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Sunday, 29 May 2011

Weekly Updates/IMM (#11)

Hey Everyone! 

Yep! Its that time again. Don't you think the week goes so quick? I guess we all have to much fun ;) 

Okay, so just to re-cap on last week we did posted a few reviews. If you missed them, here they are: 
Moonlight (Dark Guardians #1)  | Dark Heart Rising (Dark Heart Forever #2) | Faefever (Fever #3) | Spellbound
The review for Love Story by Jennifer Echols will be coming later today or Monday :) 

Both of our current giveaways end May 31st. So if you haven't entered, here's your chance:

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Donna's In My Mailbox


For Review: 
Past Perfect by Lelia Sales | Passion (Fallen #3) by Lauren Kate
Past Perfect is my current reading at the moment. I've heard so many good things about it :) 
Passion. I had been waiting like a little kid on Christmas waiting for this, I screamed when it arrived. Lo l. I've actually already read. There's no review at the moment until June (publishers wishes) so as soon as June comes, I'll post it for you all....and I'll say....it was so good! :) 
Thank you to S&S Galley Grab & Random House. 

Swapped Books
Oh My Gods by Tera Lynn Childs | Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma | Just Listen by Sarah Dessent
Some great swaps this week. Two were from Read It Swap It and another from UK Swap Shop. Looking forward to cracking into all three of them. 

Kindle Books
Endless Summer by Jennifer Echols | The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han | The Boys Next Door by Jennifer Echols 
I got these of my of my friends. I'm really starting to get into this genre of books, to be honest I never thought I would like them but what can I say? I'm a sucker for romance! ;) 
Thank you Lindsey! 

Borrowed Books
Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton
Firstly, I can not wait to read this book. My fellow swappy from UK Swap borrowed it me but you guys will know her as Lesley @ My Keeper Shelf . So thank you Lesley :) 

That's it for me this week guys. I've got quiet a bit to show you next week too :) 
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Jessica's In My Mailbox


Brought Books:
Shadowfever (Fever #5) by Karen Marie Moning
Finally got all the books to this series now and I can not wait to find out what happens. *Sigh* Barrons! 

What's in you Mailbox this week? 
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UK and EU Summer Hop 




You all know that us and Jodie from Books for Company are hosting our first summer hop in August. We've now got 27 blogs taking part and as you know its coming around pretty quickly. We're so excited, we hope you all love it. At the moment we're currently looking for any donations. Here's our donation page so you can check out what were looking for. Donations. 
If there are any bloggers that haven't signed up yet but would like to take part, then you email us as bookpassion11@gmail.com

Wanna check out the website? Here's the link. UK and EU Summer Hop

That's it for this week guys. We've got some great reviews coming your way along with a fab author interview and giveaway coming up in June, so make sure you stop by :) 

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Sunday, 22 May 2011

Weekly Updates/IMM (10)

Happy Sunday Everyone! 

Its just me (Donna) today as I mentioned earlier in the week, Jessica is partying it up in Brighton for the weekend. She will be back tomorrow. :)
Before I get started, I've added a small poll on the right hand side of the blog. I've been meaning to start to a few series but I'd love to hear your thoughts on what series I should start. So please feel free to vote and I will read the series with the most votes. Anyway....I'm just going to cut to the chase and get on with the updates. 

Donna's In My Mailbox

Brought Books
I've started Dark Heart Rising already and although I said I wasn't going to rush out and buy it, I did. I enjoyed the first book in the series but it didn't blow me away, so I'm hoping this one is a little better. I also actually brought Kissed by an Angel a few weeks ago but I forgot all about it, so I'm including it now :) 

Swapped Books

Kindle Books 
I recently read the first book to this series Moonlight (review to come soon) and I did really enjoy it, so I thought I'd get the other books to read. However, I didn't buy these my friend Lindsey got them me so a MASSIVE thank you to her :) 

ARC's for Review - Thank you S&S
Yay! I'm really excited about these books. You all know I've just been introduced to this genre and all the books by Jennifer Echols have been excellent. so far. To say the least I'm looking forward to getting started. 

That's it for me this week but I'd love to know what's in your mailbox. Leave me a comment below :) 
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Forgive my Fins Tour (UK only) 


Great news for you UK followers! Tera Lynn Childs author of Forgive my Fins will be doing her UK blog tour around July 8th. And although she is fully booked to do a guest post on our blog, her publishing company have kindly agreed to do a giveaway instead. As you know I (Donna) has already read the book but Jessica hasn't, so she will be reviewing the book in time for the tour. We will then be hosting a giveaway for ONE lucky UK member to win a copy of the book which will be provided by Templar Publishings.  How great is that? 
More details will come soon so don't forget to stop by. 
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Splash into Summer Giveaway Hop May 25th - May 31st.



Yes! That's right! We are taking part in the Splash into Summer Giveaway Hop. Our giveaway will be posted on Wednesday and it is international. More details to come soon and we will look forward to be taking part :) 
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That's it for this week. Thank you for stopping by and I'd love to hear your comments. :) Ooh and the Winner of Name that book will be posted shortly. 


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Sunday, 15 May 2011

Weekly Update (#9)

Hey Everyone! 

What a week. Lol. We hope you have enjoyed your week. As you know Donna was ill so was absent for a few days and then blogger was down. So we weren't just being lazy. Lol. We missed a few posts in the week but we are back to normal now. 

As you know we announced the winner of The Advice Girl and now we have the May giveaway and running. It is only open to members of the UK or EU. We will have another international contest soon. We promise :) 

We've got some exciting stuff for you today so lets get started! 
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Donna's In My Mailbox


Brought Books 
After reading Perfect Chemistry, I felt I needed something else similar to read and I was recommended Jennifer's books from a few people. I do hope I enjoy them :) 

Swapped Books - Thanks Lynn 
While eagerly awaiting the release of the new Iron Fey book, I thought I might try a new Fae series. To be honest, I haven't heard much about this series, so if anyone has read it, I'd love to hear your thoughts? 

Won Books 
As you all know I won Wolfsbane last week but it arrived this week so I wanted to include it again and show you a  picture. Andrea wrote inside "To Book Passion for Life,  thank you for sharing your love of reading with others. Keep on the wild hunt." So sweet! My review has already been posted and it was an amazing book. 

City of Fallen Angels, I won a few weeks ago but it only just arrived because of the international post. I won it off Mindy from Magical Urban Fantasy Reads. I was super excited for this to arrive because not only did Mindy get me the hardback copy BUT she also got me the special edition by Barnes & Noble with the letter from Jace and Clary. How cool is she? 
I posted some photo's for you to look too. Its really amazing! I'm so please. I'd just like to say a MASSIVE thank you to Mindy :) You should all check out her blog too, she's been blogging for just a few months but she's come a long way and the blog is one of my favourites :) 


I also won a £9 gift voucher for Amazon from Birgit The Book Garden last Sunday. And guess what? I STILL haven't spend it! Lol I'm still not sure what to buy, I may wait and buy Fins are Forever by Tera Lynn Childs in June :) 
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Jess's In My Mailbox
Not much from me to add here this week, only one book (which hasn't actually arrived yet) but I'm going to post it  anyway.




Die for Me by Amy Plum
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The Mortal Instrument Extras
Posted and owned by Cassandra Clare 


How many of you are fans of The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. Well, as you know we love it so we hope you do  to. We recently found out that Cassandra Clare has all these little out takes and deleted scenes from the books on her website. So we just wanted to share it with you all, incase you didn't know.  Cassandra even explains why each story didn't make it into the story which we found quiet interesting. Donna has actually read them all and found them really enjoyable. We'd love to hear what you think. Here are the links: 


We hope you enjoy them. We think Cassandra is fantastic for releasing these. Its good to see some of the scene's that didn't make it into the books and with some, we do agree with her that they were best left out. 
Anyway, what's your favourite? We LOVED "Manor House with Jace and Clary" So cute :) 
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500 Follower Follower Giveaway at The Bookish Brunette's 


There's a fantastic giveaway happening at the moment over on The Bookish Brunette's blog site. Two winners can win the pack of their choice. Pack 1 includes Passion by Lauren Kate & Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini. Pack 2 includes Watched by Sharde Richardson & Desire by Katlin Gow. Pack 3 includes Zombie don't Cry by Rusty Fisher & Deadline by Mira Grant. AND, its international. Sounds amazing, doesn't it? Want to win? All you need to do is head on over to the blog by clicking the link below and follow the rules :)

The Bookish Brunette Blogspot


Okay guys, that's it for this week. Enjoy. 
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Sunday, 8 May 2011

Weekly Update (#8)

Hi Everyone, 

Donna here! Its only me today as Jessica is sunning herself in Milan. Yep, that's right she's gone away for the weekend. Lucky her! ;) Anyway, hope your all okay. How has your week been? It hasn't been that warm in the UK this week, its been quiet glum. I do hear the sun is suppose to be on its way to us next week though, fingers crossed. 

Just to let you all know that the Spring Blog Carnival Giveaway this morning at 00.00am. So, the winner will be announced shortly. Good Luck to everyone who entered. 

Our new May giveaway will start on Monday and also Name that Book is back too - However these giveaway's will be only open to UK/EU members. Sorry everyone else! But, we will be having more international giveaways for the people in the US a little later on. 

Anyway.................. Lets get started with this weeks updates! 
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Donna's In my Mailbox 

Its been another busy week for me here. I keep buying or swapping books and I should really stop. Lol My to be read list is getting out of hand BUT I enjoy getting new books.....so, here's what I got this week. 


Brought Books

Swapped books on UK Swap Group.  Thank You Lindsey! 

Kindle Books 
Betrayal was only 71p from Amazon.UK so I honestly couldn't resist it. I was trying to find the paperback copy but for some reason I couldn't. Maybe its not released yet. 


To review
As most of you know I recently read and reviewed Seven Kinds of Ordinary Catastrophes for Amber, I was thrilled to review her work for her as I'm a massive fan of her Fenestra Series. So you can imagine my shock when I received an email from Amber with Wildcat Fireflies ARC attached for me. I actually screamed a little! lol. Even though she's heard it already, I'd just like to say another Thank You to Amber for giving me the chance to read and review it :) 

Books I Won
I won Wither on UK Swap Shop - So excited to read it :) BUT, Wolfsbane, I guess I'm kind of cheating with this one because I haven't actually received it as yet.  I couldn't wait for it to arrive before I told you all that I won it on Twitter on Friday night! Yep, you heard me Twitter! Andrea Cremer was doing a 'hot hot hot' giveaway and all you had to do was write what you want to happen between Shay & Calla in Wolfsbane and I WON!! I screamed when I got the email from Andrea. I'm so excited and I can't wait to review it. :) 

That's it for me this week - What's in your mailbox? Please leave me the link below so I can pop over :) 
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Books to look out for in 2011
Sweet Vemon | Wide Awake | Witches of East End | Chain Reaction
All links take you to the Goodreads page.
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One last thing before I go, there's a new blog called We Fancy Books who have just started up. They are doing a fab giveaway of a voucher of $10 to spend at Amazon. Head on over to there site to enter :) 


That's all for this week. Jess will be back next too.

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Sunday, 1 May 2011

Weekly Update (#7)

Hey Everyone, 

Sorry we missed you all last week. With it being Easter weekend & a bank holiday, Jess & I struggled with doing the update. So, we're featuring a double one this week......

How was your Easter? Poor Jess, didn't get any eggs but me I had far to many and all I've eaten all week is CHOCOLATE!! I think I'm a little sick of it now. Lol 

As you can see the Spring Carnival Giveaway is up and running. You have until May 8th to enter. 
Name that Book will be back starting May 9th! So don't forget it check it out. UK/EU only. 
And, our own May giveaway will be coming May 9th too - So LOADS of giveaways for you to enter. 

Anyway..... Here's this this weeks and last weeks updates:
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Hey! There's quiet a few books that I've had over the last two weeks. So I'm just going to provide a photo and the links to Goodreads for each book. I could sit and talk about these books all day! I'm excited to read every single one of them.



To review for Chicken House Publishing - Thank you! 

Swapped books with UK Swap Shop on Goodreads. - Thank you Lindsey! 

Won off Goodreads.com First Reads. 
I was so excited when I got an email saying I'd won this book. I've wanted to read it for ages but the fact I got a signed book and two bookmarks was amazing. I can't wait to review it. Little message from author saying "Always believe in yourself" I may do a giveaway with this book once I've read it depending on how much I enjoy it but of course, I'll let you all know. 

Kindle books:
The Iron Daughter (Iron Fey #2) by Julie Kagawa | The Iron Queen (Iron Fey #3) by Julie Kagawa | Wild (Laurel #3) by Aprilynne Pike | Insight by Jamie Magee
 As most of you know I have already read Iron Fey 2 & 3. You can check out my reviews here: The Iron Daughter & The Iron Queen - Both were amazing books! I'd highly recommend them. TEAM ASH!!! 
Oh and Insight was only 70p off Amazon, so I couldn't resist. 

Hope you enjoyed my mailbox this week. What's was in your mailbox this week? Leave me your link below? 
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Okay lots of book buying for me. Mostly at the recommendation by other people and Donna. So here they are. One is for reviewing.


Brought books:


To review from Chicken House Publishing-Thank you!

Hope you enjoyed my mailbox this week. What's was in your mailbox this week? Leave me your link below? 



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Cover change for Hades by Alexandra Adornetto 


Okay guys, we recently posted the cover reveal for Hades by Alexandra Adornetto BUT, since the first cover was revealed it seems to have changed. If you see the photo, the first picture is of what was originally revealed and now the second picture is different. To be honest, we're not quiet sure which one will be the cover design. Lol.
Anyway, which one do you prefer?

Donna:  I love the second cover. Even though the picture is the same, I much prefer the colours. The pinks and reds stand out that much more. 
Jess: I haven't read this book yet, but I'll admit I love the second cover a lot better than the first. Its more dramatic. It just catches my eye a lot more.

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That's all for this weeks updates. We hope it was insightful. Don't forget to keep stopping by for our new giveaways that are coming up shortly. Happy reading everyone :)



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