Monthly Archives:: October 2012

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday (56)

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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:

Dance of the Red Death

Bethany Griffin
Release date: April 23rd 2013 

The sequel to Masque of the Red Death, which Melissa Marr called, “Haunting and beautiful.” Araby Worth is poised either to save her city, or to abandon it. In a novel that embodies dark, sexy, tragic, and fearless, Bethany Griffin concludes her incredible, atmospheric reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe’s classic short story.

Araby Worth’s city is on fire. Her brother is dead. Her best friend could be soon. Her mother is a prisoner, her father is in hiding. And the two boys who stole her heart have both betrayed her. But Araby has found herself, and she is going to fight back. Inspired by one of Edgar Allan Poe’s most compelling stories, “The Masque of the Red Death,” Bethany Griffin has spun two sultry and intricate novels about a young woman who finds herself on the brink of despair but refuses to give in. Decadent masquerades, steamy stolen moments, and sweeping action are set in a city crumbling from neglect and tragedy. A city that seeps into your skin. Dance of the Red Death is the riveting conclusion to the dark and fascinating saga of an unforgettable heroine

Look at this cover! *drool* I really enjoyed the first one, mostly for its dark, dreary, and extremely vivid atmosphere, so I’m looking forward to getting back into it. Masque also has one of my favorite covers of all time, so it really surprises me that the sequel looks just as awesome! And in print, that font sticks out and shines (I imagine it’s like the first)! It is just so pretty!!!

What did you pick this week?
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Review: Beta by Rachel Cohn

Posted by on 10/09/2012 • 33 Comments

BetaRachel CohnSeries: Annex #1Publication date: October 16th 2012by Disney Hyperion

 

Elysia is created in a laboratory, born as a sixteen-year-old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from. She is a Beta, an experimental model of a teenage clone. She was replicated from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to exist. Elysia’s purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the wealthiest people on earth. Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for perfection. Even the air induces a strange, euphoric high, which only the island’s workers–soulless clones like Elysia–are immune to. At first, Elysia’s life is idyllic and pampered. But she soon sees that Demesne’s human residents, who should want for nothing, yearn. But for what, exactly?…

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Review + Guest Post: Ashen Winter

Posted by on 10/08/2012 • 27 Comments

I’m incredibly excited to have Mike over the blog today seeing as he’s a freaking mastermind! He’s here to talk about how to survive a post apocalypse, and first you an read my very enthusiastic review of Ashen Winter!

Ashen Winter Mike Mullin Series: Ashfall, #2 Publication date: October 16th 2012 by Tanglewood Press

 

It’s been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla have been staying with Alex’s relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the primitive world so vividly portrayed in Ashfall, the first book in this series. It’s also been six months of waiting for Alex’s parents to return from Iowa. Alex and Darla decide they can wait no longer and must retrace their journey into Iowa…

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Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (24)

Posted by on 10/07/2012 • 88 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

I am finally recovering from being a bit absent from the blog world last week due to my computer crash. I got it fixed – lost everything but yeah… I have my baby back and I’m back to what I do best: stalking! So this week on zee blog, I had the fabulous Rhiannon Frater over for her Pretty When She Kills blog tour – an author’s perspective on reviews! Check it out here and you can win! *winks* Also, the Eve and Adam tour dropped by and you can read a hilarious interview with…

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Review: Winter White by Jen Calonita

Posted by on 10/06/2012 • 13 Comments

Winter WhiteJen CalonitaSeries: Belles, #2Publication date:  October 9th 2012by Poppy

 

Isabelle Scott and Mirabelle Monroe are still reeling from the revelation that they share more than just the roof over their heads. The media has pounced on their story and the girls are caught up in a flurry of talk-show appearances and newspaper interviews. They’ve put on a happy public face, but someone is leaking their true feelings to the press, and while it seems like the world is watching their every move, at least they have each other. But with cotillion season right around the corner, Izzie and Mira have barely had time to process their newfound sisterhood. Mira has dreamed of making her debut in a gorgeous white gown forever-now, if only she could find an…

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Fresh Batch (October 7th – 13th)

Posted by on 10/06/2012 • 11 Comments

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

VelveteenDaniel MarksSeries: Velveteen, #1 Publication date: October 9th 2012by 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…

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Cover Reveal: Pheonix by Elizabeth Richards

Posted by on 10/05/2012 • 16 Comments

PhoenixElizabeth RichardsSeries: Black City, #2Publication date: June 2013by G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR

The much anticipated second book in the enthralling Black City series

Engaged to be married, Ash and Natalie are just starting to build a life together, when things in the United Sentry States go from bad to worse. Ash and Natalie find themselves at the center of the turmoil when dictator Purian Rose threatens Natalie’s life unless Ash votes in favor of Rose’s law—a law that will send Darklings and other dissenters to a deadly concentration camp known as the Tenth.

Ash can’t bring himself to trade Natalie’s life for those of millions of Darklings. The only way to save everyone is to escape Black City and find the Ora, a powerful weapon that could…

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Eve and Adam Review, Interview & Giveaway

Posted by on 10/04/2012 • 36 Comments

Today, as part of the Eve and Adam blog tour, I have the hilarious Michael and Katherine over for a fantastic interview that I promise will amuse you! There’s also a giveaway for you, and my review! Have a look:

Eve and AdamMichael Grant & Katherine ApplegatePublication date: October 2nd 2012by Feiwel & Friends

 

Sixteen-year-old Evening Spiker lives an affluent life in San Francisco with her mother, EmmaRose, a successful geneticist and owner of Spiker Biotech. Sure, Evening misses her father who died mysteriously, but she’s never really questioned it. Much like how she’s never stopped to think how off it is that she’s never been sick. That is, until she’s struck by a car and is exposed to extensive injuries. Injuries that seem to be healing…

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