July 22nd, 2012 
Vicky 
Hello and welcome to Showcase Sunday. Inspired by Pop Culture Junkie and the Story Siren, the aim of Showcase Sunday is to highlight our newest books or book related swag and to see what everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops and downloaded onto eReaders each week. For more information about how this feature works and how to join in, click here.
This week on Books, Biscuits, and Tea
♦ On Monday I was talking about whether bloggers should charge authors for favourable reviews
♦ On Wednesday I reviewed Niamh Greene’s A Message to Your Heart
♦ On Friday I reviewed Joanna Kavenna’s Come to the Edge
Incoming books
♦ Who I Kissed by Janet Gurtler (won)
♦ Lost Girls by Ann Kelley (won)
♦ The First Time I Saw Your Face by Hazel Osmond (for review)
♦ The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie (purchased)
Another great week, filled with some lovely surprises! Apart from our monthly book club read (Agatha Christie) I’m doing my best not to buy any more books until I read at least some of my review copies/books from my TBR pile. So imagine my surprise when The First Time I Saw Your Face landed on my doorstep early this week, followed by a package from The Book Belles.
Montana and the rest of the Book Belles team organised a 4th of July giveaway on their blog and I won! I was lucky enough to pick 2 books from their ARC pile, and I went for Who I Kissed and Lost Girls. I can’t wait to read them – thanks so much, Montana! 
And a massive thank you to Quercus for the review copy and their continued support!
So that’s it guys! What did you get this week? Make sure to leave a link to your own Showcase Sunday post in the linky below so that we can visit you back – and feel free to leave a comment after linking up! Have a lovely weekend xxx
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The First Time I Saw Your Face looks really good. I’ll have to add that to my TBR list! Lots of great books!
Olivia recently posted..Sunday Showcase (3)
Love the sound of your books this week- congratulations on your book wins!
I read your fantastic post on Monday about bloggers charging for nice reviews- it made my blood boil. I didn’t know that this went on, it gives bloggers a bad name.
Anyway, enjoy all your new books- have a fantastic week.
Sally@Always Lost in Stories recently posted..Showcase Sunday 22nd July 2012
Thanks Sally! Yes, I was the same as you when I first heard the news… it’s so ridiculous!
Great haul as usual, Vicky! I’ve been hearing lots of things about LOST GIRLS, so I can’t wait to hear your opinion on that one! The others look really good, too.
Enjoy all your marvelous books!
Meg K. recently posted..Showcase Sunday #8
Oooh!Lucky you!Happy Sunday!
Nobonita recently posted..Showcase Sunday #2
I love the cover of the Agatha Christie novel. I haven’t read any Christie in ages. Might have to have a binge! Hehe.
Hope you enjoy them all!
Nikki recently posted..Showcase Sunday #4
Some fantastic books this week, Vicky! Congrats on the wins & I hope you enjoy all these pretties!
Carly @ Fiction Fascination recently posted..Showcase Sunday #9
Great books although I’ve never heard of them. It’s great when we win books I was lucky enough to win books this week too
Hope you enjoy your new books 
Kate @ Kates Book Life recently posted..Showcase Sunday #12
Congrats on the books you won! Adding them to Good reads
Have a good week!
Kelsey recently posted..Showcase Sunday (9)
Such a great haul this week! I really want to read Who I Kissed and The First Time I Saw Your Face so I look forward to reading your reviews
Laura Hartley recently posted..What’s Hot? Books.
Lost Girls sounds great – I can’t wait to hear your reviews! I haven’t read any Agatha Christie for ages…perhaps I should try to revisit her. I used to love Poirot and zee leetle grey cells…
Mel S recently posted..My Book Haul/Showcase Sunday
Wow! I missed your post on Monday, that’s a shocker. How disappointing.
On a happier note, congrats on your win, the books look really interesting.
Katja recently posted..Bookish Brag (008)
“Lost Girls” has been one that I’ve been eying lately. What great surprises! I’m glad you had such a great book week!
Auggie recently posted..Book Gathering #11
OOh nice! Haven’t heard of those but I hope you enjoy them all!
Here’s my STS
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower
Lost girl looks great!
Happy reading! ^^
Mel@thedailyprophecy recently posted..Showcase Sunday (amazing edition)
Hi Vicky
Must admit that I haven’t heard of these, apart from the “Christie” book… really going to have to start collecting them in Kindle form at some point.
Hope you enjoy them all.
Theta Sigma @ Resolution Corner recently posted..Showcase Sunday/Letterbox Love/Stacking The Shelves
Great wins this week! Enjoy them all especially the Christie!
Melissa recently posted..Added to the Bookshelf – 7/22/12
Your books look great this week! I hope you enjoy Murder on the Links – I haven’t seen that cover before, but I really like it (my copy was quite old and not quite so colourful!).
kit recently posted..Showcase Sunday: The Last Minute Library edition
The First Time I Saw Your Face looks really good – I hope you enjoy that plus all your others! A book club sounds so much fun
xx
It’s wonderful to hear that you won Who I Kissed and Lost Girls! And you have to tell me if you like The Murder on the Links.
The First Time I Saw Your Face definitely sounds interesting although I don’t think it’s available in North America as of yet. 
Have a lovely week.
Henrietta @ Leisure Reads recently posted..Showcase Sunday (3)
I love the new cover design of The Murder on the Links. The version I have is simply green, and not very interesting looking.
Enjoy your books!
Cayce recently posted..Takarabako ~ Treasure(Mail)Box ~「6」
It looks like you’ve got some awesome books. I haven’t read any of them, but Agatha Christie (from the few I’ve read) does write a brilliant book. I hope you enjoy them, and manage to get through a bit of your TBR pile.
Becki @ TheFlutterbyRoom recently posted..In My Mailbox (12)
Oooh Lost Girls looks very interesting, will be looking forward to seeing what you think of it! I hope you enjoy all your new books
Jess Hearts Books recently posted..Letterbox Love (9) My First Vlog!
Great books! The Lost Girls sounds really good! I hope you enjoy all of your new reads!
My IMM- http://youngatheartbookblog.blogspot.com/2012/07/in-my-mailbox-16.html
McKenna
Wow, the cover of Lost Girls just sucks me right in and makes me want to know what the book is about. I think I’ll have to check it out!
Heather McCorkle recently posted..Friday Creature Feature~Leanshe
The other day I was in my local charity store looking at the books on display in the window. There was a big pile of Agatha Christie books, all hardcovers and I was trying to remember who loves her books and bang it came to me; you! Haha! Anyway, great books this week. Well done on winning the giveaway, looks like you bagged some good books to read! Enjoy!
-Becca@Lost in Thought
Becca @ Lost in Thought recently posted..Showcase Sunday #9
Cool haul. I like lost girls.
http://itchingforbooks.blogspot.com/2012/07/stacking-shelves-9.html
Great books! I want to read Who I Kissed so bad! I haven’t heard of The First Time I Saw Your Face, but it looks really good!!
Morgan recently posted..In My Mailbox (10)
The First Time I Saw your Face looks really good. Added it in my TBR list
And Who I Kissed sounds great, too, although I’m curious about how a peanut sandwich can kill someone o.O
Hope you enjoy your new books!
Beatriz @ AWWIP recently posted..Showcase Sunday #3
I’m reading Lost Girls right now and it is not very good…… sad to say LOL! Maybe it will get better? Hopefully you’ll have a better time with it than I did!! Enjoy all your books!
Anna @ Literary Exploration
Anna @ Literary Exploration recently posted..New Releases: Week of July 23rd
Awesome books! Each one of those looks like a great read. I’m anxious to get my hands on Lost Girls so I’ll be looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it
Hope you love all your new reads!
Tiffany Drew recently posted..Showcase Sunday (13)
Who I Kissed looks so good! I signed up for an ARC tour and I’m wicked excited to get it. I’ve heard awesome things about it. I hope you enjoy everything you got this week. Here’s my IMM =)
http://paigebradish1996.blogspot.com/2012/07/in-my-mailbox-45.html
~Paige @ Comfort Books
Paige recently posted..In My Mailbox 45 + Weekly Wrap Up
Lucky you for winning WHO I KISSED! I loved IF I TELL and can’t wait to read this book. Thanks for dropping by my IMM!
Kris
Kris (Imaginary Reads) recently posted..Imagine My Mailbox (26)
Cool haul! Thanks for stopping by at my blog
Milka@ReadReadRead recently posted..Stacking the Shelves (5)
Some good books this week, I love the cover for Lost Girls and congrats on the win!!!!!
Check out my haul
michelle recently posted..Bookish & Bloggish news
Great haul! The first time I saw ur face looks good, i love the title!
Jenna recently posted..Sunday Blessings (6)
Loving the cover of the Agatha Christie book, Vicky.
I’ve had quite a haul this week too: The Best Kind of Mail
-Rosie
Rosie recently posted..The Best Kind of Mail
Awesome haul this week! I have already added it to my TBR list.
Thanks for sharing,
Dani
LOST GIRLS looks soooo good! I love that it’s being compared to LOST and LORD OF THE FLIES … looks great!
Enjoy all your reading!
Kristilyn (Reading in Winter) recently posted..In My Mailbox #31
I need to check out The First Time I Saw Your Face. Also, I have Who I Kissed, sounds like a fun read!
Sana @ artsy musings of a bibliophile
Sana @ artsy musings of a bibliophile recently posted..Book Haul #6
I am just starting this!
This would be my first meme!
Btw! I am so going to be putting that book up on my to-read pile!
Sandee recently posted..REVIEW : Daimon by Jennifer L. Armentrout
I haven’t read or heard of any of these books so thanks for introducing me to them.
Great haul.
Jennifer Bielman recently posted..Author Interview: Scott M. Baker (Rotter World)
Congratulations and happy reading!
P.S. would love to see you to a Showcase Sunday video! x
Daphne @ Winged Reviews recently posted..Tempting the Best Man by J Lynn
Book buying bans are always interesting to try and keep to… you got some good books. I’ve never read any Christie books-I think I need to though!
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Congrats on your win!! They all seem like great books
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