July 2012
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Hello Bookish People!
Wow, I come back and I’m surprised and so thankful to all the new followers and reblogging, thank you so much! what a great surprise to come back too. I have some news. First up, this blog or really an extension of this blog. I was having some issues with my screen reader and getting posts formatted the way I wanted them via copy and pasting from pages/word, seems to be an issue whichever...
June 2012
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The Blind & Visually Impaired Book Blog...
Is now up and running over at The Shadow Shelves. Please show some support and follow our blog and twitter @ShadowShelves. We currently have 4 regular staff members posting book reviews, topic posts, equality and awareness news. We’d love to welcome other regular and guest posters. Our aim is to dispel the myth that blind people don’t read or enjoy it, that they are less educated or...
Oops fail.
So I failed with the lack of reviews, roundups and general stuff. I apologise from the bottom of my doodled on notebook!!
My excuse, no internet, bad weather, family and plain being sick again!
But I am back and I have newsy news.
I’ve been thinking of a collab project for sometime in various forms and I’ve finally decided that I’d rather like to do a book related vlog...
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Ebook Review: The Infernal Devices 1: Clockwork...
The Infernal Devices 1: Clockwork Angel Cassandra Clare Kindle eBook Pages: 500 Walker 6 Sep 2009 ASIN: B0046EDMZ6 Text to speech: Enabled Genre: Steampunk, Mystery, Sci Fi & Fantasy, YA Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Magic, Paranormal Romance, Amazon: £4.04 (June ‘12) My Rating: Hit
Blurb: A prequel to the Mortal Instruments Series Magic is dangerous - but love is more dangerous still.....
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What I Hate About You: Book Edition.
6 Bookish Pet Peeves. Even dedicated ebook readers can have their share of pet peeves, here are my 2 cents worth. 1. No table of contents – Although I’m one of these readers that just wants to dive into the story and I don’t care much for dedications, authors notes, more books by the author, copyright information yadda yadda… If I’m interested enough, I’m happy to...
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The Sunday Review
This weeks reads roundup. Poison Study by Maria V Snyder amazing, couldn’t put it down loved every minute. I know it’s not really similar to Ted Dekker’s Lost Books of History series but it had the same kind of awesome suspense vibe, brilliantly and beautifully written and described, you can really get emerged in this world. Looking forward to reading Magic Study followed by...
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Free Ebook Haul
If you own a Kindle and have a Twitter account, I highly recommend following @KindleEbooksUK and @KindleDailyUK they regularly update with free and discounted books and what better way to come across new authors and maybe book genres you otherwise wouldn’t seek out! I’ve managed to pick up 7 free books over the weekend. I always like to have a folder full of free books I can read...
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May 2012
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Monthly Roundup: May 2012 Edition
May’s been a busy month for me reading wise, with a total of 15 books being read I think that’s my most read month to date. Pretty crazy, It’s put me over 10 books ahead in my Goodreads challenge so I think June will be a relaxed month, where I can enjoy rereading some new and old favourites, also save up for some holiday money! There are really only 3 or 4 books that I really,...
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Topic Post: Books/Authors That Have Changed My...
(if you don’t want to read my rather unbrief explanation of how it all got started and want to jump straight to the books, skim down to the emboldened name of Ted Dekker).
I have always, always loved reading. My mum used to read stories to me all the time, it wasn’t just at bed time, and then when I could read by myself, I would read everything and anything, all day long. I...
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WatchKindle Kwicks. Altering font size on your Amazon Kindle Keyboard. Mine is the first generation Kindle Keyboard Wifi. I’ve had it for just over a year, and use it pretty much every day.
Kindle Freeze
So I have this idea I think some smart people should either invent, or tell me that it already exists and how to use it. I suffer from migraines, a multitude of things can trigger them off and reading for long periods happens to be one of them. I love to read, so of course, over the years I push the boundaries as much as I can before I get sick, however… lately I haven’t been able to...
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The Sunday Review
This weeks reads roundup! Switched First dive into a Troll book and wasn’t overly impressed, will try again with this author some other time. (review up) How To Say Goodbye in Robot What a cool read, I love Ghost Boy and Robot Girl, it’s dark but not too dark, it’s sad but not to sad. It just grabs you for the ride. Listened to the audio book which was annoying after a while with...
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Ebook Review: Switched (Trylle Trilogy Book 1) by...
Switched (Trylle Trilogy book 1) Amanda Hocking eBook Pages: 336 Tor 5 Jan 2012 ASIN: B005I3P94Q Text to speech: Enabled Amazon £0.89 Genre: Paranormal, Fantasy, YA, Fiction, Romance, My Rating: Epic Miss Blurb: Wendy Everly knew she was different the day her mother tried to kill her and accused her of having been switched at birth. Although certain she’s not the monster her mother claimed...
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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Audio Review ...
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The Sunday Review On A Thursday
A weekly read roundup on a Sunday but for this week, it’s on a Thursday because this is what I read last week, but moved my blog this week so after posting it on the right day on my old blog, it’s on the wrong day here! This weeks read will be up on Sunday!
1. Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 2. That’s Another Story by Julie Walters 3. Flashback by Kyla LoPresti 4. Wintergirls...
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May Reads
Every month I pick 5 books to read for my 5 books a month, fifty books a year Goodreads challenge. I inevitably end up reading a few others as well so here’s how May looks so far. emboldened = read as is = not yet read italic = reading 1. Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce 2. Beautiful Disaster by Jamie McGuire 3. Someone To Save You by Paul Pilkington 4. That’s Another Story by Julie...
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Inner Librarian In The Sun
This afternoon I enjoyed a lovely couple of hours in the back garden filing away by kindle books. My friends laugh when I tell them just how much I love filing, especially books. I often rearrange my bookshelves, virtual and actual just for fun. I’ve had my Amazon Kindle for over a year now but I’ve never done any major filing on it. I hadn’t realised just how many books I had on there, I’d never...
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Topic Post: What's In A Cover?
What is a book blog without a mention of book covers, I know this is a very big deal with a lot of book lovers, some even go to the extent of buying internationally so as to get the desired cover. This seems a little silly to me but before you start throwing things at the screen, let me explain why.
I don’t see the covers, at least I don’t see them in any great detail. I can make out colours...
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Ebook Review; That's Another Story by Julie...
That’s Another Story Julie Walters eBook Pages: 368 Phoenix 16 April 2009 ASIN: B002VBV1PO Text to speech: Enabled Amazon £4.99 Genre: Autobiography, adult humour, My Rating: Hit
Blurb: The long awaited biography from the nation’s best loved actress
My Review: I really enjoyed this. I haven’t read many biographies – I want to but for some reason I just keep pushing them back in the priority...
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Ebook Review: Sisters Red by Jackson Pearce.
Sisters Red Jackson Pearce eBook Pages: 364 Hodder Children’s Books 7 April 2011 ISBN: 1444900587 Text to speech: Enabled Amazon £4.49 Genre: Juvenile Fiction, YA Fiction, YA Romance, Thriller, Paranormal Romance, My Rating: Miss Blurb: The story of Scarlett and Rosie march, two highly-skileed sisters who have been hunting Fenris (werewolves) – who pray on teen girls – since Scarlett lost her eye...
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Ebook Review: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar...
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children Ransom Riggs eBook Pages: 349 Quirk Books 7 June 2011 ISBN: 1594744769 Text to speech: Enabled Amazon £7.29 Genre: Fantasy, YA, Fiction, Mystery, My Rating: Hit
Blurb: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. And a strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an...
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Ebook Review: Fever by Lauren DeStefano.
Fever Lauren DeStefano eBook Pages: 352 Harper Voyager: 16 Feb 2012 ISBN B0064E9RUK Text to speech: Enabled Amazon £6.99 Genre: YA, Fiction, Dystopian, My Rating: Miss
Blurb: For 17-year-old Rhine Ellery, a daring escape from a suffocating polygamous marriage is only the beginning…
Running away brings Rhine and Gabriel right into a trap, in the form of a twisted carnival whose ringmistress keeps...
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Audio Book Review: Midget by Tim Bowler.
Midget Tim Bowler Audio Book (Audio Download) Running Time: 4 hours, 17 minutes Narrated by Dominic Taylor ISBN – N/A AudioGO LTD 2012 Unabridged Edition Audible.co.uk £12.99 or 1 Credit Genre: Fiction, YA, 11-13, Psychological Thriller. My Rating: Hit
Blurb: Midget doesn’t have much going for him. He’s fifteen years old, three foot tall and puny as anything. He’s trapped in a useless, twitching...
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Ebook Review: Wither by Lauren DeStefano
Wither Lauren DeStefano eBook Pages: 320 Harper Voyager (4 Aug 2011) ISBN: B005VEB7RK Text to speech: Enabled Amazon £4.49 Genre: YA, Fiction, Distopian, My Rating: Hit
Blurb Sixteen-year-old Rhine Ellery has only four years left to live when she is kidnapped by the Gatherers and forced into a polygamous marriage. Now she has one purpose: to escape, find her twin brother, and go home – before...
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Ebook Review: Bumped by Megan McCafferty
Bumped Megan McCafferty eBook Pages: 341 RHCB Digital (4 Aug 2011) ISBN 0061962740 Text to speech: Enabled Amazon £4.36 My Rating: Hit
Blurb: A virus has swept the world, making everyone over the age of eighteen infertile. Teenagers are now the most prized members of society, and would-be parents desperately bid for ‘conception contracts’ with the prettiest, healthiest and cleverest girls – cash,...
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Audio Book Review: Life on The Refrigerator Door...
Life on The Refrigerator Door Alice Kuipers Audio Book (CD) Running Time: 1 hour Narrated by Dana Delany and Amanda Seyfried Sept 2007 ISBN 0230531482 Macmillan Digital Unabridged Edition Amazon sellers £1.39 new&used My Rating: Hit
Blurb: An inventive, deeply affecting fiction debut about making time for those we love, when time itself is running out.
Review: Life on The Refrigerator Door...
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Audio Book Review: The Hunger Games by Suzanne...
The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins Audio book (CD) Running time: 11 hours, 11 minutes Narrated by Carolyn McCormick Oct 2008 ISBN 0545091020 Scholastic Audiobooks Unabridged Edition. Amazon £15.99 My Rating: Hit
Blurb: In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and...
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