Book reviews, news, interviews, trailers etc.noreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Sun, 5 Apr 2026 16:30:08 +1000Blogger http://www.blogger.com1143125http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/en-ushttp://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2018/05/gdpr-compliance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Fri, 25 May 2018 16:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-4807629895700802944 Hi all, If you are seeing this, you have either come onto Spellbound By Books, or are receiving this via email. Please note, I'm currently working on a pop up to inform all visitors that cookies are used on Spellbound By Books but for some reason, it's not exactly working. If you'd like to continue to be subscribed via Feedburner to receive my posts in your email, you won't need to do 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2018/05/waiting-on-wednesday-167.htmlContemporaryWaiting on WednesdayYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Wed, 16 May 2018 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-4209883579176646822 Synopsis Girl meets boy… and the family holding her hostage. Adrienne Cahill cares about three things: getting into a great college; becoming a revered journalist like her idol, Sydney Declay; and making her late father proud of her. So when Adrienne is offered the chance to write an article that will get her into her dream school and debunk her foolishly optimistic 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2018/05/waiting-on-wednesday-166.htmlContemporaryWaiting on WednesdayYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Wed, 9 May 2018 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-8124245813108446883 Synopsis Born and raised in Boulder, Colorado, Essence McKree feels older than any seventeen-year-old she knows. Ever since weed was legalized, Mom has been working in a pot shop, high more often than not. Lately it’s been up to Essa to care for her nine-year-old sister, Puck. When Essa meets Oliver—a brainy indoor type, in town for the summer—she is cautious at first, 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2018/05/waiting-on-wednesday-165.htmlContemporaryHorrorWaiting on WednesdayYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Wed, 2 May 2018 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-3122203970599039919div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Synopsis Dario Heyward knows one thing: He’s never going back to Moldavia Studios, the iconic castle that served as the set, studio, and home to the cast and crew of dozens of cult classic B-horror movies. It’s been three years since Dario’s even seen the place, after getting legally emancipated from his father, the infamous 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2018/03/waiting-on-wednesday-164.htmlContemporaryMagical RealismWaiting on WednesdayYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Wed, 21 Mar 2018 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-7933160419152335057 Synopsis: Leigh Chen Sanders is sixteen when her mother dies by suicide, leaving only a scribbled note: 'I want you to remember'. Leigh doesn't know what it means, but when a red bird appears with a message, she finds herself travelling to Taiwan to meet her maternal grandparents for the first time. Leigh is far away from home and far away from Axel, her best friend, who 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2018/03/four-book-subscription-boxes-to-try.htmlBook Subscription BoxesGifts IdeasYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 5 Mar 2018 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-640985288473676795 I love books, and I love packages in the mail.  Think though.  What could be more exciting than receiving a package in the mail that are books.. but you don't know what you could be getting? Exciting right?  Well now you can.  Subscription boxes have been around for quite a while, but I've been lucky to try a couple and it's certainly worth giving it a go.  What's 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2018/02/waiting-on-wednesday-163.htmlContemporaryWaiting on WednesdayYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Wed, 14 Feb 2018 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-4063492195205475765 Synopsis  Izzy O’Neill is an aspiring comic, an impoverished orphan, and a Slut Extraordinaire. Or at least, that’s what the malicious website flying round the school says. Izzy can try all she wants to laugh it off – after all, her sex life, her terms – but when pictures emerge of her doing the dirty with a politician’s son, her life suddenly becomes the centre of a 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2018/01/lifeline-bookfest-2018.html2018Lifeline Bookfestnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Tue, 23 Jan 2018 18:50:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-6926690791684001025 20/01/18 - 28/01/18 It's that time of year again.   Though I'm a little bit behind, there is still time to check this out!! Head on over to the Brisbane Convention Centre. Merivale St & Glenelg Street, South Brisbane Opening day from 7.30am - 6.00pm;  Thursday 25 January 8.30am - 9.00pm;  all other days from 8.30am - 6.00pm   Cost: Entry is 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/12/review-dream-walker-by-victoria-carless.html#LoveOzYA2017Australian AuthorAustralian FictionContemporaryYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Sat, 9 Dec 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-3103440177080101924 Title: The Dream Walker Author: Victoria Carless Genre: Young Adult / Contemporary Publisher: Lothian (Imprint of Hachette Australia) Publication Date: 27th June 2017 ISBN: 9780734417473 Stand Alone/Series: Stand Alone Pages: 266 First Lines: People around here say my father killed my mum. Add to Goodreads list \\ Buy at Book Depository Synopsis:  The weight of a secret can drag you 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/11/book-trailer-booke-of-hidden-by-jeri.html2017Book TrailersScience FictionUrban Fantasy/Fantasynoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Thu, 23 Nov 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-3025001943556443868 Synopsis After a relationship gone bad in California, Kylie Strange moves to rural Maine for a fresh start. But she gets more than she bargained for when she finds a supernatural book bricked into the wall of her new tea shop, Strange Herbs and Teas. As soon as she opens the Booke of the Hidden, the quiet town of Moody Bog suddenly becomes a lot more interesting. First the mysterious and 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/10/in-my-mailbox-172-very-overdue-post.html2017In My Mailboxnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Sun, 22 Oct 2017 08:15:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-2604643361032472783 The Taste of Blue Light by Lydia Ruffles (For Review: Hachette) One Dark Throne by Kendare Blake (For Review: Pan Macmillan) The True Colour of Forever by Carrie Firestone (For Review: Hachette) Nevermoor: The Trials of Morrigan Crow by Jessica Townsend (For review: Lothian Children's Books) Turtles All the Way Down by John Green Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes Paper and 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/09/giveaway-signed-copy-of-spy-by-james.html2017GiveawaysJames PhelanSigned Copynoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 25 Sep 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-5726741921562394290 Hi all. Its giveaway time again! I have one signed copy of The Spy by James Phelan to giveaway! Here's a little bit about it: Synopsis: 'Jed Walker is right there in Reacher's rear-view mirror.' Lee Child, international bestselling author. Jed Walker is the man you want watching your back. A sinister group code-named Zodiac has launched devastating global attacks. Twelve targets across http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/09/bwf-art-of-story-workshop.html2017Brisbane Writer's FestivalJames Phelannoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 11 Sep 2017 06:01:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-1633855678139274945 Every year when the Brisbane Writer's Festival is on, I try to go to at least one workshop.  It's an amazing atmosphere to attend, writers and readers mingling over books, and it's the number one event I have booked in every year without fail. This year I went to The Art of Story by James Phelan (I also learnt I've been pronouncing his last name wrong the whole time- Pee-lan not http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/09/brisbane-writers-festival-2017.html2017Brisbane Writer's Festivalnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 4 Sep 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-1420697346128353367 Hi all, So it's that time of year again.  The Brisbane Writers Festival.  Exciting!! Image from Brisbane Writers Festival  https://jaykristoff.com/ From the 6th to 10th September you'll find everything Writerish!  From Lectures to book launches, workshops and panels. Every year this time comes around, I've always made sure to take off Wednesday through to 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/08/book-trailer-release-by-patrick-ness.htmlBook TrailersContemporaryYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 14 Aug 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-3140461383503439892 *This post may contain affiliate links Synopsis Inspired by Mrs Dalloway and Judy Blume's Forever, Release is one day in the life of Adam Thorn, 17. It's a big day. Things go wrong. It's intense, and all the while, weirdness approaches... Adam Thorn is having what will turn out to be the most unsettling, difficult day of his life, with relationships fracturing, a harrowing incident at 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/07/waiting-on-wednesday-162.htmlFantasyScience FictionWaiting on WednesdayYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-8530136689573854108 I received an email not long ago, and of course as soon as I seen that one of the authors was Rachel Caine, I had to share.  Honor Among Thieves is the first book in The Honors series.  I'm not sure how many books will be in this series but expect to see it out 13th February 2018 Synopsis Zara Cole has been in and out of New Detroit’s rehab facilities for 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/07/book-trailer-gap-year-in-ghost-town-by.html2017Book TrailersFantasyYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 17 Jul 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-934892887008309848 *This post may contain affiliate links Synopsis Let's get this straight - ghosts are everywhere. I can see them. You can't. And, see them or not, they're dangerous. This is why my family has hunted ghosts for hundreds of years to protect people like you. The Marin family are outcasts of the ghost hunting world. They run a two-man operation in inner city Melbourne. Anton has the 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/07/book-trailer-stranger-game-by-cylin.htmlBook TrailersYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Tue, 4 Jul 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-6383060591416173204 *This post may contain affiliate links Synopsis The Stranger Game is a dark, suspenseful, and twisty young adult novel—perfect for fans of Lauren Oliver and E. Lockhart—about fifteen-year-old Nico Walker, whose sister returns home after a four-year disappearance. When Nico Walker's older sister mysteriously disappears, her parents, family, and friends are devastated. But Nico can never 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/06/check-it-out-20th-anniversary-harry.html201720th Anniversary EditionsFantasyHarry Potternoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 19 Jun 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-7660907691144226339    *This post may contain affiliate links I don't know about anyone else, but when I went to the bookstore last weekend I came across these amazing Harry Potter Books.  20th Anniversary Editions! So I had to share: Aren't they amazing?!!      Click on each of them and they will send you across to Book Depository.      0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/06/upcoming-events-lifeline-bookfest.html2017EventsLifeline BookfestUpcoming Eventsnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 12 Jun 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-7413568504107471196 When: 24th June-2nd July Where: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Times Saturday 24th June: opening at 7.30am to 6.00pm Other weekend days: 8.30am-6.00pm Mon - Thurs: 9:00am - 5:00pm Friday late night shopping: 9:00am to 9:00pm  This is well worth the time to stop in and see.  I've been a few times before and if you are a booklover like I am, you0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/06/book-trailer-stillhouse-lake-by-rachel.html2017Book TrailersFictionMystery ThrillerRachel CaineThrillernoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 5 Jun 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-5961113770994060799 *This post may contain Affiliate links   Synopsis:  Gina Royal is the definition of average—a shy Midwestern housewife with a happy marriage and two adorable children. But when a car accident reveals her husband’s secret life as a serial killer, she must remake herself as Gwen Proctor—the ultimate warrior mom. With her ex now in prison, Gwen has finally found refuge in a new home0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/05/seven-books-i-cant-wait-for-but-arent.html2017Book ListsListsUpcoming ReleasesYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 29 May 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-6900540278422467335 *This post may contain Affiliate Links I love lists!  I'm a shocker for always having a list written down, whether it be a to-do list, shopping list, wish lists, Christmas lists... you name it.  One of my favourite however, are the books that I want and need! So without further ado, here are the seven books I can't wait to read, but aren't out yet ... (Here in Australia ) 1. 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/05/book-trailer-carve-mark-by-veronica-roth.html2017Book TrailersYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 15 May 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-1098389615324230976 *This post may contain affiliate links Synopsis: In a galaxy powered by the current, everyone has a gift. Cyra is the sister of the brutal tyrant who rules the Shotet people. Cyra’s currentgift gives her pain and power — something her brother exploits, using her to torture his enemies. But Cyra is much more than just a blade in her brother’s hand: she is resilient, quick on her feet, and 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/05/this-post-may-contain-affiliate-links.html2017Mental IllnessRealisticReviewsYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 1 May 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-3549056769727298733 *This post may contain affiliate links Title: Thirteen Reasons Why Author: Jay Asher Genre: Young Adult / Realistic Fiction / Mental Health Publisher: Penguin Publication Date: 27th December 2016 ISBN: 9780141387772 Stand Alone/Series: Stand alone Pages: 336 pages First Lines: "Sir?" she repeats.  "How soon do you want it to get there?" Add to Goodreads list \\ 0http://www.spellboundbybooks.com/2017/04/book-trailer-agent-nomad-elevent-hour.html2017Book TrailersUrban Fantasy/FantasyYoung Adultnoreply@blogger.com (Spellboundbybooks Mel)Mon, 24 Apr 2017 07:00:00 +1000tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307735489532483351.post-6104574906302493124 *This post may contain affiliate links Synopsis: Spies. Secrets. Sorcery. Natalie Palladino was a normal fifteen-year-old, at a normal school, about to face a normal maths test. Now her codename is Nomad, and she’s training to become a secret agent for HELIX. No one can know that sorcery exists. No one can know that HELIX protects humanity from the Inductors. And no one can know that 0