Yearly Archives:: 2016

Saturday, April 02, 2016

Fresh Batch (April 3rd – 9th)

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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:

When We Collided
Emery Lord
Publication date: April 5th 2016
by Bloomsbury USA Childrens

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Meet Vivi and Jonah: A girl and a boy whose love has the power save or destroy them.

Vivi and Jonah couldn’t be more different. Vivi craves anything joyful or beautiful that life can offer. Jonah has been burdened by responsibility for his family ever since his father died. As summer begins, Jonah resigns himself to another season of getting by. Then Vivi arrives, and suddenly life seems brighter and better. Jonah is the perfect project for Vivi, and things finally feel right for Jonah. Their love is the answer to everything. But soon Vivi’s zest for life falters, as her adventurousness becomes true danger-seeking. Jonah tries to keep her safe, but there’s something important Vivi hasn’t told him.

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *


– Girl in the Blue Coat by Monica Hesse [Purchase]
– Nightstruck by Jenna Black [Purchase]
– The Glittering Court (The Glittering Court #1) by Richelle Mead [Purchase]
– The Beast (Black Dagger Brotherhood #14) by J.R. Ward [Purchase]


– Flamecaster (Shattered Realms #1) by Cinda Williams Chima [Purchase]
– Tell the Wind and Fire by Sarah Rees Brennan[Purchase]
– The Mirror King (The Orphan Queen #2) by Jodi Meadows [Purchase]
– Lady Renegades (Rebel Belle #3) by Rachel Hawkins [Purchase]


– Every Heart a Doorway (Every Heart A Doorway #1) by Seanan McGuire [Purchase]
– Flawed (Flawed #1) by Cecelia Ahern [Purchase]
– Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum [Purchase]
– Forest of Ruin (Age of Legends #3) by Kelley Armstrong [Purchase]


– Golden (Heart of Dread #3) by Melissa de la Cruz [Purchase]
– What We Find (Sullivan’s Crossing #1) by Robyn Carr [Purchase]
– My Kind of Crazy by Robin Reul [Purchase]
– Shadow Rites (Jane Yellowrock #10) by Faith Hunter [Purchase]


– Burning by Danielle Rollins [Purchase]
– The Haters by Jesse Andrews [Purchase]
– Fellside by M.R. Carey [Purchase]
– Once Was a Time by Leila Sales [Purchase]


– Away We Go by Emil Ostrovski [Purchase]
– The Midnight Watch: A Novel of the Titanic and the Californian by David Dyer [Purchase]
– King’s Folly (The Kinsman Chronicles #1) by Jill Williamson [Purchase]
– The Natural History of Us (The Fine Art of Pretending #2) by Rachel Harris [Purchase]


– Fearless (Broken Love #5) by B.B. Reid [Purchase]
– Once Upon a Dream (Twisted Tales #2) by Liz Braswell [Purchase]
– The Matchmaker’s Playbook (Wingmen Inc. #1) by Rachel Van Dyken [Purchase]
– Daughters of Ruin by K.D. Castner [Purchase]


– Sophie Quire and the Last Storyguard (Peter Nimble #2) by Jonathan Auxier [Purchase]
– Arena by Holly Jennings [Purchase]
– Billy and Me (Billy and Me #1) by Giovanna Fletcher [Purchase]
– The Requiem Red by Brynn Chapman [Purchase]


– Dodgers by Bill Beverly [Purchase]
– Catching Summer (Second Chances #6) by L.P. Dover [Purchase]
– Dreamers Often Lie by Jacqueline West [Purchase]
– Fear My Mortality (Mortal Eternity #1) by Everly Frost [Purchase]


– Booked by Kwame Alexander [Purchase]
– The New Guy (and Other Senior Year Distractions) by Amy Spalding [Purchase]
– Paper Princess (The Royals #1) by Erin Watt [Purchase]
– The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks [Purchase]


– One with You (Crossfire #5) by Sylvia Day [Purchase]
– Head Over Heels (Geek Girl #5) by Holly Smale [Purchase]
– Dream House: A Novel by CutiePieMarzia by Marzia Bisognin [Purchase]
– Alight (The Generations Trilogy #2) by Scott Sigler[Purchase]


– Remember to Forget by Ashley Royer [Purchase]
– Asking For It by Louise O’Neill [Purchase]
– Eleven Things I Promised by Catherine Clark [Purchase]
– Romancing the Nerd by Leah Rae Miller [Purchase]


– Future Shock (Future Shock #1) by Elizabeth Briggs [Purchase]
– Surviving High School: A Novel by Lele Pons & Melissa de la Cruz [Purchase]
– Essential Maps for the Lost by Deb Caletti [Purchase]
– The End of FUN by Sean McGinty [Purchase]


– Fiona by Meredith Moore [Purchase]
– Fifteen Lanes by S.J. Laidlaw [Purchase]
– The Summer of Everything: Picture Perfect and Wish You Were Here by Catherine Clark [Purchase]
– Weeks and Days by S.E. Phinney [Purchase]


– Lucky Me by Saba Kapur [Purchase]
– The Memory Jar by Elissa Janine Hoole [Purchase]
– The Ongoing Reformation of Micah Johnson (GetOut #1) by Sean Kennedy ([Purchase]
– The Paladin by J.M. Storin [Purchase]


– Boys Of Summer by Jessica Brody [Purchase]
– Think Twice (Don’t Even Think About It #2) by Sarah Mlynowski [Purchase]
– Digital Horizon (#Hacker #3) by Sherry D. Ficklin [Purchase]
– Bad Apple by Matt Whyman [Purchase]


What are you the most excited for this week?

 

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A Tyranny of Petticoats edited by Jessica Spotswood

Posted by on 03/30/2016 • 5 Comments

I don’t usually read anthologies and I find it even harder to review them because there are so many stories and so many different feelings about the stories.

But, A Tyranny of Petticoats did say it was about badass girls and who doesn’t want to read stories about badass girls? If you don’t you have come to the wrong place so toodooloo. It was nice knowing you.

So, I read the stories. I didn’t love all of them yet here I am, reviewing the anthology as a whole. The thing is, whether or not I loved every single story is beside the point. What makes this anthology special is the diversity in it. I think historical fiction has a tendency to privilege white voices over other voices just because that is…

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Fresh Batch (March 27th – April 2nd)

Fresh Batch (March 27th – April 2nd)

Posted by on 03/26/2016 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The Winner’s Kiss Marie Rutkoski Series: The Winner’s Trilogy #3 Publication date: March 29th 2016by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no longer loves Kestrel, Arin hasn’t forgotten her, or how she became exactly the kind of person he has always despised. She cared more for the empire than she did for the lives of innocent people—and certainly more than she did for him.

At least, that’s what he thinks.

In the frozen north,…

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Fresh Batch (March 20th – 26th)

Fresh Batch (March 20th – 26th)

Posted by on 03/19/2016 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The Way I Used to Be Amber Smith Publication date: March 22nd 2016by Margaret K. McElderry Books

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In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.

Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes.

What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved—who she once loved—she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now…

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Review: Night Speed by Chris Howard

Posted by on 03/18/2016 • 7 Comments

A Young Adult book with high-intensity action, drugs, and catching villains in the metropolitan city in the US of A. That sounds like a pretty good premise, don’t you think? Reminds me of all those superhero books we all adore, except this one has young teenagers taking drugs to give them superstrength/speed/and whatever super-what-have-you. Reading this book a few weeks ago, it actually was pretty enjoyable…

…until it didn’t.

Here’s the thing: this book had potential. The first seventy percent was such an amazing ride. Here we are, introduced to a main character who is supposedly the best runner in her department. Her job as a teenage tool of the government? To use the Tetra (which is the drug, if the cliché drug name itself wasn’t self-explanatory enough) to catch people…

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Review: Nightstruck by Jenna Black

Posted by on 03/17/2016 • 4 Comments

This book was creepy and dark and very enjoyable for the most part. I did feel like there was a whole lot of waiting going on and things weren’t really moving forward, but there was always plenty going on. I know that doesn’t make a lot of sense. What I mean is there is all sorts of creepy, crazy things happening even when the story didn’t seem to be moving forward that fast. I did feel like I wasn’t really sure what was going on, but since this is a start to a series I am assuming that we we get more information in the next ones. I think that it is a great start to a series and am interested to continue with it and see where things go….

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Fresh Batch (March 13th – 19th)

Fresh Batch (March 13th – 19th)

Posted by on 03/12/2016 • 4 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The First Time She Drowned Kerry Kletter Publication date: March 15th 2016by Philomel Books

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The beautiful struggle of a girl desperate for the one relationship that has caused her the most pain

Cassie O’Malley has spent the past two and a half years in a mental institution—dumped there by her mother, against her will. Now, at 18, Cassie emancipates herself, determined to start over. She attends college, forms new friendships, and even attempts to start fresh with her mother. But before long, their unhealthy relationship threatens to pull Cassie under once again. As Cassie struggles to reclaim her life, childhood memories persist…

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