Indulgence Insider is our version of Stacking the Shelves, Bought, Borrowed & Bagged and the Sunday Post, bringing you this week’s haul, bookish news and discussion posts from around the blogosphere!
So I finally got a Tumblr for my bookish photography! I have no idea what it’s all about but I guess it was less intimidating than I thought. Check it out here and let me know what your accounts are!
Last night I went to a friend’s hens night on a boat which was really lovely and relaxing. It ended up raining but I totally felt like we were in one of those movies where you sail off into the sunset.
Book Haul
Review copies
Here’s my week in a photo –
A Thousand Nights by E.K. Johnston – YESS I have been wanting to read this because of the thousand nights setting. Can’t wait to pick it up!
Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine – I’m so excited for this one, I have heard so many amazing things about the library setting and Rachel Caine is one of my favourite authors. Too bad the cover isn’t as pretty as the US hardcover though.
Thank you Pan Macmillan Australia and Allen & Unwin for these review copies.
Also picked up some teas at T2, and it came with this free cup and saucer! How cute is it, it looks so much like Alice in Wonderland!
Asti and Kelley Oh the Books sent all the remaining players of Bookish Games a postcard which was a nice touch. I’m super proud of how I went during my first game, having to overcome so much suspicion and ultimately win the game with the team! Here’s what it’s all about.
e-ARCs
Book bloggers everywhere are rejoicing for Harper’s Edelweiss releases, featuring heaps of awesome 2016 YA titles! I’m whitelisted so I was lucky enough to download them, but you can also request.
Bought
Picked this up because it was $1.99 on Amazon today! Get it here!
Reading Update
- Uprooted is the stuff of fairy tales, it’s lush, enchanting and features a wonderfully charming character at it’s forefront. The magic system and world in this is completely beautiful.
- Demon Road was a hilarious, fun and enjoyable supernatural adventure, but I had several issues with it. 3.5 stars – review to come.
August ARC Challenge update: I have read 9/11 ARCs. 6 of these were planned and the other 3 were ones that turned up during the month. Overall, I think I did pretty well!
Book Photography
Bookish News
- The Sky is Everywhere has been optioned for a movie by Warner Bros!
- Congratulations to Claire Zorn for The Protected winning the 2015 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Young Adult! This Aussie contemporary was absolutely fantastic and moving. Check out my review here.
- Author of Risk, Fleur Ferris will be doing a Q&A for #bookclubaus on Twitter, Fri 4 Sep, 8pm. Also if you tweet a review to @mybookburrow and @unfinished_book, you can win a copy of the September book club book!
- Sarah J Maas started her official newsletter! You can subscribe here.
- Megan, the third female lead for The Girl on the Train has been cast.
- The Inky Awards contenders have been shortlisted, with a range of wonderful Aussie and international writers being cast! If you are between 12-20 in Australia, vote for your favourite read here.
Geek & Gamer News
- The Borderlands franchise is being made into a live action movie! I’m looking forward to seeing Handsome Jack in the flesh and this zany techy western game come to life!
- All online purchases for Aussies, including games on Steam will be subject to the 10% GST addition by December 2017. How ridiculous is that?
Discussion Posts
Some of my favourite discussion posts this week:
- Valerie @ The Innocent Smiley on what to do when you feel behind on blogging
- My beloved Larissa, a co-blogger at YA Midnight Reads is leaving. Read her goodbye here.
- Thanks to Read at Midnight, you can download these beautiful Wrath and Dawn wallpapers for your iPhone here.
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- My dislike of the manic pixie dream girl and geeky obsessive guy in Paper Towns.
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How was your bookish week?
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Those are very beautiful wallpapers!
EW is the bomb! They drop gems like this at least once a month.
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They are, Aentee is so talented! I try and stay away from EW but didn\’t this time lol
I followed you on tumblr under wishfuldoe but I have bookish sideblogs too – booksandtea and northernplunder. 🙂
Gosh so many cool books, I want to give The Martian a try the cover is lovely.
Also have you seen any of Until Dawn? It looks soo good but I can't bring myself to spend £50 on a game :c
But yeah Borderlands movie will be so awesome 😀
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I want to read Demon Road and I disagree, I think your cover of Ink and Bone is much prettier. Great haul.
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Haha Tumblr! I have one I think but I always forget about it.
Awesome haul! Rachel Caine is on my TBR! And yesss, need to get to EW to download some of those guys, so many awesome books! Hope you're (or did) enjoying Uprooted! It's so crazy, but cool, haha.
Have a lovely week (:
PS. Now I have the "I'm a boat" song suck in my head!
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I know what you mean! Oh man, there are so many amazing books out. I JUST LOVED Uprooted, it really was amazing and just went way epic! LOL
Those wallpapers are gorgeous! I still need to read Wrath and the Dawn. >.<
All those Harper titles! I hope I can get approval for some of them on EW. And I loooooved Ink and Bone.
Happy reading, hon!
Good luck with the approvals hun, fingers crossed! I know, my copy finally came in but I don\’t know when I\’ll be able to read it. Can\’t wait to sink into Ink and Bone!
Nice EW haul! I hope I get approved for the ones I requested but I highly doubt it XDDD; Ah well I can always grab them when they are released,
Wow that tea cup is amazing, I need to go and stalk T2 now!!
You look gorgeous on the boat photo 😀 Also, thanks for the linkage love *squishes you*
Thank you so much Aentee! Oh man, I got the Tea cup for free by buying 2 teas from T2! You are the nicest <33
Haha, we both got a crazy amount of books from Edelweiss. The shadow Queen, Reign of shadows, Flamecaster, Great hunt, assassin's heart and sword & verse also found their way to my e-reader. I love Uprooted <3
Happy reading!
HAhah I couldn't resist, so many amazing titles!
I got so excited about all the Harper eARCs. I downloaded 14. OOPS 😉 The Girl From Everywhere was spectacular, and I'm currently mesmerized by Burning Glass. I'm so sad Larissa is leaving ;(
I know right, my hand slipped as well hahaha XD I know 🙁
What a great, info-packed post! Yeah, I saw those Edelweiss books and downloaded a few. Off to go see about your take on Paper Towns and the departure of Larissa 🙁
Jen @ YA Romantics
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Thanks so much Jen!
That picture of you to so gorgeous!!! <3 <3 And OMG. Those ARCs. I am sitting here starting at them and trying very hard not to drool. 😉 Ooh, I hope you like The Martian — I read it earlier this year and loved it to bits.
Have a great week! xx
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Thank you so much Kara! Oh man, so many books lol. I'm looking forward to the Martian, especially after your review!
I am so jealous of your Ink and Bone! Everyone is raving about it. Did you know the added narration for The Martian was only $2.99? I got it because for some reason I have been doing better with audiobooks because I can multi-task. It is weird to think up until about four months ago I would not listen to them. I will follow you on Tumblr. Have a wonderful week. 🙂
I know, I have been looking forward to reading Ink and Bone! That audiobook deal is such a steal! Thanks for following 🙂
Yay, you're reading Demon Road already! I'll be waiting for your review, I hope it's great! Also, I love your lip color in that photo. Happy reading!
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It was pretty good, but there were pros and cons with that one. It gave me pretty conflicted emotions. Thanks Braine!
I…. still don't understand what I am supposed to do with Tumblr. I have one, and followed you, but seriously, not a clue. Auto approval, how I wish thou were mine. Le sigh, I will just keep on requesting 😉 And I LOVE that Asti sent you a postcard! I have to say, you were quite impressive in Bookish Games- all that analyzing was intense!
I cannot wait to read Uprooted! It looks SO good! I, um, went to go buy The Martian and apparently, I already owned it. At least Amazon gave me a heads up 😉 Hope you enjoy all the fabulous new books, and have a great week!
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Yeah I get a bit intimidated while looking at Tumblr because I mean how are you supposed to see what are original posts and what are reblogs? Anyways, it\’s pretty and fun and links up to WP and Instagram, so there\’s that. Thank you so much Shannon, I\’m so proud that I survived. I was certainly gutsy during my first bookish games! HAHAHA oh Shannon, I\’ve totally done that before!
I am so excited for Ink & Bone it isn't even funny! Allen & Unwin is life, I swear. And goodness gracious, every book every published is going to be made into a movie soon isn't it? Woah. 🙂
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I knowww I have been waiting for Ink and Bone for the whole year! Yeah, I've seen the trailer for The Martian and it is fantastic!
Everyone is fawning over it. MUST. READ. IT. NOW! I'm not sure about Matt Damon as the MC but I really, really need to see it!
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Happy reading, Jeann!
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Thanks Joy! I will gaze at your photos anywhere they are posted lol. I errr, am a little apprehensive about it still. But anyways, happy reading as well Joy!
Whaaaa?! Borderlands in one of my favorite games, so part of me is really, really excited to see how the movie turns out. Of course, I'm also really, really nervous to see how the movie turns out…
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I know, how exciting is it? I can see how you would be nervous, it's so unique and zany I hope it goes well.
I requested a pair of the Harper titles and was not approved, so I'll just give it a try again later on, hopefully I'll get approved for my two must have titles!!
YAY for an awesome hen night on a boat, sounds so unique and fancy!
And hooray for doing great in ARC August!
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Good luck Pili, sometimes it does take a while. It was a really fun way to spend a saturday!
Everyone I'd talking about Harper Teen dropping a ton of books I need to get on there. I really want to 'read Ink and Bone I have it but just haven't got to it yet. Happy Reading
Oh man, so freaking amazing so many books! Thank you.
INK AND BOOOOOONE!!!! I don't even care about the other stuff you got this week, YOU MUS READ INK AND BONE ASAP AND TELL ME WHAT YOU LOVED ABOUT IT. Yes, I am not allowing any dislike, Jeann 😛 This book is perfection and you will see why!!! <3
(and yep, when I saw all those HC titles on EW, my eyes nearly popped out. I WAS LIKE, "I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS CHRISTMAS ALREADY?!?!"
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Omg omg yes you have no idea how much I want to just pick it up and read it!! THERE WILL BE NO DISLIKE. Seriously rachel caine can do no wrong in my eyes. Hahaha that's pretty much exactly what you said on Twitter <3
Oh my! Look at all of those glorious books. I want some. LOL Especially that Demon Road. Must check it out. Congratulations on your new books and the fun wins:)
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Lol thank you so much Laura. So many amazing books <3
I really enjoyed A Thousand Nights (better than I was expecting). Looks like we got several of the same review books. I just love when HarperCollins releases on Edelweiss! Hope you have a great week!
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Oooh glad to hear it was a good read Sandy. Hope you have one too!
Ah, HARPER. I have been good but my restraint is starting to wilt lol
I love that pic of you! You are beautiful! 🙂
lol there is no restraint when it comes to Harper XD Thank you so much lovely! you made my day <3
Oh glad you had a good time on the boat despite the rain – what a great picture! Really good job on the ARC challenge. I am just finishing up my last one today and tomorrow. Now I need to head to Edelweiss to check out and request some of these titles!! Have a great week!
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Thank you Grace, I didn't quite make my original list but still read around the same amount of books I wanted. You too!
Ahhh, so many great looking Harper titles at Edelweiss! You are really messing up my promise to not request so many titles. Ha
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Hahah I know, I just couldn't resist because I've been good for so long XD
Ahh I'm also whitelisted so I got all (well, almost) the books O.O self-control? What is that? XD I read Assassin's Heart yesterday and it was fantastic!
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Hehhe wow you've read one already! Glad to hear you enjoyed that one 😀
There are so many new fantasies on Edelweiss!! I went on there yesterday and do you know how hard it was to resist them all! Hopefully you love them.
I"M SO EXCITED YOU GOT TUMBLR! You'll be more famous than me on there one day I'm sure XD
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I know right, I clearly didn't resist very well at all lol. Oh man, I doubt it Bec XD I love your tumblr!
Yes, you picked up the Martian and it was a great steal too. I love the tea cup. I have been hovering over the download link to Assassin's Heart..it sounds so darn good. I am stalking you on Tumblr now..congrats!
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I know what a fantastic deal! Heheh thanks Kimba! I'm a bit apprehensive about the new addiction XD
Omg, you grabbed pretty much all the Harper books. lol. I'm whitelisted too, but I tried to be very selective. I don't really use Tumblr, except to look at naughty pictures sometimes. 😀
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Lol tumblr is good for that 😉 yeah, I couldn't resist lol! So many shiny new titles!
Ink and Bone is seriously great! And I hope you like Uprooted too. 😀 Wow, so many ARCs! O_O
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Oh man, I'm really looking forward to reading it! Yes I couldn't help myself hehe XD Uprooted is AMAZING!
The boat looks like it was really fun! Glad you had a nice hen night for your friend. I really really want to read Ink and Bone, so enjoy!
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I did enjoy it 🙂 It was lovely. Looking forward to Ink and Bone!
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Aw, only 3.5 stars to Demon Road? YOU MAKE ME CRY, JEANN. XD Ahhh, but still! So much pretty! And yay for Ink and Bone! I didn't think Australia was going to publish it so I went out and bought it. Gah. Typical. -_- Buuuut I'm GLAD I did because omg, the paperback hasn't got a THING on the hardcover. *cuddles hardcover in all its beauty* YAY FOR ALL THOSE 2016 RELEASES!! I'M SO JEALOUS. :DD
Oh man i was totally stalking the hardcover on TBD! It looks so gorgeous so you ended up winning either way hehe
Jeann you look absolutely STUNNING in that photo!! Sorry to hear about the rain, but I'm so glad you had a brilliant time at the hens night 😀 OMG those Harper titles sounds sooooo good! I haven't been using Edelweiss in so long, doubt I will get approved for anything lel. Also…I shouldn't be adding to the TBR anyway. Eep!
I saw the trailer for The Martian in cinemas the other day, and it looked superb! Hope you enjoy the read, let me know how it goes! I've been eyeing off Uprooted for sooo long. I need to snag myself a copy asap!!
Awww Joy you are too nice hehehe! Yes, I shouldn't be allowed on Netgalley or Edelweiss but I couldn't resist! The Martian movie looks soo good. Uprooted is fantastic Joy, hope you pick it up soon.
I just followed you on tumblr! I'm relatively new to it, but it is so addicting. I have been spending more time there than on my poor blog. >.< My name is lovelyliteratureblog (I'm not very original, haha) if you want to follow me. 😀
Also, I love the postcard from Kelley and Asti! It was so fun playing with you this game. Since I believed you to be on my side very early on, it was awesome reading all of your theories! You put a lot of thought into the game!
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Thanks Anne, I followed back! The postcard was such a nice touch! Hehehe yes I was quite obsessed with the game, glad I wasn't completely off the mark lol. And for the record, I was on your side the whole time too!
It's at times like these when I seriously consider getting Edelweiss/Netgalley 😛 I will resist, though. ALSO, your book photography = beautiful. And it looks like you had fun at the hen's night!! Yay for feeling like you're in a move 😀
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Thank you so much Emily! It was a beautiful night.