Drive By by Jim Carrington: Extract

What would you do if you thought you had killed someone?

I've started Drive By, and it's amazing!  I know that I'm going to love the book!  If you don't believe me, just check out the extract below, kindly supplied by Bloomsbury!  And check out Jim's site and Facebook Page!  Any everyone: keep an eye on the Bloomsbury Facebook Page, for chances to win awesome books!  But before you do all of that, here's a quick little bit of info about the book, which is out 1st March...

Drive By by Jim Carrington

Synopsis From Goodreads:

'That was brilliant,' Jake says. 'That was without doubt the most satisfying moment of my entire life.'
When Johnny, Jake, Drac and Badger take the law into their own hands and give an irritating neighbour a drive-by soaking, life feels good. Then something terrible happens as a result and Johnny's guilty conscience won't leave him alone. But are the weird things that start happening really just a result of his overheated brain? Or is the old lady coming back to haunt him?
Is it ever possible to get away with murder? It's a good question. One that Johnny needs to think about. Hard.

Now.  Read the extract!!!


 Drive By Extract

This Is Not Forgiveness by Celia Rees: Extract and Book Trailer

If you've ever read anything by Celia Rees, you will know why I'm so excited to read this!  And boy does This Is Not Forgiveness sound absolutely amazing!  I am talking supreme awesomeness!  Don't believe me?  Well, perhaps this may convince you...  Check out the trailer...

 Now do you see why I'm so excited!?  Anway, This Is Not Forgiveness will be having a blog tour from 30th  January to 10th February.  It's out 2nd February, 'though the eBook is available now!  For more information of the tour and book, check out Celia's Site, Official Facebook Page, The Tour Info Page at Bloomsbury and SERIOUSLY go to Bloomsbury to read the awesome extract from This Is Not Forgiveness!

This is the tour scheduele:

Monday 30th January

SisterSpooky: Book Fangirl

Tuesday 31st January

The Mountains of Instead

Wednesday 1st February

The Great, the Good and the Bad

Thursday 2nd February

Writing From the Tub

Friday 3rd February

Books, Coffee & Anything Crafty

Monday 6th February

READARAPTOR

Tuesday 7th February

Serendipity Reviews

Wednesday 8th February

The Cait Files

Thursday 9th February

Feeling Fictional

Friday 10th February

BELLEBOOKS

This Is Not Forgiveness by Celia Rees

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Everyone says that Caro is bad ...but Jamie can't help himself. He thinks of her night and day and can't believe that she wants to be his girlfriend. Gorgeous, impulsive and unconventional, she is totally different to all the other girls he knows. His sister, Martha, hates her. Jamie doesn't know why, but there's no way he's going to take any notice of her warnings to stay away from Caro. But as Jamie falls deeper and deeper under her spell, he realises there is more to Caro - much more. There are the times when she disappears and doesn't get in touch, the small scars on her wrists, her talk about revolutions and taking action, not to mention the rumours he hears about the other men in her life. And then always in the background there is Rob, Jamie's older brother, back from Afghanistan and traumatised after having his leg smashed to bits there. Jamie wants to help him, but Rob seems to be living in a world of his own and is increasingly difficult to reach. With Caro, the summer should have been perfect ...but that isn't how things work out in real life, and Jamie is going to find out the hard way. This taut psychological drama is the brilliant new novel from acclaimed Celia Rees.

This Is Not Forgiveness by Celia Rees: Extract and Book Trailer

We've got some super cool content from one of my favourite author's new book: This Is Not Forgiveness by Celia Rees. 

To see an extract from the book, go: here.

And here is the amazing book trailer.  It's made me want to read it even more now!

This Is Not Forgiveness

By: Celia Rees

Published: 2^nd February 2012

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Synopsis On Goodreads

This is not historical fiction. This is not a safe read. This is not Celia Rees as you’ve ever seen her before.

Bestselling Celia Rees is known for writing tales of high adventure set in the past. This exciting departure is a psychological drama that sees her tackling subjects of political terrorism, extremism and the effects of post traumatic stress disorder on soldiers.

Everyone says that Caro is bad news, but Jamie can’t help himself. He thinks of her night and day and can’t believe that she wants to be his girlfriend. Gorgeous, impulsive and unconventional, she is totally different to all the other girls he knows. His sister, Martha, hates her. Jamie doesn’t know why, but there’s no way he’s going to take any notice of her warnings to stay away from Caro.

As Jamie falls deeper and deeper under her spell, he realises there is much more to Caro than he first thought. She disappears for days on end, she has small scars on her wrists, she talks about revolutions and taking action, and then there are the rumours he hears about the other men in her life.

Always in the background is Rob, Jamie’s older brother, back from Afghanistan and traumatised after having his leg smashed to bits there. Jamie wants to help him, but Rob seems to be living in a world of his own and is increasingly difficult to reach. With Caro, the summer should have been perfect . . . but that isn’t how things work out in real life and Jamie is going to find out the hard way.

‘Sleek, dark and dangerous.  Celia Rees has ventured into new territory and returned with explosives’ Patrick Ness

‘In a remarkable book that manages to be both lyrical and gritty in the same breath, Celia Rees takes us into an apparently ordinary world where love, betrayal, faith and violence appear hand in hand on virtually every page.  I love it for its deceptively gentle prose, its totally believable characters and its vortex of a plot’ Melvin Burgess

Stealing Phoenix by Joss Stirling: An Extract

Today I have a special treat for you all, thanks to OUP.  I have an extract from Joss Stirling's upcoming novel Stealing Phoenix...  I hope you all enjoy it!

 

Stealing Phoenix by Joss Stirling

Published: 1st September 2011

Published By: OUP Oxford

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Yves' story.
This is about getting you out...I'm stealing you.
Phoenix belongs to the Community - a gang of thieves with paranormal powers. Yves Benedict - an American student visiting London - is her mark. But Yves turns out to be more than just a target. He is her destiny. Her soulmate. But the Community owns Phoenix's past and it wants her future too.

Enjoy the extract....

 

A tap on the door. ‘Phee, are you OK in there?’ Yves.

I banged my head softly on the wood behind me.

‘Look, sorry I came out with it like that. I tell my brothers everything—we’re really close. I should’ve thought what you might think.’

Yeah, you should’ve.

‘He won’t mind if I don’t mind—about the stealing thing.’

Well done him. God, I was so tired of all this. Yves had clearly not smoothed out his rough edges when it came to handling girls if he thought this excuse for an apology would sweeten my sour mood.  A trickle of flame poured under the door then spun to form a little ball of fi re. Was he trying to burn me out? I yelped and scurried backwards, but then saw that the carpet was not even singed.

‘For you,’ said Yves quietly.

The ball began to spin faster, then split in to three different spheres, flame-yellow, white-hot and blue like a gas ring—three little planets revolving around each other. Suddenly, they flared open, forming into the shape of flowers in bloom. They came to rest at my feet like lilies on a pool before snuffing out of existence, leaving only a faint smell of smoke behind. Nothing was damaged; not even a soot mark on the floor where they had been.

I was stunned: no one had ever given me flowers before. That had been awesome; I’d never thought to create something beautiful out of my powers but Yves must have spent a long time honing his skill to do so.

Like what you read?  The rest of the book, well, it's even better...