I know, I'm super late sharing this Library Reads update. I completely forgot [slaps wrists]. Worst still is the fact that this may be the last Library Reads update for a while as the library will be closing for part of the summer. We will resume our updates in September though so you won't have to wait too long ;)
In the meantime we will still be reading and reporting back. I have loads of books on my ipad kindle app for the kids, and so we'll be working through those for a new video series called the Kids Summer Reading series. It will be a chance to get them experimenting with ebooks. I'm really interested to see what they think about reading in e-format as opposed to print. Should be fun.
Anyway, back to Library Reads....
This is what we picked:
- My Big Brother
- A Single Pearl
Watch the video to find out what we thought of them:
Have you read these books? What did you think of them? Let me know in the comments below.
I'm doing BookTubeAThon!
I'm super excited about joining in the BookTubeAThon challenge 18th-24th July 2016. This will be my first time ever doing the challenge, and choosing which books to read for it was not an easy task.
The Challenges:
1) A book with yellow on the cover
2) Read only after sunset
3) A book discovered through BookTube
4) A book by a favourite author
5) A book that is older than you
6) Read a book and watch it's movie adaption
7) Read 7 books
My TBR
This is what I've come up with so far though for my TBR (to be read) list... The numbers next to the book title show which challenges it will meet:
Royal Games
The Domino Game
Love at First Date 4
Emma 4, 5, 6, and probably 2 and 7 as well ;)
The 7th Day 1
Imperfect Chemistry 1
Stardom 1
If I'm honest all these books will probably be read at least in part at night as I do most of my reading in the late evening. If I read them all I can tick off number 7 too.
I still need a book discovered through BookTube (reason why explained in video). Please help me out with that one as would love to complete the whole challenge ;)
Looking forward to connecting with other BookTubers during the challenge and finding lots of new books to add to my TBR list for post challenge reading too. Are you taking part this year?
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"The Box took me right back to my childhood and my children's childhood. Now, I can read it to my grandchildren and tell them how I played with a box and how their Mom or Dad did. Jo Linsdell has written a fun book with illustrations that will touch your heart and take you back in time. It has just the right number of words and sentences to connect to your toddler's imagination and stay within their attentive span. When I get a new book for the grandchildren I often bring something to go with it like seeds and a shovel for a book about a garden. How neat is this. I will only need to find a discarded box! Imagination is a wonderful thing to promote. This really does deserve 5 stars."
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Book Review: The CleanSweep Conspiracy by Chuck Waldron
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I got sent a copy of this book from the author as part of a virtual book tour organised by iread books tours.
Matt gets his break when a whistleblower connects CleanSweep to billionaire Charles Claussen. Claussen plans to rid Toronto of undesirables, beginning with street people and extending to any citizens who don’t match Claussen’s restrictive screening matrix.
With the help of a high-ranking government official, Claussen plans to incite riots and violent unrest, conning Torontonians into sacrificing privacy and civil liberties for illusionary security and safety. Toronto will be reduced to a repressive city-state.
The information overwhelms Matt, who doubts he has the courage, skill, or readership to take on CleanSweep. But the murder of his source convinces the blogger to take a stand—although he’s too late to prevent chaos from gripping Toronto’s streets.
To get the word out, Matt’s going to need allies. He may have found some in a Toronto police detective and a local TV reporter pursuing the same story—presuming they aren’t allied with Claussen. If they are, Matt’s going to become yet another victim of CleanSweep, and the truth will be buried forever.
Watch the video for my full review:
Have you read this book? What did you think of it?
This July I'm going to be taking part in the Camp NaNoWriMo writing challenge (you can find me on there at http://campnanowrimo.org/campers/jolinsdell). Although I've done (and won) the November NaNoWriMo writing challenge several times, this will be my first year doing Camp NaNoWriMo.
The Camp works slightly differently to the November challenge. NaNoWriMo has the goal of writing of 50K novel in a month. Camp NaNoWriMo is more flexible. You pick your goal. The point is that you write.
This year I'm going to be using the challenge to finally finish my chick lit novel "Twice" that I started as a NaNoWriMo project a couple of years ago. It's been sat on my computer and ignored for far too long!
I'm really excited about getting back to my characters. It's a bit like meeting up with old friends you haven't seen in a while. I'd forgotten how much I liked this crazy bunch :)
My official Camp NaNoWriMo participant badge.
Are you doing Camp NaNoWriMo too? What are you doing for the challenge?
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