Xpresso Weekly features blog news/happenings of the past week, and the bookish goodies received.
So this week on the blog, - other than its fabulous makeover - I had the Siege blog tour drop by for a fantastic interview with Rhiannon and my stellar review of this incredible series. You HAVE to check it out here! I posted a cover reveal with three new great covers so check that out! Then I posted a giveaway to thank my lovely followers for rocking my face off. You can win an ARC of Something Strange and Deadly here (and it's international!). Also, if you missed it, yesterday's Fresh Batch post has FIFTY titles! *dies* Have a look at the insanity here!
Now let's see what I got for review this week:
And for the upcoming blog tour I got Devri's upcoming novel (she's fabulous btw!)
*Big thanks to Simon & Schuster Canada, Hachette Book Group Canada, Tor Books, Random House Canada, Thomas Allen & Son and Devri Walls for the review copies!*
And I bought:
I actually had pre-ordered Unraveling a gazillion years ago and totally forgot about it until it arrived this week! So that was cool! And this book is HUGE, like 6" thick! And Rhiannon's well, no explanation needed there.
That is all for this week at Xpresso Reads!
Do you have a similar meme? Leave me a link and I'll go visit!
I seriously love your new design. :) I always love Parajunkee's work. LOVE IT!
ReplyDeleteAltered! Squee! I'm posting mine tomorrow, although it's not nearly so fancy as yours. :)
ReplyDeleteoooh! You snagged a copy of Changeling! I'm really hoping that's a good one especially with her merge into YA... I really love her adult historicals. :)
ReplyDeleteAre there any Rhiannon Frater books you DON'T have at this point? lol
@Bonnie: Ha! No! I have them all now! MUAHAHA. And I actually gave away Changeling >.< I never requested it and it's really not my style. If I'da known it was yours I would have given it to you. I just posted a pic on my FB asking who wanted it lol
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of having a weekly recap. Sometimes we don't have time to check every blog on our list, everyday. I think this is a great way to let your readers know what happened over the week, or simply remind them of things they skipped over. Plus, it's a great way to showcase your new haul.
ReplyDeleteAwesome makeover and I'll look forward to your weekly post!
As you may already know, Tynga's Reviews is now featuring the meme Stacking the Shelves. So you can check the books I got this week here: http://www.tyngasreviews.com/2012/04/stacking-shelves.html
Nice haul! I'm just doing a Weekly Book Haul on the blog.
ReplyDeleteKeepin' it simple. :)
I was actually looking at Unraveling at the store today. For some reason it looked longer then I was expecting. I have no idea why. I really want to read Changeling.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a meme this week, still have to decide what I'm going to do but I did share a couple of books.
My Books
Winter White looks really good and so does Pilgrams Don't Wear Pink. I hope you enjoy everything you got this week. Here's my IMM!
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~Paige @ Comfort Books
Your blog design is GORGEOUS! I'm so jealous! (:
ReplyDeleteAw, damn!
ReplyDeleteI guess that's what I get for not having a Facebook. I miss out on all the goodies. :)
Love the new design!
ReplyDeleteNice haul, I loved Unraveling.
My IMM
Oo0o0 I love your new meme :-)
ReplyDeleteUnraveling looks so awesome, I can't wait to get my hands on it! And Changeling too :-)
Enjoy all your wonderful new books!
Shaheen @ Speculating on SpecFic
Saturday Stocktake
Love your new look Giselle. :) Plus, what a great haul you got. Can't wait to see what you have to say about them.
ReplyDeleteWow amazing haul Giselle! I cant wait to read Unraveling. I hope you enjoy all of them! xox
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I love your new design. Parajunkee is one talented lady. I still haven't made it up mind about which meme I'm going to join to replace IMM, so I'll leave a link later.
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to read Unraveling for some time now. Have a great week!
Wow Giselle, your new blog looks AMAZING! I'm gonna have to grab your new blog button.
ReplyDeleteSo glad that you are no longer supporting IMM. I am doing Mailbox Sunday for now until I figure out what I want to do.
Wings of Arian looks insanely good, so jealous!
Check out my haul this week:
Nereyda @Mostly YA Book Obsessed
http://BooksandSparkles.Blogspot.com
Awesome books this week!! I still need to read some of Rhiannon Frater's books!!
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What a sweet new design! Love your new button too, very pretty :)
ReplyDeleteWow, Changeling sounds like a really good book/series to follow! Going to have to add it to my list! Unraveling sounds good, but I heard that it's Sci-Fi, wondering how Sci-Fi-ish it is, lol!
I hope you enjoy your new stack of books this week!
Here's mine:
http://bumblesandfairytales.blogspot.com/2012/04/welcome-to-my-first-beehive-news-vlog.html
You and I are so on the same wavelength. I seriously think we may be related. :) I have something similar I just started on my blog called Sunday Summary. Check it out.
ReplyDeleteMy dear!!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE YOUR NEW DESIGN! Holy MOlly!!! PJ rocks! =DDD
ENjoy your books my dear ^.^ kyaaaaaa!!
I'm excited about Unraveling. Read so many great reviews!
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Altered looks interesting and <3 the new design ! :)
ReplyDeleteThis new design is gorgeous! Awesome haul this week :) I'm dying for a copy of Unraveling.
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Unraveling is on my wishlist..look forward to your thoughts on it. The Living Dead boy...hehe I am not surprised #fraterfest. You can read my news onThe Sunday Post
ReplyDeleteLove the new look hun and you got so many great books this week. ENJOY!
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ReplyDelete~I stink as a follower~ That said OMG!!! Now we're both Parajunkee-blog-wear-ers hehehe I didn't know how to come up with a post to showcase the books I got so until tonight so I might be doing it until monday or next saturday...Book Haul it is!! hehehe
Unraveling! You're the first one to tell exactly what I was wondering...how long it is...apparently...long enough hehehehe
Happy Reading!!
I love your design! I also love this new feature :)
ReplyDeleteLOVE your design, Parajunkee's designs are great. I laughed while I was reading your profile-both my blog and Twitter page are pink, and I still insist that I don't like pink :D
ReplyDeleteI'm participating in Tynga's Stacking The Shelves. Here's my post
Happy reading :)
I love the new design Giselle! Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteLike you, I'm also not participating in IMM anymore. I'll be doing my meme on Mondays now as a part of the Monday Mailbox meme. The host changes each month to a new blogger too so it's not just one person controlling the power which I like. :) I completely love that you've branched out too. Very respectable.
Your mailbox is great this week! I can't wait forUnraveling either!!
Wow, blog was already gorgeous but I am loving the new design!
ReplyDeleteI am in similar boat about the whole IMM thing, not going to condemn but don't want to condone either so I am doing an In My Book Bag weekly post (I'm a teacher) to share my books. Speaking of, looks like you got some great ones! I plan to pick up Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink and Unraveling asap. Looking forward to your posts as always!
Melanie @ Reviews of YA Lit
In My BookBag
Hi, Giselle!
ReplyDeleteWings of Arian is maybe the most gorgeous covers I've ever seen. I'm excited to get started on it. I'm also looking forward to reading Unraveling.
The blog looks lovely!
Ohhhhhhhhh pretty shiny, I LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteI'll be interested to see what you think of Unravelling, I've been debating about it for weeks!
I love wrap-ups, it's great to see everything in one place so I can catch up.
Here's my wrap up The Sunday Session
I love your new design Giselle!!! It fits so perfectly :)
ReplyDeleteGreat haul! And is that what i think it is? Winter White. Wow! You're lucky!
ReplyDeleteHappy reading! :)
Oh and i love your blog design! It suits you and the blog perfectly! =D
ReplyDeleteUnraveling sounds nice. I hope you'll enjoy all your new books! I love your design, you're right it was a great choice!
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Whooop whoooop! I love the new design :) I love the fact that it's similar to the previous one but still different. Great job!
ReplyDeleteAnd as always, fantastic haul! I'll need to buy Unraveling soon, I'm really looking forward to reading it. Winter White looks good too!
Here's my haul for this week.
Vicky (:
Books, Biscuits, and Tea
Amaing haul Giselle :) !! I love the new look of Xpresso Reads !! Unraveling sounds amazing, I really look forward to read it !! Happy reading =)
ReplyDeleteLOVE that cover for Wings of Arian. Gorgeous :) There is already a second Belles novel? Wow!
ReplyDeleteLoving the new site design!
Here's my haul for this week!
I love the new design! I definitely want to get a parajunkee design someday! All new to me book this week except Unraveling which I really want to read! Happy reading!
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I love your new blog design. I will have to get a professional one done soon.
ReplyDeleteAwesome haul this week. I hope you love Unraveling. Can't wait to see what you think of it. I thought it was Amazing. I love the cover for Wings of Arian. Sexy!!
Love the new design!
ReplyDeleteI'm adding Changeling to my TBR pile it looks good! I'll have to check out your review for it. Another Rhiannon Frater book, I never heard of this one, will have to check it out! Have a great week!
My 1st. Stacking The Shelves post:
http://pnrurbanfantasyreviews.blogspot.com/
Great books this week Giselle! I can't wait to read The Princesses of Iowa and Unraveling is also a great book! Happy reading! :)
ReplyDeleteMay is such a big month for new books. I'm so excited :) I love the cover of The Princesses of Iowa and Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink - and the titles definitely have me wanting to know more. I really want to read Unraveling! Even better that it is a big book!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday!
Your blog looks amazing!! I've stopped participating in IMM too, started a post for Sundays on my blog as well :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome books you got this week, I really need to get a hold of Rhiannon Frater's books someday!
I already loved your new design, so I'm glad that the changes aren't too drastic, but I looooove this new one! Gorgeous. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm almost really amused with all the lovely names we suddenly come up with for our usual IMM post. :D Love yours, my dear. ;)
And I love staring at these fabulous books. ♥ Really need to get a finished copy of UNRAVELING and can't wait to read my review copies of WINGS OF ARIAN and THE PRINCESSES OF IOWA.
Enjoy everything and have a fabulous week, hun!
Carina
LOVE your new look!! It's pretty and awesome and soo you!!! Going to update your BlogButton!! Happy Sunday!
ReplyDeleteAwesome books this week!! Unraveling sounds really good!! I will have to check it out :D
ReplyDeleteHappy reading and check out my post :D
http://sarahcatchingbooks.blogspot.com/2012/04/stacking-shelves-1.html
Great books chicky!! You already know that I absolutely love your design, but I will tell you again. LOVE IT!! I keep almost buying Unraveling, but I keep putting it off. I am trying to be good about not getting too many books until I get through my massive pile.I also almost got The Living Dead Boy when I bought Pretty When She Dies. Thanks to you I am now a Rhiannon Frater addict...I mean fan lol!!
ReplyDeleteChangeling looks good. I can't wait to pick that one up. Siege is on my to-read list thanks to you. Definitely looking forward to your reviews. Happy reading!
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OMG! WINTER WHITE! *SQUEEEEEEEEE*
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Eeks... Winter White. I read it this week and it was so good! Also, your new blog... AWESOME!
ReplyDeleteHere is this week's Mailbox post
Also, don't forget to enter the AWESOME giveaway (today is the last day)
Happy Reading!
Lindsay @ Turning the Pages
It needs 2 b said again that I adore your new look! Very nice and how great that it only took a week! Sweet! So want Unraveling! That cover is amazing. We weren't sure what to do this week so we decided to do it a bit diff & wait & c what happens this week while still hitting our favorite places & commenting back. We'll see. What a week. Here's Our Week in Books @Libby Blog. Happy reading this week!
ReplyDeleteI love your new design and your new meme. Parajunkee is sure awesome! Great books! :)
ReplyDeleteYou always get awesome goodies, Giselle !
ReplyDeleteI hope you enjoy your books !
Oh and I'm LOVING your new design :)
Parajunkee's works are awesome !
My book haul
http://nicksbookblog93.blogspot.com/2012/04/stacking-shelves-1.html
Happy reading! :D
Loely books, Giselle, and great new design!!! Congrats and enjoy your reads! ;)
ReplyDeleteNice stuff! :) The Princess of Iowa looks like it should be an interesting read. Love the cover for Wings or Arian, too. I hope that you enjoy all of your new books. Have a great week! :)
ReplyDeleteNice set of books, I received the Unraveling last month and can't wait to read it. I've also heard great things about Siege. Check out the new monthly feature on my blog:
ReplyDeleteMy Monthly Mailbox - A showcase of both video game related goodies I receive and bookish stuff. Please stop by and have a look.
http://empyreanedge.com/archives/5181
Take care and happy reading!!! - Diayll
Great looking blog! :)
ReplyDeleteYay for print copies! I've been reading using Kindle since I got an ereader but I super miss printed books!!!
The new design looks A-m-a-z-i-n-g!! Oh, and you got some awesome books :)
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i'm so jealous of changeling!! enjoy!!
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ReplyDeleteHow did I not think you wouldn't have a Rhiannon Frater book? haha anyways, here's a link to my new meme called 'In My Cart'. Hope you check it out, HAPPY READING!
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I could tell immediately without even reading the little print that Winter White was a Belles novel! Love that kind of continuity in art and design. I've heard cute things about Pilgrims Don't Wear Pink, sounds quite a bit like Past Perfect. Grats on the new design, I think it looks much cleaner and I love the colors!
ReplyDeleteParajunkee is so talented. I like the design a lot. Awesome haul of books. So many alternatives now to IMM. I've decided to start one as an alternative to one.
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Ohh I like the cover of Wings of Arian! :D And your new design is soo cool!
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Stacking The Shelves @ Oh My Books!
Great haul! The Princesses of Iowa sounds wonderful; I'm so excited to read it! :) Hope you'll enjoy them all!
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Pam | jelly loves books
i love your blog header and everything! simple, neat and pretty! i’m so curious with “Unraveling” already.. saw that many times this week! :)enjoy
ReplyDeleteLove the new design! My post's still an IMM as usual I was way behind on what's been going on in the blogosphere. I'm up to speed now. The book title and cover for Altered definitely caught my attention.
ReplyDeleteThe Living Dead Boy and the Zombie Hunters, how have I never heard of this.
ReplyDeleteLove the cover of Altered it really stands out.
My Weekly Wrap Up
Where to start? I love the new look - LOVE it!! (Makes me think maybe I'm due for a new design...)
ReplyDeleteI FINALLY finished The First Days (I had a huge distraction and wasn't able to read it all in one sitting likeI'd have liked!) and I'm dying to keep reading.
Unraveling is one that's high on my wishlist, so I'm anxious to hear your thoughts on that as well!
Stop by and see my Book Haul!
Great haul! I'm really looking forward to Devri's Blog Tour. The book sounds really good and I just LOVE that cover :-) I will be getting this book soon!
ReplyDeleteYour new blog design is awesome! Love her designs :-)
I love the new design Giselle. I myself have also stopped following the IMM meme each sunday. Instead I am now hosting my own meme called 'Sit Down Sundays'. I will still go over all the books that I got for the week, but I will also talk about everything that went on with my blog for that week. You are mentioned in my vlog this week actually. If you would like to take a look you can find it here.
ReplyDeleteI really want to read 'Unraveling' and 'Wings of Arian' as well. =D Great haul this week.
I have only recently begun to hear about Pilgrims don't Wear Pink -- it sounds interesting. And I have read such mixed responses to Unraveling that I guess I will just have to read it myself! Great set of books! (I've been doing a "Weekly Forecast" for about a month -- I know, so very original!) Thanks for another place to link up with other bloggers to see what they are reading.
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Love the new header! She's a talented illustrator! That must have taken her hours! GREAT JOB Parakjunkee :D
ReplyDeleteUNRAVELING is super good. I loved it!!
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Giselle from booknerd.ca
Book Haul
Congrats! The blog looks sassy and fabulous - just like the content.
ReplyDeleteLOVE LOVE LOVE your new blog design! And I'm jealous you got the new Philippa Gregory YA book -- I love her adult books, and can't wait to read her YA book!
ReplyDeleteCheck out the books and makeup I got this week on Books & Beauty.
I haven't read any of those, but I'm DYING to read Unraveling. I hope you enjoy your books!
ReplyDeleteMy IMM/Books I got this week/Whatever you want to call it ;)
I love that people are doing weekly recaps as well as book hauls! I love it :D Great new look!! LOL it makes me laugh that you pre-ordered a book and forgot about it. I do that sometimes too.
ReplyDeleteI luurrve your new blog design Giselle! I liked the old one too but this is even better. :)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, great haul this week! I am oh-so-jealous over the fact you have Altered. I'm really looking forward to that book so I hope you can tell me how great it is! :) Have fun reading all these new treats.
Great books! I just bought Unraveling, too :)
ReplyDeleteLove your new design!
I'm doing This Weeks Bookings http://totallybookedsolid.blogspot.com/2012/04/this-weeks-bookings-i-have-decided-to.html
ReplyDeleteUnraveling look soooo good
Love the new design and dying to read Changeling.
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Nice Feature!! :-D Or meme or something. I linked to all the different ones I could find, yours included. Have an AWESOME Sunday!!!!
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Beautiful new look :) I felt so dumb yesterday that I emailed you about not being able to access the blog. Doh! Just goes to show that I'm not very observant.
ReplyDeleteYou have a lot of pretty books! I'm definitely going to be checking out Unraveling!
I love LOVE the new header and button! It's so pretty! Parajunkee's work rocks...as always.
ReplyDeleteOh my, it just got SEXY in here. But mostly I'm shocked by the EIGHTY SIX COMMENTS! *runs around in circles*
ReplyDeleteI changed my blog too (again) as the template disagreed with me about everything and it really wasn't working out. So I went with something simpler and I'm now very happy. :D
ComaCalm's Corner
Love that finished copy of Unraveling! I need to get myself one!!!
ReplyDeleteOh gorgeous new design!! :O
ReplyDeleteYour blog looks great, Giselle! I can't wait to read Unravelling.
ReplyDeleteI'm now participating in Stacking the Shelves - here's mine for this week http://veganyanerds.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/stacking-shelves.html
LOL another Rhiannon! You must be set by now :) I've been hearing some really great things about Unraveling so I can't wait to see what you think.
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I saw Altered at a book convention last week and was so interested in it. When I got home, I realized I never wrote the name down and could not remember for the life of me what it was. You don't know how happy I was to see it in your "Expresso Weekly" post! I hope that you enjoy it and I can not wait for your review! I hope that you enjoy your new books!
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Ladybug Storytime
some books i nevr heard of
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Love the new blog design! It's awesome :). And great books this week! Unraveling and Altered both look really good, I hope you enjoy them. Happy reading :).
ReplyDeleteI love this new design! It's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLove love love all the books you got. I always love checking out what you got over the week because a lot of those books I have never heard of. They look so good, I'm going to add them to my list. :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you love them all, especially Unraveling!
Jessirae @ Words, pages and books
My Book Haul
i love the new site design. it looks really great! unraveling is high on my list of things to read. i keep hearing awesome things about it. hope you enjoy your new books!
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Great books as always :D What is this Changeling...!! I so want to read that. S&S is one of the ones I have yet to connect with. Some sexy man shoulders in your post this week <3 Love the look of the blog!!
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Chapter by Chapter
YAY! Unraveling! Such a flipping awesome book:) Love your new blog design, very cute:)
ReplyDeleteI loved Unraveling!
ReplyDeleteHere's mine this week: http://www.thefairytalenerd.com/2012/04/sunday-post-1.html
I love your new design ! The banner is lovely.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap! I'm comment #101! You are movin' up in the world of book blogging, m'dear ;-)
ReplyDeleteI shoulda known that Rhiannon and her zombies would make an appearance in your first Xpresso Weekly post. SMH.
I am SO incredibly jealous that you got Changeling! I adore Philippa Gregory's novels on King Henry VIII and am dying to read this new venture. If you wanna, you know, pass it on, I hereby put my name in the hat! Haha ;-)
Unraveling is supposed to be very good, and I can't wait to hear what you think of it.
Love the new design, love the new meme, and love YOU!! <333
My new meme, Mission: Acquired - http://www.blookgirl.com/book-blog/mission-acquired/147-april-28-2012
Your blog is one of the most well designed on the web, and now it's even better :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of your design is when I'm at the top of a page and see the coffee beans in the lower right hand corner. It really draws the eye down.
ReplyDeleteAmazing books@ Enjoy them all! BTW, I love your newdesign!
ReplyDeleteUnraveling and Changeling <3
ReplyDeleteAwesome haul, Giselle :)
Happy Reading ;)
Oh! Is Winter White a follow up to Belles? I really want to read Belles!
ReplyDeleteI really love your new layout!
Here's my post ~ My Week in Books!
Happy reading!
Megan @ The Girly Bookworm (old follower!)
Hi Giselle!
ReplyDeleteI love the new look of your blog! :)
You got Siege! :) I won Changeling on Goodreads, so I should be getting that soon too, hopefully! And Unraveling looks good!
You can see my book haul here!
Ashlee
taleswithtea.com :)
Love the new blog design! Ooo...Unravelling. Oh and Changeling and Siege too. I want to read those ones eventually. I like the new name and the fact you are focusing on more than just the books you aquired. I have plans for a similar, slightly different (and monthly) version. Unfortunately I don't have a link yet because I'm posting it this Saturday. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI don't know what your blog looked like before but it's definitely amazing now! Congrats! Looks like you got some great stuff this week! Enjoy all your reading! You now have a new follower.
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