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Top Ten Books On My Spring (Autumn) 2014 TBR List

Mar 18, 2014

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish. Each week they post a new Top Ten list that members at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. All bloggers are then welcomed to join. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday is: Top Ten Books On My Spring (Autumn) 2014 TBR List.

My TBR ( To Be Read) is for Autumn as that is what it is in Australia. Perks of living in a different part of the world.

There are just so many books that I want to read. But these 10, I ‘need’ to read in the next couple of months. Lucky my school holidays are coming up in a few weeks so I hopefully have time to read them then. I want to read all these books for different reasons some are ARC’s some are books that I have wanted to read for while. I really do hope I get through these. (They are in particular order)

1. On The Fence by Kasie West
2.World After (Penryn & the End of Days #2) by Susan Ee

3. Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1) by Marissa Meyer

4. Girl of Nightmares (Anna #2) by Kendare Blake

5. Throne of Glass ( Throne of Glass #1) Sarah J. Mass
6. All The Truth That’s In Me by Julie Berry

7. Stealing Parker (Hundred Oaks #2) by Miranda Kenneally
8. The Here and Now by Ann Brashares

9. Rules of Attraction ( Perfect Chemistry #2) by Simone Elkeles

10. Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh Mafi

So that is what I plan to read. I am pretty bad a having set books to read. But I really hope to read at least 5 of these.

What are you planning to read this Autumn (Spring)?

Author Interview with Sarah Alderson

Mar 17, 2014

The other day the lovely Sarah Alderson author of the YA Series Lila, (including Hunting Lila) tweeted asking if any bloggers wanted to interview her for her up and coming release Out of Control coming out in May. I was very lucky and saw the tweet during class and tweeted her back straight away. I came home to email from Sarah confirming this Interview.

I loved Sarah’s Hunting Lila and am just super excited for Out of Control. So enough of this chatter and onto the interview.

How did you come up with the idea for Out of Control?

I wanted to write about human trafficking because it’s such a pressing issue and I also wanted (and was contracted) to write a thriller. I was inspired by the movie Drive about this guy who drives getaway vehicles (Ryan Gosling – hot!) and also by the classic movie Terminator.

What is Liva (the main character) like in Out of Control?

She’s grown up overseas in a very privileged but highly protected and fairly dangerous world. Her father owns a private security company and for most of her life she’s been surrounded by bodyguards and living behind walls. She’s a loner. She has a few skeletons in the closet and has put up a lot of walls to stop people getting close. She’s obsessed with following the rules but she also struggles with that because it doesn’t come naturally to her.

She’s very smart, independent, she’s a dancer and very fit. She also knows how to shoot straight and play poker.She’s a good contrast to Jay, who’s a street smart kid from the wrong side of the tracks, always breaking rules and who really lives for the moment and takes risks. They have a lot to learn from each other.

Who are your most loved and most hated character out of all your books and why?
I love Demos and Lila and Alex of course from Hunting Lila. Demos because he’s got such depths that no one I think but me realises yet! Alex because he’s my dream man!I think my most hated character would be Victor or Caleb from Fated – I mean, they’re two twisted individuals.

How do you just sit down and write?

Well, firstly I’m paid to! And secondly I love it. It’s not a hobby though, it’s a job. I work 8 hours a day at least.

How do you know when you have ‘finished’ writing a book?

Because it all comes together and you get this buzz in your stomach that tells you it’s done.

If you could go anywhere in the world, real or fiction, where would it be and why?

Ooooh right now I’d go to the US. I’d hang out in New York where Out of Control is set. It’s one of my favourite cities in the world. Then I’d go to Colorado and hang out with two of my best friends who live there, drinking wine and watching the stars.

Thank you Sarah for letting me interview you.

I have been waiting for The Sound for quite a while, another Sarah Alderson novel. And if the synopsis is not interesting enough to convince you, check out some of the photos Sarah has been posting of the book trailer.

I cannot thank Sarah enough for taking the time to let me interview her. You can find her on her Twitter, Facebook and check out her blog.

Journey Through The Shelves – Week 5

Mar 15, 2014

I love seeing what books everyone has. It gives me an idea of what books people like, it also gives me new books to read. And I feel to get to know me better you should know what books are on my shelves.

So I have decided to start a new series on my blog called Journey Through The Shelves. Once a week for the next 6 weeks I will give you an insight at my selves. For the first 4 weeks, it’s all about my bookshelf. The following week will be about the books on my kindle apps and finally the last week will be about the books on my Kobo. I really hope you enjoy this series as much as I have.

Welcome to Week 5 of my series, this week it’s all about the books on my ‘Kindle.’ I don’t actually have a Kindle, I do want one horribly but for now I have the Kindle App on my phone and on my laptop. So here we go.

– Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (Between #1) by April Genevieve Tucholke
– The Boys of Summer (Summer#1 ) by C.J Duggan
– Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

– Tease by Amanda Maciel
– The Space Between (Space #1) by Victoria H. Smith
– Deeper (Caroline & West #1) by Robin York

–Side Effects May Vary by Juile Murphy
– The Here and Now by Ann Brashares
– Insurgent (Divergent #1) by Veronica Roth

– Me Since You by Laura Wiess
– Freak of Nature (IFICS #1) by Julia Crane
– Aberrant (Aberrant #1) by Ruth Silver

– The Fiery Heart ( Bloodlines #4) by Richelle Mead
– The Moment Before by Suzy Vitello
– A Beautiful Mess (A Beautiful Mess #1) by T.K. Leigh

– Afterlife Academy by Jaimie Admans
– The Underlighters by Michelle Browne
– My Daylight Monsters (Mary Hades 0.5) by Sarah Dalton

– The Rock Star’s Daughter (Treadwell Academy #1) by Caitlyn Duffy
– Prince of Wolves (The Grey Wolves #1) by Quinn Loftis
– A French Girl in New York (The French Girl Series #1) by Anna Adams

– Hidden by (Hidden Series #1) by M. Lathan
– Significance (Significance #1) by Shelly Crane
– Pawn (The Blackcoat Rebellion #1) by Aimee Carter

The worst thing about doing this, it made me realise how many books I haven’t read or that I know nothing about at all. But I hope you liked Week 5 of Journey Through the Shelves. The next week while be Kobo week and it’s also the last week of my series. But I really hope you have enjoyed it so far.

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