November Round Up!

Monthly Feature- rounds up all the books I've read, progress on challenges and reviews my blogging!

It is kind of an expansion (?) of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey!

 
Well I spent the majority of November without my laptop! How does one blog effectively without a home computer? The answer is it isn't possible! I spent a lot of time making use of the library but I'm really disappointed that Dell took so long to fix it!

November in numbers!

Total posts= 15

Books read= 5

Reviews Posted= 6

Meme Posts= 3

Promo Posts= 3

Other Posts= 2

What I read in November!

 

I've got a full time Christmas temp job and my best friend is back from Australia so I've been distracted! 

 

What I Reviewed!

While It Lasts by Abbi Glines.

Swell by Julie Rieman Duck. Blog Tour!
Loving Summer by Kailin Gow. Blog Tour
The Secret of Ella and Micha by Jessica Sorensen. Blog Tour!
Shallow by Georgia Cates. Blog Tour!
Crash by Nicole Williams.
Not too bad on the reviewing front not as great as I'd hoped though!

 

What I Posted!

Lettie Loves!- A post judging some recent Contemporary covers!

Top Ten Tuesday!- Top Ten Contemporary reads of 2012!

Fab Five Friday!- Highlighting some older contemporary reads!

Blog Tours

6 Seconds of Life - Character analysis post!

Cover Reveal

Make it Last by Bethany Lopez  

Rouge by Leigh Talbert Moore

 

Did I achieve my goals?

To successfully host my feature month!-

Thanks to my Laptop fail I didn't really achieve this one! I did keep my blog tour schedule on the whole but my feature posts suffered as they weren't prewritten.

To make progress on my challenges!-

I count Roar and Liv but it was technically a novella... Again poor progress!

To update my blog pages!-

Success! I updated my Ratings page so it's more accessible and clear! As well as updating my Challenge and Books page.

 

What I hope to achieve in December!

•  Challenges- One last push for 2012 challenges! I also want to sign up for a couple more for 2013 as I'll have a full year to complete them!
• Reviews- I want to post at least 6 reviews. At least 4 independent of blog tours. I want reviews of books I personally picked up as well as blog tours promoting books I chose to review.
• Posts- I want to do a couple of discussion and 'Lettie loves' posts just to mix up my blog content!

 

How was your November?

Excited for December and Christmas?

Much Love!

Lettie

Xxx

 

6 Seconds of Life Blog Tour!

Welcome to the 6 Seconds of Life Blog Tour!

Maura has just jumped.

Now she has precisely six seconds until she hits the water below her—just six more seconds until she is finally freed from her mundane and aimless existence. Freed of all of the regrets and disappointments that have haunted her throughout her nineteen years.

She just needs to be free.

But as she falls, the most pivotal points of her life start to replay like a movie in her head: her family falling apart, her first love, her first heartbreak, her first true friends, and her first betrayal. As she remembers these moments that brought her to this point, will she feel a sense of peace? Or will her death be her greatest regret?

 
Maura has six seconds to reflect on whom and what in her life lead her to jump, in those six second we get just a glimpse at the key points and characters in her life. I thought I would do a different kind of post on how I would categorise these characters!

Character whose viewpoint I would have love to see:
Owen- the boyfriend who tried his best. I would have loved to see his point of view to clarify a few things.
 Character that frustrates me the most:
Maura's Mum- Guilty of giving her husband too much leeway and ignoring how down he was on Maura.

Character I felt sorry for:
Doyle- Typical frat boy who was in the wrong but had no idea.

Character I disliked the most:
Maura's Dad- selfish ex-sports star who couldn't see his own faults but keen to point out Maura's.

Character most responsible for alienating Maura:
Darby- the mean girl of Maura's life, responsible for alienating her in a number of ways!

This book was not my usual type of contemporary and left me with many questions but I found it intriguing and I couldn't put it down!

Have you read 6 Seconds of Life?
Much Love!
Lettie
Xxxx

Monday Round Up!

 

One of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey!

 

Well I had a technical fail week! My desktop now shuts itself down randomly and I had to send my laptop off for repair! Luckily I'd pre scheduled the majority of my posts but I'm behind on comments and posts are now backlogged... How typical of both the computers in my house chose the same heavy blog week to break down!

 

Reviews!
Swell by Julie Rieman Duck- My stop on the Blog Tour- 3½ Hearts!

Other posts!

Top Ten 2012 Contemporary Reads!- Pretty self explanatory post :)

Cover Reveal- Make It Last by Bethany Lopez

Read!

6 Seconds was so different than my usual read and Just For Now was worth the wait!

Reading!

I love it! So far it is everything I hoped it would be :)

What's Next!

 

Someone requested it at the Library so I need to read it fast!

 

Upcoming Posts!

Cover Comparisons- moved to this week!

 

Upcoming Blog Tours 

This week is a busy blog tour week!

6 Seconds of Life Blog Tour- Stopping here tomorrow!

Loving Summer Blog Tour- Stopping here Thursday!

Saving You, Saving Me Blog Tour- Stopping here Saturday!

 

How has your week been?
Hopefully technology didn't fail you :)

Much Love!
Lettie
Xxxx

Monday Round Up!

One of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey!

First week of my feature month has been busy! I went out as a Superhero for Halloween, celebrated Bonfire Night and got a Samsung III courtesy of my generous Grandma who didn't want her free upgrade! I just need to take it to a phone shop and get all my content and contacts etc transferred :)
Blog wise I launched my first feature month and improved my ratings page!

Reviews!
While It Lasts by Abbi Glines- 4 Hearts!

Other posts!
Challenge Update- Self explanatory, a post on where I am with my Challenges!
November Feature- Launch post for my YA and NA Contemporary month!
Cover Reveal- First look at the cover for Rouge by Leigh Talbert Moore

Read!

I really enjoyed Crash- I can see why it has had so much hype! I literally devoured Roar and Liv- I loved their chemistry and the Through The Ever Night teaser left me desperate for more!

 

Reading!

I worked out how to send it to my kindle yay! So far so good :)

 
What's Next!

 

 How gorgeous is the cover of this one? Excited to read it!

Upcoming Reviews!
Swell Blog Tour- Visits this blog on friday!

Upcoming Posts!
Top Ten 2012 Contemporary reads- Check back tomorrow to see my Favourite contemporaries!
Cover Comparisions- Comparision of two very similar contemporary covers!

How has your week been?
Are you enjoying my contemporary month so far?
Much Love!
Lettie
Xxxx

November Feature!

 
 
I declare November the month of Contemporary Young Adult and New Adult fiction on Above Average Below Special!

Why?

I've been on a slight contemporary book binge recently and I had a few contemporary blog tours scheduled for November so I thought why not devote a month  to contemporary reviews and features?

 

What will this month include?

 
Blog Tours!

Reviews!

 
 
Features

• A discussion of genres in Young Adult/New Adult!-  The banner says Young Adult and New Adult but I will be discussing the boundaries and implications of these genres!
• Cover discussion post!
• *Possibility* A revamp of my Series vs Stand Alones Discussion post- Revamped to be solely related to contemporary books and will include related series.
• Top Ten Contemporary Reads of 2012!
• Friday Fab Five- Five older Contemporaries that remain firm favourites!

 
Are you excited for this feature?
Any Recommendations?
Much love!
Lettie
Xxx

Monday Round Up!

One of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey!

What do you think of the new header? I've been playing around with doing my own recently! :)
 
My week has been kind of fractured. I went to a Graduate Careers fair which was actually really helpful and caught up with my friend who's still at University! I worked 3 days and went shopping for my Godson's first birthday!
 
Reviews!
Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi- 5 Hearts!
 
Read!

 
I was so pleased I got approved on Netgalley for this one! I read it on the train to and from the careers fair. It wasn't what I expected but I enjoyed it! No review for awhile though as it doesn't get released until next year!
 
Reading!

This will be touring my blog next month! I've wanted to read it for awhile and so far I'm liking it :)
 
What's Next!

Again this one! It wont sync properly with my kindle app so I have to read it on my computer and with my travelling working week my phone was my reading device!

Upcoming Posts!
Cover post- Needs a catchy title! But this will be a showcase of international covers of a favourite book and their first look impressions!
 
Upcoming Reviews!
The Hangman in the Mirror by Kate Cayley or The Lost Son By Tamra Torero and Preston Norton!

How's your week been?
Any catchy titles for my Cover post?

Much Love!
Lettie
Xxx

Monday Round Up!

 One of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey!

What do you think of the new header? I've been playing around with doing my own recently! :)
I've had a great week! Caught up with a couple of old friends and went to the Circus- who doesn't love the circus? Not even working four days with little notice could ruin my week!
However my surprise work did affect my blogging schedule and Seeing Redd got sidelined!
 
 
Reviews!
Easy by Tammara Webber- 4 Hearts! Cannot stop re-reading this one!

Other posts!
Top Ten Minor Characters- Check out my favourite minor characters!
Move by Brina Courtney- Book Blast for this new book!

Read!

 Really enjoyed one and I'm writing my review notes all ready for my blog tour stop on 9th November!
 
Reading!

 
Seeing Redd got sidelined with work last week, but I am enjoying it!
 
What's Next!

6 Seconds as it's the next on my TBR blog tour list!

Upcoming Reviews!
Under The Never Sky by Veronica Rossi- Loved this one!
The Lost Son By Tamra Torero and Preston Norton- This one got sidelines last week as it wasn't prewritten!

How has your week been?
Let me know!
Much love!
Lettie
Xxx

Monday Round Up!

 

One of my favourite memes hosted by the lovely Shelia over at Book Journey!
 
This is my first round up post since August!
I've had a good week! I manged to fit in a Freshers week visit to my old Uni to see my friends and took my Godson to the museum! I've been a bit slower with reading- no idea why! But I have been keeping up my scheduling and getting posts scheduled!

Reviews!
Thomas and January by Fisher Amelie. 4 Hearts!
Dash and Lily's Book of Dares by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan 4 Hearts!

Other posts!
Bloggiesta Wrap Up- Check out how I did with my blog goals!
Forbidden Mind Tour- Check out an exclusive extract of the book!
6 Seconds of Life Promo post- Got me excited to read the book asap!
 
Read!

 
I finished off my Steph Campbell binge with her latest release- loved it! I'll be doing one giant review post for all her books next month :)
 
Reading!

 
Two books at once is a old habit of mine!
I'm currently reading Seeing Redd in a bid to finish up The Looking Glass Wars trilogy- enjoying it so far! Swell is for a blog tour next month and so far so good!
 
What's Next!

 
 As I mentioned in the promo blitz this one is for a blog tour- I'm so intrigued by the concept! 
 

Upcoming Reviews!
The Lost Son By Tamra Torero and Preston Norton-This is published tomorrow and my review will be up this week!
Easy by Tamara Webber- Loved this one! Review will be up Sunday!
 
Upcoming Posts!
Top Ten Minor Characters- Check back tomorrow to see who my Top Ten minor characters are!
 
The perks of a schedule is I know exactly what I'm posting and when!

How has your week been?
Let me know!
Much love!
Lettie
Xxx

6 Seconds of Life: Promo Blitz

 

Maura has just jumped.

Now she has precisely six seconds until she hits the water below her—just six more seconds until she is finally freed from her mundane and aimless existence. Freed of all of the regrets and disappointments that have haunted her throughout her nineteen years.

She just needs to be free.

But as she falls, the most pivotal points of her life start to replay like a movie in her head: her family falling apart, her first love, her first heartbreak, her first true friends, and her first betrayal. As she remembers these moments that brought her to this point, will she feel a sense of peace? Or will her death be her greatest regret?

 

6 Seconds of Life is a 'New Adult' book which will be touring this blog next month!

I think it sounds like an intriguing read in the same vein as Before I Fall by lauren Oliver and If I Stay by  Gayle Foreman!

Sneak Peek!

I think deep down, I’ve always known it was going to end this way. I was never
meant to live a long life. I accepted this fate a long time ago. I was just waiting for the
right moment.
I wanted to fall in love first.
I wanted to experience what it was like to have a real family first.
I wanted to know what it was like to be sincerely happy, even if it was short-lived.
I got all of those firsts.
And now I’m ready to move forward.
I inch my feet closer to the open sky. And closer. Until my naked toes are peeking
over the edge. The water cracks violently below me, begging for me to join in on all of
the fun.
Just a few more seconds before it’s all over.
Until I’m free.
I’m totally relaxed. This moment, it’s all mine. No one can take it away from me.
I close my eyes. The sounds of high heels clicking on the walkway and cameras
snapping and preserving memories and street musicians begging for spare change
surround me. I breathe in their music and let it be the soundtrack to the closing credits of
my life.
I raise my arms up to my side, reaching for the skies that surround me.
And I step into the air.
I’m flying now.

 

Will you be picking it up?

Let me know!

Much Love!

Lettie

Xxxx