Wishlist Wednesday #4

Wishlist Wednesday is a weekly blog hop hosted over on Pen to Paper in which we post about a book that we have on our wishlist - either one we've just discovered or one we've had our eyes on for a while!

This week I've chosen...

Skin Deep by Laura Jarratt - Goodreads Synopsis...

Ugly people don't have feelings. They're not like everyone else. They don't notice if you stare at them and turn away. And if they did notice, it wouldn't hurt them. They're not like real people. Or that's what I used to think. Before I learned...

After the car crash that leaves her best friend dead, Jenna is permanently scarred. She struggles to rebuild her life, but every stare in the street, every time she looks in the mirror, makes her want to retreat further from the world. Until she meets Ryan. Ryan's a traveller. When he and his mother moor their narrow boat on the outskirts of a village, she tells him this time it will be different. He doesn't believe her; he can't imagine why this place shouldn't be as unwelcoming as the rest. Until he meets Jenna. But as Jenna and Ryan grow closer, repercussions from the crash continue to reverberate through the community. And then a body is found...

I found a review of this book over on Books for Company and immediately fell in love with the idea of the story, I think it sounds fabulous and immediately wanted to read it! Unfortunately for me it isn't due for release until March 5th this year, looks like I'm going to have to wait for it... make it more special when I finally get my hands on it though! ;)

What would your Wishlist Wednesday be?

Abi.. x

Wishlist Wednesday #3

Wishlist Wednesday is a weekly blog hop post hosted by Pen to Paper in which we each write a post about a book that is on our wishlist.. either new or old it doesn't matter!

This week I've chosen Dead Until Dark from the True Blood collection by Charlaine Harris.

WHSmith Synopsis:

Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She's quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn't get out much - not because she's not pretty - she's a very cute bubbly blonde - or not interested in a social life. She really is ...but Sookie's got a bit of a disability. She can read minds. And that doesn't make her too dateable. And then along comes Bill: he's tall, he's dark and he's handsome - and Sookie can't 'hear' a word he's thinking. He's exactly the type of guy she's been waiting all her life for. But Bill has a disability of his own: he's fussy about his food, he doesn't like suntans and he's never around during the day ...Yep, Bill's a vampire. Worse than that, he hangs with a seriously creepy crowd, with a reputation for trouble - of the murderous kind. And then one of Sookie's colleagues at the bar is killed, and it's beginning to look like Sookie might be the next victim ...


I have constantly heard SO much good stuff about this book, literally about 99% of the people I know who have read it have raved about it and so I'm desperate to read it. I am literally obsessed with pretty much everything vampire related, so I know I will enjoy this book, there is no question! I am yet to own a hard copy but I have the first two books from the collection on my Kindle waiting to be read so I really hope I get round to them soon!

Abi.. xo

Wishlist Wednesday #2

Wishlist Wednesday is a weekly blog hop post hosted by Pen to Paper in which we each write a post about a book that is on our wishlist.. either new or old it doesn't matter!



This week I have chosen When God was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman.


'Product Description'/Summary from Amazon:
Young Elly's world is shaped by those who inhabit it: her loving but maddeningly distractible parents; a best friend who smells of chips and knows exotic words like 'slag'; an ageing fop who tapdances his way into her home, a Shirley Bassey impersonator who trails close behind; lastly, of course, a rabbit called God. In a childhood peppered with moments both ordinary and extraordinary, Elly's one constant is her brother Joe.

Twenty years on, Elly and Joe are fully grown and as close as they ever were. Until, that is, one bright morning when a single, earth-shattering event threatens to destroy their bond forever.

Spanning four decades and moving between suburban Essex, the wild coast of Cornwall and the streets of New York, this is a story about childhood, eccentricity, the darker side of love and sex, the pull and power of family ties, loss and life. More than anything, it's a story about love in all its forms.


This book has been on my wishlist for a couple of months now, I just havn't even got round to buying myself a copy let alone reading it! Everytime I go into Smiths or Waterstones I either don't remember to pick it up, or can't find it!

Fingers crossed I remember to get my hands on a copy for myself soon and hopefully it'll fullfill my expectations as from what I've heard it's pretty good!

Abi.. x

Wishlist Wednesday #1

So, Wishlist Wednesday is a blog hop hosted by the lovely Pen to Paper in which we discuss a book that has been on our wishlists for a while, or even one that we've just added!

The book I have chosen for this week is the well known One Day by David Nicholls, a book which many have read and raved about, and has now been made into a feature film released in cinemas starring Anne Hathaway.

'Product Description'/Summary from Amazon:

My copy, still with its sale stickers on!

'I can imagine you at forty,' she said, a hint of malice in her voice. 'I can picture it right now.'
He smiled without opening his eyes. 'Go on then.'
15th July 1988. Emma and Dexter meet for the first time on the night of their graduation. Tomorrow they must go their separate ways.
So where will they be on this one day next year?
And the year after that? And every year that follows?
Twenty years, two people, ONE DAY. From the author of the massive bestseller STARTER FOR TEN.

I actually bought this book around a year ago.. or what seems like a very long time ago anyway! I saw it discussed on the TV book club which was on channel 4 and liked the sound of it so went out to my local Smiths and got my hands on a copy intending to read it as soon as I could. I absolutely fell in love with the concept of the story, and thought the structure of the narrative would be unlike anything I had read before, plus, I'm a sucker for a love story. As usual with me though, something else cropped up, another book I was more excited about, or one of the many books I have to read for University muscled into my queue of 'To Read Soon' books, so 'One Day' unfortunately got pushed to the back of my bookcase...

When thinking about which book I would choose this week, I suddenly remembered it, and now am desperate to read it after re-reading the blurb! Maybe this will be my next page turner?