BOUGHT BORROWED & BAGGED # 4 - MAILBOX 2014 & THE SUNDAY POST # 4 - 6TH APRIL 2014

BOUGHT BORROWED & BAGGED # 4

6TH APRIL 2014

My matey over at TALK SUPE has a weekly meme which you can join where you show what you have got to read or you may have won. I decided for 2014 I shall join in and plop myself on the linky. 

Maybe not every week, depends if I have anything to show.

BB& B is in homage to Barron's Books & Baubles from Karen Marie Moning's - Fever series.

Ok, so I also decided to visit Kimba over at Caffeinated Book Reviewer  and plop onto her linky too. She has the Sunday Post.

So without further ado, here is what landed in my mailbox, I got from the library or my kindle or I won or I bought.

BIG THANK YOU!!

FROM PUBLISHERS:

HARLEQUIN AUST

Time Will Tell by Fiona McCallum

From The Feet Up by Tanya Saad

Temptation by K.M. Golland

SIMON & SCHUSTER AUST

Take A Chance by Abbi Glines

Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover

Four Seconds To Lose by K.A. Tucker

HACHETTE AUST

Dreams Of Gods And Monsters by Laini Taylor

The King by J.R. Ward - My review HERE

The Geography Of You And Me by Jennifer E. Smith

Sea Of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong

Long Live The Queen by Kate Locke

BLOOMSBURY AUST

Cured by Bethany Wiggins

ALLEN & UNWIN

While We Run by Karen Healey

I BOUGHT 

A gift for my hubby

The Fault In Our Stars by John Green

GIFTED TO ME FROM J.A. HUSS

Signed Copy Bomb by J.A. Huss

& Signed Swag

GIFTED TO ME 

 INDIE DOWN UNDER AUTHOR  EVENT

GOLD COAST - 22nd MARCH 2014

From: T.J. Hamilton -  Signed Copy

You Can Call Me Miranda - Novella

From: Kirsty Dallas - Signed Copy

Tortured Soul - Mercy's Angel's # 3

I BOUGHT FROM AUTHORS AT 

INDIE AUTHOR DOWN UNDER EVENT:

2 Copies signed - Breeze Of Life by Kirsty Dallas

( One is for my friends birthday )

Signed Copy - Quintessentially Q by Pepper Winters

Signed Copy - Lick by Kylie Scott

Signed Copy - Fighting Redemption by Kate McCarthy

Current Friday Giveaway - Signed Swag 

All from Indie Author Down Under Event

2 Swag Packs - Kylie Scott

DIGITAL COPIES FOR REVIEW:

Caged by Lisa Edward - Author

Number Thirteen by Bella Jewel - Author

Guns by J.A. Huss - Author

Play by Kylie Scott - Author

The Midnight Spell by Rhiannon Frater - Author

Fury by Charlotte McConaghy - Momentum Books

Hunter by Night - Elisabeth Staab - Author

Bound By Lies by Hannah Peach - Author

The Faerie Guardian by Rachel Morgan - Author

That just about wraps up all my goodies for the last

 three weeks.

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING AWESOME 

TO READ

HAPPY READING!

Michelle

BOUGHT BORROWED & BAGGED # 3 - MAILBOX 2014 & THE SUNDAY POST # 3 - 9TH MARCH 2014

BOUGHT BORROWED & BAGGED # 3

9TH MARCH 2014

My matey over at TALK SUPE has a weekly meme which you can join where you show what you have got to read or you may have won. I decided for 2014 I shall join in and plop myself on the linky. 

Maybe not every week, depends if I have anything to show.

BB& B is in homage to Barron's Books & Baubles from Karen Marie Moning's - Fever series.

Ok, so I also decided to visit Kimba over at Caffeinated Book Reviewer  and plop onto her linky too. She has the Sunday Post.

So without further ado, here is what landed in my mailbox, I got from the library or my kindle or I won or I bought.

FROM PUBLISHERS
Thank You!!

HACHETTE AUSTRALIA

Panic by Lauren Oliver


BLOOMSBURY AUSTRALIA

The Assassin's Blade by Sarah J. Maas
Martin Harbottle's Appreciation of Time by Dominic Utton
Dangerous by Shannon Hale


HARLEQUIN AUST

Heart Beat by Elizabeth Scott
Masked Innocence by Alessandra Torre


PENGUIN AUST

Side Effects May Vary by Julie Murphy
Looking For Alibrandi by Melina Marchette - Hardback

ARC - DIGITAL COPY FOR REVIEW/BLOG TOUR 
NASH by JAY CROWNOVER

KISS OF CRIMSON # 2 - MIDNIGHT BREED SERIES
GIFTED FROM RACHEL @
THE REST IS STILL UNWRITTEN

Thanks Rachel that was very kind of you xxxx

BOUGHT FROM SOCIETY6
Spencer Shrike Bikes Tank
( J.A. Huss Rook & Ronin Series ) 

DOUBLE PASS GIFTED - STUDIOCANAL
THANK YOU CAROLINE!!


HOPE YOU ALL HAVE SOMETHING AWESOME

TO READ

HAPPY READING!

Michelle

#VAMovie #Frostbite MOVIE REVIEW - VAMPIRE ACADEMY - RICHELLE MEAD YA PARANORMAL SERIES - STUDIOCANAL

5 STAR MOVIE

I had such a great time at the movies with my daughter who is only 11yrs old. Mini-me really enjoyed Vampire Academy the movie and I did too.

Big Thankyou to Caroline at Studiocanal for giving me a double pass. I would have gone regardless as I am a HUGE fan of the VA book series. Mini-me thought I was rather spesh to get a free pass.

I have learnt not to recap a book before the movie version comes out. I had read Vampire Academy # 1 quite a while ago and I got some nice surprises because I had forgotten some of the story line.

I did get a couple jump scares too. I think my daughter rolled her eyes at me and I got a , "Muuuumm!" Only because I made her jump too.

HA!

Zoey Deutch did such a great job of Rose.

I believed she was Rose.

I loved the chemistry between Rose and Vasilisa, played by Aussie Lucy Fry. Zoey and Lucy work so well together on the big screen.

Dimitri, played by Russian actor/model, Danila Kovslosky, fit the character from the books, I thought , so well. He has some great fight scenes and he just looks like Dimitri and how I visualized him when reading. The accent just brought it all home.

Rawrrr!

Dominic Sherwood brought Christian to life, he is rather pretty to look at. He played Christian well.

The Academy was a brilliant historic piece of architecture. I just wanted to run about the grounds.

The Strigoi enabled some great fighting scenes with Dimitri swinging that leg about and using his silver stabby thingy and Rose showed me how all that training she went through prior to filming paid off. 

I loved all the clothes. Especially Rose's. I was lusting after her jackets and her hair!

The humorous lines that popped up every now and then, really added that little something more to the movie. I am looking forward to the next movie. 

There is one quote from this book that I have never forgotten and it is used in the movie. I was actually saying it along with the character. My daughter thought I was a little weird and told me to ssshh. I was saying it with as much passion as I could muster. 

I remembered every word. I think I did slightly impress her.

I am quite bouncy for another movie. I wanted to keep on watching the books all play out on the big screen one after the other.

I think everybody who worked on this movie did such a brilliant job. Music, costumes, makeup, sets... BRILLIANT!

Hopefully we get Frostbite...soon!! 

I am getting old here people!

Double Thumbs up for this adaptation of Vampire Academy. I can't wait to get to the book / movie that made me cry.

Michelle

There is a petition for Frostbite There are 12,500 names on it, they need more. I just went and put my name down. It is easy.

Go like their FB page Click on this link.

GIVEAWAY - 5 DOUBLE PASSES TO VAMPIRE ACADEMY THE MOVIE UP FOR GRABS - STUDIOCANAL

Rose Hathaway is a Dhampir, half-human and half-vampire, training to be a guardian of the Moroi, peaceful, mortal vampires living discretely within our world. Her legacy is to protect the Moroi from bloodthirsty, immortal vampires, the Strigoi. Along with her best friend, Princess Vasilisa Dragomir, a Moroi and the last of her family line, with whom she has a nigh unbreakable bond, Rose must run away from her school St. Vladimir's, in order to protect Lissa from those who wish to harm the princess and use her for their own means.

So what did you think of that trailer?

I absolutely LOVE VA series with a YA passion. All my reviews are on the left hand side bar on the blog. Richelle Mead wrote this series so well.

StudioCanal is kindly donating 5 double passes to see Vampire Academy the movie which opens on March 6th in Australia. They are kindly giving me a movie pass too. So I am there!! 

BIG THANK YOU to StudioCanal.

Woot!!! 

Who will you take if you win?

GIVEAWAY ENTRY REQUIREMENTS 

Be Australian Resident

Leave a comment with the answer to this Q:

Which scene is your favorite in any of the VA books?

If You haven't read them, give me a character name from the movie.

I will choose 2 winners based on most creative answer

3 winners based on Random Org choosing winners.

Please leave contact details either facebook , twitter or email addy.

STARTS NOW

ENDS 2ND MARCH 2014

Good Luck!!!!