Sunday 17 February 2013

Showcase Sunday (4)


Showcase Sunday is a meme hosted by Vicky @ Books, Biscuits and Tea where you can showcase your newest books and book related swag for that week and share it with everyone.

I've not managed to do a Showcase Sunday for a couple of weeks so I have a bunch of new books to show you :)


Spud and Chloe at the Farm is a book of knitting patterns so you can knit a farm (barn, fences, hay bales, buckets etc) and all the farm animals (sheep, cows, chickens, pigs etc), as well as a doll called Chloe. I'm planning on working through it this year and making a farm for my niece and nephew for Christmas.

Cinnamon Roll Murder is the newest paperback release in Joanne Fluke's Hannah Swensen cozy mystery series. As much as I love the mysteries (and the included cookie recipes) I'm getting really annoyed with the love triangle, when you get to book 15 there really needs to be some kind of resolution. I'm now reaching the end of my patience and may have to give up on the series soon.

I preordered Dance of Shadows after seeing a fair amount of good press for it. The story sounds interesting and the cover is pretty. Now it's arrived I'm very impressed by the animated cover (it works with a free app on your phone), but the constant hype is starting to worry me as I've generally found the more hyped a book is the worse it is.

House Rules is the latest installment in the Chicagoland Vampires series and one I'm really looking forward to. This has been preordered (along with the August release) since last year and I'm super excited to read it as the last book has changed Merit's world a lot.

I popped into Waterstones last week on impulse and found The Indigo Spell sitting on the shelf before its release date! So I quickly cancelled my amazon preorder and snatched up a copy. Of all the books here, this one I read and absoluetely adored. My review will be coming very soon :)

The Indigo Spell was on a buy one, get one half price special so I also picked up a copy of  Seraphina which I've heard great things about. I haven't read any fantasy in ages and I love anything with dragons so I thought I'd give this a try.

I can't believe Sever is out and the Chemical Garden trilogy has come to an end. I loved the first two so I'm looking forward to getting stuck into this and seeing where everyone ends up. I want happy endings for Rhine, Gabriel and Cecily, a horrible end for Vaughn and honestly I'm not bothered by Linden.

Last up is Three Tales from the Sketchbook which I received in a knitting swap. I'm pretty impressed with it, especially as it contains The Legend of Sleepy Hollow which means I'll be able to use this for my Classic Double challenge :)

So what have you got to showcase this week?

28 comments:

  1. Both the Indigo Spell and Seraphina have received great reviews, so I hope you enjoy them! Dance of Shadows disappointed me quite a bit actually, but I hope you have better luck with it. Lovely haul! :)

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    1. I loved The Indigo Spell! It's an awesome read :)

      Thanks for stopping by Sam!

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  2. I haven't done a Showcase Sunday in a few weeks either. I really wanted to get Sever this week, but I need to re-read the first two, and I decided to buy some other cute books with my birthday money instead :) I loved Seraphina too, woot for dragons! I hope you enjoy all of these!

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    1. Oh happy birthday! I'm really looking forward to Seraphina :)

      Thanks for stopping by Kelsey!

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  3. Everyone has The Indigo Spell and Dance of Shadows this week! I need to get to them both.

    I hope you enjoy them and the rest of your books!

    Happy reading! :D

    My Showcase Sunday :)

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    1. Yep - I think it's one of those week with big name releases lol :)

      Thanks for stopping by Alex!

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  4. The Indigo Spell! Sever! Amazing books. (I hope) I'm waiting on them to arrive here... :) Have fun reading!

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    1. I hope they arrive soon! The Indigo Spell is an awesome read :)

      Thanks for stopping by Stephanie!

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  5. I love the idea of knitting your own farm! Hope it goes well, it sounds like a lot of fun. Enjoy your books this week!

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    1. Fingers crossed :) Thanks for stopping by Kit!

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  6. I've got Seraphina on my shelf too - heard so much great stuff about it. I know what you mean about book hype, and Dance of Shadows is starting to look a little suspicious to me too! Hope it's good though :-)

    Great haul! Happy reading and have a lovely week!

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    1. I'm beginning to get really worried :( At least the animated cover amuses my niece though!

      Thanks for stopping by Victoria and I hope you have a great week too :)

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  7. You bought all three of Tuesdays great releases! I only got The Indigo Spell (so far :P). Enjoy all your lovely books :)

    My Showcase Sunday

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    1. Yep! Tuesday was an epic book release day :) I hope you enjoy The Indigo Spell too!

      Thanks for stopping by Laura :)

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  8. Great books! I need to pick up Sever and I have Seraphina and really need to make time to read it! It sounds like my type of fantasy! Hope Dance of Shadows doesn't disappoint!

    Thanks for stopping by my Added to the Bookshelf post!

    ♥ Melissa @ Melissa's Eclectic Bookshelf

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    1. Seraphina sounds awesome! I hope you enjoy it :)

      Thanks for stopping by Melissa :)

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  9. The idea of knitting a farm sounds really fun. Hope you'll enjoy working on this knitting project!

    You got some pretty awesome books, Claire! It's awesome that you got a great half price special with Seraphina. Enjoy your books and have an amazing week!

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    1. Thanks Henrietta :) I hope you have an amazing week too!

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  10. I really like Joanne Fluke's cozy mysteries. Great haul you have. Happy reading!

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    1. They're awesome aren't they? Thanks for stopping by!

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  11. I'm behind on the Chicagoland Vampires! I still need to get BITING COLD.

    Happy reading! :D

    Here's Mine @ Pinkindle Reads & Reviews

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    1. I just caught up with them last summer so I'm determined to stay on top of them this year.

      Thanks for stopping by Angie :)

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  12. I've heard amazing things about The Indigo Spell and great things about Seraphina too :) Hope you enjoy your books and have had a lovely weekend :)

    Megan xxxx

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    1. Awww thanks Megan. I hope you had a lovely weekend too :)

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  13. What a cute idea of knitting a complete farm :D I hope you will love Sever as much as you loved the other books, I'm planning to pick up Fever soon.

    Happy reading and thanks for stopping by!
    Haul
    - Mel@thedailyprophecy.

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    1. Fingers crossed! I haven't gotten to it yet but I'm hoping to read it soon.

      Thanks for stopping by Mel :)

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  14. I'm not a fan of love triangles either - and it sounds like the author is really drawing it out :( 15 books is a LOT!

    I just realised I've never really read any cozy mysteries before... :o Do you have any favourites you'd recommend?

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    1. Yup it's getting kind of stupid at this point.

      I started cozies with Candy Apple Dead by Sammi Carter which is great, although the series got dropped at five books so there isn't really a resolution for some of the character's storylines. Other cozies I've loved are:
      The Chocolate Cat Caper by JoAnna Carl
      Glazed Murder by Jessica Beck
      The Trouble with Magic by Madelyn Alt
      A Veiled Deception by Annette Blair
      What's a Ghoul to Do? by Victoria Laurie
      On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle

      Oh, and a recent one I loved is Brownies and Broomsticks by Bailey Cates :)

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