Monthly Archives:: April 2013

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (51)

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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

How is everyone this lovely April’s day? Well it’s not so lovely here we got snow today–what the hay? *poos on snow* I had a pretty uneventful week so I don’t have anything to highlight actually. So let’s just get down to business! 😉

Reviews on the blog this week:

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I received for review:

 

*Big thanks to Kensington Teen, Magan Vernon, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for these pretties!*

I was gifted:
I got this from Jenni at Alluring Reads. She apparently loved it so much she had to share it with the world! 😉 Thanks, muffin!

I bought
I bought this on audiobook this week after hearing it was amazeballs.

Short and sweet!
Link me to your book haul in the comments! 🙂

XOXO!

Fresh Batch (April 14th – 20th)

Posted by on 04/13/2013 • 12 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Game Barry Lyga  Publication date: April 16th 2013by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Billy grinned. “Oh, New York,” he whispered. “We’re gonna have so much fun.”

I Hunt Killers introduced the world to Jazz, the son of history’s most infamous serial killer, Billy Dent.

In an effort to prove murder didn’t run in the family, Jazz teamed with the police in the small town of Lobo’s Nod to solve a deadly case. And now, when a determined New York City detective comes knocking on Jazz’s door asking for help, he can’t say no. The Hat-Dog Killer has the Big Apple–and its police force–running scared. So Jazz and…

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Review: The Rules by Stacey Kade

Posted by on 04/12/2013 • 27 Comments

The RulesStacey Kade Series:Project Paper Doll #1Genre: YA Sci-fi Publication date: April 23rd 2013by Disney-Hyperion

1. Never trust anyone.

2. Remember they are always searching.

3. Don’t get involved.

4. Keep your head down.

5. Don’t fall in love.

Five simple rules. Ariane Tucker has followed them since the night she escaped from the genetics lab where she was created, the result of combining human and extraterrestrial DNA. Ariane’s survival—and that of her adoptive father—depends on her ability to blend in among the full-blooded humans in a small Wisconsin town, to hide in plain sight at her high school from those who seek to recover their lost (and expensive) “project.”

But when a cruel prank at school goes awry, it puts her in the path of Zane Bradshaw,…

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Book Girls Don’t Cry: Requesting ARCs

Posted by on 04/11/2013 • 66 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:  

Publishers are not so scary!

So you have a book blog? And you’d like to get those awesome books for review that you’ve been eyeing in wrap-up posts? I was completely alone, going in blind, when I started requesting from publishers, and while most of it was me going about it by what I felt was right and nothing else, I did learn a thing or two that I think it may help some bloggers reach out to publishers–they really are all awesome to deal with. What’s the worse that can happen? I’ll tell you actually: They won’t…

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Waiting on Wednesday (78)

Posted by on 04/10/2013 • 53 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: Made of StarsKelley York Genre: YA ThrillerPublication date: October 1st, 2013by Entangled Teen 

When eighteen-year-old Hunter Jackson and his half sister, Ashlin, return to their dad’s for the first winter in years, they expect everything to be just like the warmer months they’d spent there as kids. And it is—at first. But Chance, the charismatic and adventurous boy who made their summers epic, is harboring deep secrets. Secrets that are quickly spiraling into something else entirely.

The reason they’ve never met Chance’s parents or seen his home is becoming clearer. And what the siblings used to think of as Chance’s quirks—the…

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Review: Game by Barry Lyga

Posted by on 04/09/2013 • 23 Comments

*This review is spoiler free for book 1 and this sequel!*

  Before I went into YA my favorite novels were criminal mysteries and serial killer type stories. Then my favorite among them were the ones dealing with profilers. There is just something incredibly fascinating about seeing how these guys can take one small and seemingly insignificant detail of a crime scene, and tell you who the killer is in the most intimate of way. Game brought back the reasons why I loved these types of books; there are truly sick people in this world and it’s shocking to get into their heads. True to its name, Jasper’s father brings us into an exhilarating game in this fast-paced sequel.The characters I so loved in I Hunt Killers are back…

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Review: Taken by Erin Bowman

Posted by on 04/08/2013 • 46 Comments

TakenErin Bowman Genre: YA Dystopian Publication date: April 16th 2013by HarperTeen

There are no men in Claysoot. There are boys—but every one of them vanishes at midnight on his eighteenth birthday. The ground shakes, the wind howls, a blinding light descends…and he’s gone.

They call it the Heist.

Gray Weathersby’s eighteenth birthday is mere months away, and he’s prepared to meet his fate–until he finds a strange note from his mother and starts to question everything he’s been raised to accept: the Council leaders and their obvious secrets. The Heist itself. And what lies beyond the Wall that surrounds Claysoot–a structure that no one can cross and survive.

Climbing the Wall is suicide, but what comes after the Heist could be worse. Should he sit back and wait…

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Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (50)

Posted by on 04/07/2013 • 39 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

Hiya guys! I hope you’re all fab! I’m finally getting over this heck of a cold or flu I’ve had for almost a month now–holy mother of craziness! Summer can not get here fast enough! Plus, BEA is in no time and I’m stoked! Hope I’ll see a bunch of y’all there! 😀 So this week on the blog we posted on 3rd round of Cover Madness Giveaway! Don’t miss it it’s pretty epic! And I had a sneak peek on Bitter Angel with a chance to win as well!

Reviews on the blog…

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