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ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) Sunday is a new meme that I am planning to feature on the blog every week. It is based on the Sunday Post  which is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer, which was in turn inspired in part by the In My Mailbox meme. Basically, it allows me to let you know what went on the blog this week and anything interesting that is going on. It will also allow me to showcase any books I receive like the Showcase Sunday which is hosted by Vicky at Books, Biscuits, and Tea.

The first week of March has been a good week. The book I pre-ordered has arrived, but more of that later, and I seem to be slowly hauling myself out of my reading slump. Yay! 😀

There was just one post on the blog this week:

• 3 star review of SEA GLASS (CHRONICLES OF IXIA #5) by Maria V. Snyder

What else is going on? I’ve collected a lot of “news” this week. I hope some of it is interesting for you.

• The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books announced the names of authors attending the event on April 12-13 at the USC campus. For more info about the authors and ticket prices follow the linkie
• Word & Film have 7 pre-movie release books you must read in 2014
• Scholastic UK have announced when they’ll be holding their next warehouse sale. For more details click here
• The Guardian Books Blog has an article on the recent report that “children aren’t reading challenging enough books.” It’s an interesting article and you can read it here
• You can find a list of events for Orbit authors in March here
• Julie Kagawa announced that THE FOREVER SONG will be up on NetGalley for a limited time from March 10^th here
• Foyles is hosting The Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award Readings on 2^nd April at 6.00-8.30pm. For more info and to book a ticket click here
• Simon and Schuster UK Children’s tweeted about having ONE WISH by Michelle Harrison up on NetGalley for UK requests from bloggers, reviewers, and media professionals. If you’re interested you can find out more info here
• Find out which books made the Top Ten Reads in a World Book Day Poll here
• If you’ve not seen them yet, then check out the brilliant penguins in jumpers here – I love the one wearing the Penguin livery!
• World Book Day has created a list of 50 Books That Will Change Your Life here
• BookLikes have made it possible for its users to synchronise their Kindle with the site. For more info click here
• Crooked Cat Books announced that they’d signed Emma Mooney. They will be releasing her book THE BEAUTIFUL GAME later in 2014
• Find out what the Top Ten Most Read Books in the World are according to  Stylist here
• Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction announce the 2014 Longlist here
• If you want to find out more about the Quidditch World Cup on Pottermore J. K. Rowling is asking people to retweet this tweet
• USA Today revels the cover and has an excerpt from MADE FOR YOU by Melissa Marr here
• Gollancz have announced a special promotion for their 2014 debuts – the ebook editions will be available for £1.99 during the first week of publication. You can find more details here
• Gail Z. Martin announced on Twitter that she will be doing a signing at Forbidden Planet in London on July 23^rd at 6pm

Now we’re all caught up, sorta. As I mentioned earlier, I do have one new book this week which I am very excited to get started reading.

THE UNDEAD POOL (THE HOLLOWS #12) by Kim Harrison *signed*

I would love to hear what you’ve been up to this week and what books, if any, you’ve got so please leave me a link in the comments below.

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