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A few of these were free on Amazon and well worth a look. The Wrong Girl was definitely my favourite this week. This month haha.
by C.J. Archer
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by Cora Carmack
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by John Locke
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by Rosalind Kerven
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by C.J. Archer
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Had a busy week, so not so many, I kind of feel bad for only getting through these three in a week, although Love is a Thief was quite long.
by Bea Davenport
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by Claire Garber
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by Kiera Cass
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Another busy week, started volunteering for the library so quite exciting :) Means a lot of children's books to come in the future.
I also read Buzz Books 2013: Fall/Winter but didn't properly review it - there were 40 extracts and that would have taken forever!
by Sheila Quigley
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by Leigh Talbert Moore
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by David Stuart Davies
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I had a very disappointing DNF this week. It's one of only four books I haven't been able to finish, but I don't think I'll go back to it. Definitely not my cup of tea. I spent ages trying to read it too :(
by Julia Green
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by Niamh Boyce
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by Teresa Mummert
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by Amanda Sun
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by Louise Rozett
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I started doing a buddy read this week and the book's longer than I thought it would be so I haven't read as much as I would have liked.
I was also volunteering at the library so that cut into reading time too.
The BEST book I read this week was Stalking Sapphire, my first read. It was really really good and I cannot wait for the next one!
by Mia Thompson
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by Joyce Carol Oates
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by Nina Bawden
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by Anita Valle
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by Ben Aaronovitch
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It's been too hot to properly read and I've been volunteering again, so not as much as I'd have liked. Also been taking a walk in the past with some books I used to love as a child and teen!
Best book this week was Gemini Rising.
Struggling with a current read too, so that's slowed me down a lot.
by Darcey Bussell
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by Mira Grant
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by Cathy Hopkins
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by Eleanor Wood
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by Cathy Hopkins
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My favourite this week was The Worst Witch and The Wishing Star. A real trip down memory lane with this new instalment to a childhood favourite!
by Cathy Hopkins
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by Cathy Hopkins
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by Donna Cummings
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by Cathy Hopkins
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by Jill Murphy
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by Cathy Hopkins
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by Shelly Dickson Carr
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The library site was down so my reading was curbed :( And without much reading material I went on a NetGalley spree. Whoops!
by Cathy Hopkins
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by Tabitha Morrow
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by Judy Astley
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by Tracie Puckett
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by Simon Duffin
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I've just started a new job so not much time for reading, especially when I forget to charge my kindle and leave my spare books at home!
Shout out for most messed up book of the year so far goes to Carnival and I hope I never read it again. Not that it was bad, it was just so SO messed up.
by Janet Kent
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by Tracie Puckett
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by Betty Kreisel Shubert
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by Rawi Hage
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I hit my revised 100 book target for this year so have changed it again - this time to 175. Again not read as much as I'd have liked :( But work and the epic length of Lesley Lokko's Bitter Chocolate have meant that I couldn't.
by Lesley Lokko
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by J.R. Ward
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by Victoria Lamb
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I feel great this week, finally settling into a routine. Definitely read more than last week! It feels good to get back to my average 5 book/week. Saxon's Bane was definitely my favourite this week. AMAZING writing.
by Geoffrey Gudgion
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by Cd Brennan
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by Rhonda Nelson
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by Morgan O'Neill
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by Suzanne Joinson
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A real mixture of good and awful this week. I had a lot of fun with most of my reads, but then some were pure torture.
by Regina Puckett
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by Michelle Diener
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by Stella Newman
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by Meredith Schorr
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by Josephine Angelini
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Not many, I've been far too busy with work. But hopefully I can start making up for it this weekend and on my commute!
by A.Z. Green
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by Shaunta Grimes
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by Alissa Nutting
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I feel much more accomplished this week even though it doesn't look like I got so much reading done.
by Cora Carmack
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by Margaret Stohl
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by Valerie Laws
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by Samantha Hayes
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by Julianne Donaldson
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Work, work work.
by Lisa Renee Jones
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by John Stephens
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by Emme Rollins
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Why did I torture myself with Dreamless this week? I don't know. But A Study in Silks was all kinds of steampunk awesome. I don't feel so bad about the few books read as A Study in Silks is very long, and definitely not a book you can read quickly.
by Josephine Angelini
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by Emma Jane Holloway
by Paul Alkazraji
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I feel quite accomplished this week despite my heavy work load. The novellas and the short non-fiction make it look like I read more than I did, but mostly everything was good. Popping the Cherry gets a special mention for being a pretty awesome YA/NA that cheered me up to no end.
by Margaret Wills
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by Kitty Alba
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by Kitty Alba
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by Aurelia B. Rowl
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by Tim Weaver
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by Kate Ellis
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by Kitty Alba
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Phew, that was a lot! The Screaming Staircase was definitely my favourite read this week, although there were a few fantastic books. There was also a pretty naff read, but the better books more than made up for it.
by Rosalind Kerven
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by Tim Weaver
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by Emma Jane Holloway
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by Jonathan Stroud
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by Madeleine Reiss
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by Julie Johnston
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by Kate Ellis
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I'll be posting reviews written from June 2013 onwards.
I read often, about one third of my reading is pre-publication galley's and advanced reading. The rest is books I either own or lend from the library.
I read a mixture of genres, but LOVE crime, young adult and romance. I will give anything a go.
I'd love some feedback on my reviews, if you comment on here or on a review I'll reply. And I always look at recommendations, but they tend to have to wait until the library gets them in as I'm a poor bookworm!