Cress by Marissa Meyer My rating: 5 of 5 stars With Winter being around the corner, I couldn't put off reading the third book in this awesome series any longer... Cress is a Lunar, but she's a shell. So she's lived all of her life away from her parents, beli…

Thanks to Bloomsbury Australia , I'm giving away TWO paperback copies and bookplates of  QUEEN OF SHADOWS .      Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. Now she returns to the empire – to confront the shadows of her past...   Bloodthirsty for reven…

Hey!   I've been so caught up working on  HELL OF A RIDE  first round edits during the last few weeks, that I totally forgot I hadn't shared the awesome cover yet.   So... here it is: What do you think?   I think it's kick-ass awesome.   Kanaxa has …

I'm not actually on Tumblr, but I do enjoy checking out posts featuring books, notebooks and bookshelves. There are some really pretty pics posted on there. There's also a trend that caught my eye. It's the TBR Jar, which pretty much consists of a nice glass jar with bits of…

Here's the July's box: Can you see  TWO T-shirts this time?  Yep. They threw in two very cool tees...   I kept  An American Werewolf in London-- because, werewolf -- and hubby took the Comic Book Guy. :) Oh, and check out my Spike:  This Spike …

This is something we couldn't resist: Who doesn't want to receive a box full of vinyl surprises? Check it out: I was especially excited about this one:  The Tenth Doctor is my most fave, and this vinyl looks AWESOME. He's so darn cool. I…

Um, okay, so I've fallen behind on posting these but they've all been arriving on time. Actually, HORROR BLOCK is my favourite subscription box. It's always filled with cool surprises, and the admin is pretty cool too. So, this is the June box: And here's…

Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli My rating: 5 of 5 stars OMG. This was such an excellent book! I loved it. My daughter borrowed it from the library and read it in one sitting. She also told me that I would probably like it. So, I decided to give it a …

Everyone Celaena Sardothien loves has been taken from her. Now she returns to the empire – to confront the shadows of her past . . .   The fourth breathtaking instalment in the New York Times bestselling Throne of Glass series.     Bloodthirsty for revenge on the two men respo…

So, last week I mentioned that I was working on the 5th (and penultimate book) in my RECAST series... and I was pretty far along. Yesterday, I actually finished the first draft. Yay.   The total word count ended up being 45,042 . That sounds about right for a RECAST story, becaus…

Hey!   Did you miss me?   I doubt it.   It's been so long that you probably forgot all about me. LOL.   I just realised that I didn't blog once during the month of July. Sure, I posted a bunch of book reviews--that's about the only posting I keep up to date--…

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars There's a reason why I love reading Neil Gaiman books, and this book strengthens how much I love his stories. He's such an amazing storyteller. I was instantly swept off my reading feet and transpo…

Pines by Blake Crouch My rating: 5 of 5 stars I love mysteries. I'm a sucker for a thriller. I also love stories hiding a deep, dark secret. Small town creepy stories intrigue me. And of course, I love dystopians. So, this book really spoke to me! Ethan Burke is…