Sunday 24 February 2013

Showcase Sunday #20

Showcase Sunday is hosted by Vicky at Books, Biscuits and Tea.


First of all, I should probably start with a book I forgot to include last week: the screenplay of Don't Look Now!


Don't Look Now is one of my favourite films, and technically I bought the screenplay because I've been writing about the film in an article of mine, and I thought it would be handy to have. I don't normally include my academic books here, but this one is pretty cool so I thought I'd let people have a peek. :) Has anyone read the Daphne du Maurier original? I've been told it's even creepier than the film.


I also received an ARC of Dare You To by Katie McGarry, from Harlequin UK, which I am looking forward to starting! I have requested the previous book in the series, Pushing the Limits, from the library, so hopefully I can read them in order.

And MOST EXCITINGLY OF ALL (so exciting it warrants use of the word "excitingly"):

Yoshi is totally digging Stephanie Perkins.
Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins! I have wanted to read this ever since finishing Anna and the French Kiss, which was before I started writing this blog, but I was also waiting for the paperback to be released. But last week I got my first payslip from my new teaching job, and I decided to break my book buying ban with this. Let's pretend it's 1997 and say: I'm super stoked.

Reviews posted this week:
Bunheads by Sophie Flack (5.5/10) - ballet-themed coming of age YA
Goodbye to Berlin by Christopher Isherwood (7/10) - an interesting portrait of Berlin in the early 1930s

I am also hosting a giveaway (ends March 9th), giving away books by Laurie Halse Anderson, David Levithan, Ally Carter and Ally Condie - more details here.

Thanks for stopping by!

6 comments:

  1. Oh my. The cover of Don't Look Now is super creepy! :O

    And hurray for Dare You To! I won a copy of the previous book back in 2012 but I haven't had time to read it yet. Can't wait to pick it up, though!

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    1. It is pretty creepy, isn't it? I'm hoping Pushing the Limits comes in the library soon so I don't have to read them out of order!

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  2. OOO I remember doing Don't look now at college. Was great fun but hard work lol.

    Hope you enjoy your new reads.
    Thanks for stopping by

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    1. There's always something new in that film whenever I watch it - and the ending still freaks me out!

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  3. Heard Lola was great! I still need to read that one! Hope you love all your new reads <3!
    -heather

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    1. Haha I've been waiting to read it for so long - it's great so far!

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