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!