Friday, 31 December 2010 The one where I tell you what I read in 2010 I’ve been having a little internet break. I don’t know about you but I always feel like the days between Christmas and New Year are the dead days when nothing happens. I had to mark the end of 2010 though, […]
Sunday, 28 February 2010 In My Mailbox 5 This week the absolutely lovely people at Penguin sent me four new books. One of them had me jumping up and down in excitement. Not that the other don’t look like great reads, but The Extraordinary Secret of April, May and June is the new novel by […]
Thursday, 2 December 2010 Christmas Countdown Contest Welcome to the the Second Year of the Couples Christmas Countdown! The build up to Christmas is one of my favorite times of year. I love the dark evenings, the twinkling lights, the carols, the movies, the food, the advent chocolate, the hope of snow and a white […]
Sunday, 14 February 2010 Happy Valentine’s Day To celebrate the day of lurve here are some of my favourite YA romances. Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl Ethan and Lena’s romance is just gorgeous and meltingly romanctic. It also features some heart stopping kisses. The Gemma Doyle Trilogy by Libba Bray I love […]
Thursday, 31 December 2009 Resolutions I love the dead days between Christmas and New Year. Everything slows down and everyone starts making lists. Lists of favourites of the old year and lists of resolutions for the coming one. As a compulsive list maker, all year round, I get right into the spirit of it all. […]
Sunday, 6 December 2009 Christmas Countdown Number 8 – Brittany and Alex Number 8: Brittany and Alex from Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles Love these two, who seem conform to all the stereotypes about blond, good looking girls and dark latino guys and then break them all. I love that they tell alternating chapters so […]
Thursday, 17 December 2009 Countdown to Christmas Eileen Cook Today’s guest post is from Eileen Cook, author of What would Emma do? and Getting Revenge of Lauren Wood (released Jan 2010). I completely agree with her that Love Actually is a fabulous Christmas movie. Thanks for sharing Eileen. Picking a favorite couple is hard. There […]
Wednesday, 16 December 2009 Countdown to Christmas Number 4 Audrey and James Number Four is Audrey and James from Robin Benway’s Audrey Wait! This book is so much fun and Audrey is fantastic, she’s the kind of person you’d like to have as a friend in real life. I love her and I love her […]
Sunday, 20 December 2009 Christmas Countdown Number 2 Francesca & Will Number Two is Francesca Spinelli and Will Trombal from Saving Francesca by Melina Marchetta One of my favourite books of all time. I adore Saving Francesca, there is so much going here I could write reams and reams. But we’re talking about couples. Francesca […]
Friday, 11 December 2009 Christmas Countdown – Number 5 Ruby & Noel Number 5 – Ruby and Noel from E. Lockhart’s Ruby Oliver series. I was a fan of Noel’s from the very first book. He’s such a sweetheart and he didn’t care about the boyfriend list and he held Ruby’s hand when she needed […]
