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10 Jun

Journey Through the Shelves (2015) – Week 1

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Welcome to Journey Through the Shelves 2015. I started this series last year, because I love seeing what books people have and I thought I would share mine. Since the last time that I have done this, I have received and brought a lot more books. So I thought it was time, to re-do the series. This will go over a couple of weeks, as I will do one shelf per week and since the last time I have filled another book shelf. The last two weeks will be all about my ebooks as I will give you an insight about what is on, my Kindle app and what is on my kobo.

I hope you enjoy and let the fun begin. Don’t forget to comment or tell me if we share any of the same books.

First of, is the top shelf that is on the book case in my room. this one holds all my non-fiction books, movie companions, as well as classics, books that I have read for school and other bits and pieces.

So here we go. Click on each title and it will take you to it’s goodreads page, if it has it.

– Harry Potter: The Ultimate Collection: This is a collection of postcards and wands that came out with the state newspaper when Deathly Hallows Part Two came out. I adore it.
– Mythology: Greek Gods, Heroes and Monster by Dugald A. Steer, Nicki Palin, David Wyatt and Nick Harris
– Marvel: Encyclopedia by Matt Forbeck
– Dare to Dream: Life as One Direction
– One Direction: Forever Young
– Harry Potter: The Official Exhibition Guide: I went to the Harry Potter Exhibition about 4 years ago when it came to Australia.
– The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug – Official Movie Guide by Brian Sibley
– Vampire Academy: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Brandon T. Snider and Richelle Mead
– City of Bones: The Official Illustrated Movie Companion by Mimi O’Connor

– Two Brothers by Hannie Rayson
– The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
– Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll
– Othello (Pengun Classic) by William Shakespeare
– Collected Stories by Peter Carey
– The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
– My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult
– Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
– Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
– Othello (Dover edition) by William Shakespeare
– Frankenstien (Oxford Playscripts) by Mary Shelley and Philip Pullman

– Love Tayna by Tayna Burr
– Bad Romeo by Leisa Rayven
– This House of Grief by Helen Garner
– Cairo by Chris Womersley
– Frankenstien (Penguin) by Mary Shelley
– Ninteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
– The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde
– The Talisman of Troy by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
– Prince Caspian by C.S Lewis
– King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green
– The Witches by Roald Dahl
– Eragon by Christopher Paolini
– Eldest by Christopher Paolini
– Brisnger by Christopher Paolini

– Inkheart Triology: Inkheart, Inkspell and Inkdeath by Cornelia Funke
– The Casual Vacancy by J.K Rowling
– The Den of Shadows quarlet by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
– Tomorrow When the War Began by John Marsden
– The Dead of the Night by John Marsden
– The Third Day, The Frost by John Marsden
– Darkness, Be My Friend by John Marsden

And there we go. That is my top shelf on my bookcase in my room. Hope you enjoyed and come back next week for more.

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05 Jun

Book Review: Modern Monsters by Kelley York

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Modern Monsters by Kelley York

Pages: 352
Publish date: 2 June 2015
Publisher: Entangled: Teen
ISBN: 1633750027
Purchase: Book Depository – Amazon UK – Amazon US – Amazon AU

Vic Howard never wanted to go to the party. He’s the Invisible Guy at school, a special kind of hell for quiet, nice guys. But because his best friend is as popular as Vic is ignored, he went…

And wished he hadn’t.

Because something happened to a girl that night. Something terrible, unimaginable, and Callie Wheeler’s life will never be the same. Plus, now Callie has told the police that Vic is responsible. Suddenly, Invisible Vic is painfully visible, on trial both literally, with the police, and figuratively, with the angry kids at school. As the whispers and violence escalate, he becomes determined to clear his name, even if it means an uneasy alliance with Callie’s best friend, the beautiful but aloof Autumn Dixon.

But as Autumn and Vic slowly peel back the layers of what happened at the party, they realize that while the truth can set Vic free, it can also shatter everything he thought he knew about his life…

Modern Monsters:

I received an e-copy of Modern Monsters by Kelley York from Entangled teen via Netgalley for an honest review. This has in no way influenced my thoughts on the book.

Modern Monsters isn’t like something that I have read before. It’s hard to read, gripping and eye-opening. Modern Monsters tells the story of everyone’s worst nightmare for more than one person.

Modern Monsters follows Vic Howard, the invisible guys. Not literally, but the guy that doesn’t have many friends, the one that you see in the background. People talk to him, but not because they like, just so they can invite his best friend Brett to parties and Vic is their way in.

Vic also has a stutter, and I think it’s fantastic! I love diverse characters and books and the main protagonist having a stutter is perfect. You are unable to detect it when he is telling the story, but when he is speaking, it’s all out in the open.

Vic never wanted to go to the party, but after being convinced by Brett and lying to his mum on the way he ends up at a party that would change his life forever.

There are a lot of books out there that tell the story of the person that was raped or even the rapist, but there are very few novels out there that follow, the life of the person being accused of rape.

Vic was doing the right thing and I wish all guys were like this. He saw a girl throwing up, decided to help her and suffered consequences of a good deed. Callie Wheeler’s life changed forever that night, but so did Vic’s.

Modern Monsters takes the reader on a journey of suffering. For most of his life, no one knew who Vic was by name, but now everyone knows. All I wanted to do was give him a big hug.

It was so hard to read, not because of the subject per say, but just what happened around. Not only did Callie had to suffer, but so did Vic and it was heartbreaking. Not only did people who never knew him judge believe what had happened, but people that he loved and care about as well. And that was the hardest to read, because the person that you relied on the most turned their back on you.

“Just because one person is going through something painful doesn’t mean what you’re experiencing is somehow less relevant”

As everything starts to escalate and his life slowing falling apart, Vic is determined to clear his name and this is what I loved the most. He didn’t hid away and let whatever happen, happen. He stood up and start to unpeel the layers that surrounded the party.

With the help and Callie’s, best friend Autumn, they find out everything is what it seems. Callie doesn’t remember everything from the party, she was drunk and the last thing that she remembers before she passed out was Vic. But as all three of them start putting things together, everything because more unclear.

I did guess who raped Callie, and I didn’t mind it. York left enough clues here and there for the reader to pick up the pieces and it was haunting discovery, especially what happens after.

The relationships throughout Modern Monsters are like roller coasters, there are many ups and downs.

York is a brilliant writer. She manages to capture such a hard topic to talk about, and make it somewhat easy to read. I would have loved more character development and less hints of what happened and other events that unfolded (that I don’t want to talk about, because it will spoil, a very important aspect of the story.

Modern Monsters is beautiful, heartbreaking and moving read that if you are looking for something different, then pick this book up without a second thought.

Have you read Modern Monsters yet? Did you like it? Are you going to?

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29 May

Release Week Blitz: NOWHERE BUT HERE by Katie McGarry + Giveaway

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Nowhere But Here (Thunder Road #1) by Katie McGarry

Pages: 496
Publish date: June 1st 2015
Publisher: Harlequin (Australia), TEEN
ISBN: 9781743690956
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An unforgettable new series from acclaimed author Katie McGarry about taking risks, opening your heart and ending up in a place you never imagined possible
Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents, good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she’s curious about her biological father—the one who chose life in a motorcycle club, the Reign of Terror, over being a parent—but that doesn’t mean she wants to be a part of his world. But when a reluctant visit turns to an extended summer vacation among relatives she never knew she had, one thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems. Not the club, not her secret-keeping father and not Oz, a guy with suck-me-in blue eyes who can help her understand them both.Oz wants one thing: to join the Reign of Terror. They’re the good guys. They protect people. They’re…family. And while Emily—the gorgeous and sheltered daughter of the club’s most respected member—is in town, he’s gonna prove it to her. So when her father asks him to keep her safe from a rival club with a score to settle, Oz knows it’s his shot at his dream. What he doesn’t count on is that Emily just might turn that dream upside down.No one wants them to be together. But sometimes the right person is the one you least expect, and the road you fear the most is the one that leads you home.

Welcome, Welcome to the release week blitz of Katie McGarry’s Nowhere but here. It’s out now so hurry up and go get it. Seriously it’s amazing. You check out my 5 star review on Nowhere but here. But before you go and check out the book, check out the awesome trailer. Because come on guys hot guys and motorbikes.

And if that wasn’t enough check out this excerpt from Nowhere but Here. This is in Emily’s Point of view, so get excited.

THE MOTORCYCLE ACCELERATES AND THE FEW inches I had established between me and Oz: gone. My body slides forward, colliding into his, and we click together like two puzzle pieces. Heat rushes up my neck and onto my cheeks. My thighs are too close to his, too tight against his body and this is way more intimate than I have been before with a guy.

Even when the two of us kissed.

Oz veers left, away from Olivia’s, away from the main road, and the entire motorcycle pitches to the side. My heart thunders and my fingers clutch not only at Oz’s belt loop, but at the material of his jeans, and his hips.

Oz glances at me over his shoulder as the bike straightens out. “Lean with it, Emily.”

Right. Lean with Oz and the bike. Got it. The narrow road curves ahead and this time when Oz and the bike tilt, I move along with it. Oz releases one of the amazingly high handlebars and massages my knee before returning his hand to the grip. Whether in reassurance or to affirm I mastered the curve I don’t know, but either way, I sit higher.

The wind whips through my hair and onto my face and I shut my eyes for a brief second and pretend that I’m flying. There’s something energizing, something hypnotic, something inside me that begs to burst out of a cage in search of freedom.

The motorcycle kicks forward and our speed increases. Beams of sunlight filter through the towering trees and green foliage blurs together as we fly over the road. From head to toe, my body vibrates with the loud growling of the powerful machine.

My knee still tingles from where Oz laid his fingers on me and I’ve never been more aware of my hands in my life. I should let go of Oz’s body, but I can’t. Belt loops weren’t enough and my fingers have somehow edged up and onto his sides. Oz is solid. Yes, definitely solid. Every inch of him that I touch is tight muscle.

Oz is a year older than me, but somehow he seems older, wiser and hotter than any other guy I’ve known. Just the way he rides his bike creates this overabundance of confidence.

Warm sensations I’ve never experienced before blossom through me. We enter another curve and I lean with him. I like how in sync I’ve become with Oz and the motorcycle. Like we’ve merged into one.

The purr of the engine deepens and Oz eases the bike to a stop. His feet hit the ground and he turns the machine off. It’s as if all sound in the world ceased, or maybe I’ve gone deaf because there’s no way anything can be this still or silent.

The wind picks up and the silence is frightened away with the roar of the trees bending. Both Oz and I shift with the flow of air and Oz doesn’t move the bike until the breeze gentles.

Oz kicks down the stand and the bike tilts, but not too much. He sets a hand over the fingers that I laced together across his stomach. Oh, hell, I’m plastic wrapped to him. I drop my head onto his shoulder and it places me closer, and closer is not what I need.

I go to unglue myself, but Oz squeezes my fingers, sending a jolt of electricity up my arms. “You okay?”

I have to clear my throat to speak and that just sucks. “Yes.”

Oz slides his fingers against mine and a fluttering occurs in my stomach. It’s a light fluttering. Ticklish even, and my survival instincts scream at me to get off this motorcycle.

And thats just a small snippet on how amazing the novel is.

About the Author
Katie McGarry was a teenager during the age of grunge and boy bands and remembers those years as the best and worst of her life. She is a lover of music, happy endings, reality television, and is a secret University of Kentucky basketball fan.
Katie is the author of full length YA novels, PUSHING THE LIMITS, DARE YOU TO, CRASH INTO YOU, TAKE ME ON, BREAKING THE RULES, and NOWHERE BUT HERE and the e-novellas, CROSSING THE LINE and RED AT NIGHT. Her debut YA novel, PUSHING THE LIMITS was a 2012 Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction, a RT Magazine’s 2012 Reviewer’s Choice Awards Nominee for Young Adult Contemporary Novel, a double Rita Finalist, and a 2013 YALSA Top Ten Teen Pick. DARE YOU TO was also a Goodreads Choice Finalist for YA Fiction and won RT Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Best Book Award for Young Adult Contemporary fiction in 2013.

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