Monthly Archives:: August 2012

Sunday, August 05, 2012

Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (15)

Posted by Giselle • 65 Comments

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.

This week at Xpresso Reads

So this week’s Xpresso Weekly will be super short and sweet. First there was the Circle of Silence blog tour where you can win a copy of your own! I also interviewed Meagan Spooner yesterday and she’s super sweet so go say hi! Also don’t forget to enter the Cover Madness giveaway that ends on the 18th!

Reviews on the blog this week:

Stacking the Shelves

I have an uber small haul to show you, so no vlog this week 🙂

Click on title links below for Goodreads

I got for review:

So I can’t show you the cover for Nobody as it’s being revealed on the 16th at Mundie Moms. But I’m part of the pre-cover reveal goodness and I have an epic post for you on Monday! 😉

–Wake by Amanda Hocking (this cover is such a neat shine, look at how it reflects light!)

–Nobody by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

*Thanks to St.Martins Press and Egmont USA for these pretties*

Short and sweet! What’s in your haul this week?
Link me up! 🙂

Interview with Meagan Spooner

Posted by Giselle on 08/04/2012 • 9 Comments

Today I’m very happy to have Meagan Spooner visit Xpresso Reads for a fun interview. She’s the author of Skylark which, as you can see on my sidebar, I’m reading at the moment and I can tell you it rocks! My review will be posted next week so keep an eye out! 😉 Now let’s see what Meagan has to say about BEA, Science Fiction, and of course, Skylark.

Interview with Meagan Spooner

Q. Let’s start with telling us a bit about how Skylark came to be.

A. SKYLARK was a result of a lot of factors conspiring to hit me in the right way, at the right time. I’d attended the wonderful Odyssey Writing Workshop the year before, and had spent about six months digesting what I’d learned there…

Fresh Batch (August 5th – 11th)

Posted by Giselle on 08/04/2012 • 25 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Girl of NightmaresKendare BlakeSeries: Anna, #2Release date: August 7th 2012by Tor Teen

It’s been months since the ghost of Anna Korlov opened a door to Hell in her basement and disappeared into it, but ghost-hunter Cas Lowood can’t move on. His friends remind him that Anna sacrificed herself so that Cas could live–not walk around half dead. He knows they’re right, but in Cas’s eyes, no living girl he meets can compare to the dead girl he fell in love with.Now he’s seeing Anna everywhere: sometimes when he’s asleep and sometimes in waking nightmares. But something is very wrong…these aren’t just daydreams. Anna seems tortured, torn apart in new…

Review: Circle of Silence by Carol M Tanzman

Posted by Giselle on 08/03/2012 • 20 Comments

Circle of Silence Carol M. TanzmanSeries: WiHi, #2 Publication date: July 24th 2012by Harlequin Teen

THE BIGGEST STORY OF MY LIFE COULD BE HOW IT ENDS It’s my turn to run a “Campus News” crew, and I’ve put together a team that can break stories wide open. And Washington Irving High has a truly great one to cover, if only we can find a lead.

A secret society has formed in our school. It announced its presence with pranks: underwear on the flagpole, a toilet in the hallway, cryptic notes. A circle of silence keeps the society a mystery. No one knows its members, agenda or initiation secrets-until a student lands in the hospital under “strange” circumstances.

I “will” blow this story wide open and stop others from…

Review: The Boy Recession by Flynn Meaney

Posted by Giselle on 08/02/2012 • 27 Comments

The Boy RecessionFlynn MeaneyRelease date: August 7th 2012by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

It’s all about supply and demand when a high school deals with the sudden exodus of male students.

The boy recession has hit Julius P. Heil High, and the remaining boys find that their stock is on the rise: With little competition, even the most unlikely guys have a good chance at making the team and getting the girl. Guitar-strumming, class-skipping Hunter Fahrenbach never wanted to be a hot commodity, but the popular girls can’t help but notice his unconventional good looks. With a little work, he might even by boyfriend material.

But for down-to-earth Kelly Robbins, the boy recession is causing all sorts of problems. She has secretly liked her good friend…

Review: Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake

Posted by Giselle on 08/01/2012 • 52 Comments

Girl of NightmaresKendare BlakeSeries: Anna, #2Release date: August 7th 2012by Tor Teen

Waiting on Wednesday (47)

Posted by Giselle on 08/01/2012 • 50 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:

Broken A.E. Rought Release date: January 8th 2013by Strange Chemistry

Imagine a modern spin on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein where a young couple’s undying love and the grief of a father pushed beyond sanity could spell the destruction of them all.

A string of suspicious deaths near a small Michigan town ends with a fall that claims the life of Emma Gentry’s boyfriend, Daniel. Emma is broken, a hollow shell mechanically moving through her days. She and Daniel had been made for each other, complete only when they were together. Now she restlessly wanders the town in the late Fall gloom, haunting the…