Weekly Gossip

Here is your bookish news from the past week.

First up, cover reveals!

Strange Chemistry have released the preliminary cover artwork for Pantomime by Laura Lam.


Isn't it absolutely gorgeous?! The artwork is by Tom Bagshaw, and I love it! It's so beautiful! Can't wait to see what the final cover will look like!

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Insurgent by Veronica Roth Giveaway Winners

The Insurgent by Veronica Roth giveaway is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered. Randomizer.org has done it's thing, and the winners are:

Beverley @ A Reading Daydreamer

&

Tasnim S
Congratulations to the both of you! Both winners have been notified by email. Your details have been passed on to my contact at HaperCollins who will be posting your prizes.

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Team Candor UK Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Insurgent by Veronica Roth (review copy) - WARNING! I cannot review this book without spoiling the others in the series. Read no further if you're planning on reading this series and don't want it spoiled for you.

Fighting for survival in a shattered world… the truth is her only hope.

I have done bad things. I can’t take them back, and they are part of who I am.

Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family. But she has paid a terrible price. Wracked by grief and guilt, she becomes ever more reckless as she struggles to accept her new future.

Yet if Tris wants to uncover the truth about her world, she must be stronger than ever… because more shocking choices and sacrifices lie ahead. From Amazon UK

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Team Candor UK: The Dystopian Society in the Divergent Series

As part of Team Candor UK's attempt to wow you with reviews of Insurgent by Veronica Roth and other cool posts, today I'm going to talk to you about my thoughts on the dystopian society in the series. Don't worry; so as not to spoil things for anyone, I'm going to discuss it without thinking of Insurgent (I'm not far into the book as I write this, only a few chapters, so no problem there), and without talking about the events of Divergent. Just the society in general will be discussed.

When reading Divergent, I thought of it as a dystopia within a dystopia. To explain what I mean,  let's take a closer look at what is meant by the term "dystopia". The following comes from Wikipedia's article on Dystopia.

A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian... People are alienated and individualism is restricted by the government.

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Insurgent Release Week & Team Candor UK Schedule

Happy Insurgent Release Day! And Happy Insurgent Week! Team Candor UK have been busy getting Insurgent reviewed and writing other exciting posts for your reading pleasure!







Here is a schedule of what you can read when (after the jump):

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Weekly Gossip

Here is your update on the past week's news!

First up, the cover reveal.

The cover for Losing Lila by Sarah Alderson has been released:




How awesome is it?! I love it! Though I find it very odd that her boob is pretty much in the center of the cover. But still! She looks scared! Which is exciting, danger to come!

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Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth

Divergent by Veronica Roth (review copy) - She turns to face the future in a world that’s falling apart.

For sixteen-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where she truly belongs.

Shocked by the brutality of her new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to both threaten and protect her. The hardest choices may yet lie ahead...

A debut novel that will leave you breathless. From Amazon UK

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Insurgent Bloggers' Challege - Team Candor

I am in Team Candor! Yes, you read it heard me right!




The super awesome people at HarperCollins Children's Books have set up a challenge for UK book bloggers! The bloggers have been put into each of the five Factions of the Divergent series (Abnegation, Amity, Candor, Dauntless and Erudite) to become teams. The aim? To be the Faction to post the most reviews of Insurgent in the first week of May, between 1st and 8th May! The winning Faction receives goodies! Is this not the coolest thing ever! We are at war!

Being a book blogger, I'm so stoked to be in Team Candor, as the Candor Faction is all about being honest - is that not what we book bloggers aim to do in our reviews? Suits me just fine!

The other members of Team Candor are:





Joint Team Leaders:
Carly of Writing from the Tub and Sarah of Feeling Fictional

Members:
Emma of Book Monkey
Jesse of Books 4 Teens
Kayleigh of K-Books
Jo of Once Upon a Bookcase
Darren of Bart's Bookshelf
Caroline of Big Book Little Book
Keren of Gothic Angel
Iffath of Painting With Words
Hanna of Booking in Heels
M of We Sat Down
Georgina of Chick Litaholic

What a team, eh? :D

Now I must be honest... I've yet to read Divergent. I know, I know, bad Jo! But I am SO excited to! Once I'm done with the book I'm currently reading, I'll be picking it up and shooting a review your way ASAP, all ready for Insurgent!

Follow everything that the Factions are getting up to on Twitter by checking out #InsurgentUK, and ours specifically at #CandorUK.

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Cover Reveals: Divergent and Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Today, thanks to the lovely people at HarperCollins UK, I get to share with you the new cover for the Divergent paperback and reveal the cover for it's sequel, Insurgent, both by Veronica Roth! And incase you don't know what I'm talking about, the blurbs for both.

Divergent by Veronica Roth (Paperback published on 2nd February 2012) - She turns to face the future in a world that’s falling apart.

For sixteen-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where she truly belongs.

Shocked by the brutality of her new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to both threaten and protect her. The hardest choices may yet lie ahead….

A debut novel that will leave you breathless. From Amazon UK


Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Published on 1st May 2012) - Fighting for survival in a shattered world… the truth is her only hope.

The thrillingly dark sequel to New York Times bestseller, DIVERGENT.

War looms in sixteen-year-old Tris’s dark dystopian world as disputes between the factions grow. Tris must now fight against all odds to discover the truth that can save her and the people she loves. Sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge – and the choices she makes will have devastating and unexpected consequences. From Amazon UK

Aren't they gorgeous?! I love them! I much prefer this Divergent cover to the hardback!

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