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Saturday, October 01, 2016

Fresh Batch (October 2nd – 8th)

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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:

Nemesis
Anna Banks
Series: Nemesis #1
Publication date: ctober 4th 2016
by Feiwel & Friends

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The princess didn’t expect to fall in love–with her nemesis.

Princess Sepora of Serubel is the last Forger in all the five kingdoms. The spectorium she creates provides energy for all, but now her father has found a way to weaponize it, and his intentions to incite war force her to flee from his grasp. She escapes across enemy lines into the kingdom of Theoria, but her plans to hide are thwarted when she is captured and placed in the young king’s servitude.

Tarik has just taken over rulership of Theoria, and must now face a new plague sweeping through his kingdom and killing his citizens. The last thing he needs is a troublesome servant vying for his attention. But mistress Sepora will not be ignored. When the two finally meet face-to-face, they form an unlikely bond that complicates life in ways neither of them could have imagined.

Sepora’s gift could save Tarik’s kingdom from the Quiet Plague. But should she trust her growing feelings for her nemesis, or should she hide her gifts at all costs?


Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *




Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple [Purchase]
The Trespasser (Dublin Murder Squad #6) by Tana French [Purchase]
The Black Key (The Lone City #3) by Amy Ewing [Purchase]
Beautiful (Hugo Roman) by Christina Lauren [Purchase]


Fractured by Catherine McKenzie [Purchase]
Aerie (Magonia #2) by Maria Dahvana Headley [Purchase]
Two By Two by Nicholas Sparks [Purchase]
Lost Stars by Lisa Selin Davis [Purchase]


The Lovely Reckless by Kami Garcia [Purchase]
Something in Between by Melissa de la Cruz [Purchase]
When the Moon Was Ours by Anna-Marie McLemore [Purchase]
Rebel Genius by Michael Dante DiMartino [Purchase]


This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills [Purchase]
Our Chemical Hearts by Krystal Sutherland [Purchase]
Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven [Purchase]
All the Little Liars (Aurora Teagarden #9) by Charlaine Harris [Purchase]


Four Letter Word (Dirty Deeds #1) by J. Daniels [Purchase]
Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin [Purchase]
Replica (Replica #1) by Lauren Oliver [Purchase]
Everyone We’ve Been by Sarah Everett [Purchase]


Last Seen Leaving by Caleb Roehrig [Purchase]
One Was Lost by Natalie D. Richards [Purchase]
Remember Yesterday (Forget Tomorrow #2) by Pintip Dunn [Purchase]
Feedback (Newsflesh #4) by Mira Grant [Purchase]


Bedmates (American Royalty #1) by Nichole Chase [Purchase]
Wrecked by Maria Padian [Purchase]
You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson [Purchase]
Girls Like Me by Lola St.Vil [Purchase]


The Guineveres by Sarah Domet [Purchase]
Yesternight by Cat Winters [Purchase]
We Know It Was You (Strange Truth #1) by Maggie Thrash [Purchase]
Foxheart by Claire Legrand [Purchase]


Otherworld Chills (Otherworld Stories #5) by Kelley Armstrong [Purchase]
The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #2) by Rick Riordan [Purchase]
The Last Beginning (The Next Together #2) by Lauren James [Purchase]
Children of Eden by Joey Graceffa [Purchase]


Goldenhand (Abhorsen #5) by Garth Nix [Purchase]
Spells and Sorcery (Lexie Carrigan Chronicles #1) by S. Usher Evans [Purchase]
Spindle by Shonna Slayton [Purchase]
Clanless (Nameless #2) by Jennifer Jenkins [Purchase]


Transcendent by Katelyn Detweiler [Purchase]
M.I.N.D. by Elissa Harris [Purchase]
Secrets in the Snow by Michaela MacColl [Purchase]
Lost Stars by Lisa Selin Davis [Purchase]


Investigating Julius Drake by Daisy Harris [Purchase]
Look Past by Eric Devine [Purchase]


What’s on your wishlist this week?

 

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Review: Every Hidden Thing by Kenneth Oppel

Posted by on 09/30/2016 • 2 Comments

The Airborn series was one of my favs ever growing up so I was immediately like YAAS to Every Hidden Thing but then I saw it was pitched as Indiana Jones meets Romeo & Juliet and was like double YAAS. WHO CAN RESIST THE COMBO of a childhood fav author and INDIANA JONES MEETS ROMEO & JULIET? Not me obviously. Anyway, I loved this book and that is all you’re ever going to need to know in your life. BYE NOW. See you again someday.

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*comes back reluctantly to finish reviewing this book*

Every Hidden Thing is fucking amazing brain candy but just because it was brain candy does NOT mean it was easy to read. This book is set sometime in the 19th century (probably late 19th…

Blog Tour: The Midnight Star by Marie Lu

Posted by on 09/26/2016 • 4 Comments

Today we’re kicking off The Midnight Star tour and I am excited to share with you my top 5 reasons to read this series and sharing some of my series sensory associations!

5 Reasons to Read The Young Elites

 

1. A villainous MC.

Adelina is not your run-of-the-mill villainous MC. Over the course of the series, she spirals down into a dark places and goes from being a naive and clearly wronged girl to someone who is downright terrifying and hurts people she loves.

2. Hits you in the feels.

Do you enjoy having your emotions messed with? Do you enjoy having a series leave you completely drained and feeling like life cannot go on? This is the series for you.

3. World building.

This series has amazing world…

Fresh Batch (September 25th – October 1st)

Fresh Batch (September 25th – October 1st)

Posted by on 09/24/2016 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Bright Smoke, Cold Fire Rosamund Hodge Publication date: September 27th 2016by Balzer + Bray

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When the mysterious fog of the Ruining crept over the world, the living died and the dead rose. Only the walled city of Viyara was left untouched.

The heirs of the city’s most powerful—and warring—families, Mahyanai Romeo and Juliet Catresou share a love deeper than duty, honor, even life itself. But the magic laid on Juliet at birth compels her to punish the enemies of her clan—and Romeo has just killed her cousin Tybalt. Which means he must die.

Paris Catresou has always wanted to serve his…

Review: A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith

Posted by on 09/23/2016 • 9 Comments

I don’t write in books and have become too lazy to keep an actual notepad by my side while I am reading but recently I decided that I wanted to do a better job of keeping track of my feels so when I write a review two weeks after I’ve read the book, I have something to jog up my memory. Sticky Notes were the answer. And while I did not tab the shit out of this book (or really any book because I am more of a reader than a note taker), I did tab a scene in this book and write OMG!!!

You were probably wondering where I was going with the whole insight into my reading process thing weren’t you? I AM SORRY. I felt like backstory was…

Giveaway: Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Maniscalco

Posted by on 09/21/2016 • 15 Comments

Hey hey hey! Today we are partnering with the lovely people over at JIMMY Patterson Books to provide you with an opportunity to win Stalking Jack the Ripper (which I’ve heard many wonderful things about and cannot wait to dive into!)

Find out more about Stalking Jack the Ripper

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Seventeen-year-old Audrey Rose Wadsworth was born a lord’s daughter, with a life of wealth and privilege stretched out before her. But between the social teas and silk dress fittings, she leads a forbidden secret life.

Against her stern father’s wishes and society’s expectations, Audrey often slips away to her uncle’s laboratory to study the gruesome practice of forensic medicine. When her work on a string of savagely killed corpses drags Audrey into the investigation…

Review: Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Posted by on 09/19/2016 • 12 Comments

I have a weird thing about sequels that aren’t about the main characters from the first book but since Illuminae was the bomb.com, I was still pretty excited for Gemina. I didn’t love it as much as Illuminae but that’s also probably because I missed the sh██ out of Kady and Ezra. I MISSED THEM SO SO MUCH because they are so wonderful together and I HAVE A LOT OF FEELINGS FOR THEM.

As a result of the mentioned weird thing I have, it took me a lot longer to warm up to Nik and Hanna but when I finally did, I was able to appreciate the fact that they were wonderfully well-rounded characters who were pretty darn easy to like. They are both funny and sarcastic like Kady…

Fresh Batch (September 18th – 24th)

Fresh Batch (September 18th – 24th)

Posted by on 09/17/2016 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

A Shadow Bright and Burning Jessica Cluess Series: Kingdom on Fire #1 Publication date: September 20th 2016by Random House BFYR

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I am Henrietta Howel. The first female sorcerer. The prophesied one. Or am I?

Henrietta Howel can burst into flames. When she is brought to London to train with Her Majesty’s sorcerers, she meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, young men eager to test her powers and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her. As Henrietta discovers the secrets hiding behind the glamour of sorcerer life, she begins to doubt that she’s the…