Fragments Of Life

Product details : Publishe r: Sky Pony Press. Hardcover, 320 pages. Release date : September 1st 2015. Rating : 4 out of 5. Ages : 12+ Reviewed by : Arianne.   A Unique Twist on Shape-Shifters with Fast-Paced Action, Thrilling Adventure, Mystery, and a Bit of Romance Flo lives an eccentric life—she travels with a popular circus in which the main acts star orphaned children with secret shape-shifting abilities. Once Flo turns sixteen, she must perform, but she’s not ready. While practicing jumping a flaming hurdle in a clearing beside the circus, she spots a dark figure in the trees and fears he saw her shift. The news sends the circus into a panic. In Flo’s world, shifters are unknown to humans with the exception of a secret organization—the EOS, referred to as “hunters.” Hunters capture and kill. They send some shifters to labs for observation and testing—testing they don’t often survive—and deem others useless, a danger to society, and eliminate them. To avoid discover...

Image via Kickstarter I've been looking for a new podcast obsession ever since Serial wrapped up - and this is it! The Black Tapes podcast is a docudrama (perfectly) described as Serial meets The X-Files and I AM HOOKED! I listen to this late at night (for added spooky effect!) and it gets better with every episode. Also, I think this would translate into a GREAT TV show! I'd love to see the burgeoning relationship between narrator Alex Reagan and the mysterious Dr. Richard Strand on the small screen!   Check it out:  http://theblacktapespodcast.com/ ***** A very fun departure from my usual TV habits UnREAL is a dark comedy/drama that goes behind the scenes of a reality TV show and shows just how far some people will go to grab a ratings winner. I took a chance on this after reading some glowing reviews, and I'm so glad I checked it out. It's pretty addictive - and contains great performances from Shiri Appleby and Constance Zimmer. ***** My new music find of the month ...

Product details : Publisher : Bloomsbury. Paperback, 416 pages. Release date : June 4th 2015. Rating : 3½ out of 5. Ages : 12+ Series : Take Back the Skies #2. Other Books in Series : Take Back the Skies . Reviewed by : Arianne.   Aleks Vasin is the youngest of four brothers, each with his path mapped out. But Aleks doesn't want to work in his father's shop and live with his family in a village in the westernmost corner of Siberene. And when he hears his parents fretting about money, he decides to save them the cost of his keep and leave. First he heads south - though everyone tells him not to - to Rudavin, headquarters of the kingsguard, and he signs up for the army, little knowing what brutality it entails. After only a few weeks, Aleks realizes that this garrison is full of liars and thieves; he's signed away four years of his life to a commander who steals his money and a captain who's already hurt Aleks's beloved horse. This is not a noble destiny. A...

Product details :   Publisher : Harper Collins Children's. Paperback, 336 pages. Release date : March 26th 205. Rating : 3½ out of 5. Ages : 13+ Source : Received from publisher for review. Reviewed by : Liz from Planet Print .   Eva Tilling wakes up in the hospital to discover an attempt has been made on her life. But who in her sleepy town could have hit her with their car? And why? Before she can consider the question, she finds that she's awoken with a strange new skill: the ability to foresee people's deaths when they touch her. While she is recovering from the hit-and-run, Nate, an old friend, reappears, and the two must traverse their rocky past as they figure out how to use Eva's power to keep her friends - and themselves – alive. But the killer is obsessed and will stop at nothing to get to Eva… Eva Tilling is walking home from a party when she’s hit by a car and left for dead. After she wakes up in a hospital with no memory of the crash, she realises...

Image via We Heart It You may have noticed that from time to time I like to take time out from book reviewing and mix it up a little on the blog. Well, I'm doing just that today and sharing a handful of my favourite non-bookish blogs. The following are some of my favourite daily reads which I follow through Bloglovin' - my favourite way to follow blogs! If you're so inclined you can follow this very blog on there too: Here's the link . Celebitchy : I admit it, I am a total slave to celebrity gossip. I mean, who isn't - right?!  These days, I'm totally hooked on reading about the Affleck/Garner divorce and all the crazy twists and turns happening there. I mean, can you even believe that story about the nanny?! Anyhoo, Celebitchy fulfills all my gossipy needs. Also, the comments on this site are GOLD. I mean it; sometimes the comments are even better than the scandalous stories!  A Cup of Jo : I've been reading A Cup of Jo for a couple years now, although I ca...

I recently reviewed The Blue by Lucy Clarke, a gripping summer page-turner if ever there was one! It just so happens that I have a second copy of the book, which I'd like to share with one of you! Just fill in the Rafflecopter form to enter. + Giveaway is open internationally. + Please allow 28 days for delivery of prize. + I bear no responsibility for prizes lost or undelivered - alternative prizes will not be offered. a Rafflecopter giveaway * My review of The Blue by Lucy Clarke -- comment on the review for FIVE extra entries!

Product details :   Publishe r: Bloomsbury. Hardcover, 448 pages. Release date : August 26th 2015. Rating : 5 out of 5. Ages : 13+ Reviewed by : Arianne.   Grace and Tippi are twins – conjoined twins. And their lives are about to change. No longer able to afford homeschooling, they must venture into the world – a world of stares, sneers and cruelty. Will they find more than that at school? Can they find real friends? And what about love? But what neither Grace or Tippi realises is that a heart-wrenching decision lies ahead. A decision that could tear them apart. One that will change their lives even more than they ever imagined… From Carnegie Medal shortlisted author Sarah Crossan, this moving and beautifully crafted novel about identity, sisterhood and love ultimately asks one question: what does it mean to want and have a soulmate? 2015 has been a stellar year for young adult fiction. But between all the blockbuster bestsellers and impassioned calls-to-arms, sometim...

Product details :   Publisher : HarperCollins. Paperback, 320 pages. Release date : July 30th 2015. Rating :  4 out of 5. Ages : Adult Source : Received from publisher for review.   In the tradition of Alex Garland’s The Beach , a spine-tingling adventure novel about a group of friends whose journey around the world on a yacht turns from a trip to paradise into a chilling nightmare when one of them disappears at sea. A group of friends. A yacht. And a disappearance-at-sea that turns paradise into a chilling nightmare. Lana and her best friend Kitty leave home looking for freedom—and that’s exactly what they find when they are invited onto The Blue , a fifty-foot yacht making its way from the Philippines to New Zealand. The crew is made up of a group of young travellers bitten by wanderlust, and it doesn’t take long for Lana and Kitty’s dream of sea-bound romance to turn into reality. Both women fall under the hypnotic spell of The Blue , spending their days explor...