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This is a special day for me. I'm officially qualified...!

#Classof2019

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

by J.K. Rowling

I have several versions of all of the HP books including 1st editions (yes I know I'm lucky - this isn't a 1st edition in the picture as wouldn't dare fold it open like this). I wanted to focus on one of my all time favs today...

What they say: Harry Potter's life is miserable. His parents are dead and he's stuck with his heartless relatives, who force him to live in a tiny closet under the stairs. But his fortune changes when he receives a letter that tells him the truth about himself: he's a wizard. A mysterious visitor rescues him from his relatives and takes him to his new home, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

After a lifetime of bottling up his magical powers, Harry finally feels like a normal kid. But even within the Wizarding community, he is special. He is the boy who lived: the only person to have ever survived a killing curse inflicted by the evil Lord Voldemort, who launched a brutal takeover of the Wizarding world, only to vanish after failing to kill Harry.

Though Harry's first year at Hogwarts is the best of his life, not everything is perfect. There is a dangerous secret object hidden within the castle walls, and Harry believes it's his responsibility to prevent it from falling into evil hands. But doing so will bring him into contact with forces more terrifying than he ever could have imagined.

Full of sympathetic characters, wildly imaginative situations, and countless exciting details, the first installment in the series assembles an unforgettable magical world and sets the stage for many high-stakes adventures to come.

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NYE Celebrations

As 2018 draws to a close I'm sitting here thinking about all the amazing books I read this year. Some old, some new and some from hundreds of years ago, but they all shared the same thing - a sense of escapism and enjoyment.

Have a great new years eve whatever you do and look out for my EXTRA-SPECIAL-HUGE-I-MEAN-I-HAVE-NEVER-GIVEN-AWAY-MORE giveaway tomorrow!!

See you in 2019.

Z x

2017 - Bookish Joy

Happy New Year!
Here's to a safe and happy year full of fab new books and great things!

 A HUGE thanks for all of your support over the last year, keep 'em coming...



Don't forget there's still time to enter my Christmas & New Year Giveaway on the original post here or in the rafflecopter below:

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Z xxx

Memorial Day Giveaway

I love the spirit of Memorial Day and the gratitude shown for the Armed Forces!

See full celebration post here!

I'm hosting a Memorial Day giveaway to #Win a $10/£10 Amazon.com or UK gift card to buy an Armed Forces book of your choice.

Open International

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Giveaway T&C's:

Please make sure you paste the correct links, info etc when entering as I've had a few entries with broken links etc (this means I have to redraw & you won't win).

The winner has 3 days to reply to winner notification before I redraw.

We cannot be held accountable for winners & prizes - I am not responsible for missing prizes & anything lost in transit. All entries are checked before prizes are awarded to make sure your entry is still valid. You need to be 18 or older to enter, have a parent enter for your, or have recognised parental permission. The giveaway is not linked to the publisher, author, company, or any social media unless stated otherwise. You use any product at your own risk & I will not accept responsibility for any reaction you may have to products. If you're not legally allowed to enter then your entry is void. Incomplete entries or giveaway only accounts are also void!! If you don't agree to these conditions please do not enter.

What are your favourite Armed Forces themed fiction books?

Memorial Day Celebration

Happy Memorial Day

Memorial Day isn't a holiday in England but we do have our Armed Forces Day (Veterans Day) in June and Remembrance Day (Poppy celebration) in November.
I love the spirit of Memorial Day and how grateful US citizens are for their armed forces.
I wanted to celebrate these brave men and women in literature as well as in real life, and of course offer a celebration giveaway. You can enter the giveaway here later on today!

There are a lot of Army, Navy and Airforce fiction stories out there but one of my favourites is the sweet and emotional New Adult romance Full Measures by Rebecca Yarros.

What are your favourite Armed Forces themed fiction books?

What they say: Three knocks can change everything…

"She knew. That’s why Mom hadn’t opened the door. She knew he was dead."

Twenty years as an army brat and Ember Howard knew, too. The soldiers at the door meant her dad was never coming home. What she didn’t know was how she would find the strength to singlehandedly care for her crumbling family when her mom falls apart. 

Then Josh Walker enters her life. Hockey star, her new next-door neighbor, and not to mention the most delicious hands that insist on saving her over and over again. He has a way of erasing the pain with a single look, a single touch. As much as she wants to turn off her feelings and endure the heartache on her own, she can’t deny their intense attraction.

Until Josh’s secret shatters their world. And Ember must decide if he’s worth the risk that comes with loving a man who could strip her bare.

My review!

Published February 10th 2014 by Entangled Publishing - ISBN: 1622664345 / ISBN13: 9781622664344

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In My Easter Mailbag

Stacking my Shelves Easter 2016 Style

Happy Easter lovelies.
Here are some of the ARC's, eARC's & books I've received in the last week with some cheeky pics of my calorific Easter cake thrown in for extra cheer:

My Perfect Mistake by Kelly Siskind  (Contemporary)

Soldier (Talon #3) by Julie Kagawa (YA fantasy)

The Matchmaker's Playbook by Rachel Van Dyken (New Adult)

Dirty (Dive Bar #1) by Kylie Scott (Adult contemporary - rocker)

Walk The Edge (Thunder Road #2) by Katie McGarry (YA biker)

Unrivalled by Alyson Noel

Flamecaster (Shattered Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima

Yellow Brick War (Dorothy Must Die #3) by Danielle Paige (YA fantasy)

Lady Midnight (The Dark Artifices #1) by Cassandra Clare


What are you reading? What did you buy, borrow or receive this week?

There's still time to enter my Blogiversary giveaway here!

Zili in the Sky is 3 Giveaway

Zili in the Sky is 3!!

A bit delayed because I somehow managed to forget my own Blogiversary... 

To celebrate and to thank you all for the support I'm having a giveaway!!!
The more entries and love you show, the more goodies you can win. The prize pack will defo include a book, swag (some signed), jewellery, makeup & sweets.

Open International

To enter: Fill out the rafflecopter using as many or few of the options below as you like (I've used different options to give you have a more of a chance of finding a way to enter): 

Free entry if you follow/add the blog on: Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter & tweet about the giveaway, visit the blog on Facebook or follow the blog (on either Google+, BlogLovin', email or GFC) or leave me a comment below.

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Please make sure you paste the correct links, info etc when entering as I've had a few entries with broken links etc (this means I have to redraw & you won't win).

The winner has 3 days to reply to winner notification before I redraw.

Giveaway T&C's:

I cannot be held accountable for winners & prizes - I am not responsible for missing prizes & anything lost in transit. Prizes are sent by standard mail (signed for and tracking is extremely expensive & I'd rather offer more prizes than pay more for postage) and will not be replaced (but proof of postage is gained) . I check all entries before giving out prizes to make sure your entry is still valid. I'm sorry kiddies but you need to be 18 or older to enter, or have a parent enter for your (or have recognised parental permission) as some of the books are for adults. I have purchased these prizes for giveaway purposes & the giveaway is not linked to the publisher, author, company, or any social media unless stated otherwise. You use any product at your own risk & I will not accept responsibility for any reaction you may have to products. If you're not legally allowed to enter then your entry is void. Incomplete entries or giveaway only accounts are also void!! If you don't agree to these conditions please do not enter.

2016 - Get Your Read On

No expense spared on the graphic huh?!
Happy New Year - here's to a fun year full of fab new books and happiness!

 A HUGE thanks for all of your support over the last year, keep 'em coming...
Watch out for a special cover reveal coming later today.

Don't forget there's still time to enter my Christmas & New Year Giveaway on the original post here or in the rafflecopter below:

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Z xxx

Books on Boxing Day

Happy Boxing Day lovelies


I hope you all had a wonderful day yesterday (even if you don't celebrate Christmas) - who has a sore head from all the vino-collapso?
We had a fairly chilled Christmas day but we're off to a Boxing day party later, after watching the football of course (soccer) and getting my 1-click on with the book sales.

I received lots of lovely gift cards to buy books and some super cute booked themed goodies - What bookish gifts did you receive this year?

Have a wonderful Boxing Day and don't forget to enter my special Christmas and New Year giveaway!

Zili is Two - 2nd Blogiversary Giveaway

*Update* We're up to 12 prizes so far...

I honestly cannot believe I've been running Zili in the Sky for 2 YEARS.

To celebrate and to thank you all for the support I'm having a giveaway!!!

Runs March 1st to 10th & is open International.

To enter the GIVEAWAY just fill out the rafflecopter form using any or all of the options below, they are: 

Free entry if you follow Zili in the Sky on Facebook, follow ziliinthesky on Twitter, follow the blog (you can pick whether on Google+, BlogLovin', email or GFC), leave me a blog comment, tweet about the giveaway, follow on tsu, follow on tumblr.

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Please make sure you paste the correct links, info etc when entering as I've had a few entries with broken links etc (this means I have to redraw & you won't win).

The winner has 3 days to reply to winner notification before I redraw.

Giveaway T&C's:

I cannot be held accountable for winners & prizes - I am not responsible for missing prizes & anything lost in transit. Prizes are sent by standard mail (signed for and tracking is extremely expensive & I'd rather offer more prizes than pay more for postage) and will not be replaced (but proof of postage is gained) . I check all entries before giving out prizes to make sure your entry is still valid. I'm sorry kiddies but you need to be 18 or older to enter, or have a parent enter for your (or have recognised parental permission) as some of the books are for adults. I have purchased these prizes for giveaway purposes & the giveaway is not linked to the publisher, author, company, or any social media unless stated otherwise. You use any product at your own risk & I will not accept responsibility for any reaction you may have to products. If you're not legally allowed to enter then your entry is void. Incomplete entries or giveaway only accounts are also void!! If you don't agree to these conditions please do not enter.

14 Not 13 Happy New Year + Giveaway

Happy 2014 gals and guys!!

As I've been posting my Jesse Ward related reviews this week I'm offering you the chance to WIN a paperback of BENEATH THIS MAN (book #2 in the THIS MAN series).

To win the book: 

Follow Zili in the Sky on Facebook or @ziliinthesky on Twitter. Or leave me a blog comment telling me you're celebrating NYE or finally leave me a comment on my Facebook page telling me what you're looking forward to reading this year!

You can use as many or as little of the options, it's totally up to you!

Is open INTERNATIONALLY (but is a UK edition of the paperback).

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My 13 Books, Movies & Blogs of 2013

13 things I loved to obsess over in 2013! 

13. Book Boyfriends - I'm clearly too old to ever think, let alone write the words 'book boyfriend' but they have become one of my very favourite things of the year! Cam, Daemon, Hunter, Rule and Jake are on top of my list. Who is on yours?

12. Going to my roomie's Wedding in Portugal - It was super chilled and beautiful (this is from the gal who doesn't really like weddings or anything formal). It was also really emotional see her get married and be all grown up!

11. City of Bones Movie - I love Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments series and had been greedily anticipating any news about the movie. When the movie was released I didn't actually end up liking it as much as I thought I would, but sometimes it's all about the build up!

10. Twitter - my obsession with Twitter became apparent when I left the country for a few days and didn't have wifi. Needless to say I didn't handle it well and I need my daily fix of the madness.

9. Doctor Who 50th Anniversary - I'm such a massive geek (but can't bring myself to say Whovian out loud) that I even made a TARDIS cake for the occasion!

8. American TV Shows - I've been hooked by Supernatural, Bones and Dexter for years but I've now added Sons of Anarchy, Grimm & Boardwalk Empire to the list.

7. My MA - Finishing my dissertation & gaining a Masters Degree was amazing. BUT to then Graduate in the beautiful Cambridge cathedral was above and beyond!!

6. Game of Thrones - I've LOVED the books for years BUT am obsessed with the TV show.

5. Ian Somerhalder - I'm not really sure this needs much explaining BUT there's just something about his slightly evil looking smirk as Damon in TVD!

4. Meeting all you fab bloggers!! Thanks for all of your feedback, hints and support. You all rock!!

3. Christian Grey - I spent an obscene amount of time this year obsessing over who would play Christian Grey in the 50 Shades movies. I was very much in team Somerhalder or Cavill but quickly warmed to the idea of Charlie. BUT I love Jamie Dornan and think he'll be amazing!

2. New Adult - For me 2013 was all about NA books. I love discovering fab new authors (Sabrina Elkins, Genna Rulon) & reading the next instalments in some great book series' (Jet & Rome or Before We Fall).

1. Starting this blog! - I love everything about reading and writing, so for somebody who spent the past two years reading Milton, Blake and Bronte, my blog is a great way to interact about less classical and more lighthearted books.

My Top 13 Books of 2013 (my full guest post can be found over at The Book Lovers):

Walking Disaster – Jamie McGuire

Obsession – Jennifer L. Armentrout

Only For You - Genna Rulon

Wait For You – Jennifer L. Armentrout as her naughty alter ego J. Lynn

A Little too Far – Lisa Desrochers

Recklessly (Documentary #3) A.J. Sands

Wallbanger – Alice Clayton

Call Me Crazy – Quinn Loftis

Jet (Marked Men #2) – Jay Crownover

Mine (Real #2) – Katy Evans

Bully – Penelope Douglas

Losing It – Cora Carmack

Rome – Jay Crownover


What made your list?