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Friday, August 30, 2013

Feature and Follow Friday

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This is a feature hosted by ParaJunkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q: If you could only have ONE – one book – for the rest of your life. Don’t cheat…what would it be?

ShadowFever by Karen M. Moning of course.

What will be your one and only book?


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Friday, August 16, 2013

Feature and Follow Friday

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This is a feature hosted by ParaJunkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q:Share something you’ve learned about book blogging or just blogging in general in the last month.

This last month I have learnt that it is ok to take it easy while blogging. Meaning I don't have to post everyday nor even visit twitter everyday. I need to realise from time to time that blogging is a hobby for me which I should enjoy. The day it becomes a burdern or a chore is that day it should take a step back, relax a little and let it go. If I'm not having fun blogging then it's not worth doing.

What have you learnt from blogging in the last month?


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Friday, February 8, 2013

Feature and Follow Friday (37)

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This is a feature hosted by ParaJunkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q: Q: Happy Mardi Gras! If they were throwing the HOTTEST books off of a Mardi Gras float -- what would you do to have them throw to you…?

This question cracks me up. My TBR list is a mile long. Even if I chose my must read books or books I will not be able to live without, I would need piles of books chucked at me. I can only imagine how much fun it would be for someone trying to hurl trunk loads of books toward me. I’ll probably engage everyone I can possibly have to collect them.

What books would like to be thrown at you?


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Friday, January 25, 2013

Feature and Follow Friday ( 36)

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This is a feature hosted by ParaJunkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q: What is the last book that kept you up late into the night just to finish it?

The last book which kept me awake to the wee hours in the night or shall we say in the morning was The mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke (review here).  I was so cought up it in that I went to work the next day with only two hours of sleep. Yes, only two hours of sleep and it was sweet torture. I loved the book so much that it was worth feeling like a zombie the next day.

Which book kept you awake into the night and you simply had to finish it?


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Friday, January 18, 2013

Feature and Follow Friday (35)

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This is a feature hosted by ParaJunkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q: Who is your favourite villain from a book?

At the moment I'm in love with Warner from Shatter me. He was evil, menacing and oh so delicious. I'm so glad that Tahereh Mafi is taking a different route for his character development.

Another character I loved was the anti hero Caleb, from the Dark Duet Series by C. J Roberts. However, slowly in the next book he gets his redemption, so I suppose he does get better.

There might be more but that's all I can remember.

Have you got any villain whom you love to hate or simply just love? Tell me more.


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Friday, November 9, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (34)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q: Do you mind books with similar ideas to other books? Similar concepts, backgrounds, retellings or pulled-to-publish fanfic?
DEPENDS....Some books which have similar story line and characters and use the same plot devices annoy me to no end. This is especially true when I'm reading Urban Fantasy or in fact any fantasy book, the main part of this type of books is the world and the fanatsy where the story develops. If that is a rip off then the enjoyment of reading the book dries quickly. However, this is not true for say. historical romance. We all know the guy and the girl will end up together. The guy most likely will be a rake and the woman a bluestocking. They most will have a convenient marraige and will fall in love. Sigh....that never gets old for me.

Does same type of story in two books annoy you?


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Friday, November 2, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (33)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q:What is a deal breaker for you in a book? For example, do you abhor love triangles? Or can’t deal with bad editing?
 A deal breaker for me is when the story is not gripping. I ahte it when the plot is slow going yet tere is no incentive for me to keep reading. There is bad editing of course which plays a majoq role in making a book DNF. I also hate when author tell me how the charcater is feeling instead of making me feel it too.

What makes you DNf a book?


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Friday, October 26, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (32)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q:What writing device or trick most irritates you when reading a book? For example, if an author employs an omnipotent narrator that is sometimes considered bad form.
 Apart from the love at first sight plot line which is a instant put off to me, I hate it when a love triangle is created just to drag the story out. I love the tension in any regular love triagle but sometimes it drags for no reason when it's clear who holds the heroine's affection.

Is there any plot devices which annoy you?


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Friday, October 19, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (31)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q:When you step out of your USUAL genre what do you like to read? Best books in that genre? …
My usual genres are Urban Fantasy, Historical romance an Young adult with dystopian and fantasy elements. However I venture into erotica which is unusual for me. It provides a break from the tedium, that is YA heroines. The most recent dark erotica I read was Seduced in the Dark (Dark Duet #2) by C. J Roberts. This was the second and last part of the set and I'll add this is not for the weak of heart. It is dark, very dark with non- consensual sex and practices which would leave you in a ethical dilemma. I want to hate the characters but I simply couldn't. Another book that need mentioning is Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas.
Tell me your usual gnres and what books do you read which takes you out of your comfort zone.


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Friday, October 12, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (30)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q: What book do you think would make a great Halloween movie? Please explain in graphic detail of goriness…
The best Halloween movie I think would be if they turned Dead Sky Morning into a movie. It is the third book in Karina Halle's Experiment in Terror series and I can assure you it's scary.(Read my review here It's got creepy leper ghosts, Reverends who want to trap you in the island forever and babies who are laughing while their face slowly melts and they start playing with their own melted face. And then, they decide to crawl over you while you're tied to a tree. Not to mention, coffins washing up to the shore in the middle of the night. Now, that's scary.
Which book do you think will be an excellent Halloween movie?


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Friday, October 5, 2012

Feautre and Follow Friday (29)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q:What do you hope to accomplish with your blog? Is it to one day become an author yourself, just for fun, maybe get some online attention, or maybe something very different?


I started blogging for fun. I'm passionate about the books I read and having a space somewhere which is my own, felt right. My blog is my own little corner where I can gush, rant and fan girl as much as I want. However, slowly I have started to have goals for my blog, which at the moment is:
1. Getting ARCs from the 6 major publishing houses here. Which would mean they acknoledge my writing and my blog.
2. Achieving about a 1000 followers. I have to admit my Terrible Girls have achieved so much that I want to follow on their footsteps.

Have got goals that you want to full fill for your blog?


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Friday, September 14, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday

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Hello my Fellow Escapees,
I'm really pleased to announce that I'm this week's featured blogger for Feature and Follow Friday organised each week by ParaJunkee and Alison Can Read. This meme is hugely popular and I am ecstatic that I got a chance to be featured. Here's some background info about me and if you want to know more feel free to chat with me.

When did you start blogging?
I started blogging on and off last year, but have been doing so seriously since that last 6 months.

What is your favourite part of book blogging?
I love expressing my views and thoughts about my passion in life. I can be myself and and my blog is my own little corner where I can gush and fan girl as much as I want. I also get to meet so many bloggers who have been great and supportive throughout.

What is your favorite book(s)?
This is going to become such a long list that I will only mention the type of books I read which is mainly Fantasy, Dystopia, PNR, Urban Fantasy, Historical Romance and YA.

What has been the best thing that has happened to you because of book blogging?

I recently received a paper ARC from a publisher which was the first time I ever received one. I was really pleased as it meant that someone read and liked my reviews to think me worthy enough for a paper ARC.



Q: What hyped up book do you think was not worth all the talk?
Apart from the appalling and ugly cover I was assured that book would be great. Most of my GoodReads friends loved it to bits and wouldn't stop talking about how romantic and thrilling this book was. Always up for a fantasy romance, I was fully prepared to love this, thinking it would blow my socks off. Well, let's just say I was disappointed. Even with the amazing GR rating and a decent story line it failed to impress me.You can read my review here


Tell me about a hyped up book which turned out to be just talk with no bite?

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Friday, September 7, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (25)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.


Q:What book(s) are you reading right now? What do you think of it?

I'm currently reading Working Stiff by Rachel Caine. It's turning out to be really good which to be honest, I didn't expect. It has received average ratings and mixed reviews but I'm really enjoying it. It's right up my street!


Tell me about the book you're reading.Is it good or simply mediocre?

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Friday, August 31, 2012

Feature and follow Friday (24)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.


Q: Best Cover? What is the best cover of a book that you’ve read and didn’t like?

I'm an easy to please and usually a good cover scores extra points from me. The book with a good cover which disappointed me recently was The Iron Daughter (The Iron Fey #2). The whole series ahs beautiful covers with swirls and glitter which look magical and stunning but the main character annoyed me.
You can read my review for The Iron Daughter here


Have you ever judged a book by it's great cover andhunted it down, only to be disappointed later?

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Friday, August 24, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (23)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.




Q:Worst cover? What is the worst cover of a book that you’ve read and loved?
From the top of my head, the worse cover was Magic Bites by Ilona Andrews. The cover for the whole series are not great but as you read more you fall in love with it. Now it is one of my favourite urban fantasy series. It was a lesson in not to judge a book by it's cover. Looking at it, again I still find it lame and pretty cheesy.

Have you ever judged a book by it's bad cover and given it a pass only to love it later?

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Friday, August 17, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (22)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q: What blogger inspires you? It can be any kind, it doesn’t have to be a book blog
I never was into blogging before. I started blogging as I was inspired by my friends on Goodreads as to how much fun they were having in the blogosphere. Hence I started this blog. My main inspirations have to be my Terrible Girls who have had very successful blogs themselves and have supported me in my every step.

Just look at my blogroll and you would know. These ladies keep inspiring me to read more and more and explore different genres of books which without them I would never have.

Tell me about your inspiration for blogging?



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Friday, August 10, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (21)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q: What would you do over if you were to start your blog again from scratch?
I'm not sure what I would do. Hmmm, perhaps I would have made it a book blog to begin with. When the idea to blog came into my mind I thought I would blog to express anything that came into my mind like movies, books, anime and manga. However as time moved on I became more focused on book blogging Although, I still read occasional manga or review a movie, Escapism is still predominantly a book blog.

Did you start off as you wanted it to be or have your goals for your blog changed since?



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Friday, August 3, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (22)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q:Do your reading habits change based on your mood? Do you read a certain genre if you are feeling depressed or happy?
My reading habits change all the time. Sometimes I get into a Historical Romance mood and sometimes I want bad-ass Urban Fantasy Heroine. I even crave Young Adult and when I have had too much of Teen angst I want sexual tension. ;) Worse I even get reading funks. When I have read many 5 star book one after the other any other average book seems uninteresting.


Does your reading changes with your mood?




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Friday, July 27, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (21)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q:Summer Reading. What was your favorite book that you were REQUIRED to read when you were in school?
I love the question for this week. I give all the credit of my reading fanatism to my school. I was required to read many great books throughtout my school life. We were rquired to the usuall Shakespere but also we had books on poetry,short stories, and full length novels. Not to mention the books with extracts from classics like Pride and Prejudice and Emma, to name a few. Of course we had the good old library which none of my friends would go to. Whereas I would go and find old books which had stopped being issued and bring them home. They would have holes in them but I loved them so much I would read them anyway staying up all night. Yeah, I stayed up all night even in school to read my favourite books.

If I had to choose I was narrow my favourites down to


THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
It was so hard to read this as it a level higher than what I was used to but I loved it every page of it. I must have read it at least 4 times over the years. That’s not including the once we read with the class



ROBINSON CRUSOE by Daniel Defoe
This book was part of a project we were meant to do and I loved how Crusoe had to make do with whatever little resources he had had on the island. He was so lovely yet he made the most of it. It gives you hope and teaches you never to give up.









Honourable mentions:





Black Beauty by Anna Sewell








The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.








What books did you read at school which were a pleasure rather than a pain to read?









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Friday, July 20, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday (20)

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This is a feature hosted by Para-Junkee and Alison can Read.They have been awesome and this feature allows to meet new book bloggers and book fans spread all over the Land of Internet.

Q:Christmas in July! Someone gives you a gift card for two books (whatever that costs). What two books will you buy?

Blimey1 the options I have. Hmm, there are so many books I would love to buy. Many many books actually. Usually I simply buy ebooks to save space but I suffer from cover lust so I would get myself a nice YA book with a pretty girl on it. Plus I would also but myself Stacia Kane's Sacrificial Magic (Downside Ghosts # 5) and I have yet to read that book.

what books would like to buy if you get gifts cards before Christmas?


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