Showcase Sunday #8

Showcase Sunday is a weekly meme hosted by Vicky at Books, Biscuits and Tea. The aim is to showcase our newest books or book related swag and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops and downloaded onto eReaders this week.

I honestly thought these last two weeks were quiet in terms of the books I received, but these last few days contributed some of the best books to my showcase pile; My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century, Midnight City and Dash and Lily’s Book of Dares. All of these I’ve been eager to dive into.

If I Lie Corrine Jackson

The Forsaken Lisa M. Stasse

Point of Retreat Colleen Hoover
Dash & Lily's Book of Dares Rachel Cohn & David Levithan

Crewel Gennifer Albin

Onyx Jennifer L. Armentrout 
My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century Rachel Harris
Midnight City J. Barton Mitchell

Thank you to Simon & Schuster, Harlequin UK, Heather Riccio and Macmillan Children's publishing group. 

My review pile finally seems to be getting under some sort of control, but there always seems to be a non-review book which pops up and makes you want to fling your other books out of the window. I wasn’t a huge fan of Obsidian by Jennifer Armentrout, I initially had some reservations about picking the second book Onyx up, but then some awesome reviews started coming in and I kind of got all excited again. I promised myself that I would order a copy after I tackled a few more review books, but my hand totally went off on its own accord hitting the one click buy button. But I have no regrets so far as I seem to be enjoying this a lot more than Obsidian. 

Defiance C.J. Redwine

Time Between Us Tamara Ireland Stone

Full Blooded Amanda Carlson

Wolf Pact Melissa De la Cruz

Thank you Atom, Orbit books and Miranda Kenneally for the bookmarks.

Defiance was another book that I knew I had to read once I came across it earlier this year; the gorgeous cover and enticing premise just screams pick me up! So I was ecstatic to receive a review copy thanks to Atom. I’ve been tearing through at a frenzied pace and absolutely loving it.

The Time Between Us also has another interesting premise; it reminds me a lot of The Time Travellers Wife. I’m also one of those people where I want something more when I know I can’t have it (this book was up on NetGalley, but the publisher at the moment doesn’t accept requests from bloggers). So I was happy to receive a copy through a swap on Read it Swap it. I do however much prefer the U.S cover which you can see for yourselves here.

Now over to Rachel to see the pretties she received. 

For review

Safekeeping Karen Hesse

Stormdancer Jay Kristoff

Take it Like a Vamp Candace Havens

Thank you to Feiwel and Friends, Thomas Dunne Books, Candace Havens and Netgalley.

For some reason I thought I didn’t request Stormdancer and I was so relieved because I started seeing reviews come through that talked about overly detailed writing, which makes me snore. I figured out I did indeed request it (darn my twitchy Netgalley finger!) when they sent me an approval email, so hopefully the writing won’t bug me too much. I’m really excited for Take it Like a Vamp. It sounds like a really cute adult paranormal romance. 

Bought

Cold Kiss Amy Garvey

Enshadowed Kelly Creagh

Seduction and Snacks Tara Sivec

I downloaded Cold Kiss for free on Amazon after Andrea at The Bookish Babe tweeted that it was free.  Thanks Andrea!  I’m both nervous and excited for Enshadowed. I’ve waited so long for this sequel but I hope it doesn’t end on a killer cliffhanger like Nevermore did. I finished Seduction and Snacks Tuesday and it is flipping funny!  It’s an adult read and very raunchy, but I was laughing through the whole story.

As a side note, you may have noticed we’re holding a giveaway for the ARC Amber House by Kelly Moore, Tucker Reed and Larkin Reed. The authors noticed this, contacted us, and graciously offered to sign our ARC for the lucky winner. Jasprit and I thought this was so sweet and just wanted to say thank you to the authors! Also, they’ve decided to hold their own giveaway on their website for Amber House starting immediately after ours finishes on September 6th. So if you don’t win our giveaway, make sure you head over to their site and sign up here. They’re giving away TWO signed ARCs. I loved this spooky mystery/romance so you should definitely check it out! 

With us trying to keep our tbr's in check, you can see this so didn't happen. But we do have so many lovelies that we can't wait to jump into. Which books did you get this week? Leave us a link and we'll stop by and check it out.

Also I (Jasprit) will be away in London for the week. As I'm not sure whether I'll get access to the internet as often I've scheduled some blog posts, and will be sure to check out all your lovely blogs when I get back.