Pretty Little Memoirs - a YA Book Blog

Where The Storyline Continues. . .

ya reads

What I’m Reading This Summer

It seems like only yesterday that I was telling you all about the books that I wanted to read this Spring. Now, Summer has arrived! Bright nights, sandy toes and tan-lines are surely to become a fixture of this Season (remember your SPF, please!), but whisking yourself away doesn’t need to be by plane, train or car. Something on your bookshelf – or on my Summer TBR – might just transport you to another world!

Don’t forget to tell me what you’re reading this Summer. The best way to get involved is to comment here on this post or #ThisSummerPLM on twitter (just click and it will start your tweet!) with your reads! I always respond to everyone. 


Once And For All 

by Sarah Dessen

I am head over heels for Sarah Dessen books! I mean, she is the staple YA Summer read author, right? Her books are just made for those warm nights staring out at the ocean (or at least, pretending you are). I’ve had my eyes on Once And For All for a little while now and I finally saw it at Waterstones in Bristol, England when I was there for my sisters birthday (shout-out to my sister, 23 Review Street!). This has to be one of the most subtle, yet achingly beautiful covers and blurbs I’ve read. C’mon, if you haven’t got this yet, why?? 

It’s set in the world of wedding planning (why am I always reminded of Bride Wars?) and for Sarah’s thirteenth novel, she delves into happy, messy and perfect. 

When Dimple Met Rishi

by Sandhya Menon

This is the most talked about YA of the moment. All I’ve seen on my Goodreads and Instagram feeds is rave reviews for the amazing When Dimple Met Rishi. With that cover (how goofy/cute/intriguing/unique does it look?!) I again spotted it in my favourite bookstore. I don’t know why I hadn’t got this before, because it was on my TBR, but now that I have it, I can’t wait to delve into those pages! It’s a Bollywood rom-com! Who wouldn’t want to read that?!

Royce Rolls

by Margaret Stohl

I have always been a fan of Margaret Stohl since the Beautiful Creatures days, so seeing her novels that aren’t shared with Kami is always a surprise. I kept seeing the cover places and didn’t connect the dots that she had wrote Royce Rolls – basically our YA version of the Kardashians meets Reality TV Gold. The cover itself is a work of art (the colours, the ROYCE ROLLS all in gold) and the description is magnetic: a laugh-out-loud LA noir packed with a perfect punch of things everyone loves in YA. This one is going straight onto my nightstand!

Always and Forever, Lara Jean

by Jenny Han

Have you ever just fallen in love with a series, a character or just the way that the author writes these things that speak to your heart? This is how I feel about Jenny Han’s Lara Jean series. This is a story about a girl, her heart and the journey of her life. Always and Forever, Lara Jean is the third instalment in the series and I can’t say anymore right now because I’m currently halfway through this and don’t want to risk spoilers by digging too deep into what happens! What I can say is that Lara Jean is loving senior year, but nothing perfect can stay…a change is coming. 

Currently book-stalking…

I don’t own these two yet, but I’m hoping to get my hands on these beauties this Summer! I’ve always loved a feel-good book, or one with a bigger meaning and sentiment. I’ve got my eyes on these two in particular! 





Have you read any of the books I want to read this Summer?


Let me know what you thought in the comments or on twitter @LittleMemoirs!


happy reading!

post signature

ESCAPE FROM EDEN by Elisa Nader Blog Tour + Giveaway

Welcome to Elisa Nadar’s “Escape from Eden” Blog Tour!

 

Hosted by:

 

 

Amazon | B&N

These are the people Elisa thought would suit her characters if “Escape From Eden” went to the big screen!

 

 

 Mandy C. at Forever YA suggested this and I think she’s perfect for Mia.

 

 

 Do I have to explain this one? I mean, COME ON! Look at him.

 

I’ve liked Chiwetel Ejiofor ever since I saw him in Salt. I really want to see 12 Years a Slave because I hear he’s fantastic.

Okay, okay, I know! But this is who I had in my head when writing the book. AND I think he could be really good at evil and creepy.  

        YES! It’s that kid from Glee. And one of my favorites ever, ever, ever, Jennifer Connelly.

 Cierra Ramirez and Michael Trevino make a good brother and sister pairing. I can also really picture Cierra as Mia’s friend Juanita.

 Dr. Hart is a actual doctor! And he’s not an actor. But I saw him on a news talk show one night and thought he would be perfect for the smart, compassionate Doc Gladstone.

 

 I bet Abigail could get all Bridgetty-Bitchy. And Amanla Stenberg has that wonderful innocence that really defines Aliyah.

 

 


About Elisa Nader:

 
 

Hi. I’m Elisa. I like cheese and reading and TV show marathons. Writing is scary, but not as scary as, say, Civil War amputations. I’m an Aquarius. Uh… let’s see… I’m not very good at writing my own biography. Or autobiography. I guess this is reading more like a slightly incoherent personal ad.




 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

 

 

 

Have you read “Escape from Eden” and thought of your own cast?

Did you think Elisa’s cast suited the characters?

Let me know in the comments and at twitter: @LittleMemoirs

 

 

happy reading! 

post signature

 

 

 

 

Book Blitz: “Embrace” and “Hold Tight” by Cherie Colyer + GIVEAWAY!

 

Embrace (The Embrace
Series #1)
by Cherie Colyer
Release Date: 12/20/11
Omnific Publishing

Summary from Goodreads:
Madison is familiar enough with change,
and she hates everything about it. Change took her long-term boyfriend away
from her. It caused one of her friends to suddenly hate her. It’s responsible
for the death of a local along with a host of other mysterious happenings. But
when Madison meets a hot new guy, she thinks her luck is about to improve.

Madison is instantly drawn to the handsome and intriguing Isaac Addington. She
quickly realizes he’s a guy harboring a secret, but she’s willing to risk the
unknown to be with him.

Her world really spins out of control, however, when her best friend becomes
delusional, seeing things that aren’t there and desperately trying to escape
their evil. When the doctors can’t find the answers, Madison seeks her own.

Nothing can prepare her for what she is about to discover.
Dangerous, intoxicating, and darkly romantic, Embrace is a thriller that will
leave you spellbound.

Hold Tight (The Embrace
Series #2)
by Cherie Colyer
Release Date: 08/20/13
Omnific Publishing


Summary from Goodreads:
What’s
one little spell?

When you’re new to magic, one spell can be the difference between getting what
you want…and ruining the lives of everyone you love.

Sixteen-year-old Madison has just embraced her magical powers. The trick now is
learning how to control them. She and her boyfriend -and fellow witch- can’t
even enjoy a simple kiss without getting shocked when their powers collide.
Instead of mastering her new skills, though, Madison is stuck watching her kid
brother and doing chores.

But being a witch does have its benefits. With a simple spell, Madison
instantly conjures the help she needs around the house. Or so she thinks. Her
idea of “help” invites trouble of its own as a pair of dangerous yet enticing
beings enter her life. When a classmate disappears soon afterwards, Madison
discovers she’s the next victim of a threat she’s powerless to resist…and
there’s nothing it won’t kill to make her surrender.

Caught in the crossfire between two dashing but deadly creatures, Madison must
figure out which one to trust and how to rid her world of the other—before one
of them destroys her and everyone she cares about.

———————-
A sneak-peek excerpt!

He
had a large mix of alternative and rap music, and mostly male singers, so when
I hit a country CD with a blonde on the cover I held it up.


“Taylor
Swift?” I asked.

“What?”
A red flush crept into his cheeks. “I had a crush on her.”
I
looked at the cover. Maybe that was his secret. Maybe he was into blondes. What
if I was an experiment to see if they really did have more fun? My dark
chestnut hair was about as far from Goldilocks as it could get.
He
reached for the CD, but I raised my arm over my head before he could grab it.
“I
was young,” he said, lunging forward and missing my hand.
“And
you’re so old and wise now,” I teased, moving the CD behind my back.
He
grabbed for it, his body practically on top of mine as he tried to catch my
hand. I leaned back, laughing.
“Maybe
we should play it,” I said, squirming to keep him from being able to reach it.
He
wrapped an arm around my back, pulling me closer. “Let’s not.”
We
were a jumbled mass of arms and legs. His belt buckle rubbed the bare skin of
my stomach, and his neck was in perfect kissing distance. My gaze traveled to
his lips. His close proximity had me forgetting I was winning the game of
keep-away…

 ———————-

About the Author

A little about myself: I write young adult and
middle grade novels. I love finding new stories that keep me up late reading.
While my favorite genre is fantasy, if the book is beautifully written with
characters that come alive I’m all over it.
My debut novel EMBRACE is now available from Omnific Publishing.




***Author Links***
photo iconwebsite-32x32_zps1f477f69.png  photo icongoodreads32_zps60f83491.png  photo icontwitter-32x32_zpsae13e2b2.png  photo iconfacebook-32x32_zps64a79d4a.png

***GIVEAWAY***
$20 Gift Card to
Amazon or Barnes & Noble

Book Blitz
organized by:


happy reading!

post signature

Book Blitz & Giveaway: “Deadly to Love” by Mia Hoddell

Deadly to Love (Elemental Killers #1)
by Mia Hoddell
Release Date: February 2013

Genre: YA/Romance/Paranormal/Fantasy
ASIN: B00BDQ3QGA
ISBN: 978-1-291-41025-9

Blurb:
The world is dangerous – but love will kill you.



Little did Serena Jackson know that one simple, flirty remark to an anonymous guy online would lead to her world being changed forever.


She doesn’t know him, but inexplicably, is drawn. She knows it is wrong but she agrees to meet.


His real name is Kai. He is beautiful. And immediately Serena feels herself blindly falling for him even though she senses a lie. She knows he is hiding something and it terrifies her.


What she doesn’t realise is that her entire life has been built on secrets and lies. The people she loved left her in the dark for a reason.


She trusted them. She trusts Kai. But as he pulls her straight into the heart of the danger the lies and deadly secrets are revealed. They overwhelm her, and the person she once was no longer exists as she is thrown into a ruthless world of elemental forces. The price of truth is her life—and now the world wants her dead.



Available from:
Amazon (Kindle) | Amazon (Paperback) | Lulu
and only 99c / 77p on Kindle for September!

Praise:
“I couldn’t put it down. So I finished it last
night and all I can say is WOW! This book was amazing and different.” Brianna (Book Blogger)

“I loved how the author took a different
approach to writing a love story in modern times with the paranormal element present.
I thought it was absolutely wonderful and refreshing. Marvelous!” Kathy H (Amazon Reviewer)


“I will admit I scoffed at the way it
started but in the end I had fallen in love with this story…completely
untraditional it was a very original idea, not to mention modern. This story had
such a good plot and the story structure was sound.” Kacii – The Kooky Bookworm (Book Blogger)

About the Author

Mia Hoddell lives in the UK with her family and two cats. She spends most of her time writing or reading and loves anything paranormal. Mia always had a love of writing but never reading. She was more interested in sports and hated sitting still – despite getting three poems published before the age of sixteen. Finally though, she found some novels that captured her interest and developed a love of reading which is now one of her favourite hobbies.

Mia began with poems before moving on to short stories. Although she enjoyed this, Mia found she had too much to tell with too little space, so later on she created her first series ‘The Wanderer Trilogy’ and from there other ideas have emerged. With a total of nine books planned at this moment, she is busy working on her second series ‘Elemental Killers’ before moving onto the next idea on her ever growing list.


Author

Links

photo iconwebsite- 32x32_zps1f477f69.png  photo icongoodreads32_zps60f83491.png  photo icontwitter-32x32_zpsae13e2b2.png  photo iconfacebook-32x32_zps64a79d4a.png

***Excerpt***

As he spoke I checked
out the surroundings. It was just starting to get dark outside but I could
still see the black outlines of the trees that surrounded us on either side of
the narrow road.

“Why are we in a
forest?” I asked, a slight hint of fear creeping into my voice as I was
unnerved by the fact that we were in a place where Elementals were most likely
to inhabit.

“Because the house is
located in the forest. Don’t worry we’ll be safe there, I’ve hardly had any
Elemental sightings when I’ve stayed here,” he said, but something about it
didn’t sound very encouraging.

“And how often do you
stay here?” I said slowly, my tone wary.

“Whenever I’m in the
area.” His avoidance of a definite answer unnerved me even more as I knew what
he was going on to say.

“I have to say, that
isn’t very often, but the four times I’ve been here since buying the place have
been peacefully silent.”

I was dumbfounded by
his statement and my eyes were wide in shock as I watched him to see if he was
joking. I saw nothing that led me to believe that or to make me doubt his words
though.

“You’ve only been here
four times?! How do you know this is a safe place then? It could be crawling
with Elementals for all you know.”

He laughed at my sudden
outburst of panic.


***GIVEAWAY***

Mia Hoddell is giving away an Amazon gift card this month only there is a slight twist: the more entries she receives the more money she will put on the gift card to giveaway! For example:
No matter what = $5
100 entries = $10
150 entries = $15
200 entries = $20
and so forth…
So if she gets 1000 entries she will give away $100, there’s no limit!





To enter all you have to do is buy or have bought Deadly to Love. It’s only $0.99 or £0.79 on Amazon for the duration of the giveaway! This will also unlock extra entries for you so you can earn more points by sharing the giveaway. Remember the more entries she gets the bigger the prize for you so share!


 

post signature

 

 

Top Ten Tuesday: Books On My Fall 2013 TBR List

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish, where bloggers come up with their TTT Lists on different subjects.


This
week we’re talking books on my Fall (or Autumn, as we call it in the UK) To-Be-Read list. I’m usually pretty bad at keeping to my TBR lists, but most are these are hugely anticipated by me, so I’ll be sure to make time for all of them!


 1. Have a Little Faith by Candy Harper
 Ever since I saw this bubbly, fun and light read, it’s been sitting on my TBR shelf, begging to be read!

2. Fuse by Julianna Baggott
I love, love, loved Pure and I needed to make time for the stunning second book! It’s currently being read… 

3. So Much Closer by Susane Colasanti
It’s no surprise that one of Susane’s books are on my TBR list, because at any given time, one of her books has been on there, just as loved as the next. 

4. Eve & Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate
This one has always interested me by it’s intriguing premise and stunningly futuristic cover. I’m definetely going to make it finished, loved and read this year. 

5. Schooled In Revenge by Jesse Lasky
I adore the TV show, and watched both seasons in awe. When I saw there was a book slightly based on another girl’s search for revenge, who meets Emily Thorne, I just clicked “buy” right away. 

6. Insurgent by Veronica Roth
I loved Divergent so much (review to come next week!) and I am in so much anticipation for Insurgent. YAY. 

7. The Iron Traitor by Julie Kagwa 
The lovely people at Mira Ink sent this to me and it’s getting read as we speak! I love the Iron Fey series and started it way back when I was just beginning to review books, so it’s been with me for a while. 

8. All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill 
New dystopian! YAY. I’m loving the Dystopian genre right now and saw this at the same time I picked up “Geek Girl” (which my sister currently has on her TBR list over on 23 Review Street). 

9. Daylighters by Rachel Caine
It’s not out until November, but I’m probably the biggest Rachel Caine fan and love every single Morganville novel I read. No lie. 

10. Flawless by Sara Shepard
I’ve been meaning to make time for this series and need to start taking it seriously! The TV show is very different to the books, so I’m in for more surprises!
 
————————
 
I
hope
you loved my TTT list, and please do post your links below and tell me
what you
think of my list and I’ll stop by your posts, too! I also follow back
on bloglovin! 

Follow on Bloglovin  
 
happy
reading,
post signature
 

“Waiting On” Wednesday: “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before” by Jenny Han

 

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking The Spine, that shines a spotlight on upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.
 

So, if you’re a ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ fan, you will love my Waiting On Wednesday post this week…

 

 
 
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed.
But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters…
 
Add on:
 
 
Expected publication: April 22nd 2014 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 
 

Seriously, Jenny Han is one of the best Contemporary YA authors out there. I adored her Summer Series, and of course Burn For Burn. This looks unlike anything Jenny has written before, and I love this new side to her writing! It’s not out for so long, but at least I have all her other awesome books to keep me satisfied until then, haha.

Will you be reading Jenny’s new book?

 

Please write your WoW Post links in the comments bar so I can check them out, tell me what you think of my pick & I always follow back! *Google Friend Connect is gone, so please follow via bloglovin’ below!*

 

 

 
Follow on Bloglovin


 

 

 

post signature

↑ Top of Page