Hey readers!!

I cannot even begin to tell you how pumped I am for the giveaways I have coming in the next few days. Firstly, before I talk about it – I just want to say that I met Gayle Forman tonight! Eeeeeeeeeee! She was the sweetest ever. She was one of my top 5 authors before, and now I won’t lie, she’s my all time fave. It’s awesome to meet someone and they are even better than you expected. I’ll post some pictures tomorrow as well as a write up of the discussions the panel (Vikki Wakefield, Myke Bartlett and Gayle Forman) talked about tonight.

Leading on from this – Gayle was very kind to sign a copy of Just One Day for me, as well as one for Kristy and a third copy for a VERY lucky winner on this blog. In the next few days keep your eye out for the rafflecopter (pics included of what Gayle signed!) to enter. I have decided to make this international as well, so it’s going to be huge!

Second giveaway is thank you to Harlequin Books Australia. I am giving away two copies of Dare To You (Pushing The Limits #2) by Katie McGarry. I am very excited to be reading this book myself in June, and so this giveaway will be coming in the next day or two. It is open to Australian residents only though unfortunately (or if you have an Australian mailing address).  Keep your eyes peeled!

And thirdly, my standard monthly giveaway is back! Tomorrow, I’ll be posting my standard monthly giveaway with 12 new June release YA books to choose from and two winners will be announced at the end of the month.

So you’ll be seeing lots of things in the next few days! Exciting times at Book Nerd Reviews! Stay tuned. :)

Good evening everyone!!! May is over already – and so I have two winners to announce for the May Giveaway!

To remind you what was up for grabs this month,  two lucky winners will win one of the books of their choice below. You can choose from the following May releases:

The End Games by T. Michael Martin
Transparent by Natalie Whipple
The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston
Doll Bones by Holly Black
The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher
The 5th Wave (The Fifth Wave #1) by Rick Yancey
Reboot (Reboot #1) by Amy Tintera
Purgatory Reign by L.M. Preston
Towering by Alex Flinn
Coda by Emma Trevayne

The winners are……..

Len Delgado

Vanesa Damonte

Congratulations! I will send each of you an email within the next 48 hours to see what book you would like to choose!

If you didn’t win, that’s okay… there will be another giveaway starting tomorrow. Be sure you come back and to enter our June giveaway then! There’ll be some really amazing new release YA books up for grabs!!

Hey readers!

Okay, so I’ve had a bit of a mini break, and I feel like I’ve got myself in a much better place to continue with my beloved website. :) I’ve also been thinking about how I can best diversify this site and make it all that I know it can be. And in order to do that, I have to concede that I cannot do this alone. What I’m asking for is some help from you guys.

I am looking for co-reviewers to be a part of Book Nerd Reviews!

At this stage, I am not sure how many – I figure I will gauge that by the interest that I get. I am looking for people who read YA books and love them as much as I do.

I am also interested in people that love graphic novels and comics, (you don’t have to love comics AND YA, I would look at a couple of different people for this). As I mentioned in my last post, I am not opposed to the idea of adding some different types of reviews up here, and there’ll be some comic reviews coming shortly.

The only thing I am asking is that if you don’t already blog at another site. So this request is specifically for those of you out there who love reading but don’t currently post your reviews on another blog (Goodreads is fine though). I’m also interested in people of all ages, including if you’re a teenager also – I think it’d be interesting to read YA reviews from a teenagers perspective.

If you’re keen to come on board as a staff member of Book Nerd Reviews (profile page and all), please email me at booknerdreviews@gmail.com, and if you could send me a sample of what your reviews would look like, just so I can see if you fit what I am looking for that’d be awesome. I’ll email you back from there and see what we can bring to this site.

I’m excited about the potential this site has, and about the future! I hope you guys are too. x

Good evening! Sorry for the delay in posts guys, I have had a bit of personal stuff happening in the background, however life is back to normal now and so it’s business as usual! I am here with my May giveaway! Yaaaaaay!

I’ve scoured Goodreads for some awesome new release YA titles this month and I am happy to say that I have some great books for giveaway this month. :) In May, two lucky winners will win one of the books of their choice below. You can choose from the following May releases:

The End Games by T. Michael Martin
Transparent by Natalie Whipple
The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston
Doll Bones by Holly Black
The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher
The 5th Wave (The Fifth Wave #1) by Rick Yancey
Reboot (Reboot #1) by Amy Tintera
Purgatory Reign by L.M. Preston
Towering by Alex Flinn
Coda by Emma Trevayne

You can enter via the Rafflecopter widget below! You have all month, until May 31st so enter now and come back later to get even more entries for tweeting!

Good luck to you! x

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good evening!! I cannot even believe April is over… WTH! I am bringing some good news for 5 lucky winners tonight!

Firstly, I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who entered! I had over 3,300 entries this month which is a new record, and makes my heart feel warm and fuzzies knowing that you guys love my giveaways!!

To recap on what the giveaway this month WAS… in April, five…… (FIVE!!!) winners will each get to select one of the below books of their choice. All of these books are brand spanking new April releases and there are some amazing titles to choose from! I am pumped! Anyone can enter, as long as The Book Depository delivers to you!

The winners are……..

Kat Vela

Lauren Terry Mackesy

Heather Cranmer

Satchmo

Cordelia Fitzgerald

Congratulations! I will send each of you an email within the next 48 hours to see what book you would like to choose!

If you didn’t win, that’s okay… there will be another giveaway starting tomorrow evening (Aussie time). So come back and be sure to enter my May giveaway then, and you might be a winner at the end of May!

Today marks 2 years since Book Nerd Reviews started! When I first started this blog, I had absolutely no expectations or concept about how big this blog would eventually become. Usually I lose interest in projects pretty quickly, but not only am I still doing it 2 years later, but I am still really enjoying this, and can’t imagine myself NOT doing this. I am lucky enough to be able to continue doing this blog, and sharing my bookish thoughts with you all along the way.

So this is ultimately a thank you. To each person who has visited my sites, and especially to those of you who come back again. Thank you for your comments, your tweets, for supporting my giveaways and for the friendships I have formed with some amazing people in this time.

The book blogging community is a great one for the most part, and I’ve only got amazing experiences up until now. My friends know who they are (Yes you bloggers on Twitter!). Your support has been fantastic.

Here’s to my 2nd year blogoversary! Make sure if you haven’t done so, that you enter my blogoversary giveaway happening right now!

It’s the end of an era. Google Reader is going to be no more. Which sucks… because this is how I have always preferred to read my favourite blogs all in one place. It was convenient – you add in the URL’s of all the blogs you love, and it presents them on one feed in order for you to scroll through and enjoy. How good is that?

So now I’ve been on the hunt for something to replace Google Reader and I think I’ve found it. It’s called Blog Lovin’. How does it work? You sign up, either through email or through your Facebook account, and if you’ve used Google Reader previously like I have, it imports all of your blogs over for you (I was most impressed with this aspect of it – not having to manually import my blogs!). And the presentation of the blogs is pretty good too really!

So those of you who are using Google Reader to follow Book Nerd Reviews, I’m going to suggest you find a new way of following. Whether it’s subscribing to the blog via email (to the right), RSS or if you’re going to jump aboard the Blog Lovin express, you can follow me there!

Here’s how: Follow my blog with Bloglovin

If you have other suggestions for me to make it easier for you to follow me, you can always let me know via inbox (booknerdreviews@gmail.com) or Twitter (@booknerdreviews).

x

OMG guys!!! April 24th marks two full years since this site was born, and not only can I believe that I finally found something I love enough to stick with for this long, I am still enjoying it immensely and am telling you now that this is one birthday of many to come!

I like birthdays. I like making people happy also. So this month, there are going to be a bigger selection of books to choose from and there are going to be many more winners than the standard two per month that I’ve been having at the moment!

In April, five…… (FIVE!!!) winners will each get to select one of the below books of their choice. All of these books are brand spanking new April releases and there are some amazing titles to choose from! I am pumped! Anyone can enter, as long as The Book Depository delivers to you!

You can choose from:

Taken (Taken #1) – Erin Bowman
The Elite (The Selection #2) – Keira Cass
The Program (Program #1) – Suzanne Young
The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2) – Julie Kagawa
In the Shadow of Blackbirds – Cat Winters
White Lines – Jennifer Banash
Belonging (Temptation #2) – Karen Ann Hopkins
Acid – Emma Pass
Life After Theft – Aprilynne Pike
Rise (Eve #3) – Anna Carey
The Shadow Girl – Jennifer Archer
This Is What Happy Looks Like – Jennifer E Smith
Sweet Peril (The Sweet Trilogy #2) – Wendy Higgins
My Life After Now – Jessica Verdi
Pretty Dark Nothing – Heather L Reid

Entering is really easy! Everyone gets a free entry and then you get more entries for liking things like Book Nerd’s facebook page, twitter etc in the Rafflecopter below!

Good luck everyone! Giveaway ends on April 30th!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good evening!! I hope you’ve all had a wonderful Easter (for those who celebrate it) so far!! It’s the end of my March giveaway already, and two lucky winners are each able to pick out one of the below books of their choice!

Firstly before I announce the winners, I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who took the time to enter. If you don’t win this month, you should enter my April giveaway coming tomorrow, which is going to be super huge as it’s also Book Nerd Reviews’ 2 year blogoversary on April 24th! So I am giving more books away, and it’s going to be bigger than my normal giveaways!! TOMORROW peeps!!

Okay but first things first, the winners of my March giveaway!

Here they are:

Rebecca Sabberton

Reading Mind

Congratulations to the both of you, I will email you shortly asking for more details from each of you then! For everyone else, come back tomorrow to see the new giveaway!! x

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created by Tahleen at The Broke and the Bookish. This feature was created because due to a love of lists and what better way to celebrate lists than with book related ones?

This week…. Top Ten Books At The TOP Of My Spring Autumn 2013 TBR list!

Since it’s always opposites day in Australia, I am listing the top 10 books on my TBR list this Autumn! These are all new releases in March, April and May! These are listed in release order date also.

10. Legacy of the Clockwork Key – Kristin Bailey - March 5th

9. Poison – Bridget Zinn - March 12th

8. Nameless – Lili St Crow - March 20th

7. In The Shadow of Blackbirds – Cat Winters - April 1st

6. The Eternity Cure – Julie Kagawa – April 23rd

5. Belonging – Karen Ann Hopkins - April 30th

4. The S-Word – Chelsea Pitcher - May 7th

3. Reboot – Amy Tintera - May 7th

2.  The End Games – T. Michael Martin - May 7th

1. Towering – Alex Flinn - May 14th

I am really looking forward to the books ahead! All of the books mentioned are ARC’s, so my aim is to have the review up just before the release date of each! Stay tuned for reviews!

Good morning!! Sorry this wasn’t posted yesterday, it’s been a busy week! The good news is that I have a new giveaway to announce! Yaaaaay! :)

For the month of March, two lucky winners will each get to pick one of the books below of their choice! I have chosen all brand new March releases and there’s some great reads included! No follows required, everyone gets a free entry, and if you tweet or like Book Nerd Reviews on Facebook then you’re eligible for some extra entries! Here are the books:

Spellcaster (Spellcaster #1) – Claudia Gray
Unremembered (Unremembered #1) – Jessica Brody
Let the Sky Fall (Let the Sky Fall #1) – Shannon Messenger
The Nightmare Affair (The Arkwell Academy #1) – Mindee Arnett
When We Wake (When We Wake #1) – Karen Healey
Legacy of the Clockwork Key (The Secret Order #1) – Kristin Bailey
MILA 2.0 (MILA 2.0 #1) – Debra Driza
Poison – Bridget Zinn
Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices #3) – Cassandra Clare
Dear Life, You Suck – Scott Blagden
If You Find Me – Emily Murdoch
Orleans – Sherri L. Smith

To enter, just check out the rafflecopter widget below! You have the whole month of March to score entries, and on March 31st the winners will be drawn!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck to you all!

Good evening everyone! February is over and I have two winners to announce for my February giveaway!

To recap, in February, two lucky winners will each win one book of their choice from the selection below. The books this month:

Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2) – Marissa Meyer
Dualed (Dualed #1) – Elsie Chapman
Sever (The Chemical Garden #3) – Lauren DeStefano
Hysteria – Megan Miranda
Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) – Gail Carriger
Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) – Tahereh Mafi
Dance of Shadows (Dance of Shadows #1) – Yelena Black
Pivot Point (Pivot Point #1) – Kasie West
Mind Games (Mind Games #1) – Kiersten White
Breaking Point (Article 5 #2) – Kristen Simmons
Revel – Maurissa Guibord 
The Indigo Spell (Bloodlines #3) – Richelle Mead

Thank you EVERYONE who entered! I am blown away with 2533 entries this month – to date my most popular giveaway. I always am astounded by the amount of support my giveaways receive, and that’s why I will continue these each month. :)

Without further ado, the winners are…..

Gaby Navarro

Alyssa

I’ll be sending you both confirmation emails tomorrow so keep an eye out for that!

My next giveaway will be posted tomorrow evening (Australian time) so if you didn’t win this month, there’ll be a new opportunity for you coming very soon with some amazing new March releases up for grabs! x

Good afternoon!

Since my January giveaway proved to be really popular, I have decided that the February giveaway will work the same way, but the books this time are all new releases coming out this month! There’s some HUGE books in this giveaway too, which is all the more reason to enter!

In February, two lucky winners will each win one book of their choice from the selection below. No follows required, everyone gets a free entry, and if you tweet or like Book Nerd Reviews on Facebook then you’re eligible for some extra entries!

The books this month:

Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles #2) – Marissa Meyer
Dualed (Dualed #1) – Elsie Chapman
Sever (The Chemical Garden #3) – Lauren DeStefano
Hysteria – Megan Miranda
Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School #1) – Gail Carriger
Unravel Me (Shatter Me #2) – Tahereh Mafi
Dance of Shadows (Dance of Shadows #1) – Yelena Black
Pivot Point (Pivot Point #1) – Kasie West
Mind Games (Mind Games #1) – Kiersten White
Breaking Point (Article 5 #2) – Kristen Simmons
Revel – Maurissa Guibord
The Indigo Spell (Bloodlines #3) – Richelle Mead

So many books there that I am hoping to be able to read in February too!! Very exciting! To enter, just check out the rafflecopter widget below! You have the whole month of February to score entries, and on February 28th the winners will be drawn!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck! x

Good evening! My January giveaway has sadly come to an end – where exactly did January go? I’d love to know… I felt like I was celebrating New Years only a couple of weeks ago!

I am blown away by the amount of entries my giveaway had this month, I want to thank you all so much for continuing to support my giveaways by taking the time to enter. In return, I am going to continue to bring you kick ass giveaways each month (come back tomorrow for February’s giveaway!)

Before I announce the winners, let’s recap what the giveaway was itself.  This month, there will be two winners, and both winners can choose a book of their liking from any of the books below:

Prodigy (Legend #2) – Marie Lu
Shades Of Earth (Across The Universe #3) – Beth Revis
Asunder (Newsoul #2) – Jodi Meadows
The Archived (The Archived #1) – Victoria Schwab
Paper Valentine – Brenna Yovanoff
The Madman’s Daughter (The Madman’s Daughter #1) – Megan Shepherd
Level 2 (The Memory Chronicles #1) – Lenore Appelhans
Just One Day (Just One Day #1) – Gayle Forman
Everbound (Everneath #2) – Brodi Ashton
Teeth – Hannah Moskowitz
Shadowlands – Kate Brian
Revolution 19 – Gregg Rosenblum

And the winners this month are…..

Jessica Reid

Pumzie

Congratulations to you both! If you didn’t win, never fear – tomorrow there is a brand new giveaway with a whole lot of new books up for grabs!

Happy Australia Day to all my fellow Aussie bloggers and readers out there!! I hope you all have a wonderful day celebrating everything that makes us Australian. :)

I was on Goodreads this morning having a look at the upcoming 2013 releases when I noticed a pattern emerging with some of this years releases. I saw enough of them to make me wonder if there’s a new trend about to emerge. Big BOLD type. The kind that takes up the whole book space. And if the word is too long, just continue it on the next line. I like it. :) Here’s just some of what I found this morning:

The Lives We Lost – Megan Crewe

Invisibility by Andrea Cremer

Frozen by Melissa de la Cruz

‘Til The World Ends – Julie Kagawa

Rush – Eve Silver

The Prey – Andrew Fukuda