Review: Panic by Lauren Oliver

Posted March 16, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Panic by Lauren Oliver

I received this book for free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Panic by Lauren Oliver Series: Panic #1 Published by HarperCollins on March 4th 2014 Genres: Contemporary, Thriller, Young Adult Pages: 408 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Panic began as so many things do in Carp, a dead-end town of 12,000 people in the middle of nowhere: because it was summer, and there was nothing else to do. Heather never thought she would compete in Panic, a legendary game played by graduating seniors, where the stakes are high and the payoff is even higher. She’d never thought of herself as fearless, the kind of person who would fight to stand out. But when she finds something, and someone, to fight for, she will discover that she is braver than she ever thought. Dodge has never been afraid of Panic. His secret will fuel him, and get him all the way through the game, he’s sure of it. But what he […]

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Review: Brooklyn Girls: Angie by Gemma Burgess

Posted March 14, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: Brooklyn Girls: Angie by Gemma Burgess

Brooklyn Girls: Angie by Gemma Burgess Published by Quercus on March 6th 2014 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction, New Adult Pages: 303 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads Broke. Broken-hearted. Bored. (Not necessarily in that order.) WELCOME TO NEW YORK CITY. Angie James is lost. A regular poster girl for Generation Screwed, being 22 isn’t what she expected. What happens when having fun isn’t, you know, fun? In the Brooklyn townhouse she shares with her best friends, Angie wants to figure out what to do with her life. But wild parties, bad dates, dead-end jobs, demanding fashionistas and even true love just keep getting in the way… Who knew adulthood would be so damn grown-up? When I started reading Brooklyn Girls: Angie I thought it was a long the lines of the chick-lit I use to read as a teenager (the Mates, Dates series or the Princess Diaries), cutesy books. And I was right… except there is a lot more swearing and sex.  When I read this book, I had realised it was part of a series, it was only […]

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Review: The Memory Book by Rowan Coleman

Posted March 8, 2014 by Charlotte in Reviews / 0 Comments
Review: The Memory Book by Rowan Coleman

The Memory Book by Rowan Coleman Published by Ebury Press on Feburary 24th 2014 Genres: Contemporary, Fiction Pages: 375 Format: E-Arc Source: Netgalley Buy on Amazon Goodreads The name of your first-born. The face of your lover. Your age. Your address… What would happen if your memory of these began to fade? Is it possible to rebuild your life? Raise a family? Fall in love again? When Claire starts to write her Memory Book, she already knows that this scrapbook of mementoes will soon be all her daughters and husband have of her. But how can she hold on to the past when her future is slipping through her fingers…? Original, heartwarming and uplifting, The Memory Book is perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes. Having finished The Memory Book about five minutes ago, I feel that I have been on a roller-coaster ride, not for the thrills and spills but for the ups and downs. One moment I would be laughing, the next crying. OK first off I need to admire the cover of this book. The cover is perfect, […]

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Pastime Pleasures #2 – North Child by Edith Pattou

Posted March 7, 2014 by Charlotte in Pastime Pleasures / 0 Comments
Pastime Pleasures #2 – North Child by Edith Pattou

Welcome to my  feature, Pastime Pleasures, posted every other Friday. Today’s is the turn of North Child by Edith Pattou. Here I will look at books that have given me great pleasure in the past. These are books I can read over and over again. The only rule is that the book must have been published five or more years ago.     North Child blends the traditional fairy tale of Beauty and the Beast, and Norwegian folk tale of East of the Sun and West of the Moon to create a tale of myth woven into fantasy. I had never heard of the fairy tale East of the Sun and West of the Moon, before reading this book. However, once I had finished I was immediately intrigued and wanted to explore more. This book will take you on a journey to the snow covered north to France and back again (no this is not the hobbit). Rose grows as she journeys to her destiny. Told from the viewpoint of different characters, you cannot but help be drawn in to this […]

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Monthly Round-up! February 2014

Posted February 28, 2014 by Charlotte in Monthly Round-up! / 0 Comments
Monthly Round-up! February 2014

Monthly Round-up, linking everything that has happened in the last month, posted on the last day of said month. This Round-up February 2014. Yay! So I have now completed my first month of my blog (ok… three weeks, but there is no need to be picky…) and I think it has gone pretty well. I have nearly 100 followers (thank you guys!), and I am pretty impressed by that 🙂 Currently reading: Monthly feature, linking everything that has happened in the last month, posted on the last day of said month. Reviews:   Pastime Pleasures:   Challenges: I started a new challenge:  100 Books Everyone Should Read.   Other Blog stuff: I started my weekly feature: It’s a Bookish Life I started my every two weeks feature: Pastime Pleasures I won two Librarything giveaways – As a Thief in the Night by Chuck Crabbe and Of Sea and Stone by Kate Avery Ellison. Reviews will appear as soon as I have received and reviewed the books. So what do you think of my round-up February 2014? What have you read this month? Let me know in the […]

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