Bookaholics book club: March 2014

24 Mar 2014

Experience the world of Divergent and win tickets to the London premiere!

Experience the world of the hotly anticipated DIVERGENT movie in Leicester Square and attend the EUROPEAN PREMIERE!

On Saturday March 29th and Sunday March 30th Leicester Square will be transformed into the dystopian world of DIVERGENT, where fans will be invited to undergo initiation tests and, like Tris Prior, choose where they belong. Would you survive in Dauntless? Fans will be put through their paces with Dauntless training to see if you are brave enough to join their faction!

But that’s not all – I have a pair of tickets for the European premiere of DIVERGENT at Odeon Leicester Square on the Sunday at 1.30pm, attended by stars of the film Shailene Woodley, Theo James and Kate Winslet to give away! So not only can you discover the world for yourself, you can walk the red carpet, mingle with the stars and watch the film before it’s released in the UK on April 4th!

Enter here for your chance to win this once in a lifetime experience! If you aren’t lucky this time, you are still in with a chance - get down to Leicester Square early as the guys from HarperCollins will also be giving out a limited number of premiere tickets to fans on both days!

The Divergent Fan Experience Timings

Saturday March 29th

11.00am – 6.00pm

Sunday March 30th

11.00am – 12.00pm

3.00pm – 6.00pm

Be sure to check out the Divergent movie Facebook page and Twitter for more info and ways to win tickets!

Sooo, here's the exciting bit, but first the details!

One lucky person will win a ticket for them self and a friend to the premiere on Sunday 30th March.

The winner will have to make their own travel arrangements to get to Leicester square on the day the doors open at 1.30pm and close again at 2.30pm for the film to start at 3.00pm.

Sorry, UK residents only! And entrants must be aged 13 or over. If the winner is under 16, then the other guest must be a parent or guardian aged over 18.

As I am hosting this giveaway on behalf of HarperCollins, there's no follower requirement to enter, but it will get you extra entries!

The giveaway will end Wednesday 26th March at 7PM so be sure to check back here to see if you've won!

The winner will be notified by e-mail, failure to respond within 24 hours to claim your prize will result in disqualification and another winner being picked.

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Good luck!

3 Mar 2014

Shattered - Review

Shattered by Teri Terry

Slated book three

Available 6th March 2014

www.bookswithbite.co.uk

What's it about?

Kyla's memory was erased,

her personality wiped blank,

her memories lost for ever.

Or so she thought.

After the shocking events of SLATED and FRACTURED, we return to Kyla's oppressive world as she tries to make sense of her life and everything around her.

Set in a disturbing near-future world, this is the conclusion to an engrossing, fast-paced trilogy that establishes Teri Terry as a master thriller writer.

Other books in the series
(Links to my reviews)
Slated
Fractured
My review

Shattered was a great conclusion to the Slated trilogy. It answered all my questions, wrapped up nicely, and the only disappointment I had is that such a awesome trilogy is over. Kyla's journey has been an intense one to follow and finally discovering the secrets of her past alongside her has been extremely satisfying. There were twists to the plot I didn't see coming and an ending I couldn't have guessed at, the author really managed to keep the mystery up without frustrating me completely! There were nuggets of information throughout that just kept me on the edge of my seat for the next one.
If you enjoyed the first two books in the trilogy, then don't miss Shattered, because it's just as good. Once again it's full of secrets and intrigue, action and drama and you won't be able to put it down!
Teri Terry's writing is on par again and she does well at explaining all the changing dynamics and helps you get into Kyla's mind easily, despite her sometimes shifting personality, I never felt confused by her, I always felt like I understood her and sympathised with her.
This really was a great trilogy and I'm looking forward to what comes next from such a talented author.

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2 Mar 2014

I love you night and day - Review

I love you night and day by Smriti Prasadam-Halls

Available now

What's it about?

I love you wild, I love you loud.
I shout it out and I feel proud.
I love you night, I love you day.
In every moment come what may.

The pages in this fabulously warm and reassuring picture book are bursting with exuberance, warmth and humour. A celebration of love - it's the perfect present to give to the one you love, and offers a heartfelt and affirming message of unconditional love that is pitched just right for little ones. This is a picture book that will be read again and again, and treasured for years to come.

Mine and Oliver's review

This book is a short and sweet tale about how much two friends love each other. The whole of the book continues the same as the little snippet in the description like 'I love you big' and 'I love you small.' I liked the small inclusion of opposites, whether it was intentional or not and its a nice way of showing kids that there are so many ways you can love someone. It was a nice story for bedtime as its quite a calm and slow tale and Oliver looked at the lovely images while I read him the story. We both really enjoyed it and talking about it the next morning, I tried to get Oliver to pick a favourite part but he said he liked it all.

Favourite illustration

Our favourite image is of Bear and Bunny have their backs turned to each other because they've fallen out but they are still saying they love each other. It shows that even when you're mad at someone or upset with them, you can still love them.