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Cover Reveal: The Book of Days by K.A Barker + Giveaway

Jun 25, 2014

I have the wonderful chance to reveal the cover for The Book of Days by debut author K.A Barker. And let me tell you the cover is simply gorgeous. So without further ado *drum roll* here is the beautiful cover.
The Book of Days by K.A Baker

Publish date: September 2014
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Purchase: Amazon US – Amazon AU

Most people believe the best way to forget someone is to throw them down a well. Or lock them in a room with eight keys, or bury them at a crossroad in the thirteenth hour. But they’re wrong. The best way to forget someone is for them never to have existed in the first place.
When sixteen-year-old Tuesday wakes from sleep for the first time, she opens her eyes to a world filled with wonder – and peril. Left with only a letter from the person she once was, Tuesday sets out to discover her past with the help of her charming and self-serving guide, Quintalion.
Along the way she runs into one-legged mercenaries, flying cities, airships, and a blind librarian. But danger lurks amidst the steam. Tuesday will need all her wits to survive long enough to find out who she is and her connection with the mysterious Book of Days: a book that holds untold power … existed in the first place.

The cover is gorgeous isn’t it? The colours just everything.

About the Author

K. A. Barker is a twenty-something writer from Brisbane, Australia. She writes books about imaginary places and impossible deeds. Her first Young Adult novel, The Book of Days, is due out in September from Pan Macmillan Australia. She is fond of dirigibles, good books, shower singing, cheesy adventure movies, and time periods not her own..

Website – Twitter – Facebook

K.A Barker the lovely lady as she is will also be hosting not 1 but 3 amazing giveaways. Check out K.A’s blog post for more information about the giveaways and I am telling you to enter because the prizes are just…I need them.

1st Giveaway: It’s all about the twitter. Tweet about the amazing book cover, or just about the book. What ever you want. Don’t forget to include K.A twitter handle: @k_a_barker

2nd Giveaway: K.A has given each of the 7 bloggers revealing her cover to the world a question each. You will then need to answer, once you have all 7 answers email them off to K.A Barker at k.a.barkerwrites@gmail.com.

My question is:

What is one of the things that Tuesday comes across in her journey?

a) A blind librarian

b) tap-dancing mummies

c) A very confused time traveller

3rd Giveaway: All you need to do is go and check out K.A Barker’s blog and comment on what ever you like that simple.

Each winner will win:

1. A signed copy of The Book of Days when it’s released in September.

2. A $30 gift voucher to the bookstore of your choice

3. A hug if we ever happen to meet, to be delivered either a) bone-crunchingly hard, or b) awkward family reunion.

What do you think of the The Book of Days Cover? Are you excited to read the book?

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The Fault in Our Stars Movie Review No Spoilers + Giveaway

Jun 13, 2014

I knew as soon as this was becoming a movie I would need a tissue box by my side and I wasn’t wrong.

The Fault in our Stars movie was just perfect. I cannot explain how I feel about this movie enough.

On opening night, my friend, sister, mum and I headed to the movies to see it (I made both my mum and sister read the book before we went) with our tissue boxes in tow.

The casting for this TFIOS is just perfect. Gosh Ansel Elgort is Gus, through and through, man. His smile, his laugh, just everything. I couldn’t help but smile at everything he said, even if it was so cheesy.

Shailene Woodley captured Hazel so well. I was very hesitant at first because I have seen her in so many different roles and I just didn’t know how she would capture Hazel, but she did just perfect.

Nat Woff, man. He is Issac. I hadn’t seen him in much before TFIOS so it was my first really seeing him act and, man, he was perfect. To me, he was just like Issac.

Even though I did cry so many times in movie, Issac did make me laugh. Quite a lot actually. It was just so funny at times and I couldn’t help but laugh in hysterics. Even if it was just something little like a face that Gus or Hazel pulled. It didn’t make up for all the crying, but it did put a smile on my face.

The other thing that I really liked about the movies, was when Gus and Hazel or anyone else had text conversations or emails that a little screen would pop up with the conversation. It was just so cute! I loved it a lot.

I think that TFIOS is one of the best book to movie adaptions. It was just so good. All those lines from the book were in the movie as well as those big, scenes and moments. I can say that most of them were in the movie. It was really nice seeing a YA contemporary novel being turned into a movie, and an amazing one at that.

Yes, they still missed certain scenes and all because they had to, but overall, I was really happy with how it turned out. I think having John Green on set really did help.

As I said before and many others will say, it was an emotional journey. I cried, much like I did in the book from that scene in Amsterdam. Gosh, so many emotions. Also the gas station scene wow, wow. I applaud you Ansel, I know that was the hardest scene, emotionally, to film and, man, you did it well.

The music, wow, the music was so well picked and placed. It set the emotions for everything.I felt things so much more when music was played. And come on playing Ed Sheeran at the end, no thank you please, the tears just didn’t stop flowing.

Overall I really loved The Fault in Our Stars Movie. it was just so beautiful, it was a masterpiece. Even though I was a sobbing mess I would see it again, and again.

Have you watched The Fault in Our Stars yet? What did you think? Are you looking forward to watching it?

I have also written spoiler free reviews on Divergent and Vampire Academy.

Giveaway

To celebrate the release of The Fault In Our Stars, I am going to be giving away a hand painted Okay? Okay. T-shirt to one lucky winner. All you need to do is fill out the rafflecopter and done! Here is the top that I will be giving away.

Obviously it will be new for you and to your size. The Sizes that I have are Size 10 (bust 30 Inches), Size 12 (bust 33 Inches), Size 14 (bust 35 Inches), Size 16 (bust 37 Inches), Size 18 (Bust 39) and Size 20 (bust 40). Sorry these are the only sizes I can do at the moment, hopefully I can do more soon.

Terms and Conditions

– This contest is open INTERNATIONALLY

– You must be 18 years or older, or have parents’ permission to enter.

– All your entries will be disqualified if you pickup entries for something you haven’t done.

– If you only use ONE account to do all these tasks and enter under different names, they will still only constitute as ONE entry.

– If the winner does not respond to my e-mail within 48 hours, I will have to choose another winner.

– I am not responsible for any items lost in the mail. Sorry.

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Perfectly Messy by Lizzy Charles Release Day Blitz + Giveaway

May 27, 2014

Welcome to the Release Day Blitz for

Perfectly Messy (Effortless With You #2) by Lizzy Charles

presented by Swoon Romance!

Be sure to enter the giveaway found at the end of the post!

Popularity isn’t everything it’s cracked up to be. Justin Marshall knows this better than most. For the captain of the basketball team, small business owner, and son of Minnesota’s next governor, life can get pretty overwhelming. But Justin can handle anything as long as he has Lucy, the girl who fell for the man he’s trying to be. But for Justin and Lucy, finding time together proves challenging. Stolen kisses and whispered promises just aren’t enough. That is, until scandalous photos of the couple are leaked to a press intent on creating a juicy scandal during Justin’s dad’s gubernatorial campaign. And when Lucy becomes fair play for the tabloids and gossip pages, Justin does the only thing he can to protect her: he breaks her heart.

For Lucy, junior year is everything she hoped it would be: new friends, second chances, and a boyfriend she can’t stop kissing. That is, until the boy she’s pretty sure she loves chooses the life his family wants for him, over her. Now it’s up to Lucy to teach him what it really means to have everything. Because for Justin, being who everyone needs him to be just might cost him the one person he can’t live without.

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Perfectly Messy by Lizzy Charles
Publisher: Swoon Romance
Publication Date: May 27, 2014

Available for Purchase:

Amazon |Kobo | Chapters Indigo

About the Author

When Lizzy Charles isn’t scrambling to raise her two spunky toddlers or caring for premature and sick babies as a neonatal intensive care nurse, she’s in a quiet corner writing or snuggled up with a novel and a few squares of dark chocolate.

Black tea keeps her constant and she loves guacamole. She married her high school sweet heart, a heart-melting musician, so it’s no surprise she’s fallen in love with writing contemporary YA romance novels.

Author Links: Website | Twitter| Facebook | Goodreads