Saturday, April 04, 2015

Fresh Batch (April 5th – 11th)

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Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

None of the Above
I.W. Gregorio
Publication date: April 7th 2015
by Balzer + Bray

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A groundbreaking story about a teenage girl who discovers she was born intersex . . . and what happens when her secret is revealed to the entire school. Incredibly compelling and sensitively told, None of the Above is a thought-provoking novel that explores what it means to be a boy, a girl, or something in between.

What if everything you knew about yourself changed in an instant?

When Kristin Lattimer is voted homecoming queen, it seems like another piece of her ideal life has fallen into place. She’s a champion hurdler with a full scholarship to college and she’s madly in love with her boyfriend. In fact, she’s decided that she’s ready to take things to the next level with him.

But Kristin’s first time isn’t the perfect moment she’s planned–something is very wrong. A visit to the doctor reveals the truth: Kristin is intersex, which means that though she outwardly looks like a girl, she has male chromosomes, not to mention boy “parts.”

Dealing with her body is difficult enough, but when her diagnosis is leaked to the whole school, Kristin’s entire identity is thrown into question. As her world unravels, can she come to terms with her new self?

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *


– Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli [Purchase]
– Dark Instincts (The Phoenix Pack #4) by Suzanne Wright [Purchase]
– All Fall Down by Jennifer Weiner [Purchase]
– Come to Me Recklessly (Closer to You #3) by A.L. Jackson [Purchase]


– Lies I Told (Lies I Told #1) by Michelle Zink [Purchase]
– Kissing Ted Callahan (and Other Guys) by Amy Spalding [Purchase]
– The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu [Purchase]
– Ask the Dark by Henry Turner [Purchase]


– I Am Her Revenge by Meredith Moore [Purchase]
– The Queen of Bright and Shiny Things by Ann Aguirre [Purchase]
– Don’t Stay Up Late (Fear Street Relaunch #2) by R.L. Stine [Purchase]
– Full Contact (Redemption #3) by Sarah Castille [Purchase]


– Watch the Sky by Kirsten Hubbard [Purchase]
– The End Game by Kate McCarthy
– The Tower of Bones (Three Powers #2) by Frank P. Ryan [Purchase]
– Empire of Night (Age of Legends #2) by Kelley Armstrong [Purchase]


– Nova and Quinton: No Regrets (Nova #3) by Jessica Sorensen [Purchase]
– Fig by Sarah Elizabeth Schantz [Purchase]
– The Good Girls by Teresa Mummert [Purchase]
– When You Leave by Monica Ropal [Purchase]


– Carry the Ocean (The Roosevelt #1) by Heidi Cullinan [Purchase]
– When I’m Gone (Rosemary Beach #11) by Abbi Glines [Purchase]
– Rival: A Feuds Novella (The Feuds 0.5) by Avery Hastings [Purchase]
– Zeroboxer by Fonda Lee [Purchase]


– Miles from Nowhere by Amy Clipston [Purchase]
– The Trap by Steven Arntson [Purchase]
– Miss Mayhem (Rebel Belle #2) by Rachel Hawkins [Purchase]
– Summer by Summer by Heather Burch [Purchase]


– Anastasia and Her Sisters by Carolyn Meyer [Purchase]
– Awakening by Shannon Duffy [Purchase]
– The Truth About Us by Janet Gurtler [Purchase]
– Superposition by David Walton [Purchase]


– Palace of Lies (The Palace Chronicles #3) by Margaret Peterson Haddix [Purchase]
– Skandal (Sekret #2) by Lindsay Smith [Purchase]
– Before Tomorrowland by Jeff Jensen, Brad Bird, Jonathan Case and Damon Lindelof [Purchase]
– The Detective’s Assistant by Kate Hannigan [Purchase]


– Gabe Johnson Takes Over by Geoff Herbach [Purchase]
– Only Ever Yours by Louise O’Neill [Purchase]
– One Thing Stolen by Beth Kephart [Purchase]


What are you excited for this week?

 

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Giselle

Canadian blogger, wife, mother, coffee lover, and sarcastic at heart! She has had a love for all things bookish since before Amazon and eReaders existed *le gasp*. You can also find her organizing tours and other fun things at Xpresso Book Tours.

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8 Responses to “Fresh Batch (April 5th – 11th)”

  1. Pili @ In Love With Handmade

    Only Ever Yours is an extremely poignant and important book, I posted my review for it yesterday and I feel like it needs more exposure!

    I have Miss Mayhem and Simon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda coming in the mail, hopefully arriving on release day *crosses fingers* I already read Empire of Night and loved it and I have None of the Above, The Queen of Bright & Shiny Things and The Detective’s Assistant in my wish list!

  2. Krystianna

    So many great releases this week! I really want to pick up a copy of Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda a swell as None of the Above. Thanks for sharing, I had no idea the release dates were this close!!
    Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian

  5. Ramona

    There are so many amazing books in your collection. Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda is actually winking at me! I’m reading Only Ever Yours now, and it’s good, if only a little too much like Brave New World. The Tower of Bones and Lies I Told are also very tempting. Great post!

  6. Hannah

    I’ve read None of the Above – such a great, important book, and I hope that as many people as possible read it.

    Excited for Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda, and seen some good things about Ken Liu’s new offering.

  7. Kayla @ The Thousand Lives

    Nothing for me this week (waiting for the week of the 21st for my haul this month!), but I’ve read None of the Above and it was FABULOUS. I’m thinking about Simon vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda, but I’m going to wait on that one for a while.