MBOB: Breaking Dawn Part 1 Trailer

Even though I think the movies haven't done the books justice, I still can't wait to see how they have done Breaking Dawn.  In the book it's broken up into three sections (From memory) First part from Bellas, then Jacobs, then back to Bellas point of view again and with so many things happening it's understandable that they would have to split this movie into two parts.  Although, it almost feels like Harry Potter's Deathly Hallows has set a trend on the very last movies being split in two.  Maybe it is just me though.

Another thing I noticed, and probably so has everyone else, but don't the vamps look kind of weird now? Compare the very first movie to the rest... and I know this is probably because of movie budgets as well as having different Directors or whatever .. I just don't think they are different for the better.  Love to hear your views on this.

In My Mailbox (64)

In My Mailbox is a weekly post created by The Story Siren.

Bought:

 Fallen by Karin Slaughter

- Book 2 in Will Trent Series

You Against Me by Jenny Downham

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Siobahn Dowd

The Tension of Opposites by Kristina McBride

And.. a cool bookmark - Shhhhh! I'm trying to Read! lol  Just a hint for my other half not to interrupt me!!

Cruzito's Mailbox

I'm quite proud to say I've gotten Cruzito right into reading books now!  He's two and a half and now when I put him to sleep I get "Book Mummy?" He's adorable.  We don't stop at one either lol.

When Henry caught Imaginitis by Nick Bland

Well that is my awesome week, what did you get in your IMM?

Sticky Beak (56)

Sticky Beak is all about sharing. Sometimes we can't all get around to every single blog and website available so that's where Sticky Beak comes in. By word of mouth (well you get what I mean) we are more likely to get to those blogs that we wouldn't have normally seen without someone pointing them out to us.


The links could be to your own post, a favourite blog post you would love to share, an authors blog/website, book/writing contests, reviews you really enjoyed, tour info or anything you would love to share with others. Just use the comments below to add your link!

Here's Mine:

Cool Stuff to Check Out:
Parajunkee Design: Bookblogging 101 - Copyright Infringement4
Fandom4SAA: Check this out
Wastepaper Prose: More Author Insight - Changing lives
La Femme Readers: Tantalizing Future YA Releases

For Bloggers and Writers:
Sparkly Red Pen: Looking for Betas!!
The Bibliophilic Book Blog: Book Blogging Tips, Tricks and How Tos and Fun Stuff
Jessica Rabbit's Corner: How to make a button for your blog!

Giveaways/Contests:
Library Lounge Lizard: SIGNED Passion by Lauren Kate Giveaway!! Check it out and spread the word!
Novel Thoughts: 1000 Follower Giveaway!
Narratively Speaking: Win a Signed ARC of Forever!
HP Mallory: Contest - Help me name the next Dulcie Book!!

That's all from me!  Enjoy :)

Bandits by LM Preston

Title: Bandits

Author: L.M. Preston

Genre: Young Adult/SciFi

Publisher:  Phenomenal One Press

Publication Date: 1st June 2011

ISBN: 9780984198931

Stand alone or series: Stand alone

Pages: 348 pages

Book Received from: Author

First Lines:  Daniel rolled over and punched his pillow.  "Ugh!  I give up," he muttered.

Synopsis:

Daniel's father has gotten himself killed and left another mess for Daniel to clean up. To save his world from destruction, he must fight off his father's killers while discovering a way to save his world. Time is running out, and Daniel must choose to either walk in his father's footsteps or to reinvent himself into the one to save his world.

My Thoughts:

I was lucky enough to get a sneak preview of Bandits while waiting for my copy.  After the twenty-five pages preview I was left wanting more!  So when the book arrived I was really excited but due to a backlog of review books I couldn't get to this one right away.

The first thing I have to say was I was really drawn into how well L.M. Preston is in creating worlds.  Merwin was such a vivid and easily imagined planet and the story was easy to imagine.  The creatures and the lives the characters live are definitely unique.

The story is told mostly from Daniel's POV and while Daniel is quite bitter at his father in the beginning, I still warmed up to him pretty quick.  Both the main and secondary characters are well developed and I especially liked how Jade was portrayed as a strong and stubborn character, which fits well with the world they lived in.

Another thing I liked was the treasure troves!!  The booby traps, the treasure, and the adventure just to get to these places!  I had myself wishing I had a treasure trove island lol although maybe with not so much deadly booby traps.. I'd probably forget where they were lol.  And I'd definitely have a pet Bubbles :)  The adventure was neverending and exciting!

There was one thing that did niggle at me.  Even though this was an ARC I did find the few errors while reading which had me stumbling a little every now and then.  I could overlook it though since I was so drawn into the story but the inner editor in me tended to point them out a bit.

Overall I did really enjoy Bandits.  The characters were wonderful, the world was awesome and there was none stop adventure.  Great Read!

- Thank you to L.M. Preston for providing a review copy for me :)

Bandit Review ©Melissa Freeman 2011

About Plagiarism..

If you haven't been over to see the Book Lovers Inc's post about Plagiarism go have a look!  Due to recent occurances of plagiarism The Book Lovers Inc team has posted our thoughts.

Go See: Bookish Rants and Raves: Plagiarism!

Thanks!

The Taste of Apple by James Laidler Book Trailer

I've got this book in my To Be Read pile!!

Charlie's here...

Thanks to the awesome Rachel from Parajunkee Design, My Alter Ego Charlie is here!!

Which means a few things..

• Spellbound By Books will be strictly bookish stuff now!
• You'll get a glimpse/flash into Charlie's life (The other me lol)
• Unless there are Bookshelves pics to be posted or guest posts/giveaways scheduled in, Monday's will be post free on Spellbound. - I felt I needed to at least dedicate one whole day to Charlie.

So...

By all means go check out the flashy site!  Tell me what you think!  I'm nervous and excited to have the secret side of my writing and personal stuff so freely posted but you know what.. it's Charlie not me so it's ok *wink wink*