Monthly Archives:: May 2012

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (3)

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Xpresso Weekly is my edition of Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews featuring the books
I got this week, and I also mention blog news/happenings of the past week.

Hi lovelies! Happy Mother’s Day to all you moms! I had a great week, but pretty uneventful which is good and stress free 🙂 On the blog, though I had a blast. On Tuesday I had the Until I Die blog tour stop by for my review, a great guest post and a giveaway for a signed copy of Die For Me! It’s open worldwide so make sure you’re entered! On Thursday I had the fabulous Devri Walls who showed us a sneak peak of Wings of Arian! Also, make sure you don’t miss the wonderfully badass cover reveal for what quickly became one of my favorite books EVER – The Last Bastion of the Living. Up on my Facebook page I showed you the lovely cover of Asunder, the sequel to Incarnate. And don’t forget: This is the last day to get 10% off everything at The Book Depository – the link is up on the sidebar, where you can also note the two new upcoming tour stops: Crazy Dangerous, and of course The Last Bastion of the Living. Lastly, you will notice a new fab button up on the sidebar for the upcoming Midsummer Dream Fair that Xpresso Read is co-sponsoring. Make sure to check it out and mark your calendars!

Reviews this week:
–The Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
–Until I Die by Amy Plum
–Pilgrims Don’t Wear Pink by Stephanie Kate Strohm
–Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein

For my haul this week, I got for review (click on cover or title links for Goodreads):

And for the upcoming tour I got this epic unmeasurable amount of awesomenimity!
 
*A huge thank you to Scholastic Canada, Penguin Canada, and Rhiannon Frater for the review copies*
And I won:
 I won this lovely pretty from The Book Monsters! I heard amazing things about it. Thanks Kristen! *hugs*
This was my week in a nutshell!
Did you get any goodies this week?
Leave me a link! 🙂

Fresh Batch (May 13th – 19th)

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

Flavor of the week:

The Weepers: The Other LifeSuzanne WinnackerRelease date: May 15th, 2012by Marshall Cavendish

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3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days since I’d seen daylight. One-fifth of my life.

Sherry and her family have lived sealed in a bunker in the garden since things went wrong up above. Her grandfather has been in the freezer for the last three months, her parents are at each other’s throats and two minutes ago they ran out of food.

Sherry and her father leave the safety of the bunker and find a devastated and empty LA, smashed to pieces by bombs and haunted by ‘Weepers’ – rabid humans infected with a…

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Cover Reveal: The Last Bastion of the Living

Posted by on 05/11/2012 • 31 Comments

The Last Bastion of the LivingRhiannon FraterRelease date: June 12th, 2012

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The Bastion was humanity’s last hope against the fearsome undead creatures known as the Inferi Scourge. A fortified city with a high wall, surrounded by lush land rich with all the resources needed to survive, protected by high mountain summits, and a massive gate to secure the only pass into the valley, the Bastion became the last stronghold of the living on earth. But one fateful day, the gate failed and the Inferi Scourge destroyed the human settlements outside the walls and trapped the survivors inside the city. Now decades later, the last remaining humans are struggling to survive in a dying city as resources and hope dwindle.

Vanguard Maria Martinez has lived her…

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Review: Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein

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Code Name VerityElizabeth WeinRelease date: May 15th, 2012by Doubleday Canada

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Two young women from totally different backgrounds are thrown together during World War II: one a working-class girl from Manchester, the other a Scottish aristocrat, one a pilot, the other a wireless operator. Yet whenever their paths cross, they complement each other perfectly and before long become devoted friends. But then a vital mission goes wrong, and one of the friends has to bail out of a faulty plane over France. She is captured by the Gestapo and becomes a prisoner of war. The story begins in “Verity’s” own words, as she writes her account for her captors.

*A copy was provided by Random House Canada for review purposes*

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Review: Pretty Amy by Lisa Burstein

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Pretty AmyLisa BursteinRelease date: May 8th, 2012by Entangled Publishing

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Amy is fine living in the shadows of beautiful Lila and uber-cool Cassie, because at least she’s somewhat beautiful and uber-cool by association. But when their dates stand them up for prom, and the girls take matters into their own hands—earning them a night in jail outfitted in satin, stilettos, and Spanx—Amy discovers even a prom spent in handcuffs might be better than the humiliating “rehabilitation techniques” now filling up her summer. Worse, with Lila and Cassie parentally banned, Amy feels like she has nothing—like she is nothing.

Navigating unlikely alliances with her new coworker, two very different boys, and possibly even her parents, Amy struggles to decide if it’s worth being a best friend when it…

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Guest post by Devri Walls

Posted by on 05/10/2012 • 16 Comments

Hello lovelies! So today I have Devri visiting Xpresso Reads to share a fantastic and especially amusing excerpt of her debut novel, Wings of Arian.

Wings of ArianDevri WallsSeries:Wings of Arian, #1Release date: April 24th, 2012by Stonehouse Ink

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Kiora thought she had never heard a lie until she was sixteen. But she was wrong. Her entire existence was based on nothing but. She thought that evil did not exist. Lie. That magic was not real. Lie. And that the land of Meros was all there was. One more lie.

With Aleric telling her that evil is knocking on the door and that she is the only one who can stop them she has a choice to make. Refuse, or start the wildest most painful ride of…

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Review: Pilgrims Don’t Wear Pink

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Pilgrims Don’t Wear PinkStephanie Kate StrohmRelease date: May 8th, 2012by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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A story of crushes, corsets, and conspiracy

Libby Kelting had always felt herself born out of time. No wonder the historical romance-reading, Jane Austen-adaptation-watching, all-around history nerd jumped at the chance to intern at Camden Harbor, Maine’s Oldest Living History Museum. But at Camden Harbor Libby’s just plain out of place, no matter how cute she looks in a corset. Her cat-loving coworker wants her dead, the too-smart-for-his-own-good local reporter keeps pushing her buttons, her gorgeous sailor may be more shipwreck than dreamboat — plus Camden Harbor’s haunted. Over the course of one unforgettable summer, Libby learns that boys, like ghosts, aren’t always what they seem.

*A copy was provided by Thomas Allen…

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Waiting on Wednesday (35)

Posted by on 05/09/2012 • 55 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.  My pick this week:

Don’t Turn Around Michelle Gagnon Release date: August 28th, 2012 by HarperCollins Add it to your Goodreads

Sixteen-year-old Noa has been a victim of the system ever since her parents died. Now living off the grid and trusting no one, she uses her computer-hacking skills to stay safely anonymous and alone. But when she wakes up on a table in an empty warehouse with an IV in her arm and no memory of how she got there, Noa starts to wish she had someone on her side.

Enter Peter Gregory. A rich kid and the leader of a hacker alliance, Peter needs people with…

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