Sunday Post (August 31)

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba @ Caffeinated Book Reviewer. It’s a chance to share news, a post to recap the past week on your blog, showcase books and things received, and share news about what is coming up on the blog for the week ahead. To get in on the Sunday funday, see the rules here: Sunday Post Meme.  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~ Last Week on G1000W ~

• Frankie Dupont And The Mystery Of Enderby Manor by Julie Anne Grasso (review)
• The End of Innocence by Allegra Jordan (spotlight + giveaway)
• Dead Girl Walking by Ruth Silver (blast + giveaway)
• Roots by Kelbian Noel (review)
• WWW Wendesday
• Thoughts on Thursdays: Next Month = September     ?       
• Eclair Goes To Stella’s by Michelle Weidenbenner (review + giveaway)
• Feature Follow Friday
• In the Rearview by Maria Anne Green (blast + giveaway)
• Perfectly Ernest by E.J. Wesley (release + giveaway)
• August Monthly Chit Chat 

~ This Week on G1000W ~

• Operation: Genocide by Yvonne Walus (blast + giveaway)
• Oh, Baby (Diary of a Real Payne #3) by Annie Tipton (blast + giveaway)
• WWW Wednesday
• Sprung by Noel Kelbian (review + giveaway)
• Thoughts on Thursdays
• Feature Follow Friday
• Smolder by Noel Kelbian (review + giveaway)

~ Other Open Giveaways on G1000W ~

• WhipEye (Geoffrey Saign) – ends 9/6
• The Secret of the Sacred Scarab (Fiona Ingram) – ends 9/2
• Skies Like These (Tess Hilmo) – ends 9/3
• Young Knights of the Round Table: The King’s Ransom (Cheryl Carpinello) – ends 9/9
• Karmack (J.C. Whyte) – ends 9/18
• Finding Fuzzy – A “You-Decide Tale” of a Lost Friend (Cat Michaels) – ends 9/19

~ New Arrivals to Land of 1000 Wonders ~

This week there were some really good books that came out! It was hard to stay away from them…and I didn’t…but I didn’t go overboard. I downloaded maaayyyyybe only 15 books this week (or less!). Here are a few that immediately grabbed my interest.

~ Around Town in the Spotlight ~

There are so many read-a-thons and “clean your shelves” challenges going on. It’s fantastic! I gave my best shot to Beat the Heat, but only completed about half of my goal since school started.

Publishers Weekly released an article about the Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2014. Do you agree with their picks?

• Chrissy talks dramatic writing at Every Free Chance Books
• Isabel recommends Youbtube channels at Sab The Book Eater
• Hannah Harvey guest posts about multiple narrative perspectives at Laura Plus Books
• The Nerdy Journalist introduces Media Monday
• Vickie cites reasons why bloggers prefer not to review indie books based off an article kind of bashing bloggers for not doing indie reviews
• Katie hosts an interview with male book blogger Justin at Katie’s Book Blog
• Faye explains why she is OK with MCs dying
• CJ shares her take on Outlander
• Emily talks about her first “grown up” read
• Alison asks how long you wait to write reviews
• Geeks In High School is looking for book covers and comic books for a new feature
• Parajunkee dishes the legality of animated gifs
• Giselle recaps the 2014 HCC Frenzy YA Book Blogger Event
• Author Tess Hilmo shares her book launch party pictures
• Amanda (from Book Badger) guests on Oh, The Books! about her design journey
• Laura rants about instalove…from the other side