Monthly Archives:: April 2013

Saturday, April 06, 2013

Fresh Batch (April 7th – 13th)

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

Flavor of the week:

The Shadow Girl
Jennifer Arche 
Publication date: April 9th 2013
by HarperTeen

Sometimes I forget for an hour or two that she’s with me. Sometimes I convince myself that she was only a dream. Or that I’m crazy.

For as long as Lily Winston can remember, she has never been alone. Iris, a shadowy figure who mimics Lily’s movements and whispers in her ear, is with her always—but invisible to the rest of the world. Iris is Lily’s secret.

But when Lily’s father is killed in a tragic accident, his cryptic final words suggest that he and Lily’s mother have been keeping secrets of their own. Suddenly, Iris begins pushing Lily more than ever, possessing her thoughts and urging her to put together the pieces of a strange puzzle her father left behind. As she searches for answers, Lily finds herself drawn to Ty Collier, a mysterious new boy in town. Together, Lily and Ty must untangle a web of deception to discover the truth about her family, Iris . . . and Lily’s own identity

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At the age of ten, Jennifer Archer made up her mind to become a writer. Then she grew up, became “sensible,” and earned a business degree with a minor in accounting instead. After years of trying to find her way through a confusing maze of debits and credits she realized that, for her, accounting was no more sensible than becoming a World Federation wrestler. So in 1993, she enrolled in a creative writing class, and five years later, sold her first novel. Since then, Jennifer has published several novels for adults, as well as numerous non-fiction works.

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

 

Anything on your shopping list this week, lovelies?

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Cover Madness Giveaway: Round 3!

Posted by on 04/05/2013 • 22 Comments

YEAH! That’s right, lovelies, another epic cover madness giveaway with my J-Dog– (Jenni at Alluring Reads)! Since we started the first cover madness giveaway last year its become the most popular giveaway hop/event I’ve ever hosted on the blog so we decided to keep doing them. This is our 3rd and we’ve got some very awesome covers in this round, and as you will see the theme seems to be very dark-ish, this time! Plus, we ranked it up this time and you all have TWO chances to win! 😉

Up for grabs

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

*If the title chosen happens to…

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Review: Chasers by James Phelan

Posted by on 04/05/2013 • 22 Comments

Chasers James Phelan Genre: YA Post-Apocalyptic Publication date: October 30th 2012by K-Teen

Four Teenagers.One Destroyed City.Thousands ofInfected Predators.

Jesse is on a UN Youth Ambassadors camp in New York when his subway carriage is rocked by an explosion. Jesse and his three friends, Dave, Mini and Anna, crawl out from the wreckage to discover a city in chaos.

Streets are deserted. Buildings are in ruins. Worse, the only other survivors seem to be infected with a virus that turns them into horrifying predators…

Outnumbered. No sign of life. Just them. And you… ALONE.

–A copy was provided by Kensington Teen for review–

Wow I haven’t had an ending catch me this off guard in a long time! Well played, Phelan! Well played! Almost grabbed you…

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Book Girls Don’t Cry: Judging a Book by its Cover

Posted by on 04/04/2013 • 48 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:  

Making a Good First Impression!

You’ve all heard that making a good first impression is important, right? During job interviews, meeting the parents, etc. And then you’ve also heard to not judge a book by its cover, no? Don’t you find both are kind of contradicting? A book cover is the first impression we get of a book, why shouldn’t we judge one by what we first see? At least to some extent. Sure there are tons of great books out there with mediocre covers at best, like so (and yes some of these were changed thank goodness):

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Bitter Angel Sneak Peek + Giveaway

Posted by on 04/03/2013 • 21 Comments

Today on Xpresso Reads I’m showing you a sneak peek at Bitter Angel and you can enter to win a copy! Let’s see what this pretty is all about:

Bitter AngelMegan Hand Genre: NA Contemporary/Thriller Publication date: April 1st 2013

Torn between two realities.A choice that will mean life or death.But she won’t know anything… until she wakes up. College sophomore, Lila Spencer lived Friday night twice. She doesn’t know how or why, just that she did. As if she split in half and went in two different directions.

Out clubbing with her friends, Heather and Nilah, the girls rock it out and party hard. What begins as an innocent night will lead to a deadly fight for their lives, and Lila might be their only chance…

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Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

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Ready Player OneErnest Cline Genre: YA Dystopian Publication date: April 2nd 2013by Poppy

It’s the year 2044, and the real world is an ugly place.

Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes his grim surroundings by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia that lets you be anything you want to be, a place where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets.

And like most of humanity, Wade dreams of being the one to discover the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this virtual world. For somewhere inside this giant networked playground, OASIS creator James Halliday has hidden a series of fiendish puzzles that will yield massive fortune–and remarkable power–to whoever can…

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Review: That Time I Joined the Circus by J.J. Howard

Posted by on 04/01/2013 • 30 Comments

That Time I Joined the Circus J.J. Howard Genre: YA Contemporary Publication date: April 1st 2013by Point

Lexi Ryan just ran away to join the circus, but not on purpose.

A music-obsessed, slightly snarky New York City girl, Lexi is on her own. After making a huge mistake–and facing a terrible tragedy–Lexi has no choice but to track down her long-absent mother. Rumor has it that Lexi’s mom is somewhere in Florida with a traveling circus.

When Lexi arrives at her new, three-ring reality, her mom isn’t there . . . but her destiny might be. Surrounded by tigers, elephants, and trapeze artists, Lexi finds some surprising friends and an even more surprising chance at true love. She even lucks into a spot as the circus’s fortune teller, reading…

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