Michelle Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Recently we’ve made some tweaks and changes to the forum. Considering the popularity of social media, we’ve shifted the emphasis onto personal reading logs, social reads and general book discussions. The ‘library shelves’ are still there, if you want to discuss a particular author, book or genre, but the heart of our community are readers chatting about their reading. The lovely people at Hodderscape have kindly agreed to help us relaunch the forum with a fantastic competition. The Hodderscape team are on facebook and twitter, and they also love talking about books! So, what so we have on offer? Red Rising by Pierce Brown The Earth is dying. Darrow is a Red, a miner in the interior of Mars. His mission is to extract enough precious elements to one day tame the surface of the planet and allow humans to live on it. The Reds are humanity’s last hope.Or so it appears, until the day Darrow discovers it’s all al lie. That Mars has been habitable – and inhabited – for generations, by a class of people calling themselves the Golds. A class of people who look down on Darrow and his fellows as slave labour, to be exploited and worked to death without a second thought.Until the day that Darrow, with the help of a mysterious group of rebels, disguises himself as a Gold and infiltrates their command school, intent on taking down his oppressors from the inside. But the command school is a battlefield – and Darrow isn’t the only student with an agenda. TimeBomb by Scott K Andrews (proof copy) New York City, 2141: Yojana Patel throws herself off a skyscraper, but never hits the ground.Cornwall, 1640: Gentle young Dora Predennick, newly come to Sweetclover Hall to work, discovers a badly-burnt woman at the bottom of a flight of stairs. When she reaches out to comfort the dying woman, she’s flung through time.On a rainy night in present-day Cornwall, seventeen-year-old Kaz Cecka sneaks into the long-abandoned Sweetclover Hall, in search of a dry place to sleep. Instead he finds a frightened housemaid who believes Charles I is king and an angry girl who claims to come from the future.Thrust into the centre of a war that spans millennia, Dora, Kaz and Jana must learn to harness powers they barely understand to escape not only villainous Lord Sweetclover but the forces of a fanatical army… all the while staying one step ahead of a mysterious woman known only as Quil Smiler’s Fair by Rebecca Levene Smiler’s Fair: the great moving carnival where any pleasure can be had, if you’re willing to pay the price. They say all paths cross at Smiler’s Fair. They say it’ll change your life. For five people, Smiler’s Fair will change everything.In a land where unimaginable horror lurks in the shadows, where the very sun and moon are at war, five people – Nethmi, the orphaned daughter of a murdered nobleman, who in desperation commits an act that will haunt her forever. Dae Hyo, the skilled warrior, who discovers that a lifetime of bravery cannot make up for a single mistake. Eric, who follows his heart only to find that love exacts a terrible price. Marvan, the master swordsman, who takes more pleasure from killing than he should. And Krish, the humble goatherd, with a destiny he hardly understands and can never accept – will discover just how much Smiler’s Fair changes everything. A Love Like Blood by Marcus Sedgewick If life has taught me one thing, it is this: that the worst monsters are entirely human.It began in a hole in the ground, in Paris, in the days after the liberation. What I saw there I saw only for the time it takes a match to burn down, and yet it decided the rest of my life.I tried to forget it at first, to ignore it, but I could not. It came back to me; he came back to me. He hurt people I loved… And so I took the first step on a journey from which there would be no return; a path that led me to fear, to hatred and to revenge – but, above all else, to blood. Rooms by Lauren Oliver A compulsive and powerful ghost story narrated by two spirits who inhabit the walls of an old house. It’s a tale of family, ghosts, secrets, and mystery, in which the lives of the living and the dead intersect in shocking, surprising, and moving ways. Yes, that’s FIVE books – as well as a Hodderscape Dodo Keyring! All for one person! All you need to do is take a look at the books, and tell me, as a reply in this thread, which one you would choose to read first. Alternatively, if you've already read and enjoyed any of them, let me know why, or leave your review. This is for our existing members as well as new, but as always, if you're a Supporter, you'll get a double entry. It’s UK only I’m afraid, as the publishers are sending out direct. (I’m trying to arrange something for the rest of you, so stay tuned!) Closing date is midnight 30th August 2014. When you’re done, make sure you visit Hodderscape: Website: www.hodderscape.co.ukTwitter: @hodderscapeFacebook: www.facebook.com/hodderscape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muchlovedbooks Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 The first book I would read is Rooms by Lauren Oliver. I loved her Delirium series and can't wait to see what this one is like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Literary Loves Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Definitely 'A Love Like Blood' as I've read a couple of Sedgwick's books and LOVED them! I've just got my NetGalley kindle edition of Red Riding for the bank holiday read-along, so I'll be reading that tomorrow one way or another! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 (edited) I would like to read 'Red Rising' by Pierce Brown because I recently read about him on buzzfeed and I would also like to read 'Rooms' by Lauren Oliver because I enjoyed the 'Delirium' series. Edited August 21, 2014 by Weave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 I won't enter as I've already been sent Smiler's Fair and Timebomb. I enjoyed Timebomb the most, and reviewed it in my reading log here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 They all look great, but I surprised myself by being drawn firstly to Timebomb. The blurb intrigues me. Now, do I go and check out Laura's review? Decisions, decisions..................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 168 views, and only 4 entries? Free books people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsmeagain Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Timebomb looks good. How and where do I enter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 All you need to do is take a look at the books, and tell me, as a reply in this thread, which one you would choose to read first. Alternatively, if you've already read and enjoyed any of them, let me know why, or leave your review. That's all you need to do, post a reply in this thread. (Just in case it's not clear, one person will win all five books) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Timebomb would be my first stop - I love stories where people are flung out of their own time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakey Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 My first would be Timebomb as you can't beat a good time travel story. They all look interesting though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayley Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 It's actually really hard to decide! I think I'd go for A Love Like Blood, the first sentence in the description is definitely intriguing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 Timebomb is the one I would read first, as I recently added it to my wishlist based on a review I read here (must have been yours Signor Finzione). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Palagrin Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 Definitely Red Rising - there isn't enough sci-fi/space opera in YA! (I hope it'll be the next big thing...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattlibrarian Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 I would read Smiler's Fair first - fantasy has always been my first love and recently dark fantasy has been a growing love within the genre plus so many people I know and trust have been raving about it I cannot read anything but it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Benjamin Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 'Rooms' has got my attention from this selection, so this would be the one I check this one out first. (Thanks) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 And the winner is... bobblybear! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chrissy Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Congratulations Bobbly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athena Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Congrats, BB ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weave Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Congrats BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Signor Finzione Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Yay BB! Congrats, hope you enjoy the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobblybear Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Oooh awesome!!!!! I'm sure I will enjoy them; they look brilliant! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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