GingerRead Reviews

I have been planning this post for a while and am very glad to finally have the time (ability to ignore other commitments) to write it. Every day I get an email or a Goodreads message from one author or another asking me for tips, it's only natural that authors would want to get a bloggers perspective after all, so I decided to write this series for those who are less keen on directly asking for help. If you do have any questions that I don't manage to answer in my tips then just shoot me and email and I will help! My first post in the author tips series centers around the useful and essential invention that is social media. Dear authors,  Social media is your friend! I'm sorry guys but if you are an author who wants to succeed in the world you need to have some social networking profiles, if you don't have any and still manage to succeed you are the exception rather than the rule. The two platforms I recommend to all authors are Goodreads   and Twitter .  They are esse...

Sunday Spotlight is a weekly scheme I am running to bring publicity to lesser known authors who, in the book blogging community, it is important to support. If you are an author and you wish to be considered for it please email me at emily.confessionsofa bookaholic@gmail.com with 'Author Spotlight' in the subject line. Today’s author is Carys Jones, author of the new YA release Dare to Dream ! She has written a guest post for you all to enjoy – although it is not bookish it does discuss some book-to-tv adaptations among other things which is always interesting! About Carys:  Carys Jones loves nothing more than to write and create stories which ignite the reader's imagination. Based in Shropshire, England, Carys lives with her husband, two guinea pigs and her adored canine companion Rollo. When she's not writing, Carys likes to indulge her inner geek by watching science- fiction films or playing video games. She lists John Green, Jodi Picoult and Virginia Andrews as her ...

This cover reveal was hosted by Xpresso Book Tours . I'm sorry I haven't posted a review in a while guys but because I have been so busy lately I literally don't have the time to read or review. My smaller posts such as Spotlights, discussion posts and cover reveals like this however will stay constant because they're quick and easy. Bear with me guys, the blog will get back to normal soon! Today's cover reveal is of the prequel to Ashley Ehlers Harvesting series! First here is some information on book one, The Harvesters : When she finds her boyfriend shackled to a white metal table Ashley fears for the worst. On a small road trip of dropping off a package for Jason’s father, the young couple never thought they would be running for their lives. Running away from supposedly friends whom in turn to be a family of harvesters.  Human harvesters and they're looking for something specific. And Ashley just might be the perfect match. Find out more about book one on Go...

Sunday Spotlight is a weekly scheme I am running to bring publicity to lesser known authors who, in the book blogging community, it is important to support. If you are an author and you wish to be considered for it please email me at emily.confessionsofa bookaholic@gmail.com with 'Author Spotlight' in the subject line. Today's author is Stephen Oram, author of Quantum Confessions. He has kindly agreed to an interview and giveaway with us here at Confessions of a Bookaholic! About Stephen: Like each and every one of us, my perspective of the world has been affected by many people and experiences: as a teenager I was heavily influenced by the ethos of punk; in my early twenties I embraced the squatter scene and then joined a religious cult, briefly; I did some computer stuff in what became London’s silicon roundabout; and I’m now a civil servant with a gentle attraction to anarchism. I really enjoy taking a sideways look at our world and thinking, “what if,” and then writi...

When I named my blog I thought I was being witty, I never thought I would have to post any actual confessions, however I do have one to make: I don't like Harry Potter. Just let that sink in for a little while. I am in a real-life book club that maintain that no one who doesn't like Harry Potter can be a good judge of books and I seek to challenge this notion! It's not even that I haven't read Harry Potter, I got through the first three books, I just couldn't like them. I thought it was because I was too old when I read them but I have been informed everyone from 0-1000 likes them so that can't be it. It is the language that is used, I believe, that I dislike. It is child-like for the very understandable reason that it was written for children . If any of you ever wonder why I state that I will not accept children's literature in my review policy, this is why. I know Harry Potter is amazing really, I just can't appreciate it at my age. But the films. the...

Two weeks ago I asked you guys to put forward blogs you thought deserved to be in my top ten bloggers to watch list, be they yours or others, and you certainly complied! I have put together a list of my top ten but if you are not included, don’t worry, there were a lot of others to contend with. I will be tweeting endorsements of the blogs I don’t include ( @EmilyBookaholic ) so watch out for yours! This list is in no particular order, sorry number one but you’re equal to number ten but you can pretend to be extra special if you like. I posted the first five last week , here are numbers 6-10! 6. Book Mouse This is one of my favorite book blogs on the internet and that's not only because it is adorably named after a cute furry creature! I really enjoyed reading the reviews, even if I didn't agree with the four star review of Wuthering Height, I would have barely given it one star! I really loved the latest post on getting children to read , I'd really recommend you check it ...

Sunday Spotlight is a weekly scheme I am running to bring publicity to lesser known authors who, in the book blogging community, it is important to support. If you are an author and you wish to be considered for it please email me at emily.confessionsofa bookaholic@gmail.com with 'Author Spotlight' in the subject line. Today's author is Massimo Marino, author of the Daimones Trilogy, a work of post-apocalyptic, alien sci-fi. The concept of Massimo's trilogy is quite complex but don't fret because he kindly agreed to an interview in which everything will become clear! Firstly, I'm sure you want to know what Daimones is actually about: Dan Amenta woke up one morning to discover the world had changed...the Apocalypse had arrived. Death, destruction, and disaster were wreaking havoc across the globe. Yet Dan and his family remained untouched and he sensed some sort of supernatural power had left them the only three people alive on Earth. They were not. The efforts ...

A week ago I asked you guys to put forward blogs you though deserved to be in my top ten bloggers to watch list, be they yours or others, and you certainly complied! I have put together a list of my top ten but if you are not included, don’t worry, there were a lot of others to contend with. I will be tweeting endorsements of the blogs I don’t include ( @EmilyBookaholic ) so watch out for yours! This list is in no particular order, sorry number one but you’re equal to number ten but you can pretend to be extra special if you like. Here are the first five! 1.    Lesser-Known Gems Everyone who follows me at Confessions of a Bookaholic knows that I love classics so of course I'm going to love a blog that highlights the more obscure classics out there and Marcelle's blog, Lesser-Known Gems does just that. I am a huge fan of Charlotte Bronte, I despise Emily Bronte and I have read nothing of Anne Bronte therefore Marcelle's focus upon the lesser known sister really interests me!...

Sunday Spotlight is a weekly scheme I am running to bring publicity to lesser known authors who, in the book blogging community, it is important to support. If you are an author and you wish to be considered for it please email me at emily.confessionsofa bookaholic@gmail.com with 'Author Spotlight' in the subject line. Today's author to be spotlighted is Alice Poon, author of Fated and Fateless, a novel set in colonial Hong Kong. Here is some more about it: This is a tale of love, corruption and greed set in a past era in colonial Hong Kong, spanning four decades from the late 1940s – a period marked by patriarchal bigotry, gender discrimination and Western ideals beginning to clash with Chinese conservatism. Wendy, the self-made corporate executive, has strong faith in free will and conscientious choices, but has a hard time living up to her principles. Diana, the spoiled and selfish daughter of a property tycoon, prefers to find refuge in superstition and self-delusion. ...

There are two really good book blogger events that happen on a Wednesday. WWW Wednesdays used to be hosted over at Should Be Reading  but it got cancelled, I however still really like the idea so will continue with it. If any of you still continue it then leave me a link and I will check yours out. To play along you answer these three questions: What are you currently reading? What did you recently finish reading? What do you think you’ll read next? What am I currently reading? Currently, I am reading Darkest Light by Alex Taylor. This book was sent to me by the author himself, all beautifully wrapped and signed, in exchange for a honest review. I am currently around 6 chapters in and I am very intrigued so far. There appears to be a multicoloured dog-type-creature and now I really really want one! My dogs are boring normal colours. What did I recently finish reading? I recently finished reading Saying Goodbye to Warsaw by Michael Cargill. This book was also given to me in ex...