done this post in a couple of weeks…anyone following me on twitter will be aware that I had several tests/assignments, etc., and as such went on a ‘hiatus from life’ (that’s what I’m calling it, because it is the most accurate way I can think of to describe it).

But I’m on holidays now. YAY! (Only for one more week, though).

So, this post is going to contain things from the past few weeks.

Books released:

Illusions of Fate, by Kiersten White

The Infinite Sea, by Rick Yancey

Afterworlds, by Scott Westerfield

Mockingjay trailer:

Books Read:

Heir of Fire, by Sarah J. Maas
*Incoherent noises*

The Iron Trial, by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare
I wanted to like this one…I really did. The review is still under construction, but it won’t be an overly positive one.

Are You Seeing Me?, by Darren Groth
Definitely not my usual type of novel, but enjoyable nonetheless.

This week in blog posts:

Kirsty @ Studio Reads posted the first chapter of Half Wild

Emily @ The Loony Teen Writer started a link up for Loony Blurbs

Cait @ The Notebook Sisters talked about 10 Ways to make a Book Blogger Furious

Maddie @ The Girly Geek did an infographic on eBooks vs Physical Books

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Heir of Fire:

Guys, Heir of Fire is out!!!

Porcelain Heart:

Porcelain Heart, Beth Crowley’s album, is NOW AVAILABLE!!
Go buy it. Buy it now.

Blue Lily, Lily Blue:

You can read the prologue/first chapter of Blue Lily, Lily Blue here.
Alternatively, you can listen to the beginning here.

Hogwarts Express:
So, the Hogwarts Express left on Monday…most unfortunately, I was not on it.

Books Read:
Opposition, by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Woah, a lot happened in this book…and it wasn’t even that long. Full review is coming soon.

Unite Me, by Tahereh Mafi
How do I feel about this book? Probably similar to the way I felt about Unravel Me…I still don’t like Warner, and I’m not much of a fan of Adam either…
I don’t know, I’ll read Ignite Me, but I’m not expecting to be thrilled.

Frozen, by Melissa de la Cruz and Michael Johnston
I liked it, but I had a lot of problems with it. Full review coming soon.

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Beth Crowley, Blue Lily Lily Blue, Crown of Midnight, Divergent, Gayle Forman, Heir of Fire, If I Stay, Jennifer L. Armentrout, Maggie Stiefvater, Opposition, Percy Jackson's Greek Gods, Pittacus Lore, Revenge of Seven, Rick Riordan, Sarah J. Maas, This Week's Adventures, Veronica Roth

The Revenge of Seven:

The Revenge of Seven is HERE!!!

However, due to uni assignments, I haven’t been able to read it yet. *sad face*

Divergent:

Divergent is OUT ON DVD!!!
I haven’t got mine yet, but it’s only a matter of time…

If I Stay:

If I Stay is now in Australian Cinemas (as of Thursday). I haven’t seen it yet, but I’ll be going sometime within the next month.

A Trip to the Bookstore:

So, as yesterday’s Stacking the Shelves will inform you, I bought 3 books in the past week. On Thursday, upon arriving at the bookstore (looking for Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods), I discovered that Heir of Fire was already in stock.

I was quite excited, especially when they had Percy Jackson there, too.

However, it was not to be. As it turns out, I am literally out of money. So I told the store I would be back on Monday with the money.

To be continued…

Blue Lily, Lily Blue:

Maggie Stiefvater has recently announced on Twitter that it will soon be time for her to start sharing teasers for Blue Lily, Lily Blue. *flails excitedly*

Beth Crowley:

Beth Crowley’s album Porcelain Heart comes out on Tuesday!!
If you pre-order today or tomorrow (click here), you can still get a signed copy.

Books Read:

Crown of Midnight, by Sarah J. Maas
ASDFGHJKL!! I would have Heir of Fire by now…but alas.

Opposition, by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Unsure as to whether or not I will have finished this, but I accidentally read 150 pages without realising how much I’d read…I’ll definitely have finished it by next week.

This Week in Books

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Bookshelf Tour, Notebook Sisters, Pittacus Lore, Sarah J. Maas, The Assassin's Blade, The Lost Files: Hidden Enemy, This Week's Adventures

A Tour of my Bookshelves:

On Thursday, I posted up a Bookshelf Tour. Go forth and see the ridiculous amount of books I own.

The Notebook Sisters Giveaway

The Notebook Sisters have reached 500 followers. To celebrate, they are hosting a giveaway in which you can win one ebook of your choice (out of a preselected 4).

Go forth and become their minion.

Books Read:

The Assassin’s Blade, by Sarah J. Maas
This book has been sitting in the corner since Sunday, thinking about what she’s done…I haven’t decided how long I’ll leave her there yet. (Yes, I refer to my books using ‘him’, ‘her’, etc.)

The Lost Files: Hidden Enemy, by Pittacus Lore
I love extras books, and this was no exception. Review coming Monday.