Love-a-thon - High Five Challenge

2015 Book Blogger Love-a-Thon

February 21-22, 2015.

Hosted by: Alexa Loves Books     Mini Challenge - High Five

Fab bookish things currently making me happy!

Book Love:
This is a tricky one because I have books I'm waiting on, old fav's I LOVE and those which I'm currently enjoying or have recently finished.
What's making me very happy at this exact time is the eARC of Joanna Wylde's Silver Bastard I'm currently reading! I freaking LOVE Puck. It's a spin-off from Wylde's Reaper's MC biker series and is fab in all it's dirty, gritty, naughty glory!

If you're not familiar with the series my previous reviews & author info are here:
Reaper's Property * Reaper's Legacy * Devil's Game * Reaper's Stand


Genre Love:
SO many, but I'm going to go with High Fantasy in both YA or Adult, so pretty much anything by Sarah J. Maas. Mainly I'll always be a Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones gal at heart! 
Or anything alien related - I finally got round to reading Melissa West's Gravity and I loved it! BUT Daemon Black from JLA's Lux series will always be my favourite alien!


Author Love:

This is easy and doesn't really need much explanation but I'm loving Jay Crownover, Jennifer L. Armentrout and of course J.R. Ward!

Blogger Love:
There are some amazing blogs and bloggers out there and I honestly couldn't play favourite with them. I'm really enjoying getting to know everybody involved in the Love-a-thon and from last weeks Covenant Readathon!

Bookish Merchandise:
Oh I love the little mini book charms. Amy A. Bartol gave me the one in the photo at a signing in Dublin last year. If anybody knows where to buy them please let me know :)

I'm always looking for quirky book merchandise and of course fangirl tee's, so any suggestions would be awesome...

You can checkout more book shelfies via Alexa Loves books (here) or the linky here!

Love-A-Thon Shelfie Challenge

2015 Book Blogger Love-a-Thon

February 21-22, 2015.

Hosted by: Alexa Loves Books     Mini Challenge - Shelfie / Snapshot

I had a fun and complicated post which blogger somehow managed to delete - so here goes a much quicker version two...
If anybody has an idea of how to take shelfies or selfies without ending up looking like this, then please let me know ;)

Some of my fav books including my signed Rule (I love this because Jay Crownover was super nice about my name). The 'Go Away I'm Reading' tote bag is from my local library.

Us Brits love our tea! Not sure why I look so moody...

My most recent snowboarding holiday where I found an amazing reading spot!

A few of my books:

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Love-A-Thon: Quote Mini Challenge

2015 Book Blogger Love-a-Thon

February 21-22, 2015.

Hosted by: Alexa Loves Books     One Can Only Quote Mini Challenge.

I'm doing this belatedly as I missed this one yesterday because of the time difference !

I'm going traditional (ish) and staying with the master of love, Shakespeare.

I used this one in my Book Valentine to Archer, but it's my favourite Shakespeare sonnet so I'm using it again. (Whether it was meant as an impassioned hope to preserve his friend's memory or as a mockery of the egotistical classical poets, I love the eternal message):
No 55:

In Sonnet 23 Shakespeare is too scared to speak of his true love, so he writes about it - we've all been there.

Yes, I know most people will use quotes from there fav current books, so here are a few of mine:
"You have me Shaw, anyway you need me, anyway you want me, you have me."  - Rule (Jay Crownover).
"Someday… when we're old and gray, I'm going to look at you lying in bed beside me, just like this, and I'm going to look into your eyes and know that it's only ever been you. And that is going to be the great joy of my life."  - Archer's Voice (Mia Sheridan).
"I've had a lifetime of wrong. You're the only thing thats right." - Beautiful Oblivion (Jamie McGuire).
"Kat." He uttered my name like it was some kind of prayer, and then he pressed a kiss against the skin behind my ear. "I broke every rule of my kind to heal you and keep you with me. I … burned down an entire city to keep you safe. I’ve killed for you. Did you think I’d forget what you mean to me? That anything in this world— in any world— would be stronger than my love for you?" - Opposition (Jennifer L. Armentrout).
"Welcome to the wonderful world of jealousy, he thought. For the price of admission, you get a splitting headache, a nearly irresistible urge to commit murder, and an inferiority complex. Yippee." - Dark Lover BDB #1 (J.R. Ward).

(Drawing of Z, Phury, Tohr, Wrath, Rhage, Vishous & Butch from BDB by MayManiac on deviant art).

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Love-a-thon - Book Spine Poetry

2015 Book Blogger Love-a-Thon

February 21-22, 2015.

Hosted by: Alexa Loves Books     Book Spine Poetry Challenge.

It turns out book spine poetry is actually WAY harder than I had imagined but it's also really fun!!

Below is my first EVER attempt and it may be a little moody and dark but I hope you like my rather lame attempt...

So it reads:
Fateful Ugly love Haunted by Your Touch. Entwined with You As you like it. The Edge of Always Everything to Lose Beautiful Oblivion Losing it One Tiny Lie. Lover Mine Fallen Too Far Last Kiss Goodnight

Or with sneaky extra words added in and formatted:
This fateful, ugly love. I'm haunted by your touch. I'm entwined with you forever my love, as you like it. We're on the edge of always, with everything to lose.
This beautiful oblivion, I'm losing it because of one tiny lie. So lover mine, have I fallen too far? Can I have one last kiss goodnight?


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