The Overflowing Library

April has been an insane month for me blogwise. I'm still trying to throw off a horrible coldly/flu like bug I seem to have had since Christmas and therefore I've spent a lot of time at home reading in bed. Read in April Girls on Fire by Robin Wasserman (3 stars) Summer Skin by Kirsty Eagar (5 stars) Kook by Chris Vick (4 stars) Here we Lie by Sophie McKenzie (3 stars) Royal Wedding by Meg Cabot (5 stars) London belongs to us by Sarra Manning (5 stars) Mystery and Mayhem by Katherine Woodfine et al (4 stars) You know me well by David Levithan (2 stars) The One we fell in love with by Paige Toom (5 stars) V for Violet by Alison Rattle (4 stars) The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware (4 stars) Eden Summer by Liz Flanagan (5 stars) Lying about last summer by Sue Wallman (4 stars) The Second Love of my Life by Victoria Walters (4 stars) The OMG Blog by Karen McCombie (3 stars) Nightwanders by CJ Flood (3 stars) Tall Oaks by Chris Whittaker (3 stars) Book of the Month ...

Battersea, 1961. London is just beginning to enter the swinging sixties. The world is changing - but not for sixteen-year-old Violet. She was born at the exact moment Winston Churchill announced Victory in Europe - an auspicious start, but now she's just stuck in her family's fish and chip shop dreaming of greatness. And it doesn't look like fame and fortune are going to come calling anytime soon. Then she meets Beau. Beau's a rocker - a motorcycle boy who arrives in an explosion of passion and rebellion. He blows up Violet's grey little life, and she can't believe her luck. But things don't go her way for long. Joseph, her long-lost brother, comes home. Then young girls start going missing, and turning up murdered. And then Violet's best friend disappears too. Suddenly life is horrifyingly much more interesting. Violet can't believe its coincidence that Joseph turns up just as girls start getting murdered. He's weird, and she fe...

Jess Gordon is out for revenge. Last year the jocks from Knights College tried to shame her best friend. This year she and a hand-picked college girl gang are going to get even. The lesson: don't mess with Unity girls. The target: Blondie, a typical Knights stud, arrogant, cold . . . and smart enough to keep up with Jess. A neo-riot grrl with a penchant for fanning the flames meets a rugby-playing sexist pig - sworn enemies or two people who happen to find each other when they're at their most vulnerable? It's all Girl meets Boy, Girl steals from Boy, seduces Boy, ties Boy to a chair and burns Boy's stuff. Just your typical love story. A searingly honest and achingly funny story about love and sex amid the hotbed of university colleges by the award-winning author of Raw Blue. My thoughts This book is so good. I actively hunted it own after loving Raw Blue and yay for Book Depository for now having Aussie titles that they ship for free directly to the UK....

In the Cornish town of Talting, everyone is famous for something. Until recently Rose was known for many things: her infectious positivity; her unique artistic talent; and her devotion to childhood sweetheart Lucas. But two years ago that changed in one unthinkable moment. Now, Rose is known for being the young woman who became a widow aged just twenty-four. Though Rose knows that life must go on, the thought of carving out a new future for herself is one she can barely entertain. Until a newcomer, Robert, arrives in Talting for the summer... Can Rose allow herself the chance to love again? Get lost in Victoria Walters' immensely touching debut novel, and discover a world that will capture your imagination and heart. My thoughts I picked up this book on a whim and I've very glad that I did I definitely think Victoria Walters could be a new auto buy author for me. Read in one sitting and very much enjoyed. Felt similar to a Lucy Dillon novel whose books I also real...

Another month, more books I can't wait to read Post-breakup Avery interviewing exes, classmates, and family to learn why none of her relationships have worked thus far. I don't know much about this book but one of my twitter friends who has excellent book taste was raving about it so naturally it had to go on my wishlist. Wish you weren't here… When Jill wakes up in a hospital bed with her leg in a cast, the last six weeks of her life are a complete blank. All she has been told is that she was involved in a fatal accident while on a school trip in Italy and had to be jetted home to receive intensive care. Care that involves a lawyer. And a press team. Because maybe the accident…. wasn't just an accident. With no memory of what happened or what she did, can Jill prove her innocence? And can she really be sure that she isn't the one to blame? This book looks awesome. I can't wait to get a copy.  The third super hot, super fun Jessie Jeffe...

Today I am delighted to be able to reveal the cover for Laure Eve's forthcoming book The Graces. The Graces sounds awesome and I literally cannot wait to read it. Synopsis Everyone said the Graces were witches. They moved through the corridors like sleek fish, ripples in their wake. Stares followed their backs and their hair. They had friends, but they were just distractions. They were waiting for someone different. All I had to do was show them that person was me. Like everyone else in her town, River is obsessed with the Graces, attracted by their glamour and apparent ability to weave magic. But are they really what they seem? And are they more dangerous than they let on? This beautifully-written thriller will grip you from its very first page.

A heart-pounding love story that grips like a riptide, and doesn’t let go… Fifteen-year old Sam has moved from the big city to the coast – stuck there with his mum and sister on the edge of nowhere. Then he meets beautiful but damaged surfer-girl Jade. Soon he’s in love with her, and with surfing itself. But Jade is driven by an obsession: finding and riding a legendary huge wave no one has ever ridden. As the weeks wear on, their relationship barrels forward with the force of a deep-water wave – into a storm, to danger … and to heartbreak. My thoughts I really enjoyed this book. Exactly what I've been wanting to read for a good while now. I loved that they main characters were easy to were really easy to relate to. I instantly warmed to them and found myself really invested in them from the outset. I loved the fact that it's YA contemp and a love story but from a male perspective. It was interesting to see the different perspective when most of the the YA contemps I...