Monthly Archives:: February 2013

Saturday, February 02, 2013

Fresh Batch (February 3rd – 9th)

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

Flavor of the week:

Scarlet

Marissa Meyer
Series: Lunar Chronicles #2
Publication date: February 5th 2013
by Feiwel and Friends

Cinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive.

Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn’t know about her grandmother and the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother’s whereabouts, she has no choice but to trust him, though he clearly has a few dark secrets of his own.

As Scarlet and Wolf work to unravel one mystery, they find another when they cross paths with Cinder. Together, they must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen who will do anything to make Prince Kai her husband, her king, her prisoner.

Find my review here!

Scarlet Book Trailer:

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I live in Tacoma, Washington, with my fiancé and our two cats. In addition to my slight obsession with books and writing, I’m big on road-tripping, wine-tasting, and hunting for antiques. I’m represented by Jill Grinberg.

CINDER, my debut novel, is a futuristic re-envisioning of Cinderella in which Cinder is a cyborg mechanic. Release date: 3 Jan 2012.


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


Perfect Scoundrels (Heist Society #3) by Ally Carter [Purchase]


   

Kissed: Belle; Sunlight and Shadow; Winter’s Child by Cameron Dokey [Purchase]
Pieces by Chris Lynch [Purchase]
Hip Check (New York Blades #10) by Deirdre Martin [Purchase]
A Cold and Lonely Place: A Novel by Sara J. Henry [Purchase]


   

The Fourth Stall Part III (The Fourth Stall) by Chris Rylander [Purchase]
The Trap Door (Infinity Ring #3) by Lisa McMann [Purchase]
Did You Miss Me? by Karen Rose [Purchase]
Beautiful Creatures: The Manga by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl, Cassandra Jean [Purchase]

What will you be getting this week?

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Review: Fuse by Julianna Baggott

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Fuse Julianna Baggott Series: Pure, #2 Genre: Adult Post ApocalypticPublication date: February 19th 2013by Grand Central Publishing

When the world ended, those who dwelled within the Dome were safe. Inside their glass world the Pures live on unscarred, while those outside—the Wretches—struggle to survive amidst the smoke and ash.

Believing his mother was living among the Wretches, Partridge escaped from the Dome to find her. Determined to regain control over his son, Willux, the leader of the Pures, unleashes a violent new attack on the Wretches. It’s up to Pressia Belze, a young woman with her own mysterious past, to decode a set of cryptic clues from the past to set the Wretches free.

An epic quest that sweeps readers into a world of beautiful brutality, Fuse continues…