I’ve officially posted 1,000 times! Apparently I have a lot to say! Still, it’s a milestone and I took a screenshot like the proud bloggling I am.
My TBR is growing behind my back, though. One week I’m on top of it, the next week — BOOM — I begin looking at new bookshelves in the catalogues. Mind you, for every 1 review-copy I request, I seem to get 3 unsolicited ones. Not that I’m complaining! It’s just daunting.
I’m linking up with Tynga’s Reviews for the meme Stacking The Shelves! And also Caffeinated Book Reviewer for Sunday Post! Basically: you recount books you’ve won/bought/collected this week.
Thank you Bloomsbury for Flirty Dancing (this was a surprise review-copy) and Apple and Rain! This package was absolutely the highlight of my week, because (are you ready for it?!) it came like this:
Tissues! A warning label! THAT IS SO CUTE. I love the way publishers take care of us. (Also shout out to Gina, because she nudged this idea to life and that is just. so. cool.)
Thanks Pan Macmillan for As Stars Fall. This an ARC, so the cover’s green and plain, but if you get a chance, jump over to Goodreads and see the real cover. It’s beautiful. (I’m such a cover addict it’s probably unhealthy.)
Thanks Allen & Unwin for Razorhurst! I’m on the blog tour and ohhhh this is going to be fun. So keep an eyeball peeled for my review and giveaway and…look at that title! Does this give me a reason to use Edward Scissorhand gifs? Say yes. Just appease me and say yes.
From my library, I borrowed Anna Dressed in Blood and Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (are you happy, Emily?! This is all your fault!) and A Monster Calls (I think Patrick Ness is a genius). I’m really excited for Aristotle and Dante because everyone raves about it. Peer pressured reader? Guilty as charged.
Thanks Harlequin Teen on Edelweiss for Lies We Tell Ourselves! I finally got the guts to sign up to Edelweiss…and this is my first approval. Woot! I’m really excited for this book too!
Thanks Sourcebooks on NetGalley for Some Boys. I don’t know why I requested this. I liked the cover? In my defence though…I really like the cover.
monday – We showed you how to be the best TFIOS fan ever. Do you know all the stuff you can buy?!
tuesday – Cait sobbed through reviewing The Year of the Rat.
(Click the covers to go to Goodreads.)
You know how last week I read four 4-star books?! Don’t worry. Good streak = broken.
The Year of the Rat: brilliant. Loved. Cried. Weird lack of Chinese food in there though. [4-stars]
Breaking Butterflies: Absolutely awful and I would not recommend it at all. [2-stars]
Dead Dog in the Still of the Night: Ohhh, if only I could unread this. [1-star]
Aidyl @ Novel Tea is celebrating her authorly anniversary with a giveaway!
Robyn @ Spiral Bound started her blog! (Yay!) She also (cruelly) showed me Chicken on A Raft which has graciously run around my head ALL WEEK. Heeeey hooooo, Robyn. Thanks.
Kara @ Diary of a Teen Writer talks about swearing in YA.
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence asks why we watch books or movies that make us cry. (I really loved this post!)
Faye @ The Social Potato talks about Goodreads and how we use it. She also has some fabulous bookmark printouts!
Lydia @ Planet Lydia discussed naps and Egyptian pillows. You want to know what the Egyptians used for pillows? Trust me: you do.
Maggie Stiefvater says books don’t make you smart.
‘Scuse me while I dash all over the world to see these incredible bookstores.
This is movie-tie-in-book-cover-editions done right: If I Stay.
I was at YAvengers this week, being Hulk, and talking about 4 questions writers need to ask themselves (as asked by George Orwell, I might add).
I was also at The Book Chewers comparing City of Bones: movie vs. book. Guess which one I liked better?!
Phew I’ve been busy.
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Congrats on posting so much :D! I love the look from Apple and rain. This is the first time I hear about this book. Happy reading!
It's the first time I heard of it too, and then BOOM. It was in my mailbox.
I really have to get my Patrick Ness books read-they have been dozing on my shelves for far too long. But it's the thickness of the book that keeps putting me off! Ach I'll get to them eventually…enjoy your books!
The thickness of More Than This scared me a bit, too. But I want to try his other series now! I'm TOTALLY borrowing them once my TBR gets a little…um…smaller? (Is that even possible?)
Flirty Dancing Flirty Dancing Flirty Dancing Flirty Dancing! I LOVED this book, I swear, it was a wonderful, quick, short read with dancing, boys and girl drama, such a cute, fun read and you must read this book ASAP Cait, I mean it, get on it 😉 I read Anna a while ago, like, September last year but I remember that I loved it; I have Girl of Nightmares and need to get onto that but so many other books to read, gah! Lovely little haul hunny! 🙂
OH WELL THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. I'm a little dubious of it, because..hehe. I'm so much more of an epic reader than a fluff reader. STILL. I like funky reads.
I consider all of the internet my friends (well most of it), so most of the books I read are due to recommendations! Also – how have you read 99 books this year? Is the Goodreads widget below LYING? I've just completed stage 1/3 of my 'New Bookshelves Plan'. The first stage is to clean out one of the downstairs rooms which I finished last night. Then I plan to clean out an upstairs room before cleaning out the bedroom and BUYING BOOKCASES. Well, one bookcases combination thing that I plan to wallpaper the back in wallpaper THAT LOOKS LIKE BOOKSHELVES. Can you tell I'm excited? Hope you enjoy all your books!Under The Mountain
MY GOODREADS WIDGET IS NOT LYING. Reading is my superpower. I also don't leave my house much. Who needs wallpaper when you could have bookshelves, thought, right?! IT SOUNDS AMAZING. You will have a mini library!
1000 posts! Yeah! And may your sarcasm be around in the blogosphere for many more years to come!It's every now and then I read a book which is recommended by a friend (or my sister ;-)). The Narnia Chronicles and The Hunger Games wouldn't I probably have read without this people around me. But mostly I'm the one who has to recommend the books :)arendedewit.blogspot.com
Gosh, I feel long-winded just realising I've posted that much! XD More holidays? Hehe. I'm mostly the one who recommends books in person, but I have so many awesome bloggy friends recommending me books. OH. And Goodreads. Goodreads thinks it knows everything, but I do like it's recs.
Voted for Lies We Tell Ourselves and glad to see it's winning!! I think that book sounds AMAZING and cannot wait to read it myself! Enjoy all of your books!And congrats on 1,000 posts!Nicole @ The Quiet Concert
Ohhh, Apples and Rain is winning now. x) I love polls. Unashamedly LOVE polls.
Congrats on your 1000th post! <3 <br />The package sent to you is so adorbs! I think I saw it in twitter and giggled because of the creativity & cuteness of the publisher. I hope you got to use the tissues! Apple and Rain sounds cool! Curious because of the title 😮 Apple and Rain…..what an odd combination, but hey, I eat apple during rainy seasons. (does that makes sense). Anyway, I hope you enjoy your week ahead and happy reading!! 😀
YAY I HAVE A LOT TO SAY APPARENTLY, RIGHT?! Oh those publicists sure when the extra mile with that package, eh? And it's SO worth it because, gah! Day = made. Plus I love apples. I really, really love apples.
Wow! 1000th post?! That is amazing! :DI hope you'll like Anna Dressed in Blood. It was amazing!! <33
Eeeh, it looks exciting, right?! And thanks! I guess it makes sense after nearly blogging everyday for 3 years. BUT IT SEEMS LIKE AN AWFUL LOT!
Apples and Rain looks amazing! What a great surprise package! I also got an e-ARC of Lies We Tell Ourselves this week. Looks good!My StS:http://wendimlee.blogspot.com/2014/06/stacking-shelves-5.html
Isn't the cover cute, too?! Yaaaay for Lies We Tell Ourselves. I'm freakishly excited for that one (and SO blown away that I got approved).
Covers can be great seducers. Lies We Tell Ourselves is suppose to be really good. I like the way they packaged that. Tissues means that it might get emotional. Can't wait to read your review on some of these books.Grace
Oh covers will be the death of me, I'm sure. I started Some Boys though, and it's quite good, so I'm relieved…hehe. I just don't usually request contemporaries with high school drama, BUT FOR SOME REASON I DID. *searches brain for reason* *comes up very empty*
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 1000th POST! That is FANTASTIC! It's a HUGE mile stone and it shows you work hard ;)AHH I want Lies We Tell Ourselves *cries*. I requested it but haven't heard back and it's making me impatient! 😛 I want it so badly because it sounds like something I'll love to pieces!I also ABSOLUTELY love the packaging for Apples and Rain. I need to see one of you guys who got it read it and see if those tissues will be needed :PI am going to go check out the gorgeous cover for As Stars Falls (and if it's not as pretty as you say it is… I WILL NOT BE HAPPY :P)Fantastic haul Cait and HAPPPPY READING!Rashika @ The Social Potato
Or it shows I blab a lot. Heeh. BUT THANKS!! XDOh, really?! It was my first attempt at requesting and I honestly-to-goodness thought I would get rejected. I must've been convincing in that little "why do you want this book" info. lol I hope I can remember what I said. >_<(Weeeell???? WHAT DO YOU THINK OF AS STARS FALL?! I just love the whimsy feel. XD)
Apples and Rain looks good, and the cover of As Stars Fall is so pretty! Anna Dressed in Blood looks awesome too, and I've seen a lot of good things about it.I hope you enjoy your books! 😀
Apples and Rain looks like it's going to be awesome. But mind you, if someone gives me a gift, even if it's just tissues, I can be easily won. 😉
Congratulations on 1000 posts!!! Yay! *throws confetti*Thank you for linking to my blog. :)And… come now, admit it. Is Chicken on a Raft really so bad?~Robyn
I SHOWED CHICKEN ON A RAFT TO MIME. She is furious at me because I sneak up behind her and just start yelling it in her ear. (We ARE awesome sisters.) Who am I kidding? I love that song. Heyyyy hoooooo, chicken on a raft…
Woohoo! Well done for 1,000 posts. That's so impressive. I can't wait to read Flirty Dancing. It looks like a fun summer read! 🙂
It does look nice and fluffy and cute, right?! I'm not sure what I'll think though…hehe. I hope it's funny!
I'm glad to hear you love Patrick Ness, I have a couple of his books but haven't managed to fit him in to my schedule yet as I've been a bit nervous that he wouldn't live up to the hype. You raving about him has made me more confident with trying him out!Thea @ Gizzimomo's Book Shelf
Eeeh! I hope you enjoy Patrick Ness than! I hadn't really heard much about him until I randomly requested More Than This. But his style is really lyrical and gah, addictive. And so many people swear by A Monster Calls. x) Let me know how you go, eh?!
Oh. My. God. The packing for Apple and Rain is absolutely wonderful – the tissue box and warning sign and everything! Hope it ends up to be well-done! ;)I've heard nothing but good things about Lies We Tell Ourselves! I love the concept as it's not often YA historical fiction is set during the Civil War.And everyone raves about Anna Dressed in Blood! I haven't read it yet (probably because I'm too much of a chicken!), but I hope you enjoy it! I look forward to reading your thoughts about it!Thanks for sharing Cait, and happy reading! And yeah for 1,000 posts! That's AWESOME! <3
Yes, no pressure for Apples & Rain, eh?! NAH I BET IT WILL BE BRILLIANT. Plus I really love apples. They're delicious and crunchy and best with cheese. I'm just excited for Lies We Tell Ourselves because it looks different , you know? I'm SO up for something different.
Yes to the Edward Scissorhands GIFs, just YES! 🙂 You've made me add new books to my TBR shelf on Goodreads. I'd be grumpy about it if they didn't sound so good. Or come with such adorable packaging. Also, you're in trouble now that you signed up for Edelweiss, so you'll get your just desserts. 🙂 Oh, and congrats on a 1000 posts. You do have a lot to say, but I enjoy reading it. 😀
THEN I WILL DO IT. *starts collecting Edward Scissorhands gifs*Ohhh, I KNOW, though. >_< I put off signing up for so. dang. long and then now I've caved and I'm going to BE SO SORRY. *slaps hands away from cruising Edelweiss again* I will be CALM about it, I promise. xD
Nice haul and what lovely packagingl! Enjoy your books! I voted for "Flirty Dancing" btw because I like the title. 😉 Off to check out some of those books you stacked your shelves with this week…
Flirty Dancing definitely sounds like a fun fluffy read, right? I'm pretty happy with this stack! The library books really have me eeping. (Eeping is so definitely a Thing.)
I haven't read any of these but happy reading!Tsuki’s STS
Thanks!
That last comment, considering you hadn't read any of mine either, I'm starting to question if perhaps just copying and pasting replies. Surely that isn't the case.I'm about to start Breaking Butterflies *sobs* Nooooooo, I refuse to believe something so purdy could be that shithouse *throws self on floor* yes, I'm very dramatic today. Even more than usual. Just trying it on for the weekend. Aren't Bloomsbury super cute! And giving us tissues for our snotty ugly crying. I'd like to gifts more often. $20 note bookmarks, diamond earrings, a trip for two to Dubbo. Scrap that, no one likes Dubbo.I'm kidding of course, people who live in Dubbo like it. The rest of us, errr not so much. No really, I kid *whispers* No, I'm not.Hang on, what was I doing here?
Mmm…*sigh* I would happen to agree with you, Kelly. (Or else the commenter above hasn't read very many books? In general?)YOU? DRAMATIC? NEVER. I absolutely don't believe it. Although, you might like it better than me? I was just very angry…eh. Pity it's ages till it releases because I want to review it LIKE RIGHT NOW. *stomps around (undramatically of course)* Oh…when is the $20 bookmarks going to be a Thing? I will get onboard with that. Food packages, though? Like maybe a box of apples, considering the title. (I have never been to Dubbo.)YOU WERE BEING DRAMATIC. *takes notes that Kelly really really really loves Dubbo*
Congrats on 1000 posts, that's awesome! And I love reading it all :)You got some really nice-looking books this week, Cait, I hope they'll be great reads. Thanks for stopping by earlier, I hope you'll both have a wonderful weekend.Lexxie @ (un)Conventional Bookviews
They do look absolutely pretty don't they? I enjoy gazing at them and smiling. <– probably crazily.
Congrats! Woop!! And thanks for all the cool links…. heading to check those out. Apple and Rain looks fantastic, I hadn't heard of it before, I look forward to your review!Hmm if an IRL friend reads a book they swear by, or really want to talk about I usually read it no matter what since IRL friends probably only read 4 or 5 books a year (and everyone here could probably get through that in a good week or two :p ).
It doesn't come out for a few months, so review will probably be in a while. but the cover, right?! LOVE THE COVER. Also the fact that I got given tissues. That's just special. I don't have any friends, like IRL friends, that read! Except for Mime. But she's more like my minion (don't tell her I said that) but when she swears by a book, she basically follows me around slapping me with the book until I read it. We have that kind of awesome, close, bonding sister relationship.
YESSSSSSSSSS ARISTOTLE AND DANTE (obviously I voted for that one). I, too, got Razorhurst, Apple and Rain and Flirty Dancing. Very sad that you didn't like Breaking Butterflies 🙁 it's in my Stacking the Shelves and it sounds good. I guess I'll see. I often borrow books my friends say are good – both IRL friends and bloggy friends (and occasionally my sister). Often I'm pleasantly surprised. 😀
Apple and Rain <3 I LOVE the packaging and it sounds like just my kind of read. Adding it to my TBR immediately!
OH MY GOSH YOU MENTIONED ME IN YOUR BLOG. *flails excitedly*Ahem. Anyway.Um, Apple and Rain came with tissues!? That is *not* a good sign for your feels. I really do want to read that one, though, the cover is gorgeous. <3And congrats on the 1k posts. WOW. That's A LOT. (:
Yeah, you are right, Patrick Ness IS a genius. A genius. The only thing stopping me from buying More Than This right now is that it is coming out here in paperback soon and is cheaper. That said, A Monster Calls is good, and a very quick read. Like, a one-nighter. I love how the Apple and Rain package came! That is so adorable. And now, it has been added to my TBR (partly because anyone who packages a book like that has to be kind of awesome, and partly because I love a good cry.) And I really want to read Lies We Tell Ourselves. Like, so badly. Hope you have a better reading week than last week!
Oh my goodness I want to read As Stars Fall and Some Boys really bad now! (You are right the cover for As Stars Fall is AMAZING <3! There is nothing wrong with being addicted to beautiful covers! I think some people get to caught up in cover politics and forget how to truly appreciate them!) Apple and the Rain looks interesting and I'm excited to see what you think of all of these! I loved Anna Dressed in Blood as just a fun read! (It has a cool cover and same with the 2nd book!)
Oh, and the pack that Apple and Rain came in was brilliant and adorable!
Congrats on all your posts! And great haul of books. I loved A Monster Calls!
I really enjoyed the package for Apple and Rain as well, it really put a smile on my face! I've heard great things about Razorhurst, I hope you enjoy your reads! Have a lovely week Cait!Here's my STS.
Thanks for the shout out!!! haha I just saw the cover for As Stars Fall… :O LOVE. I just. I cant… GAH It's so pretteh!!! I got Razorhurst as well. Happy Reading 🙂
I GOT IT OUT BECAUSE YOU LOVED IT SO MUCH. I'm keen to see what you think of Breaking Butterflies, actually. If you need someone to rant too, lol, you know where I am. x)
The packaging just zoomed it up to insta-awesome, I think. 😉
I LOVED THAT POST OF YOURS. But too right *ahem* onwards, shall we? 😉 My poor feels are in for a beating, but hey. You only live once, right?
I can't wait to dive into A Monster Calls! And it is small…so. Eeeh. It will be fun, I think, and by "fun" I hope it'll be super scary.
Yaaaay! I'm glad you like that cover, too. XD I kind of feel tempted to buy the finished product now, which I guess is the point, eh?! I really cover covet much too much, but hey. It's part of the experience, I think.
I can't wait to try another Ness book! THEY HAVE ALL BEEN GREAT SO FAR.
That packaging made me smile like a manic for a while. 😉 Always awesome when someone goes the extra mile, though, right?!!
Isn't it gorgeous?!! I'm sad mine doesn't have that cover BUT I'M NOT KNOCKING AN ARC HECK NO. XD I'm just glad I get to read it!! XD
The package was really great ! Congrats on all your posts, have a nice week 🙂
Oh, I just have to add : I'll be your minion, I love quality world domination lol !
Eeeh, thanks for following, Red Iza! XD That package is definitely my most favourite.
Congrats on your 1,000th post! 🙂 Apple and Rain looks really great and I love how it came with the tissues xD That would have made me smile a lot. I'd then be disappointed if it didn't make me cry though. I love the movie tie in cover for If I Stay, thanks for sharing, will definitely be trying to get that for myself! I hope you enjoy them all. 🙂
I was smiling like a Cheshire, honestly. XD Although I'm a teeny bit nervous now…ah! No pressure not to cry, right?!
Razorhurst sounds neat. That one is new to me. As Stars Fall is new to me as well. I don't read much Contemporary but it sounds interesting. Thanks for stopping by my haul earlier and sharing yours. Oh and congrats on 1000 posts!!!
I don't read a lot of contemporary USUALLY, but this week my haul is like full of contemporaries. 0.0
Apple and Rain looks adorable..congrats on your 1000 post..woot! woot!
Eeeeh! I'm long-winded, lol. XD
My sister (who is called Mimi, coincidently) can't stand the song.Hey, ho, chicken on a raft!~Robyn
Great post – I really loved the comments you put next to the stack of books – genius! (I'm not capable of stuff like that and admire everyone who can :)Also loved all your links around the blogosphere, I spend ages looking through them. New bloglovin follower. Have a great week and Happy Reading. My Sunday Post is here
Aw, gosh, thanks! XD I amuse myself greatly sometimes…I'm incredibly lame like that. (I just use picmonkey…very, very easy because I'm not good at complex stuff either!)
Congrats on your 1,000 post!! Lies We Tell Ourselves looks really interesting, I'm definitely going to have to check it out 🙂
I can't wait to start it!
Congrats on your first Edelweiss approval! I just love that site. 🙂 Lie We Tell Ourselves looks like a great read. Some Boys looks like my type of book. Razorhurst looks really interesting . . . so onto the Goodreads to-read list it goes. It's a shame that Breaking Butterflies wasn't as good you had hoped it to be. 🙁 Hopefully, you'll have much better luck this week!
I'm already marvellously addicted, but I'm telling myself I'm not asking for anymore…one at a time, eh?! x)
1000 posts is impressive! That's too bad about Breaking Butterflies. I had read a few negative reviews for it and now I think I'll definitely avoid it. I guess it's the bad/mediocre books that make the really good books amazing! Have a great week.
Oh, I agree with the mediocre books making the good books even MORE amazing! I guess I couldn't keep my 4-star run forever, though, right? 🙂
Flirty Dancing looks so cute, that cover is so bright & pretty! I've seen so many people reading Year Of The Rat lately, but I'm still not really sure what it's about…must check that out. And that packaging for Apple & Rain is awesome!! Although the tissues & warning scare me a little, I'm glad that it says tears of sadness & joy, so hopefully that means a happy ending?? I don't handle sad endings well haha. Happy reading Cait!! 🙂
Eeeh, hopefully it IS saddnes + joy, or else I'm going to be needing chocolate as well.
Oh, I'm so excited that you're going to read Anna and A Monster Calls! Two of my recent favorites. I got When Stars Fall, too–the real cover really is so much prettier, and the tissue pack and cute cover of Apple and Rain is definitely perking up my ears.Congrats on 1000 posts! You wordy soul.Wendy @ The Midnight Garden
I'm suddenly very addicted to Patrick Ness's books. His writing is BRILLIANT. Hehe, glad you agree with the When Stars Fall original cover. It's GORGEOUS. Really whimsy and Aussie, which is the best.Yes, yes, look at me spitting words all over the place.
Congrats on your 1000th post!! That is awesome 🙂 I hope you enjoy all of your booksHappy Reading! My Weekly Wrap up PostMichelle @ Book Briefs
Sarah Crossan Sarah Crossan Sarah Crossan ….. The Weight of Water is seriously such a beautiful book, my word! I didn't know she had a new one. The fact that they sent tissues, that's adorable! A Monster Calls: brilliant. Weird. A bit confusing. Based on an idea by Siobhan Dowd, WHO IS FABULOUS.
Welp, now I need to check out Apple and Rain immediately. Yep. As for the question about borrowing books–I borrow/buy books my friends swear by all the time. There's a group of four of us, and we each buy different books and pass them around so that we can read them all. AND, if we really love a book we didn't buy but borrowed from one of the others, we buy our own copy:)
You have a lot of books to review!! EEK! As for the question I don't have any friends who read. So there is no one to borrow books from. I do borrow them from my friend "the library". 🙂 I love love A Monster Calls. One of the best books I have ever read.
Congratulations for 1000 posts, Notebook Sisters! Fantastic job!Oh, well now I'm glad I never bought a copy of If I Stay, because I've wanted one for a good time but wasn't 100% on the cover, but now… thank you, Cait, for showing me this delightful cover. I covet it.I hope you enjoy Aristotle and Dante! I can't wait to read it, myself!
Great book haul! I'm so jealous 🙂 I hope you enjoy all of them.Thanks for stopping by my Sunday Post-Kimberly @ Turning the Pages +New BlogLovin' follower
1000 posts!!! Congratulations! That's amazing. I've heard A Monster Calls is amazing, but it just sounds sooo sad. I hope you love all your new lovelies!
Anne Dressed in Blood is one I still need to go out and get my hands on. Hope you love it. Happy Reading! Here are my newest additions.