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4.3.12
3.3.12
Upcoming Releases - UK Publishers (#3)
This is a new post which I am very excited to be doing.
Every Friday I will be highlighting different books which are being released that month by all the different UK publishers. Hope you enjoy!
February Releases
My Thoughts
Simon and Schuster - None of them jump out at me as they aren't the sort of genre I am reading at the moment but if I was given any of the three to read and a free day I definitely wouldn't say no!
Chicken House - I am very lucky to be part of The Look book tour and can't wait to read it!
Penguin - Moonshine is part of a series and I am trying not to start new series which already have the 2nd one released just because of lack of time!
Coming up next week!
Hodder
Random House
Usbourne
Coming up next week!
Hodder
Random House
Usbourne
2.3.12
Guest Post - Sophie McKenzie on Falling Fast
Please welcome Sophie McKenzie to Books for Company!
I am a big fan of Sophie and have really enjoyed her books in the past. I look forward to reading Falling Fast! Thank you Sophie for letting us know all about Falling Fast =)
About Falling Fast
Falling Fast is a love story, the first of a four-book series about River and Flynn. Each of the main characters has a core personality trait – a need - that was my starting point for writing: River wants to fall in love, but worries that she isn’t beautiful or interesting enough to attract the boy of her dreams. Flynn likes to keep people at arms length and has a hot temper that gets him into frequent trouble, and yet River manages to get right under his skin from the start.
The two meet when River comes to audition for a part in Flynn’s school production of Romeo and Juliet. River wants to play Juliet. Flynn has already been cast as Romeo and is a brilliant, natural actor. River’s close friend, Emmi, is also at the audition – and the favourite for the role that River so badly desires. River is intrigued by Flynn and worries that pretty, vivacious Emmi will get not only the part of Juliet but Flynn as well.
River has been insecure about herself for a long time. Though Emmi and her other close friend Grace tell her that she’s attractive, River doesn’t believe it. She goes to a girls’ Grammar school in North London and is studying for her GCSEs. Flynn is in the sixth form at a boys’ Catholic school where he stands out because of his confidence, his rudeness and his determination to go his own way on everything.
One of the many things that makes River feel self-conscious is her unusual name. As she explains in the story, her parents were both hippies when she and her brother, Stone, were born. River’s parents are now divorced. Her mum has given up the alternative life and now works in an office. River gets on better with her dad who now lives on a Commune a couple of hours outside London.
Neither River’s family nor her friends really understand what River sees in Flynn and this is where the Romeo and Juliet parallels seep into the story – as the main characters end up feeling that it really is ‘them against the world’.
Find out more about Falling Fast at http://www.sophiemckenziebooks.com/books/flynn-series/falling-fast
The two meet when River comes to audition for a part in Flynn’s school production of Romeo and Juliet. River wants to play Juliet. Flynn has already been cast as Romeo and is a brilliant, natural actor. River’s close friend, Emmi, is also at the audition – and the favourite for the role that River so badly desires. River is intrigued by Flynn and worries that pretty, vivacious Emmi will get not only the part of Juliet but Flynn as well.
River has been insecure about herself for a long time. Though Emmi and her other close friend Grace tell her that she’s attractive, River doesn’t believe it. She goes to a girls’ Grammar school in North London and is studying for her GCSEs. Flynn is in the sixth form at a boys’ Catholic school where he stands out because of his confidence, his rudeness and his determination to go his own way on everything.
One of the many things that makes River feel self-conscious is her unusual name. As she explains in the story, her parents were both hippies when she and her brother, Stone, were born. River’s parents are now divorced. Her mum has given up the alternative life and now works in an office. River gets on better with her dad who now lives on a Commune a couple of hours outside London.
Neither River’s family nor her friends really understand what River sees in Flynn and this is where the Romeo and Juliet parallels seep into the story – as the main characters end up feeling that it really is ‘them against the world’.
Find out more about Falling Fast at http://www.sophiemckenziebooks.com/books/flynn-series/falling-fast
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1.3.12
The Time Will Come #57
-The Time Will Come -
Every Thursday l am going to list a book which l really want to read/keep meaning to get to. These are mostly books which have been on my shelf for awhile now but don't have to be, maybe you got it two weeks ago and really want to read it!
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Want to join in?
- Pick a book you have been meaning to read
- Do a post telling us about the book
- Link the post up in the linky
- Visit the other blogs!
Unleashed - Nancy HolderI wanted to read this as soon as I heard about it (and I do love the US cover for it). Saying that I have to admit I haven't got particularly excited to read this one even though I do think it sounds good, that may be why it's so far gone unread. I have all intentions to read it, I said a book friend can have it so really need to read it so I can finally send it to her! I may take the next step to reading this and put it on my TBR main pile (my next 10ish reads)
Most of my friends seem to have rated it 4 stars so it's definitely worth a read. Maybe I should read some positive reviews to get me more excited about it!
The Blurb
Katelyn McBride’s life changed in an instant when her mother died. Uprooted from her California home, Katelyn was shipped to the middle of nowhere, Arkansas, to her only living relative, her grandfather. And now she has to start over in Wolf Springs, a tiny village in the Ozark Mountains. Like any small town, Wolf Springs has secrets. But the secrets hidden here are more sinister than Katelyn could ever imagine. It’s a town with a history that reaches back centuries, spans continents, and conceals terrifying truths. And Katelyn McBride is about to change everything.
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