Saturday, October 06, 2012

Fresh Batch (October 7th – 13th)

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

Flavor of the week:

Velveteen
Daniel Marks
Series: Velveteen, #1
Publication date: October 9th 2012
by Delacorte Books for Young Readers

 

Velveteen Monroe is dead. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that’s not the problem.

The problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it’s not a fiery inferno, it’s certainly no heaven. It’s gray, ashen, and crumbling more and more by the day, and everyone has a job to do. Which doesn’t leave Velveteen much time to do anything about what’s really on her mind.

Bonesaw.

Velveteen aches to deliver the bloody punishment her killer deserves. And she’s figured out just how to do it. She’ll haunt him for the rest of his days.

It’ll be brutal… and awesome.

But crossing the divide between the living and the dead has devastating consequences. Velveteen’s obsessive haunting cracks the foundations of purgatory and jeopardizes her very soul. A risk she’s willing to take—except fate has just given her reason to stick around: an unreasonably hot and completely off-limits coworker.

Velveteen can’t help herself when it comes to breaking rules… or getting revenge. And she just might be angry enough to take everyone down with her.

Daniel Marks writes young adult horror and fantasy, spends way too much time glued to the internets and collects books obsessively (occasionally reading them). He’s been a psychotherapist for children and adolescents, a Halloween store manager, a cafeteria janitor (gag) and has survived earthquakes, volcanoes and typhoons to get where he is today, which is to say, in his messy office surrounded by half empty coffee cups. He lives in the Pacific Northwest with his wife, Caroline, and three furry monsters with no regard for quality carpeting.

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

 

So what’s on your to-buy list this week?

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Giselle

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11 Responses to “Fresh Batch (October 7th – 13th)”

  3. Sirtsu

    I’m really eager to read Mystic City, What Happens Next and Devoured. Oh, and Valkyre Rising – I’ve been keeping my eye on that book for a long time as well. I really enjoy this feature here, gives me a great overview of new awesome books I’m already looking forward to in addition to some I hadn’t even heard of before. Thank you!

  5. Amy

    Wow, surprisingly the only 3 that I am really looking forward to are ones that I have to read already. I will be getting to Velveteen and Mystic City this week. I’m reading Valkyrie Rising right now. What Happens Next sounds good. though. I might get to that one eventually.

  9. Micheline D

    There are some good looking books here! I’m super curious about Mystic City & Valkyrie Rising. But you know me, I’m especially excited for the Warriors Super Edition: Yellowfang’s Secret 😛
    Thanks for sharing Giselle!

  10. Micheline D

    There are some good looking books here! I’m super curious about Mystic City & Valkyrie Rising. But you know me, I’m especially excited for the Warriors Super Edition: Yellowfang’s Secret 😛
    Thanks for sharing Giselle!