Monthly Archives:: March 2013

Sunday, March 24, 2013

Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (48)

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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

Yay happy spring! Although we still got a snow storm this week so boo-urns to that! But it means summers is next! 😀  So I don’t have much to highlight this week no tours stopped by and no new giveaways *sad face* Are you using BlogLovin by the way? If you hadn’t heard yet Google Reader is leaving and this is a pretty awesome alternative! If so you can follow me via the button below (and on sidebar). We’ll be going more into this next week in our Book Girls Don’t Cry posts! 😉

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Reviews on the blog this week:

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Stacking the Shelves

 (Click on covers or title links for Goodreads)
I received for review:


–Sylo by DJ MacHale
–The Moon and More by Sarah Dessen
–The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Audiobook:

Survivor’s kit:

 And this hilariously awesome “survivor’s kit” came with The 5th Wave! I love it! >.< I also already ate the fruit things, of wells! I'm going to die if I ever have to live in the wilds!

 

*A big thanks to Penguin Canada, Macmillan Audio, Disney Book Group, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Atria books for these amazeball pretties!*
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That’s all for me, lovelies!
Link me to your book haul in the comments! 🙂
XOXO!

Fresh Batch (March 24th – 30th)

Posted by on 03/23/2013 • 15 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

If You Find MeEmily Murdoch Publication date: March 26th 2013by St. Martin’s Griffin

There are some things you can’t leave behind…

A broken-down camper hidden deep in a national forest is the only home fifteen year-old Carey can remember. The trees keep guard over her threadbare existence, with the one bright spot being Carey’s younger sister, Jenessa, who depends on Carey for her very survival. All they have is each other, as their mentally ill mother comes and goes with greater frequency. Until that one fateful day their mother disappears for good, and two strangers arrive. Suddenly, the girls are taken from the woods and thrust into…

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Review: My Life After Now by Jessica Verdi

Posted by on 03/22/2013 • 26 Comments

My Life After NowJessica Verdi Genre: YA Contemporary Publication date: April 2nd 2013by Sourcebooks Fire

Lucy just had the worst week ever. Seriously, mega bad. And suddenly, it’s all too much—she wants out. Out of her house, out of her head, out of her life. She wants to be a whole new Lucy. So she does something the old Lucy would never dream of.

And now her life will never be the same. Now, how will she be able to have a boyfriend? What will she tell her friends? How will she face her family?

Now her life is completely different…every moment is a gift. Because now she might not have many moments left.

–A copy was provided by Sourcebooks Fire for review–

I find it amazing…

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Book Girls Don’t Cry, They Read New Adult!

Posted by on 03/21/2013 • 101 Comments

Inspired by Book Buzzers, Book Girls Don’t Cry is a weekly feature where we each discuss/vent/advise on the chosen weekly bookish topic. Don’t miss Jenni on Mondays, and Amy on Saturdays:   This week’s topic was suggested by Nick from Nick’s Book Blog

We are Growing Up! *Sniffs*

Young Adult, New Adult, Old Adult–is that the next step? >.<

There is a new fad, and we’ve all fallen victim to it–or at least that’s what it seems, I know some are avoiding it like the plague, too. But you know what? I may only have a few New Adult books read under my belt, but I can say I’m a big fan of the genre! I know some say it’s only YA with sex, it’s what I thought at first…

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Waiting on Wednesday (77)

Posted by on 03/20/2013 • 40 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: ContaminatedEm Garner Genre: YA ThrillerPublication date: July 23rd 2013by Egmont USA 

After the Contamination—an epidemic caused by the super-trendy diet drink SlimPro that turned ordinary citizens into violent, uncontrollable creatures—the government rounded up the “Connies” to protect the remaining population. Now, two years later, the rehabilitated are being allowed home, complete with shock collars that will either control, or kill, them.

Velvet Ellis has struggled to care for her ten-year-old sister since her parents were taken in the round up. When she finds her mother in one of the “Kennels,” Velvet resolves to do whatever it takes to put her family…

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Review: Period 8 by Chris Crutcher

Posted by on 03/19/2013 • 36 Comments

Period 8Chris Crutcher Genre: YA Contemporary Publication date: March 26th 2013by HarperCollins

In this full-length novel from Chris Crutcher, his first since the best-selling Deadline, the ultimate bully and the ultimate good guy tangle during Period 8.

Paul “the Bomb” Baum tells the truth. No matter what. It was something he learned at Sunday School. But telling the truth can cause problems, and not minor ones. And as Paulie discovers, finding the truth can be even more problematic. Period 8 is supposed to be that one period in high school where the truth can shine, a safe haven. Only what Paulie and Hannah (his ex-girlfriend, unfortunately) and his other classmates don’t know is that the ultimate bully, the ultimate liar, is in their midst.

Terrifying, thought-provoking, and…

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Review: Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers

Review: Cracked Up to Be by Courtney Summers

Posted by on 03/18/2013 • 31 Comments

Already being a big fan of Courtney Summers since I read This Is Not a Test, I knew before going into this that it was going to be a ride with a lot of feels! So much feels!

Parker is the definition of a snarky bitch. She has an attitude you want to slap her for, but as a protagonist she’s especially amusing and definitely entertaining. The used-to-be cheerleading captain turned angry emo tells us that something has happened to this girl to change her so drastically. This “something” is told to us via strange behavior from Parker which seem insignificant at first, but as the book progresses the feeling gets more urgent, and is mixed with flashbacks that leaves us wondering what the heck exactly happened here. These flashbacks…

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Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (47)

Posted by on 03/17/2013 • 48 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

Hi lovely pies! I had a great week of clothes shopping and reading! Oh and I also got my first library card in over 10 years at least! No more paying ridic amounts for audiobooks (which I listen to while I work and thus I have the best job ever! :D). While we’re on the subject–if you have audiobook recs leave them below! 😉

Reviews on the blog this week:

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Tours open for sign ups:— All the King’s Men by Kat H. Clayton — Rocked by Gina Marie Long — Blood and…

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