Burning Impossibly Bright

Geek Girl Holly Smale 28th February 2013 HarperCollins Children's Books Harriet Manners knows a lot of things.  She knows that a cat has 32 muscles in each ear, a "jiffy" lasts 1/100th of a second, and the average person laughs 15 times per day. What she isn't quite so sure about is why nobody at school seems to like her very much. So when she's spotted by a top model agent, Harriet grabs the chance to reinvent herself. Even if it means stealing her Best Friend's dream, incurring the wrath of her arch enemy Alexa, and repeatedly humiliating herself in front of the impossibly handsome supermodel Nick. Even if it means lying to the people she loves.  As Harriet veers from one couture disaster to the next with the help of her overly enthusiastic father and her uber-geeky stalker, Toby, she begins to realise that the world of fashion doesn't seem to like her any more than the real world did.  And as her old life starts to fall apart, the question is: will Harr...

Hello! Today I have an awesome blog post from the author of The Hanged Man Rises , Sarah Naughton, talking about ghosts! Do you believe in ghosts, and can you still be scared of things you don't believe in? __________ When their parents are killed in a fire, Titus Adams and his little sister Hannah are left to fend for themselves in the cruel and squalid slums of Victorian London. Taking shelter with his friend and saviour, Inspector Pilbury, Titus should feel safe. But though the inspector has just caught and hung a notorious child-murderer, the murders haven't stopped. Now everyone is a suspect, even the inspector himself, and unless Titus can find a way to end the killings, he will lose all that is dear to him. For this evil cannot be contained, even by death. __________ The Hanged Man Rises is my first book and it’s about two of my favourite things: London and ghosts.  London’s an old city and it has a lot of ghosts: you’re walking their streets, travelling on their tube t...

Title:  The Hanged Man Rises Author:  Sarah Naughton Series: Standalone Pages: 234 Publisher: Simon and Schuster Children's Books Date of Publication: 28th February 2013 Source: Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: When their parents are killed in a fire, Titus Adams and his little sister Hannah are left to fend for themselves in the cruel and squalid slums of Victorian London. Taking shelter with his friend and saviour, Inspector Pilbury, Titus should feel safe. But though the inspector has just caught and hung a notorious child-murderer, the murders haven't stopped. Now everyone is a suspect, even the inspector himself, and unless Titus can find a way to end the killings, he will lose all that is dear to him. For this evil cannot be contained, even by death. My Thoughts: I haven't read a historical book for a while, so I was really excited to get started with The Hanged Man Rises , and it was great to read something different. It was a quick, fun read that I would def...

Letterbox Love is the UK's version of IMM, hosted by the lovely Lynsey at  Narratively Speaking  :) For review: Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake (Excuse me while I sit here and flail and die. Anna was one of my favourites last year, so very much looking forward to the sequel!) Dead Jealous by Sharon Jones (Not heard much about this, but I like a good mystery/thriller. Thanks to Hachette for both of these!) Bought: Touch of Power by Maria V Snyder (Maria V Snyder. What else do I really need to say?) Geek Girl by Holly Smale (I have a proof of this, but it's such a cute book and I loved it so much I thought I should buy it as well.) Soulless by Gail Carriger (Been wanting to read these books for ages, but was also too afraid too because they're 'adult'. Finally got over it and bought the first one!) Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger  From What I Remember by Stacy Kramer and Valerie Thomas (I kept on seeing people go on about how much they liked this book, ...

Sorry, I know that I haven't posted for nearly a week and that now when I'm actually posting something it isn't even about books, but every now and again I like to get a bit personal on here. So. I've been kind of worrying a bit lately about, well, The Future. And not some dystopic future where everything's in the toilet and evil rulers send children to fight to the death in an arena for sport, but my future (I did say this was a bit personal.) Society expects us to be able to know what we want to do from a fairly young age and then by about my age we're expected to know what we want to do and how we're going to do it and whether we want to go to uni or do an apprenticeship or whatever and I just don't. This has never worried me before because I'm a fairly laid back person. I've always been like 'yeah, I'll think about that later, I've got plenty of time' (about pretty much anything, really. I'm a n expert procrastinator.) but...

Title:  Scarlet  Author:  Marissa Meyer Series:   The Lunar Chronicles, #2 Pages:  452 Publisher:  Puffin Date of Publication:  7th February 2013 Source:  Publisher* Synopsis from Goodreads: This is not the fairytale you remember. But it’s one you won’t forget. Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. The police have closed her case. The only person Scarlet can turn to is Wolf, a street fighter she does not trust, but they are drawn to each other. Meanwhile, in New Beijing, Cinder will become the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive – when she breaks out of prison to stay one step ahead of vicious Queen Levana. As Scarlet and Wolf expose one mystery, they encounter Cinder and a new one unravels. Together they must challenge the evil queen, who will stop at nothing to make Prince Kai her husband, her king, her prisoner... My Thoughts: I wasn't sure if I would like Cinder , back when I read it last summer. To my surprise, I absolutely loved ...

Happily Ever Endings... was born out of sheer frustration. You know how when you read a series and you love it but the last book takes a little while to come out and then you sort of forget parts of the novel? That's what these posts are going to serve to remedy. Happily Ever Ending... is a short post about what happened at the ending of each book that is going to be in a series for people who need a quick reminder of what happened in the previous installment. It's really annoying when you can't remember what happens and don't have time for a reread, so this hopefully will be a huge help! __________ Synopsis from Goodreads:  Everyone accepted that people were different physically. But inside? Inside, they were different too. You just had to know how to tell, what to look for. Evil has been eradicated. The City has been established. And citizens may only enter after having the 'evil' part of their brain removed. They are labelled on the System according to how ...

Hey! So, on 3rd February 2013, I went to #TFIOSlive, which was John Green's UK tour to celebrate the release of The Fault In Our Stars in the UK. It was awesome, as expected, and I just thought I'd do a quick write-up! My seat was in the gallery, so I had a pretty good view of everything that went on on the stage. It started with John Green introducing The Fault In Our Stars by telling us a little bit about it and how his work in a children's hospital inspired him, but it took years and years to make it into the story that it is today. He told us about a nerdfighter called Esther Earl, who, although the story isn't about her and Hazel isn't her, had a big influence on the way that he wrote the book. Then he read the first couple of pages of the book, before introducing his brother, Hank, to the stage. Hank sang a couple of his songs, starting with Strange Charm . He sang a couple more, including Accio Deathly Hallows which was awesome because that was requested b...

Hello! Letterbox Love is hosted by Lynsey over at Narratively Speaking, and it showscases everything we've received in the last week. Mine's for a few weeks though, because I've been lazy, again :P Anyway, onto the books! (Also, really sorry it's really late! My camera wouldn't work and I've been out all day (more details at the bottom)) RECEIVED FOR REVIEW Prodigy by Marie Lu This is the sequel to Legend , which came out last year. I really enjoyed Legend , so I'm looking forward to reading this! Thanks to Penguin for this! Released. Scarlet by Marissa Meyer Again, thanks to Penguin for this one! It's the sequel to Cinder , which is about cyborgs, and I read and loved it in the summer last year so I'm super excited to get to this one! Out February. The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead AHHH! Reading this one now and it's as awesome as ever. I LOVE Richelle Mead's YA books so much... Anyway, this is the third book in the Bloodlines series, w...