BOOKS AND GOOFY

Cover from Goodreads Blurb (from  Goodreads ): Area X has been cut off from the rest of the continent for decades. Nature has reclaimed the last vestiges of human civilization. The first expedition returned with reports of a pristine, Edenic landscape; all the members of the second expedition committed suicide; the third expedition died in a hail of gunfire as its members turned on one another; the members of the eleventh expedition returned as shadows of their former selves, and within months of their return, all had died of aggressive cancer. This is the twelfth expedition. Their group is made up of four women: an anthropologist; a surveyor; a psychologist, the de facto leader; and our narrator, a biologist. Their mission is to map the terrain and collect specimens; to record all their observations, scientific and otherwise, of their surroundings and of one another; and, above all, to avoid being contaminated by Area X itself. They arrive expecting the unexpect...

Jess from The Tales Compendium  is giving away 5 signed Aussie YA novels. The giveaway ends tomorrow 26 February 2015 . There's only 1 day to go so hurry up and enter! Click here for more information. Jess also writes lovely book reviews so even if you miss out, check out and follow her blog anyway :)

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish . Join in the fun! Top Ten Heroines (in no particular order) 1. Ella  ( Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine). This was one of my favourite books as a child and Ella is just phenomenal. She's smart, witty and has a lot of guts. Plus she captures Prince Char's heart (I majorly fell in love with Char when I first read this book). I have to admit I wasn't a fan of the movie adaptation; a huge fail for me even though I adore Anne Hathaway. 2. Hermione Granger  ( Harry Potter series  by J. K. Rowling ) . Of course, what's a heroine list without Hermione. What would Harry do without Hermione? She's the brains in the famous trio and gutsy too.  3. Emma Donahoe  ( Dark Heavens trilogy by Kylie Chan). A devoted fan to this series (now into it's third trilogy). Dark Heavens  is the first and best of the three trilogies, with Emma being the kick-ass main character, pu...

I often like to spend my travelling time reading. Luckily I catch trains as reading on buses make me queasy! Here I'm reading  All the Light We Cannot See  by Anthony Doerr. This is a bit of a hefty book  to carry around (the large paperback version). But I am liking it so far. I am also a fan of teas and this is a nifty tea infuser. His name is Fred :). The tea I'm drinking is T2's Green Rose. It's a nice flowery green tea. I'm also a huge fan of  The Good Wife  and like to keep up to date with the episodes I've missed. Alicia kicks butt!

Book cover from Goodreads Blurb (from Goodreads ): The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called "Le Cirque des Reves", and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway - a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love - a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands. True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from t...

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish . This blog is a recent discovery. I love their blog and this weekly list seemed like fun so I decided to participate (: Ten Book Related Problems I Have (in no particular order) 1. Buying books faster than I read them.  There are way too many books on my shelves (physical and electronic). But when I read or hear about an interesting book, I can't help but purchase it for later. 2. Reading too many books at once. Oh you know, start one book with a bookclub, start another on the Kindle because it's travel friendly, just bought a book you can't wait to get into... Next thing you know, you have way too many books on the night stand! 3. Moving is a pain.  Only when you move do you realise how heavy books are! 4. Multiple copies of books  across different devices - but some books are just that good! 5. Read the book before the movie?  Always a dilemma. ...

I ended last week with some  Ben & Jerry's  ice cream at one of their Open Air Cinemas. We didn't manage a superb viewing spot on the hill but our little section was still great. We saw  Big Hero 6 , which I had heard was really good from many people (including my 5 year old nephew). To be honest, I wasn't expecting too much, especially after seeing the ads for it. But can I just say that was totally PROVEN WRONG. This movie was absolutely fantastic - for all kids BIG and small. There were many great morales to take away in addition to cuteness overload and some action for all the kids in us. LOVED it! I also finished  Annihilation  by Jeff VanderMeer. I hope to write my thoughts in due time. This I read as part of the  Sword and Laser  February 2015 book pick.

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Ok ok ok... I've done a little sneaky thing and changed  my Reading week in pictures  to Week in pictures . I wanted to be able to sneak in some non-reading pictures and it was a difficult to do so under the Reading week in pictures  umbrella :) I bought some new specs! I bought 2 pairs actually. This is the more casual  pair. The other ones I would wear more for work when I don't feel like wearing my contacts. I love these. They aren't normally what I'd choose but I just loved them when I tried them on. Here I am watching Ingrid on YouTube. I love listening to her in general so check her channel out if you're interested. This was the second half of Sunday's breakfast - some blueberry yoghurt, coffee and Leo & Sarah on iPad Today . I like listening to iPad Today to discover new apps, hear about what's happening in the iPad/Apple world and, most of all, I just love listening to these two. And what about the reading? Yes, I'm ma...

Just started reading the Sword & Laser  February book of the month, Annihilation  by Jeff VanderMeer. I borrowed the book from my local library because I wasn't sure if I'd like it enough to want to own a copy. This picture is pretty bad as I was reading in bed and was too lazy to get up to take a proper one. I loved this paragraph from this page: "The effect of this cannot be understood without being there. The beauty of it cannot be understood, either, and when you see beauty in desolation it changes something inside you. Desolation tries to colonize you." I haven't gone far yet so I'm not sure if I like it yet.