Four and twenty blackbirds….
1 July 2016
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Tags: Blackbirds, Books by Proxy, The Friday Face Off
Here we are again with the Friday Face Off meme being hosted by Books by Proxy . This is a great opportunity to feature some of your favourite books’ covers. The rules are fairly simple and can be found here. Each week, following a predetermined theme choose a book, compare a couple of the different covers available for that particular book and choose your favourite. Simples. This week as Proxy is temporarily away from the fray I’m going for a freebie theme:
‘A pie of blackbirds’
With blackbirds in mind I’ve gone for Blackbirds (Miriam Black #1) by Chuck Wendig. This is a great series that I love and I’ve found 3 covers:
The first cover is the one I know and love – on the face of it, it’s a good deal simpler to look at than you first imagine, you really have to zoom in to appreciate the finer detail. The middle cover is very effective in terms of a shock of colour but I’m not quite sure what’s really supposed to be going on with the illustration. The final cover gives me the serious goosebumps – terrifying.
This week, absolutely no contest for me and I’ve made the image larger so you can really see what’s going on.
June: My month in review
30 June 2016
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Tags: Half year progress update, June: My month in review
The Cloisters at Lincoln Cathedral
The month of June, and in fact the first half of the year, is almost complete. It’s been a very strange month indeed for the UK filled with a shocking Referendum, political parties in turmoil and absolutely awful summer weather – liquid sunshine and floods! So, moving swiftly on:
Books read: (with links to reviews)
- The Fireman by Joe Hill
- Dragon Round by Stephen S Power
- Rebel’s Honor by Gwynn White
- Augusta Prime by Karin Tidbeck– short story taken from the Time Traveller’s Almanac
- Any Other Name by Emma Newman
- 13 Minutes by Sarah Pinborough
- In the Shadow of the Gods by Rachel Dunne
- Wolf’s Empire: Gladiator by Claudia Christian and Morgan Grant Buchanan
Last month’s covers are here
Backlist books
Any Other Name by Emma Newman – (readalong book)
Unfinished series completed:
None this month – boo.
Books Bought: (with links to Goodreads)
- This Savage Song by V E Schwab
- Late Eclipses (October Daye #4) by Seanan McGuire
Review Books: (with links to Goodreads where possible)
- A mystery book – this was a book on Netgalley from Hodder & Stoughton – the title simply reads ‘Can you Read Without Prejudice’ and there is no synopsis, book title, book cover or author name – I simply had to try this one!
- Summerlong by Peter S Beagle – because ‘a beautifully bittersweet tale of passion, enchantment, and the nature of fate itself.’
- Nevernight by Jay Kristoff (I feel like I’ve been talking about this one for ages!)
- Hero Grown by Andy Livingstone, Seeds of Destiny (No.2)
- The Apartment by S L Grey
- The Apothecary’s Curse by Barbara Barnett
Events:
Top Ten Tuesday at The Broke and Bookish (every Tuesday)
Waiting on Wednesday is an event hosted by Breaking the Spine where every week we get to shine the spotlight on a book that we’re looking forward to.
The Friday Face off by Books by Proxy
Readalongs:
- Readalong of the second in series of Emma Newman’s Split World series: – now complete – review to follow
Classic Clubs read:
Unfortunately none this month.
Previous months in review:
The SPFBO 2: My posts so far:
- There can be only one #SPFBO 2016
- Cover Love: #SPFBO 2016
- #SPFBO Spotlight : the first five books..
- #SPFBO Spotlight : the first five books: update
- #SPFBO Spotlight : the second set of books..
- #SPFBO Review: Rebel’s Honor by Gwynn White
- #SPFBO Spotlight : the second set of five: update
Follow the ‘cover’ competition over at Mark Lawrence’s blog – 10 bloggers – each selected 3 covers from their batch.
Progress for the first 6 months: 61 books read and reviewed.
My June Covers
Below is a quick round up of the books I’ve read during June, displayed in covers. My June in review to follow tomorrow.
Wow – apart from The Fireman cover on here it almost looks like I’ve gone for a coloured theme! I love The Dragon Round cover – although I think my favourite read out of all of these was Sarah Pinborough’s 13 Minutes:
Waiting on Wednesday: Fate of Flames by Sarah Raughley
29 June 2016
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Tags: Breaking the Spine, Fate of Flames, Sarah Raughley, Waiting on Wednesday
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday we get to highlight a book that we’re really looking forward to. My book this week is : Fate of Flames by Sarah Raughley.
Four girls with the power to control the elements and save the world from a terrible evil must come together in the first epic novel in a brand-new series.
When Phantoms—massive beasts made from nightmares and darkness—suddenly appeared and began terrorizing the world, four girls, the Effigies, each gained a unique power to control one of the classical elements: earth, air, fire, and water. Since then, four girls across the world have continually fought against the Phantoms, fulfilling their cosmic duty. And when one Effigy dies, another girl gains her power as a replacement.
But now, with technologies in place to protect the world’s major cities from Phantom attacks, the Effigies have stopped defending humanity and, instead, have become international celebrities, with their heroic feats ranked, televised, and talked about in online fandoms.
Until the day that New York City’s protection against the Phantoms fails, a man seems to be able to control them by sheer force of will, and Maia, a high school student, unexpectedly becomes the Fire Effigy.
Now Maia has been thrown into battle with three girls who want nothing to do with one another. But with the first human villain that the girls have ever faced, and an army of Phantoms preparing for attack, there isn’t much time for the Effigies to learn how to work together.
Can the girls take control of their destinies before the world is destroyed forever?
Expected publication: November 22nd 2016 by Simon Pulse
Be careful what you wish for (or not)…
28 June 2016
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Tags: 10 books off the wishlist, The Broke and the Bookish, Top Ten Tuesday
Every Tuesday over at the The Broke and Bookish we all get to look at a particular topic for discussion and use various (or more to the point ten) examples to demonstrate that particular topic. The topic this week is a freebie so I’ve chosen:
10 books that are on my wishlist
`I think a good few of these are on my wishlist through previous Top Ten Tuesday recommendations (links to descriptions on Goodreads):
- The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry
- Den of Wolves by Juliet Marilier
- The Passion of Dolssa by Julie Perry
- The Fairest of them All by Carolyn Turgeon
- Walk on Earth a Stranger by Rae Carson
- A God in Ruins by Kate Atkinson
- At the Edge of the Orchard by Tracy Chevalier
- Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
- Birdy by Jess Valance
- Your Brother’s Blood by David Towsey
