Saturday, April 14, 2012

Fresh Batch (April 15th-21st)

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Exclusively titled for Xpresso Reads, Fresh Batch features the hottest releases of this upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Glimmer

Phoebe Kitanidis
Release date: April 17th, 2012
by Balzer + Bray

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What if you forgot your identity and had to rely on other people to tell you who you were?

And what if to discover your true self, you first had to unravel a mystery so big and terrifying you were not sure you’d survive solving it?

When Marshall and Elyse wake up in each other’s arms with zero memory of how they got there or who they are, it’s the start of a long journey through their separate pasts and shared future.

Terrified by their amnesia, the two make a pact to work together to find the answers that could jog their missing memories. As they piece together clues, they discover they’re in the idyllic mountain resort town of Summer Falls, where everyone seems mysteriously happy, but as Marshall and Elyse quickly learn, darkness lurks beneath the town’s perfect facade. Not only is the town haunted by sinister ghosts, but none of its living inhabitants retain bad memories of anything—not the death of Marshall’s mom, not the hidden shame in Elyse’s family, not even the day-to-day anguish of high school.

Lonely in this world of happy zombies, Marsh and Elyse fall into an intense relationship…but the secrets they uncover could be the death of this growing love—and the death of everyone, and everything, they love in Summer Falls.

Phoebe’s Website / Goodreads / Facebook / Twitter

Phoebe Kitanidis is a West Coast writer. She is the author of the young adult novels WHISPER and GLIMMER, published by Harper Collins. Phoebe grew up in a variety of places, including Athens, Greece; the American Midwest; and the San Francisco Bay Area. After her graduation from U.C. Berkeley, she taught Language Arts, then worked in a few high-tech corporate offices. In 2004, she earned her M.A. in Communication from San Jose State University. A former contributor to Discovery Girls magazine, she also wrote THE FAB GIRLS GUIDE TO FRIENDSHIP HARDSHIP, published by Discovery Girls Inc. She lives with her family in Seattle.

 Other releases this week (click on cover for Goodreads):
*In no particular order*  *Purchase links are for Book Depository*

It’s been decades since anyone set foot on the moon. Now three ordinary teenagers, the winners of NASA’s unprecedented, worldwide lottery, are about to become the first young people in space–and change their lives forever.

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It’s a year after 9/11. Sniper shootings throughout the D.C. area have everyone on edge and trying to make sense of these random acts of violence. Meanwhile, Craig and Lio are just trying to make sense of their lives.
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Thirty-year-old Zoe leads an ordinary life until the end of the world arrives. She is cleaning cages and floors at Pope Pharmaceuticals when the President of the United States announces that human beings are no longer a viable species. When Zoe realizes that everyone she loves is disappearing, she starts running.

Sixteen-year-old Scotch struggles to fit in—at home she’s the perfect daughter, at school she’s provocatively sassy, and thanks to her mixed heritage, she doesn’t feel she belongs with the Caribbeans, whites, or blacks. And even more troubling, lately her skin is becoming covered in a sticky black substance that can’t be removed.

Sam never thought she would fall for the one mysterious guy she has been speaking to over the phone for months, the boy the counselors called Daggers. She wasn’t supposed to talk to him outside of their sessions. But as she began to peel the layers of Daggers and learn who he is, the one boy she is supposed to be saving, might just be the one who is saving her.

Violet kept her morbid ability to sense dead bodies a secret from everyone except her family and her childhood-best-friend-turned-boyfriend, Jay Heaton. That is until forensic psychologist Sara Priest discovered Violet’s talent and invited her to use her gift to track down murderers.

When Ana, an immortal, meets the reincarnation of the boy she once loved, and inadvertently killed, she must fight to save him from her sister, the Norse goddess of the underworld. And from the curse that dooms any boy who loves her to a painful death.

Heartbroken over the tragic death of her fiancé, seventeen-year-old Zora Stewart leaves Baltimore for the frontier town of West Glory, Oklahoma, to help her young widowed aunt keep her homestead going. There she discovers that she possesses the astonishing ability to sense water under the parched earth.

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Cecily’s father has ruined her life. He’s moving them to occupied Wales, where the king needs good strong Englishmen to keep down the vicious Welshmen. At least Cecily will finally be the lady of the house.

In Frances’s mind, beautiful, successful, ecstatically married Emma Dunham is the height of female perfection. Frances, recently dumped with spectacular drama by her boyfriend, aspires to be just like Emma. So do her close friends and fellow teachers, Lisa and Jill. But Lisa’s too career-focused to find time for a family. And Jill’s recent unexpected pregnancy could have devastating consequences for her less-than-perfect marriage.

Anything catching your eye this week?

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20 Responses to “Fresh Batch (April 15th-21st)”

  1. Jenni @ Alluring Reads

    Pretty small list this week. I am beyond excited for Gone, Gone, Gone. I think that one will be so good. I hadn’t heard of Glimmer before but that one looks really good too! Thanks for the update Giselle!

  8. Sally@Always Lost in Stories

    I can’t wait to read Last Echo (love Violet and Jay!) and White Horse looks amazing too. I just read that blurb for Springsweet and I want that one now as well!

    I tried to order Glimmer after seeing some good reviews on it but the order got cancelled because it was out of stock- bit annoying, hopefully I’ll be able to track it down from somewhere!

  9. Maji Bookshelf

    oooh Glimmer!! it finally shipped to me, can’t wait to read it! and gone gone gone looks awesome! and wow whats this book by Liza Palmer? i must check it on goodreads right now!

    awesome books!

    – juhina

  12. Carina

    Dying to read sooo many of these. 🙂 I’m happy that I have an eARC of THE WICKED AND THE JUST, but will definitely have to get a copy of GLIMMER. Thanks for sharing! 🙂

  14. Bonnie Regan

    Gone, Gone, Gone was such a wonderful book and I’m really excited for the Wicked and the Just. I don’t know why I never requested it on Netgalley! *smacks self*

  15. Amber Hughes

    I’ve got “The Last Echo” pre-ordered and I just ordered “Gone,Gone,Gone” this morning! I think that one sounds so good! “Glimmer” is on my TBR and I will be ordering it soon 🙂

  16. Christy D

    I’ve had White Horse on my TBR for awhile, so I’m glad it’s finally coming out.

    The chick on the cover of Glimmer looks like that one chick Olivia on that reality show. Ugh, can’t remember the name. You know The Hills with Lauren Conrad? Then Whitney got a spin-off show in New York. That bitchy Olivia looks like the cover girl, except brunette. Fascinating, isn’t it?! lol

  18. Lexie

    Small, but still awesome. 😀 I am SO excited for Gone, Gone, Gone. So excited. o_o I also really love the sound of The Wicked and the Just. Historical fic can be a hit-or-miss with me, but I’ve heard nothing but good about it.