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Flavor of the week:

All the Bright Places
Jennifer Niven
Publication date: January 6th 2015
by Knopf Books for Young Readers
The Fault in Our Stars meets Eleanor and Park in this compelling, exhilarating, and beautiful story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who intends to die.
Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him.
Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death.
When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the “natural wonders” of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself—a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink.
This is an intense, gripping novel perfect for fans of Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, John Green, Gayle Forman, and Jenny Downham from a talented new voice in YA, Jennifer Niven.
Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *
– In His Keeping (Slow Burn #2) by Maya Banks [Purchase]
– Firefight (Reckoners #2) by Brandon Sanderson [Purchase]
– Ensnared (Splintered #3) by A.G. Howard [Purchase]
– Last Call (Cocktail #2.5) by Alice Clayton [Purchase]
– Dead of Winter (The Arcana Chronicles #3) by Kresley Cole [Purchase]
– Golden Son (Red Rising Trilogy #2) by Pierce Brown [Purchase]
– Frostfire (Kanin Chronicles #1) by Amanda Hocking [Purchase]
– Reborn (Altered #3) by Jennifer Rush [Purchase]
– The Importance of Being Alice (Ainslie Brothers #1) by Katie MacAlister [Purchase]
– Her by Harriet Lane [Purchase]
– Falling Away (Falling #4) by Jasinda Wilder [Purchase]
– Fire Fall (Dark Star #3) by Bethany Frenette [Purchase]
– There Will Be Lies by Nick Lake [Purchase]
– The Boy Next Door by Katie Van Ark [Purchase]
– Contradictions (Woodfalls Girls #3) by Tiffany King [Purchase]
– Secrets of a Scandalous Heiress (The Matchmaker Trilogy #3) by Theresa Romain [Purchase]
– Hellhole by Gina Damico [Purchase]
– Stella by Starlight by Sharon M. Draper [Purchase]
– Alistair Grim’s Odditorium (Odditorium #1) by Gregory Funaro [Purchase]
– The Ghosts of Heaven by Marcus Sedgwick [Purchase]
– Unbound (Magic Ex Libris #3) by Jim C. Hines [Purchase]
– Save Me by Jenny Elliott [Purchase]
– Willowgrove (Hemlock #3) by Kathleen Peacock [Purchase]
– Before I Go by Colleen Oakley [Purchase]
– Rogue Wave (Waterfire Saga #2) by Jennifer Donnelly [Purchase]
– Vivian Apple at the End of the World (Vivian Apple #1) by Katie Coyle [Purchase]
– Falling Away (Fall Away #3) by Penelope Douglas [Purchase]
– The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi Pandian [Purchase]
– Hungry Like the Wolf (SWAT #1) by Paige Tyler [Purchase]
– Gone Too Far by Natalie D. Richards [Purchase]
– Atlantis Rising by Gloria Craw [Purchase]
– Monkey Wars by Richard Kurti [Purchase]
– The Law of Loving Others by Kate Axelrod [Purchase]
– The War that Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley [Purchase]
– X by Ilyasah Shabazz and Kekla Magoon [Purchase]
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Cayce
Firefight! Firefight!! <3
Laura Plus Books
ALLL THE BRIGHT PLACCEEESSSS IS COMING. THIS IS SO EXCITING! I literally cannot wait! Gonna make eveeryone buy it. I’m also excited for the release of There Will Be Lies. I have it on my shelf but I want to see more reviews before I read it. 😀
Juhina
so so so many beautiful upcoming titles! I’m reading Willowgrove now and LOVING it <3 and I'm also planning on reading All The Bright Places too!
– Juhina @ Maji Bookshelf
Pili
ENSNARED!!! WILLOWGROVE!! I have those two preordered!!
And I definitely will be getting Firefighter as soon as I can, as well as buying a hardcover of Golden Son!
Nova @ Out of Time
I haven’t been in blogging for a long time so it’s really good that I can see this! All these books sound so interesting and now I’m caught up. Whoo!
Ella
I Really want Before I Go! I read an excerpt a few weeks ago and fell in love! It’s going to be such an awesome book!
Kayla @ The Thousand Lives
FIREFIGHT!!! That is the only thing I need this month ^_^ Although I lie because Polaris and Fairest are also coming out so never mind that statement. But seriously so excited for more Reckoners!
I’m considering getting Reborn, but I still haven’t read book two, so I’ll probably force myself to wait. *wailing* I didn’t know The Boy Next Door is also released! It looks so cute <3
Jess@Fairday's Blog
I had seen the cover for All the Right Places- but I had no idea what it was about. It sounds like a real page turner! I can’t wait to read it! 🙂
Jeann @ Happy Indulgence
SO MANY GREAT BOOKS THIS WEEk. Let’s see Golden Son, There Will be Lights, All the Right Places are all on my NEED IT NOW list!
Melanie (YA Midnight Reads)
Oh my god I haven’t been on here in ages! I have missed these posts dearly.
All the Bright Places is such a beautiful novel and I definitely cannot wait for it come out into the world! EVERYONE HAS TO READ IT. *nods* Eeeeeeee Hellhole! I’m reading that one right now and it is so much fun to read 🙂
Thanks for sharing, Giselle! <33
Precious
Thank you for the heads up! So many good books coming out this week! EEEEP! I love this feature by the way, this is like my shopping guide.
JennRenee
I am really excited for reborn and gone too far.
jazmen
Such great upcoming reads! Can’t wait!
Alreem
many good reads coming, this is a happy news to me,, always 😀
Dreams
Oh, my. *looks at paycheck* There are several up there I forgot about. Thank you for posting these guys! They really help out a lot.
E.J. Stevens
Unbound! Also, adding Accidental Alchemist to my wish list. So many fantastic books.