Monthly Archives:: November 2012

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Cover Madness Giveaway: Round 2

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I’m sure a lot of you remember me and Jenni’s (Alluring Reads) epic Cover Madness giveaway a few months back!? Well we had so much fun with it that we decided to make it our thing and do it periodically when there has been a particular bout of fantastic covers. Well, I’m not sure if you have been on the net lately, but it’s been FILLED with amazeballs covers so we couldn’t pass them up!

There will be one winner at each of our blogs, and here is what’s up for grabs!

You can pick a pre-order for any of these, OR, you can chose the 1st book in the series if the cover shows is a sequel.

*If the title chosen happens to become unavailable at The Book Depository, the winner will have to choose another*

This follower appreciation giveaway was made possible by The Book Depository affiliate program. Help support future giveaways by using the link below or on my sidebar to shop at TBD

Giveaway details
Giveaway is for one choice of book from the list above (or another in the series) per hosting blog. So there are TWO chances to win!
I will choose one winner here, and Jenni at Alluring Reads will chose another winner.

Head on over to Alluring Reads for another chance to win!
Click here for her giveaway post!

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Fresh Batch (November 18th – 24th)

Posted by on 11/17/2012 • 9 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

ElementalAntony JohnPublication date: November 21st 2012by Dial

 

A lost colony is reborn in this heart-pounding fantasy adventure set in the near future . . .

Sixteen-year-old Thomas has always been an outsider. The first child born without the power of an Element—earth, water, wind or fire—he has little to offer his tiny, remote Outer Banks colony. Or so the Guardians would have him believe.

In the wake of an unforeseen storm, desperate pirates kidnap the Guardians, intent on claiming the island as their own. Caught between the plague-ridden mainland and the advancing pirates, Thomas and his friends fight for survival in the battered remains of a mysterious…

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Gravity Blog Tour: Review + Interview

Posted by on 11/16/2012 • 19 Comments

GravityMelissa WestSeries: The Taking, #1Publication date: November 20th 2012by Entangled Teen

 

In the future, only one rule will matter:

Don’t. Ever. Peek.

Seventeen-year-old Ari Alexander just broke that rule and saw the last person she expected hovering above her bed — arrogant Jackson Locke, the most popular boy in her school. She expects instant execution or some kind of freak alien punishment, but instead, Jackson issues a challenge: help him, or everyone on Earth will die.

Ari knows she should report him, but everything about Jackson makes her question what she’s been taught about his kind. And against her instincts, she’s falling for him. But Ari isn’t just any girl, and Jackson wants more than her attention. She’s a military legacy who’s been trained by her father…

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Review: The Becoming by Jessica Meigs

Posted by on 11/15/2012 • 19 Comments

The BecomingJessica MeigsSeries: The Becoming, #1Publication date: November 12th 2011by Permuted Press

 

The Michaluk Virus is loose.

In the heart of Atlanta, Georgia, the Michaluk Virus has escaped the CDC, and its effects are widespread and devastating. Most of the population of the southeastern United States have become homicidal cannibals. As society rapidly crumbles under the hordes of infected, three people—Ethan Bennett, a Memphis police officer; Cade Alton, his best friend and former IDF sharpshooter; and Brandt Evans, a lieutenant in the US Marines—band together against the oncoming crush of death and terror sweeping across the world.

As Cade, Brandt, and Ethan hole up in a safe house in Tupelo, others begin to join them in their bid for survival. When the infected attack and they’re forced…

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Sneak Peak Mini Tour: Weather Witch

Posted by on 11/14/2012 • 33 Comments

Shannon Delany’s debut series (13 TO LIFE) has concluded and a new steampunk series called WEATHER WITCH (also with St. Martin’s Press) launches June 25, 2013 and is already available for pre-order. Delany warns that this series is darker and grittier than 13 TO LIFE, although still YA and still with romantic elements and she’s asked a small group of us to share her cover and Prologue AND provide a way YOU can win some things.

Weather WitchShannon DelanyPublication date: June 25th 2013by St. Martin’s Griffin

 

In a vastly different and darker Philadelphia of 1844, steam power has been repressed, war threatens from deep, dark waters, and one young lady of high social standing is expecting a surprise at her seventeenth birthday party–but certainly not the one she…

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Waiting on Wednesday (61)

Posted by on 11/14/2012 • 39 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:

Parallel Lauren Miller Release date: May 14th 2013 by HarperTeen

Abby Barnes had a plan. Get into a great college, major in journalism, and land a dream job at a major newspaper. But on the eve of her 18th birthday, she is stuck on a Hollywood movie set, wishing she could rewind her life. The next morning, she’s in a dorm room at Yale, with no memory of how she got there. A cosmic collision of parallel universes has left Abby living a new reality every time parallel Abby makes a decision. Now Abby must race against time to take control of her fate without…

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Review: Undeadly by Michele Vail

Posted by on 11/13/2012 • 33 Comments

UndeadlyMichele VailSeries: The Reaper Diaries, #1Publication date: November 20th 2012by Harlequin Teen

 

The day I turned 16, my boyfriend-to-be died. I brought him back to life. Then things got a little weird…

Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, date hottie Rick and keep her zombie-raising abilities on the down-low. Then the god Anubis chooses her to become a reaper-and she accidentally undoes the work of another reaper, Rath. Within days, she’s shipped off to the Nekyia Academy, an elite school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath. Who seems to hate her guts.

Rath will be watching closely to be sure she completes her first assignment-reaping Rick, the boy who should have died. The boy she still wants to be…

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Book Spotlight/Giveaway: Legend by Marie Lu

Posted by on 11/12/2012 • 20 Comments

Today I am happy to be spotlighting this great series. It’s a dystopian told in dual POVs where both are as great as the either–which is rare. You can read my full review on Legend here.  

Legend Marie LuSeries: Legend, #1Publication date: November 29th 2011 by Putnam Juvenile

 

What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic’s wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic’s highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country’s most wanted criminal. But his motives may not be as malicious as they seem.

From very different worlds, June and Day have…

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