Wednesday 24 December 2014

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you all have a fabulous time enjoying the holidays. I know that for me it will be a much-needed moment for resting, spending time with family, eating lots of cake (well, maybe more like eating lots FULL STOP...), and obviously reading!

Thank you for stopping by and sticking with me, it means a lot.



Friday 19 December 2014

The Friday 56 #5


The Friday 56 is a weekly blog meme hosted by Freda's Voice. The rules are simple:

*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56, or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence (or a few, just don't spoil it) that grab you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post here in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url.


It's that simple!



Monday 15 December 2014

Reading Challenges for 2015

Time for lots of hot chocolate. Yay!
So, it's December already and that means winter, hot drinks, Christmas lights and holiday spirit. I've already started humming Christmas carols while cleaning, and I'm slowly getting in the mood for all the holiday films. It may be just me, but I can't go by without seeing all the Christmas films on television! I'm way behind on my Christmas shopping (meaning I have yet to begin), but I've started my holiday reads, so I guess that says something about my priorities...

Of course, December wouldn't be complete if I didn't also start getting ready for the New Year. And that includes choosing which reading challenges I will participate in during 2015! I'm incredibly excited about this, since I've never taken part in any of these before. I've decided to keep it simple for this first year, only signing up to a few challenges, and see how it goes before stepping it up over the course of the next few years. So, here are the reading challenges I've decided to sign up to in 2015.

Saturday 13 December 2014

Book Review: Murder on the Hill by Kennedy Chase


I received an e-ARC of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Publisher: Monty's Tale Press

Published: 3 November 2014


Series: Harley Hill Mysteries #1

Pages: 252


Rating: 4/5

  

Blurb from Goodreads

Look out London, there's a new investigator in town! Harley Hill is a twenty-five year old woman in need of a new identity. Until now she's been known as many things: Thief, Bandit, The Girl Dressed Like a Ninja... 
When she's offered an investigative position at the Silvers Finders Agency, she decides it's time to go straight. But when a jewelry store break-in she's investigating turns into a murder case, Harley will need all her skills to find the killer and avoid the attentions of a Russian crime boss.
With the help of her new friends, and some from her underworld past, Harley faces a race against the clock. She'll need to uncover the secret behind the artifact left at the jewelry store if she's to catch the murderer. If she fails, it won't just be the job she loses - but her life.

Friday 12 December 2014

The Friday 56 #4


The Friday 56 is a weekly blog meme hosted by Freda's Voice. The rules are simple:

*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56, or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence (or a few, just don't spoil it) that grab you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post here in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url.


It's that simple!



Tuesday 9 December 2014

Teaser Tuesdays (Dec 9)


Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
  • Grab your current read
  • Open to a random page
  • Share two (2) "teaser" sentences from somewhere on that page
  • BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn't give too much away. You don't want to ruin the book for others!)
  • Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

My teaser for this week comes from Murder on the Hill by Kennedy Chase:

The familiar London soundtrack of drilling and builders yelling at each other over a blaring radio drowned my words out. Of course, it all had to stop the moment I said, "I think it's only a matter of time before we find a body."
This quote is taken from an eARC, therefore it and its location may be subject to change in the final version.

If you like this teaser, be sure to check back for my upcoming review of this book!

What are your thoughts on this teaser? Would you keep reading?

Saturday 6 December 2014

Book Review: The Orphan of Torundi by J.L. McCreedy

I received an e-arc of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Publication date: 28 November 2014


Publisher: Penelope Pipp Publishing


Pages: 300

Rating: 2.5/5 

 

Summary


Sam is an orphan, raised by a pharmaceutical research mission in the little jungle island of Torundi, located somewhere between Oceania and Southeast Asia. Her life is quite peacefully divided between assisting the mission in their research and providing the occasional medical care to the local population. Until, after an unexpected encounter with a stranger, Sam is sent to an American boarding school in Malaysia, with no explanation whatsoever and strict instructions not to contact anyone back on Torundi. Determined to discover the reasons behind her banishment, Sam must learn how to juggle life as a high-school senior and her search for the truth, which might just include a secretive but very attractive lab assistant, an enigmatic corporation with illicit designs on Torundi, and a possible civil war in her beloved island.

Friday 5 December 2014

The Friday 56 #3


The Friday 56 is a weekly blog meme hosted by Freda's Voice. The rules are simple:

*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56, or 56% in your eReader.
*Find any sentence (or a few, just don't spoil it) that grab you.
*Post it.
*Add your (url) post here in Linky. Add the post url, not your blog url.


It's that simple!