In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren.  This was my lightest week I think since I started blogging, but it was still a good week. Here’s what I got: • Damnable by Hank Schwaeble (for review) • The Nearly-Weds by Jane Costello (for review) • Nekropolis by Tim Waggoner (bought) • Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz (competition win – Pocket Books) • Diving into Light by Nataha Farrant (competition win – Black Swan) What did you get this week? Let me know by leaving a…

What’s your reading personality? Are you an eclectic, serial, exacting or involved reader? Find out now by taking BookBrowse’s fun, fast (and not to be taken too seriously!) quiz. Well, I took the quiz and this is what is said: Personality: All Rounder Your responses showed you fitting into three different personalities: Exacting Reader: You love books but you rarely have as much time to read as you’d like – so you’re very particular about the books you choose. SerialReader: Once you discover a favorite writer you tend to stick…

Title: Double Cross (Noughts & Crosses #4) Author: Malorie Blackman Publisher: Corgi Childrens PublicationDate: 6 Aug 2009 Paperback: 434 pages Young Adult Source: Review Copy Reviewed by: Carolyn RATING: 7/10 – Very good. BOOK COVER SUMMARY: Tobey wants a better life – for him and his girlfriend Callie Rose. He wants nothing to do with the gangs that rule the world he lives in. But when he’s offered the chance to earn some money just for making a few ‘deliveries’, just this once, would it hurt to say ‘yes’? Once…

Carolyn Turgeon is the author of two novels: Rain Village, her first novel which was published in 2006 and her latest book, Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story, published earlier this year. Carolyn in now working on her third novel, Mermaid which she is kind enough to tell us a bit about… BCC: Hi Carolyn. Welcome to Book Chick City. Tell us about your latest book, Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story. CT: Godmother is the story of Cinderella’s fairy godmother, Lil, now an old woman living in NYC. She works in…

Jo Rees published her first novel when she was 26. She went on to write several screenplays and internationally successful novels with her husband, Emlyn Rees, including the number one bestseller, Come Together. Platinum is her first solo outing since.  BCC: Welcome to Book Chick City – it’s such a pleasure to have you. JR: Thanks – I’m thrilled to be asked. BCC: Tell us a bit about your latest book, Platinum JR: I wrote Platinum to be the kind of book I wanted to read on holiday. It’s a total slice of escapism…

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating. I few weeks ago I bought the The Vampire Diaries series and then I came across this one on Amazon, which is the next book to be released in the series in January. Can’t wait! Publisher: Harper Teen Publication Date: 15 Jan 2010 (UK) Paperpack: 608 pages Summary (Goodreads) Elena Gilbert is alive—again. When Elena sacrificed herself to save the two vampire brothers who love her—the handsome,…

Title: Checkmate (Noughts & Crosses #3) Author: Malorie Blackman Publisher: Corgi Childrens Publication Date: 7 Sept 2006 (this edition) Paperback: 511 pages Young Adult Source: Review Copy Review by: Carolyn RATING: 8/10 – Brilliant, couldn’t put it down. BACK COVER SUMMARY: Callie Rose has a Cross mother and a nought father in a society where the pale-skinned noughts are treated as inferiors and those with the dual heritage face a life-long battle against deep-rooted prejudices. Sephy, her mother, has told Rose virtually nothing about her father, but when Rose unexpectedly…

In My Mailbox is hosted by Kristi @ The Story Siren.  I received a lot of great books this week. I am very pleased with all my books but I am extra excited to get an advance reader’s copy of Angel Time by Anne Rice as I love her vampire books. This is the first of a new series so really looking forward to reading it. So, here are all the books I received this week: For Review: • The Cloud Maker by Patrick Woodhead (Preface) • Born Evil by Kimberley…

Title: Knife Edge Author: Malorie Blackman Age Group: Young Adult Publisher: Corgi Publication Date: 30 June 2005 (this edition) Paperback: 364 pages Rating: 8/10 Summary (back cover): Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has a nought father. Jude is a nought. Eaten up with bitterness, he blames Sephy for the terrible losses his family has suffered. Now Jude’s life rests on a knife edge. Will Sephy be forced, once again to…

I’m liking this cover – the colour is really nice and I like the subtle touch with the necklace. A nice addition to the series – what you do think? Shadowland Alyson Noel 29 Nov 2009 St Marton’s Press Summary *Spoiler Alert! Stop reading now unless you’ve finished Blue Moon* At the start of this breathtaking novel, Damen and Ever travel to Summerland in search of an antidote to reverse a powerful poison. But instead of the cure they seek, they find something far more sinister: the truth about their…

Chris Mooney is the author of six novels, three of which are an ongoing series featuring Darby McCormick. The latest novel from the series, The Dead Room, was released earlier this month. Chris lives in Boston with his wife and son and is now working on his fourth novel from the Darby McCormick series, entitled The Living Dead, which is due to be released sometime in 2010. BCC: Hi Chris, thank you for chatting to Book Chick City. Please tell us about your latest book, The Dead Room. CM: Darby McCormick, my series character,…

Today the BBAW nominations went out to over 1,200 blogs that were nominated for various categories. To my utter disbelief Book Chick City was nominated for one and it was: Best New Blog: This new blog seems to have appeared out of nowhere since September of 2008 and has jumped into the book blogging world with both feet. You love their posts and wonder how the book blogging world ever got along without them I am absolutely stunned and completely chuffed! Thank you so much to those of you who…

Celebrate the Classics is a new feature where I highlight authors of the past. Last week featured Bram Stoker. I love reading the classics and have done since I was little. So each Wednesday I will choose an author and write a little about their life and works. It won’t be anything too extensive, just enough to highlight that particular author and what they wrote.  So, this week I have chosen Oscar Wilde. A Few Facts: Born: Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie Wills Wilde, October 16, 1854 – Dublin, Ireland Died: November 30,…

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, which spotlights upcoming releases that we are eagerly anticipating. I have found so many upcoming releases that I want while browsing amazon, but I am only going to share one and I chose 206 Bones by Kathy Reichs. I have all of ‘Temperance Brennan’ novels on my shelves to read. I think I have read the first two or three in the series, so I really need to catch up before I can read this one. Publisher: William…

Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman (Noughts & Crosses #1)  Corgi (Aug 2006) | Paperback, 479 pages Alternate History | Romance | Young Adult Wow, this book is outstanding. I couldn’t put it down! As someone who is in her thirties, I wondered whether this book would be too young and the writing immature, but this wasn’t the case at all. This is an intelligent and sensitively written story about two friends, Callum, a white-skinned nought and Sephy a dark-skinned Cross and their relationship as they grow up. How society…