Jo's Booktastic Books

AudioBooks

These are all the AudioBooks that I purchased this month!

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

(Purchased from Audible)

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The Witch's Daughter by Paula Brackston

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Review Copies

These are all the Review E-Books that I received this month!

Glimpse by Kendra Leighton

(Received from Little, Brown Book Group UK via Netgalley)

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Kindle UK

A Place For Us Part 1 by Harriet Evans

(Received from Headline Review via Netgalley)

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Kindle UK

Friday 4 July 2014

Friday 56! (4th July 2014)

Hi Book Lovers and Welcome to The Friday 56 for the 4th July 2014!

The Friday 56 is a weekly meme which is hosted by Freda's Voice. The objectives of this meme are :

Grab a book, any book.
Turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader
Find any sentence, (or few, just don't spoil it) that grab you.
Post it.

So here is my post......

I have chosen this snippet from Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright & David Leslie Johnson.

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“Valerie bit into the biggest chicken leg, her second. Prudence enviously measured Valerie's tiny waist with her two hands, her fingers touching. 'It's not fair,' she said.„

Thursday Quotables! (3rd July 2014)

Hi Book Lovers and Welcome to Thursday Quotables for the 12th June 2014!

This is a weekly meme which is hosted by Bookshelf Fantasies. This where you highlight a great quote, line, or passage discovered during your reading each week.

On to my Quote ......

This Quote is taken from the book that I am currently reading which is City Of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare.

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“'Heroes aren't always the ones who win,' she said. 'They're the ones who lose, sometimes. But they keep fighting, they keep coming back. They don't give up. That's what makes them heroes.' „

Thursday 3 July 2014

WWW Wednesday! (2nd July 2014)

Hi book lovers and welcome to WWW Wednesday for 2nd July 2014!

WWW Wednesday is a book related meme hosted by Should Be Reading.
Which asks you answer the following questions:

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

So, on to my answers.......

What I am Currently Reading:

City Of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra Clare

Synopsis - Darkness has descended on the Shadowhunter world. Chaos and destruction overwhelm the Nephilim as Clary, Jace, Simon, and their friends band together to fight the greatest evil they have ever faced: Clary's own brother. Nothing in this world can defeat Sebastian - but if they journey to the realm of demons, they just might have a chance. Lives will be lost, love sacrificed, and the whole world will change.

What I have Recently Finished:

Fables #1 Legends In Exile by Bill Willingham

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Synopsis - When a savage creature known only as the Adversary conquered the fabled lands of legends and fairy tales, all of the infamous inhabitants of folklore were forced into exile. Disguised among the normal citizens of modern-day New York, these magical characters have created their own peaceful and secret society within an exclusive luxury apartment building called Fabletown. But when Snow White's party-girl sister, Rose Red, is apparently murdered, it is up to Fabletown's sheriff, a reformed and pardoned Big Bad Wolf, to determine if the killer is Bluebeard, Rose's ex-lover and notorious wife killer, or Jack, her current live-in boyfriend and former beanstalk-climber.

What I am Going to Read Next:

(I have already read half of this book but I was struggling to finish it, so decided to put it down for a while and read another book then try again.)

Thief's Magic by Trudi Canavan

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Synopsis - In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen, a student of archaeology, unearths a sentient book called Vella. Once a young sorcerer-bookbinder, Vella was transformed into a useful tool by one of the greatest sorcerers of history. Since then she has been collecting information, including a vital clue to the disaster Tyen's world faces.

Elsewhere, in an land ruled by the priests, Rielle the dyer's daughter has been taught that to use magic is to steal from the Angels. Yet she knows she has a talent for it, and that there is a corrupter in the city willing to teach her how to use it - should she dare to risk the Angels' wrath.

But not everything is as Tyen and Rielle have been raised to believe. Not the nature of magic, nor the laws of their lands . . . Not even the people they trust.

Teaser Tuesday! (1st July 2014)

Hi Book Lovers and Welcome to Teaser Tuesdays for the 1st July 2014!

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by Should Be Reading. Which asks you to do the following:

• Grab your current read

• Open to a random page

• Share two “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS!

• Share the title & author

On to my teaser ......

My teaser sentences are from Fables #1 Legends In Exile by Bill Willingham, which I am currently reading. The teaser's can be found on page 70 of the book.

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'Talk now and you can save yourself some pain'

'Drop the knife and back away from the boy....'

Musing Monday! (30th June 2014)

Hi Book Lovers and Welcome to Musing Monday for the 30th June 2014!

Musing Mondays is a weekly meme hosted by Should Be Reading ,which asks you to muse about one of the following each week…

• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books.

So on to my musing.....

This week I have chosen to muse about the book I am most eager to get my hands on:

Currently I am most eager to get my hands on the next volume of the Fables graphic novel series; Fables #2 Animal Farm. I thoroughly enjoyed the first volume of the series and really cant wait to continue on with the story.

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