WH Smiths's boxed sets

I popped into WH Smiths a couple of days ago and rearranged their boxed sets so I could take this snap. There are three YA boxed sets, at £9.99:


Set 1

L J Smith - Volumes 1-3 of Night World

Set 2 (Love Bites II)

Ally Carter - I'd Tell You I Loved You But Then I'd Have to Kill You
Gabrielle Poole - Darke Academy 2: Blood Ties
Eden Maguire - Beautiful Dead: Arizona
Malinda Lo - Ash
L J Smith - The Secret Circle (The Initiation & The Captive Part 1)

Set 3

Elizabeth Chandler - Dark Secrets (Legacy of Lies & Don't Tell)
Sarah Singleton - Poison Garden
Sarah Rees Brennan - The Demon's Lexicon
Daniel Waters - Generation Dead
Holly Black - Tithe

(click on the photo for a better look)

Bookshop Deals

I had a mooch round this afternoon to see what's on offer in the bricks and mortar bookshops:

Tesco is a good bet as they have BOGOF on all children's books unfortunately the stock is a bit low in my local shop (or I've already got it!). eg only 1 of the 3 new Doctor Who titles was available.

Waterstone's has 3 for 2 as usual on a selection of titles.

W H Smith's has 3 for 2 on all its children's books.

W H Smith's Teenage Books box set offer

In bricks and mortar W H Smith's, they currently have the following six books in a slip case for £9.99, (I've read two but 4 books for a tenner is rather good and my resistance is crumbling):

Laurie Halse Anderson - Twisted
17 year old Tyler is totally enjoying his position as high school Alpha male, after years of being 'the geek'. But then Bethany Milbury - rich, blonde, beautiful and the girl Tyler wants - is the victim in a teenage sex scandal, and somehow Tyler is nailed as the prime suspect. Tyler knows he had nothing to do with it, but when everyone - including his hard-nosed father - believes he did, Tyler starts to spiral into a nightmarish, paranoid state of mind. He is desperate to find a way out of the mess he's in...Will he have the courage not to take the easy option?

Andrew Clover - Dirty Angels
Colin Hitchin's got the highest IQ in his year and he's psychic. He sees things before they happen. Uncle Jimmy believes Colin. He encourages him to pursue his powers. Turns out Jimmy sees things, too. He sees into people's souls, he knows who they really are. Then his best friend Polly goes into a coma, and only Jimmy and Colin know why.





Eden Maguire - The Beautiful Dead: Jonas (review)
Something strange is happening in Ellerton High. Phoenix is the fourth teenager to die within a year. His street fight stabbing follows the deaths of Jonas, Summer and Arizona in equally strange and sudden circumstances. Rumours of ghosts and strange happenings rip through the small community as it comes to terms with shock and loss.

Darina, Phoenix’s grief-stricken girlfriend, is on the verge. She can’t escape her intense heartache, or the impossible apparitions of those that are meant to be dead. And all the while the sound of beating wings echo inside her head...Something strange is happening in Ellerton High. Phoenix is the fourth teenager to die within a year. His street fight stabbing follows the deaths of Jonas, Summer and Arizona in equally strange and sudden circumstances. Rumours of ghosts and strange happenings rip through the small community as it comes to terms with shock and loss.

Darina, Phoenix’s grief-stricken girlfriend, is on the verge. She can’t escape her intense heartache, or the impossible apparitions of those that are meant to be dead. And all the while the sound of beating wings echo inside her head...

Christopher Pike - The Last Vampire
Alisa Perne is the last vampire. Beautiful and brilliant, she hunts alone, living among humans, living off humans. But someone is stalking her. Someone wants her dead. And Alisa has a choice to make - to keep a long held promise or protect the mortal she seems to be falling for.







Gabriella Poole - Darke Academy: Secret Lives
The Darke Academy is a school like no other. An elite establishment that moves to an exotic new city every term, its students are impossibly beautiful, sophisticated and rich. And the more new scholarship girl Cassie Bell learns about the Academy, the more curious she becomes. What sinister secrets are guarded by the Few -- the select group of students who keep outsiders away? Who is the dark stranger prowling the corridors at night? And what really happened a year earlier, when the last scholarship girl died in mysterious circumstances? One thing Cassie will discover is that a little knowledge may be a dangerous thing, but knowing too much can be deadly...

L J Smith - The Awakening (review)
Elena is the school beauty, but she's bored, until Stefan turns up. He is mysterious - and she's determined to get to know him better. But Stefan is determined to resist her... until a series of attacks in the area terrify the town and Stefan is held responsible. Elena offers help and, falling in love with her, Stefan tells her his terrible story.

W H Smith's Offer on Teenage Books

My local W H Smith's is currently offering a "buy one get one free" offer on a small selection of titles; some of them are very new: The Set-Up by Sophie McKenzie, Kiss of Life by Daniel Waters, Lois Biggs is Not Mad by Hayley Long and selected House of Night books.

Can I resist when I go shopping tomorrow...?