Blog Tour: Floored!

"I wake up with a jolt when one of the packages slides off the pile on my lap and into the footwell."

Oops, I must be careful with these packages, don't want to ruin them. I'm Sasha, and if you haven't heard, we're doing a big book launch party for the book that's based on our group's crazy meeting, and our lives afterwards.

I came up with this idea that we should do a blind date with a book for the table centrepieces. It's such an interesting idea, and everyone loved the sound of it, so I've got a boatload of packages all wrapped up nicely with a nice little description about the book on a tag.

Which one would you pick up?

"He was called a swot. The perfect friend. Perfect son. But is that all he really is? Family problems, friendship problems, work experience problems. What will he do now? This is all about him taking his chance, and what happens after."

"Sometimes life can throw you into mysterious places. This book is about a girl who was just trying to help out her dad when a chance moment changes her life. Could it have been different? Who knows. But this is the story of the dutiful daughter who finally realises what she wants."

"I bet you know all about quintessential bad -boys? How about rich bad-boys? The players? You may not know everything about this one. You'll just have to read to find out."

"I bet you think all teen stars end up with perfect lives? Not this one. 'Washed-up' is what many people describe him as, 'ugly', 'reverse-Longbottomed'. But what happens when he has a chance to find his way after a string of bad years? You'll have to read to find out."

"Ever wondered what it's like to lose your sight? To be paranoid that everyone knows it? This girl does. But she will meet a group of people that will change her outlook on life forever."

"You might think this is just a general romance, after all it does include a few Mr Wrongs. It's not. Instead, it's about a girl trying to find her way in the world and realise she doesn't necessarily have to live the life her upbringing would dictate to her."

I bet everyone's in for a surprise though, because (if you haven't guessed yet) all the books are the lovely new Floored book! We all thought that as it's so diverse it's kind of like having a book per person, so there should be a description for each!

Cool or not? We liked it so it's happening!

I can't wait to see you all at the launch party, we're hosting it up North somewhere because it's where we all met.

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And that's it from Sasha, but here's some info for the book, which is out soon!

The Breakfast Club meets One Day in Floored, a unique collaborative novel by seven bestselling and award-winning YA authors: Sara Barnard, Holly Bourne, Tanya Byrne, Non Pratt, Melinda Salisbury, Lisa Williamson and Eleanor Wood.

When they got in the lift, they were strangers (though didn't that guy used to be on TV?): Sasha, who is desperately trying to deliver a parcel; Hugo, who knows he's the best-looking guy in the lift and is eyeing up Velvet, who knows what that look means when you hear her name and it doesn't match the way she looks, or the way she talks; Dawson, who was on TV, but isn't as good-looking as he was a few years ago and is desperately hoping no one recognizes him; Kaitlyn, who's losing her sight but won't admit it, and who used to have a poster of Dawson on her bedroom wall, and Joe, who shouldn't be here at all, but who wants to be here the most.

And one more person, who will bring them together again on the same day every year.

Review: It Only Happens in the Movies by Holly Bourne

So, as you may have known if you follow me on Twitter, I went to the launch event of this book at Waterstones Piccadilly on the 20th of September. It was my first book event as a blogger (and really just my first book event) and it was amazing.

From this, I got my copy of this lovely book, a week(ish) before release, and I loved it so much I read it in less than a day.

Now, it's been a while since I've loved a book so much I've read it in a day, and I admit I've really missed that feeling, I don't know about you guys but I feel like reading a book in less than a day really means something. But, I'm rambling, so here's the book!

Bad boys turned good, kisses in the rain, climbing through bedroom windows... It only happens in the movies.

When Audrey meets Harry, it's the start of a truly cinematic romance - or is it?

Audrey knows that Harry is every movie cliché rolled into one. But she still chooses to let him into her heart...

So, this hasn't been my usual read for a few years now, I used to read all types of YA books, including romances and contemporary like these when in college, but I then focused more on fantasy books coming into university. However, I saw the description for this and I was pulled in, and decided to go for it and go to this event, and I am glad I did.

This book made me remember why I used to read these types of book, it was hilarious, and I could relate to certain points in it so much that I couldn't put the book down once I started it. I even almost missed my train stop on the way home from the event because I was busy reading it.

The main thing I loved about this book was how it made me rethink romance movies. I've always been a bit of a secret romantic at heart, and I've always loved a little bit of a rom-com, but this book had little tidbits throughout, and at the beginning of each chapter, that really made me think about the way romance movies are done, and how they are all pretty much similar.

These tidbits about romance movies, and the whole book, is narrated by Audrey, who is a teenage girl in her final year of college. I found it so refreshing to read a MC like Audrey, and I really connected with her. I laughed with her, I cried with her, and I cringed along with her when things went wrong, and I think connecting with a MC is what really makes you love a book.

But, I could go on for ages about this book, mainly because it's so different to what I usually read it was so refreshing, and I'll definitely be reading Holly's other books if they're as good as this one!

I give this book: 5 cats!