Weekly memes

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meme…Friday Finds – 2

Another weekly meme from http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com

This week I found:

The cover – I admit – I find uncomfortable, but it sounds great and the reviews have been good (including one where they said the cover put them off, but then enjoyed the book) – so I’m not judging by the cover and have this on my kindle now 🙂

This has been around for a long while, but I’d not come across it before. Recommended to me this week by the lovely Emily from Confessions of a Bookaholic – will be adding to my tbr list.

Although it’s a ‘classic’ I’ve never actually read The Outsiders, just seen the film! Inspired to read this by one of the Goodreads groups who have it as their April read. My copy came through the post this week.

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meme…Book Trailer Thursday – 2

We’re excited to take part in Book Trailer Thursday meme hosted each week by http://zoweesbookshelf.blogspot.co.uk/  Check out her lovely blog if you’d like to join in 🙂

For our Book Trailer Thursday meme we’re featuring the best-selling YA dystopian novel Divergent, by Veronica Roth. I have to say – I’m not a mega fan of the book, as you’ll see when you read the review – I’ve not posted yet as I’m waiting for the other blog readers to tell me if I’m being terribly unfair to the book…we’ll see… Anyway, for a dystopian it feels quite unrealistic, which is probably my main gripe: there’s no single overarching power or government in control of the environment that forces people into the various ‘factions’, it doesn’t feel like a situation that would naturally occur. Overall, it felt a little like YA dystopia-by-numbers: 1984 Room 101 type scenario – check; Hunger Games-esq violence – check; random division of society – check… It just wasn’t overly original to me, although it’s well-written.

So – what about the trailer – I expected something good for a big budget, publisher driven book – but it’s not really – it’s not unlike what many indie authors are producing for their own books, with minature budgets. Yes it’s polished, but there’s not much to it – again – it lack originality for me. And also – rip-off of The Hunger Games flaming mockingjay much?

What do you think?

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meme…Indie Author Spotlight – NEW!

Welcome to our inaugural

Indie Authors Spotlight is a BRAND NEW weekly meme that will be held on every SATURDAY in the month. It is hosted by Beckie @Bittersweet Enchantment & CYP @A Bookalicious Story.
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So…for our first spotlight, we’re pleased to introduce Ada Adams…

“Many people sing in the shower. I write scenes in my head and act them out.”

At the age of five, Ada read her first chapter book—Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren. Ever since that moment, she developed an intense passion for stories and characters found within the pages of literature.

In her career as an actress and a writer, Ada currently spends most of her days immersed in imaginary worlds. Much like the characters she enjoys playing and writing about, Ada is a martial artist with a Black Belt in Shotokan Karate. She is also a big proponent of lifelong learning, and has attained a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (it aids in creating characters with unique quirks!) as well as a Master’s of Science in Education.

Ada strives to bring a fresh voice and perspective to fiction. She has been writing creatively for many years, and is an editor of a global fashion/literary magazine called VEUX. ReVamped is her debut novel.

She lives in Toronto, Canada, and enjoys adventurous nature hikes with her adorable puppies Cara and Oreo.

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Now check out the book – how gorgeous is this cover? I’ve already added it to my TBR pile 🙂

A simple mission turned deadly.

Nineteen-year-old vampire Dawn has led a sheltered life within the confines of her father’s presidential headquarters. Upon being sent on a mission to revamp four goofy misfits into guardians of a peaceful little town of Angel Creek, Dawn believes that all her dreams have finally come true. What starts off as a simple task, turns into something unexpected, changing Dawn’s life forever and leading the action-loving, thrill-seeking vampire teen on a path of mystery, danger and intrigue.

When a human girl is kidnapped by a group of rogue vamps, Dawn discovers that there is more going on in Angel Creek than meets the eye. And it all connects to Ethan, the cute newcomer who seems too perfect to be true, Sebastian, the mysterious vampire with a turbulent past, and even Dawn herself. Dawn must not only succeed in revamping the troubled recruits, but must also prevent the vampire race from being overtaken by a malevolent villain who has a strange and obsessive fascination with her. As threat escalates, romance blooms, and ghosts from her past begin to surface, Dawn is sure of only one thing: her life will never be the same.

Angel Creek Chronicles – Book One – Available now at Amazon (click on the Book Cover for link)

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meme…TGIF Look Back – 1

TGIF Look Back is a weekly meme hosted by Mel at her author blog http://melcj.wordpress.com it just takes a few minutes: to play along, just answer the following questions with some Friday feeling…do one or all, whatever you feel like because it’s Friday :)

FUNNY – What made you laugh this week?

READING – What were you reading this week?

INSPIRED – What inspired you this week? 

DREAM – What were you dreaming about this week?

ANGEL – Who was your angel/star of the week?

YUCK – What made you go ‘ewwww’ this week?
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My TGIF Look Back…

FUNNY – Crazy coke chugging guy on YouTube – courtesy of Michael Cargill 🙂 It’s kind of weird and he looks like he stepped out of LotR

READING – Stephen King, The Running Man for April’s book of the month – I’m way behind! 

INSPIRED – Four-day week! Extra days off work are truly inspirational…

DREAM – Random work stuff – nothing interesting

YUCK – Have been watching True Blood re-runs this week – love them, but ewwww they’re gory sometimes
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meme…Friday Finds – 1

Another lovely weekly meme from http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com

This week I found:

I also found some great new meme events we’ll doing in the future (including this one!)

Book Trailer Thursday hosted by Zowee at http://zoweesbookshelf.blogspot.co.uk/

Saturday Indie Author Spotlight hosted by Beckie @Bittersweet Enchantment & CYP @A Bookalicious Story.

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meme…Book Trailer Thursday – 1

We’re excited to take part in our first Book Trailer Thursday meme hosted each week by http://zoweesbookshelf.blogspot.co.uk/  Check out her lovely blog if you’d like to join in 🙂

So – for our very first Book Trailer Thursday meme we’re featuring Jade Varden’s Justice – Mel reviewed the book for the blog a few weeks ago (read it here) and the sequel The Tower is due out soon…

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meme…Indie Author Spotlight – NEW!

Indie Authors Spotlight is a BRAND NEW weekly meme that will be held on every SATURDAY in the month. It is hosted by Beckie @Bittersweet Enchantment & CYP @A Bookalicious Story. The idea of this meme is to promote indie authors and to help them and their books to get recognize. This will be a great way for book bloggers to take part in helping these authors be spotlighted for their hard work. Please visit their site to check out the rules if you’d like to join in 🙂
As you’ll know – with our Indie Author Month in May – we love finding out about new authors and so a weekly spotlight is perfect for us! Join us this weekend to see who we spotlight and if you’d like to feature in the future, please get in touch via the usual contacts.