Archive for February 2019

Book Review: On the Same Page by Penelope Janu

What I liked (and didn't) about On the Same Page by Penelope Janu

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Disclosure: I got sent a free copy of this book by the publisher via Net Galley.

Winner of the 2017 XO Romance Prize

Sometimes a girl just has to do what’s in her heart …

By day Miles Franklin, named after the famous author, is a successful lawyer. But by night she writes historical romance novels under the pen name Emma Browning. When Miles’s assistant covertly enters her boss's novel in one of Australia’s biggest literary awards—and it wins—Miles’s perfectly ordered world is torn apart.

Lars Kristensen smells a rat. As the CEO of Iconic International, the company publishing Miles’s prize-winning novel, he’s determined to meet the author and uncover her true identity.

But Miles is equally determined to protect her privacy—and to keep writing—even if it means mastering pole dancing, and choreographing a love scene in the back of a horse-drawn carriage … Well, she is a romance writer, after all.

Miles has the grit to keep her secret, but Lars has the smouldering looks and arrogance of any romantic hero she has ever imagined.

Hmm. Sometimes a girl just has to turn the page …

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On My Shelf

On My Shelf is a series to showcase some of the books that are sat on my shelves. Each Sunday I randomly pick a book from my shelves to show you. Some will be books that are on my TBR, others will be books I've read in the past but that deserve a little love.

This week's pick

This week I picked To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic. Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

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I Got Book Mail!

As always, Book Depository came through with super fast delivery of my order. Seriously, they are awesome! I'll do a separate post soon to talk more about Book Depository in more detail but today's post is to share with you the unboxing of a book I can't wait to read.

Watch the video for the unboxing:

Grab your copy of Still Me by Jojo Moyes here (Book Depository offer free delivery worldwide!)

Booktastic Thursday: A Link Up For Book Bloggers

Welcome back for another Booktastic Thursday Link Up!

I'm looking forward to seeing what bookish posts you have to share this week.

What I've been up to:

It's been an incredibly busy week here. Last Sunday my eldest had a swimming competition at Cassino where he did 50m breaststroke, and then yesterday he left to go to the Italian Life-Saving Championships (more swimming) at Riccione. Yesterday he did the 50m obstacles, and today he's part of the medley relay. So many emotions I'm about to explode!

Anyway, as you can imagine, I've been a complete mess. Raising champions is hard work. I'm so proud of what he's achieved so far though and it's amazing to see him so happy and proud of himself.

In other news, I've been getting things organised for this years Promo Day event. The event will take place on Saturday 11th May and I have a great line up of presenters.

I have some awesome prizes for the giveaways too, but I'm still looking for more so if you have something you'd like to donate please get in touch.

I've also been working on a custom cover design for a client which I hope to be able to share with you soon.

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But that's enough about me. Now for the Booktastic Thursday Link Up!

For those of you that don't already know, on Thursday's I host this meme to give my fellow book bloggers the chance to share some of their bookish posts and connect with other book bloggers.

How to take part:

Post your book related blog post links directly into the comments section of this post.

You don't need to write up a special post to take part (any book/reading related post is fine), I just ask you to link back to the weekly blog post here on my blog some where in the post you're linking up.

Examples of how some of the past participants included it in their posts:

Veronica from The Burgeoning Bookshelf
https://theburgeoningbookshelf.blogspot.com/2018/08/book-review-artisan-heart-contemporary.html

Empress DJ from Books and Bindings
http://booksandbindings.com/2018/12/19/book-review-christmas-on-the-island-by-jenny-colgan/

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Booktastic Thursday Link Up: A link up for book bloggers

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Bookish Blog Hops: Valentine's Hop Recap

From 1st-15th February I joined forces with the rest of the Bookish Blog Hops crew for the Valentine's Hop.

If you're not a member yet, you can join the group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/127759384464964/

In case you missed some of the stops, here's a recap:

1st Where is your favourite place to read? Jo Linsdell
https://www.jolinsdell.com/2019/02/bookish-blog-hops-where-is-your.html

2nd Which book do you wish had a sequel? Leslie Conzatti https://upstreamwriter.blogspot.com/2019/02/bookish-blog-hops-valentines-hop-day-2.html

3rd Who gave you your love of reading? Laura Morningstar
http://sawdustandspoons.com/bookish-blog-hop-who-gave-you-your-love-for-reading/

4th Who’s your book crush? Stormi Johnson
https://bewitchedreader.wordpress.com/2019/02/04/bookish-blog-hop-whos-your-book-crush

5th A book you bought for it’s beautiful cover that’s just as beautiful inside too Sarah Nowicki
https://www.paranormalpeach.com/home/bookish-blog-hops-valentines-hop

6th A popular theme, or trope you will never get bored of reading. Leslie Conzatti
https://upstreamwriter.blogspot.com/2019/02/bookish-blog-hops-valentines-hop-day-6.html

7th A loyal sidekick you can’t help but love more than their counterpart. Brandy Potter
https://brandypotterbooks.com/2019/02/07/valentines-hop-name-a-loyal-sidekick-you-cant-help-but-love-more-than-their-counterpart/

8th Full on Romance Books Or Action-Packed With A Few Love Scenes? Brandy Potter
https://brandypotterbooks.com/2019/02/08/valentines-hop-full-on-romance-books-or-action-packed-with-a-few-love-scenes/

9th Love triangles, yes or no? Brandy Potter https://brandypotterbooks.com/2019/02/09/valentines-hop-love-triangles-yes-or-no/

10th A book with a heart on the cover? Jo Linsdell https://www.jolinsdell.com/2019/02/bookish-blog-hops-book-with-heart-on.html

11th A book you dislike that everyone else seems to love? Kim http://www.writersideoflife.com/a-book-i-disliked-that-everyone-else-seemed-to-love/

12th One book at a time or several? Leslie Conzatti https://upstreamwriter.blogspot.com/2019/02/bookish-blog-hops-valentines-hop-day-12.html

13th An author you would love to interview? Lili Marcus https://lilisblissfulpages.wordpress.com/2019/02/13/bookish-blog-hops-an-author-youd-love-to-interview/

14th Last book you recommended to someone? Kim http://www.writersideoflife.com/last-book-i-recommended-to-someone/

15th A fictional world you'd love to visit? Stormi Johnson https://bewitchedreader.wordpress.com/2019/02/15/bookish-blog-hop-a-fictional-world-you-would-love-to-visit

You might also like:

Bookish Blog Hops: Holiday Hop Recap

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Bookish Blog Hops: A Book With A Heart On The Cover

It's Bookish Blog Hops time again!

Bookish Blog Hops: Valentine's Hop

From 1st-15th February I'm blog hopping with the rest of the Bookish Blog Hops crew for our Valentine's Hop. I kicked things off on the 1st with this post about our favourite places to read.

These blog hops are super fun and a great way to connect more with other book bloggers and readers. Collaborations like this always result in more traffic to the participating blogs too, as well as encouraging more engagement. It's a win-win for everyone!

If you'd like to join in future blog hops with us you can join the Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/127759384464964/

and now on to today's question...

A book with a heart on the cover

I decided to pick The Defrosting of Charlotte Small by Annabel Giles for this one as think the cover is really clever. It was also a really good read.

About the book: Single mother Charlotte Small's life is falling apart...After flattening a friend's dog, carelessly losing not one job but three, and waving her daughter off to spend Christmas overseas, Charlotte hits the wall. Years of suppressed heartbreak and disappointment overwhelm her and the fine thread of sanity finally snaps. Consequently, having thrown the entire contents of her house onto the street, she's found by the police, lying on her back under a Christmas tree with an empty bottle of Port and a half-eaten lump of Stilton. Charlotte needs to claw her way back from the brink and start again. But can she build a bigger, brighter, and better existence this time around? "The Defrosting of Charlotte Small" is wonderfully observed and genuinely funny, mining the glorious seam of black humour that is fast becoming Annabel Giles' trademark.

Here's what the rest of the Bookish Blog Hop crew had to say:

Bookish Blog Hops: A Book With A Heart On The Cover @BewitchedReader

Stormi

https://bewitchedreader.wordpress.com/

A Heart of Time by Shari J Ryan. The cover design actually pulled me in and is what drove me to purchase this book. I had never read anything by Shari J Ryan before this, but I've now read several of her books and she is an automatic one-click author of mine.

Brandy Potter

www.brandypotterbooks.com

What? It’s a heart (insert big cheesy grin).

About the book: A short story by Edgar Allan Poe The Narrator murders an elderly man who he claims has a “vulture’s eye”. He then hides the body under the floorboards but the victim’s heart still beats in the floorboards. Or does it?

Bookish Blog Hops: A Book With A Heart On The Cover @ParaPeach

Sarah Nowicki

www.paranormalpeach.com

It may not be obvious, but there’s a heart on the cover of almost every book in the amazing and addictive Crossbreed Series by Dannika Dark. The “heart” is actually a necklace...a Burmese ruby pendant that has so much significance throughout the series, it’s basically its own character. This heart represents the rocky past of our sexy Vamp, Christian, and a beautiful future when it finally belongs to our kick-ass heroine, Raven.