Sunday 20 May 2012

Take a look at the books we've got #10


Weekly memes are a great way to share the books you're reading and to find out what books other people are reading too. We love taking part in them and there are two on Sundays that we particularly like: In My Mailbox and a 4 week old UK based Letterbox Love.



We have a first this week! 2 copies of Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins in the house this week and they're already both being read at the same time (1 copy was bought for Little M as a gift and 1 copy was borrowed from a friend).  For those who don't know, it's the second title in The Hunger Games trilogy.

And we won a copy of All Fall Down by Sally Nicholls  (thanks to History Girls blog and Marion Lloyd Books); it came with a postcard too.It's a real-life dystopian of sorts as it is based in the historical setting of 1349 and The Black Death in England.  This was on our wishlist so we're delighted.

For review we received two titles that have been published by Oxford University Press this month (thanks OUP Children's!):

1) White Dolphin by Gill Lewis (author of the acclaimed Sky Hawk which Little M really enjoyed).  Lewis' stories have animals at their heart but are all about people, friendships and adventure too. 

2) Under the Cherry Blossom by Maya Healy which is set in Kai Province, Japan in 1216 and tells a story of two sisters whose family has been murdered and they have to disguise themselves as servants. This is the first book in a quartet. Book 2 in this quartet looks like it has been published simultaneously.

20 comments:

  1. Lots of great books! I really enjoyed Catching Fire, hope you're loving it too :) All Fall Down sounds very interesting! I'll have to add it on Goodreads. Happy Reading!

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    1. Haha, yes. We both finished Catching Fire already. We both preferred The Hunger Games but we're waiting to get Mockingjay now!

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  2. Great haul! I hope you enjoyed Catching Fire!

    My Post!

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  3. I have never heard of under the cherry blossom wonder if its good, you got a lot of nice books, click on my name to see my IMM.

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    1. We'd never heard of it either. It's just been published under this title. I believe it was published a few years back under another title so it will be interesting to see what it's like.

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  4. All Fall Down looks really interesting, I like the historical aspect of it.

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    1. Yes, we like the historical aspect too. We're very excited about reading it. :)

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  5. Hey, that are some great books you got there :D Hope you'll enjoy them!

    Happy Reading!
    Filia @ Anima Libri - Booksoul

    My IMM

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  6. Loved Catching Fire, and love the cover of yours!

    Mind checking out my IMM?

    Enjoy your reading!
    -Danie

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  7. Great books! I absolutely love The Hunger Games, I don't think any series could easily top it. Hope you've had a good weekend!

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    1. Yes, we've decided we like The Hunger Games series too!

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  8. Awesome book haul! Catching Fire is an amazing read. Though we believe that nothing can out beat the first in the series 'The Hunger Games'. Let us know what you thought!

    -Calamity & Chaos

    http://mugglemadnesss.blogspot.ca/2012/05/in-my-our-mailbox-imm-2.html

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    1. Yep, we both Little M and I agree with you. The Hunger Games was better than Catching Fire (we've both finished it already!).

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  9. New follower! We All Fall Down sounds really interesting - I'll have to check it out! And of course, Catching Fire is one of my all time faves - I like it best out of the whole trilogy! Enjoy them all! Here is my IMM if you'd like to follow back: http://theonceandfuturelibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/05/stocking-shelves-17.html

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    1. It's so interesting how people have different responses to a book. We preferred The Hunger Games, and of course we haven't read Mockingjay yet! Thanks for the follow :)

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  10. Under the Cherry Blossoms look interesting. I always loving reading about thing dealing with Japan or Japanese culture. Hope you enjoy your haul, happy reading XD

    ~Monster of Books~

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    1. Thanks, I don't think Little M has read any fiction with Japan as its setting so this will be a first.

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  11. Lot of love for The Hunger Games series in these comments (and you might have noticed we've finished reading Catching Fire before I'd posted this Sunday!). Also there's love for history in fiction too. :)

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  12. I'm glad that you liked Catching fire! For me, that was the best book of the three. I hope you get the last one very soon, so you can enjoy that one too ^^

    Happy reading!
    http://thedailyprophecy.blogspot.com/2012/05/showcase-sunday-4.html

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