Showcase Sunday #20

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.

Hello lovelies, I hope everyone’s had a great week. With the snow causing havoc I’ve had a nice few days off work and got some solid reading done. I was surprised by the amount of books I read in January (19!) And already I have so many favourites for the year. This week was a great book week too my postman trudged through the snow and brought me some great pretties.

Boundless by Cynthia Hand

Lucid by Adrienne Stoltz & Ron Bass

The List by Siobhan Vivian

This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith

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Boundless was one of my most anticipated reads of the year and I’m glad to say it didn’t disappoint. After the tumultuous ride this book put me through I was finally be able to write a coherent review which will be up soon. A big thank you to Jodie from Books for Company for the Swap; The list was a book high on my wish list. And thank you Hannah from Booking in Heels for Lucid. Another book high on my wish list that I won thanks to taking part in a Bout of Books challenge. Also thanks to Donna from Book Passion For Life for my copy of Prodigy by Marie Lu (not pictured).

Paper Valentine by Brenna Yovanoff

Level 2 by Lenore Applehans

Falling For You by Lisa Schroeder

Dear Cassie by Lisa Burstein

The Rules For Disappearing by Ashley Elston 

The Reece Malcolm List by Amy Spalding

Thank you to Disney Book Group and Entangled.

And I couldn’t but help myself but go on a bit of a book splurge with Paper Valentine, Falling for you and Level 2. I’m a huge fan of Schroeder’s books, and her verse is beautiful. But Falling for you isn’t written in verse. And Level 2 is something I wouldn’t normally read, but the reviews have been great so far.

Lets see the books Rachel received.

For Review:

The Dead and Buried by Kim Harrington

All He Ever Dreamed by Shannon Stacey

The Rules For Disappearing by Ashley Elston 

The Lives We Lost by Megan Crewe

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

Feral Nights by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Poison by Bridget Zinn

Thank you to Scholastic, Carina Press, Disney Hyperion, HarperTeen, Candlewick Press and Netgalley.

Bought:

Dirty Red by Tarryn Fisher

Boundless by Cynthia Hand

Shadows by Paula Weston

Everbound by Brodi Ashton

I’m so excited about my haul, but I think one book in this haul dominated my mind this week: Dirty Red.  Well, to be more accurate two books: The Opportunist and Dirty Red. I’ve finished Dirty Red and I still can’t get that series out of my head. As you know I read and reviewed The Opportunist last week at the prompting of Arlene over at WinterHaven Books. We continue to exchange emails theorizing and talking about these two books!  I don’t know if obsession is a strong enough word for my feelings, lol! I’ll have my review up for Dirty Red on Sunday, so please READ The Opportunist before so we can gossip! Also, last week at the prompting of Jenny over at Supernatural Snark, I bought the audio version of Iced by Karen Marie Moning. I’ve started listening to it and I already love it which shocks me because it’s an adult novel centering on a fourteen-year old! Jenny and I have been exchanging emails as therapy for our perverse thoughts.  

If you posted any sort of book haul this week, we'd love to see what you received, so please leave us a link in the comments below.