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'The Month of Men' BLOG TOUR: An exclusive interview with Jennifer Echols!

2013-04-10T20:08:00.000+01:00

As part of The Month of Men blog tour, today, I bring to you an interview with the wonderful Jennifer Echols. You lucky USers have read her books before us but now Echols's Forget You and Going too Far have finally been released in the UK along with Such a Rush to be released in a month or so. Exciting right? Enough talk, here's the interview! Tell me five things that you love about

My Top Ten Favourite Books I read before I was a Blogger

2013-04-09T11:24:00.000+01:00

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Every week bloggers all over the blogosphere create a top ten list based on that week's theme. This weeks theme is our Top Ten Favourite Books I read before I was a Blogger In my Childhood days Arthur High King of Britain by Michael Morpogo Mary Kate and Ashley books by various authors then came my teenage self Jane Eyre

New Books released this April

2013-04-04T17:00:00.000+01:00

A new month brings new books. Now this April 2013, many thrilling young adult books have been released in the UK, sitting on the bookshelves waiting for people like you and me to pick up and indulge! Here are a few... (Click on image to add to Goodreads and book title to link to Amazon UK ) 4th April The Stone Demon by Karen Mahoney Silent Saturday by Helen Grant Heroic by

Letterbox love (03)

2013-03-31T21:36:00.002+01:00

Letterbox Love is a weekly meme hosted by Lynsey at Narratively Speaking. It is the UK alternative to IMM, where we get to showcase all the great books we've received during the week! For Review Requiem by Lauren Oliver OMG is This Actually my Life by Rae Earl Feed by M T Anderson The Sleeping Baobab Tree by Paula Leyden Wild Boy by Rob Lloyd Jones Flip by Martyn Bedford Monkey Wars by

If I Were to Become a Writer

2013-03-24T16:35:00.000Z

I'm sure readers, or more especially bloggers have thought of writing at least once. Writing a story, words that you can bring to life so that others can cherish. I have. I've thought about writing quite often throughout my blogging period. Especially whilst I am reading. As its only when I read that I find sometimes, there are certain things that really stand out to me. These are the

Requiem by Lauren Oliver

2013-03-22T21:02:00.000Z

Requiem Delirium #3 by Lauren Oliver Pages: 400 pages Release Date: March 21st 2013 Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Add it: Goodreads Battling against a society in which love has been declared a disease, Lena now finds herself at the center of a fierce revolution. But the Wilds are no longer the haven they once were as the government seeks to stamp out the rebels. And Lena's

Apparently, I am TOO OLD to read YA?

2013-03-16T15:54:00.000Z

For those of you that know me, and know my age also are aware of the fact how I am certainly NOT OLD. Get this, I still have the suffix teen attached to my age though under the eyes of the law I am classed as an adult but whateverr So why am I obsessing over this predicament? Only because it was compared to with my young adult books at a certain conversation I had with my sister*. I was

Perfect Scoundrels by Ally Carter

2013-03-13T07:31:00.000Z

Perfect Scoundrels Heist Society #3 by Ally Carter Pages: 352 Release Date: 7th February 2013 Publisher: Orchard Add it: Goodreads Katarina Bishop and W.W. Hale the fifth were born to lead completely different lives: Kat comes from a long, proud line of lovable criminal masterminds, while Hale is the scion of one of the most seemingly perfect dynasties in the world. If their families have one

BLOG TOUR: Chris Higgins author of The Day I Met Suzie, Interview!

2013-03-06T16:00:00.000Z

'My boyfriend could get into trouble if he gets caught. He could go to jail.' I moan softly. 'So could I.' 'Anything you tell me is completely confidential.' I sigh deeply. What have I got to lose? 'I wouldn't know where to begin.' 'At the beginning?' she says. 'In your own words.' So that's what I do. I start at the beginning like she says. The day I met Suzie. Indigo (Indie) rings the

New books released this March

2013-03-03T15:39:00.000Z

A new month brings new books. Now this March 2013, many thrilling young adult books have been released in the UK, sitting on the bookshelves waiting for people like you and me to pick up and indulge! Here are a few... (Click on image to add to Goodreads and book title to link to Amazon UK ) 7th March The Day I Met Suzie by Chris Higgins Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake Siege by

The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead

2013-02-28T17:57:00.000Z

The Indigo Spell by Richelle Mead In the aftermath of a forbidden moment that rocked Sydney to her core, she finds herself struggling to draw the line between her Alchemist teachings and what her heart is urging her to do. Then she meets alluring, rebellious Marcus Finch--a former Alchemist who escaped against all odds, and is now on the run. Marcus wants to teach Sydney the secrets he

Top Ten Authors on my Auto-buy List

2013-02-26T08:03:00.001Z

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Every week bloggers all over the blogosphere create a top ten list based on that week's theme. This weeks theme is our Top Ten authors in our auto-buy list! J.K Rowling Meg Cabot Sarah Dessen Stephanie Perkins Cassandra Clare Ally Carter Richelle Mead Lauren Oliver Jennifer E Smith Lauren

OMG, Have I actually found some downsides to ARCs?

2013-02-23T20:44:00.000Z

Lets talk about Advanced Readers Copies :) Okay, you guys are probably thinking 'what on earth is Mia on about?' How can there possibly be a downside to reading ARC's, right? Am I in the right state of mind? Yes, I am feeling perfectly fine and I am going to answer all those questions. We bloggers adore, love and cherish every.single. ARC we acquire and frickin have a little happy dance every

Top Ten Characters I Love in New Adult books

2013-02-19T14:55:00.000Z

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. Every week bloggers all over the blogosphere create a top ten list based on that week's theme. This weeks theme is our Top Ten favorite characters in whatever genre we choose. And I chose New Adult! Okay, it may not be classed as a genre rather like an age category I suppose? But whatever idc I'm too excited :D In no

Speechless by Hannah Harrington

2013-02-14T20:57:00.002Z

Speechless by Hannah Harrington Pages: 288 Release Date: 1st February 2013 Publisher: MIRA ink Add it: Goodreads Everyone knows that Chelsea Knot can’t keep a secret Until now. Because the last secret she shared turned her into a social outcast—and nearly got someone killed. Now Chelsea has taken a vow of silence—to learn to keep her mouth shut, and to stop hurting anyone else. And if she

Letterbox Love (02)

2013-02-09T18:21:00.000Z

Letterbox Love is a weekly meme hosted by Lynsey at Narratively Speaking. It is the UK alternative to IMM, where we get to showcase all the great books we've received during the week! This is my first letterbox post since I've come back (: not much books this week though! Also, if you've noticed, I've changed the look to the blog. I'm still working on it especially on the colours as there is too

New books released this February

2013-02-05T18:34:00.000Z

A new month brings new books. Now this February 2013, many thrilling young adult books have been released in the UK, sitting on the bookshelves waiting for people like you and me to pick up and indulge! Here are a few... (Click on image to add to Goodreads and book title to link to Amazon UK ) 1st Feb Speechless by Hannah Harrington A Face Like Glass by Frances Hardinge 7th Feb

Movie news: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead CAST!!

2013-02-02T16:28:00.000Z

It's extremely exciting when we find that the books we love get optioned for movies. The excitement in finding out how its going to be, who they're going to cast and when it's going to be made! And this is where I share the amazing news in regards to Vampire Academy! I actually had no idea that it was going to be produced into a movie. Until I happened to cross one of Richelle's blog posts I

GIVEAWAY: Gripped into Books has become an Amazon Affiliate

2013-01-26T11:00:00.002Z

Hi Guys! Let me get to the chase, Gripped into Books has now become an Amazon affiliate. Mainly because I really could use all the help I could get to host more giveaways! In celebration of this I have hosted a giveaway (of being able to win any book of your choice from Amazon under £10 or $15) in order to spread the news. So to help me out with giveaway, all you have to do is whenever you

The Vampire Diaries: The whole ‘Team Stelena’ and ‘Team Delena’ fascination

2013-01-25T19:25:00.000Z

For those of you who are unaware of The Vampire Diaries in which I deem very unlikely but hey ho there’s always that small minority... You don’t know what The Vampire Diaries is? OMG. The Vampire Diaries is a super super super ah-mazing US based television series aired on the CW every Thursdays at 8/7. It revolves around Elena (Nina Dobrev), a teenager whose life is nothing near normal

Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter

2013-01-20T19:25:00.000Z

Uncommon Criminals by Ally Carter Pages: 304 Release Date: 5th July 2012 Publisher: Orchard Series: Heist Society #2 Source: For Review from Publishers Add it: Goodreads Katarina Bishop has worn a lot of labels in her short life: Friend. Niece. Daughter. Thief. But for the last two months she's simply been known as the girl who ran the crew that robbed the greatest museum in the world.

My Favourite Books and Moments of 2012

2013-01-18T14:00:00.000Z

It's the new year, we're already near the end of January so this post is kinda really late, right? But IDC I wasn't blogging then and I really want to join in now sooooo... Jamie from the Perpetual Page Turner is running an end of year book survey with sucha fun way to talk the best of 2012. I participated last year and loved it so am taking part again, yay :D 1. Best Book You Read In 2012

#PenguinChats: Calling all Beautiful Creatures Fans!

2013-01-17T10:55:00.000Z

Introducing #PenguinChats, an exciting new project from the publishers of Penguin! YA bloggers and readers like ourselves have a chance to connect with a Penguin author on Twitter at a 30 minute Q&A using the hashtag #PenguinChats hosted by @PenguinUKBooks How amazing is that? What's more, Gripped into Books has become one of the official blog partners! So, today am here to give you some

GUESS WHO'S BACK?

2013-01-11T20:30:00.000Z

DUH. Me :) You guys must be and (should be) extremely happy and overwhelmed and jumping with joy. Cause, oh yes, MIA IS BACK! I'm sensing that I'm probably the only person feeling all these feelings. However! What brought this back this seeing as I solemnly swore my non existence in the blogging world bout 6 months ago, you say? Well... I MISS BLOGGING the only downfall being I don't

The Unfortunate Becoming of Gripped into Books AKA Goodbye :(

2012-07-10T13:16:00.005+01:00

If you guys haven't realised already, my posts have become pretty infrequent. So, as you guys can tell by the title of this post, I'm leaving. And this time it's not for a couple of months... it's for good. Arghhh! You don't understand how much I'm saddened by the thought of not blogging anymore. You know, I didn't actually think that this day would come. I've always though of this as one of