Monthly Archives:: April 2017

Saturday, April 08, 2017

Fresh Batch (April 9th – 15th)

Posted by Giselle • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

The Upside of Unrequited
Becky Albertalli
Publication date: April 11th 2017
by Balzer & Bray

Goodreads Purchase

Seventeen-year-old Molly Peskin-Suso knows all about unrequited love. No matter how many times her twin sister, Cassie, tells her to woman up, Molly can’t stomach the idea of rejection. So she’s careful. Fat girls always have to be careful.

Then a cute new girl enters Cassie’s orbit, and for the first time ever, Molly’s cynical twin is a lovesick mess. Meanwhile, Molly’s totally not dying of loneliness—except for the part where she is. Luckily, Cassie’s new girlfriend comes with a cute hipster-boy sidekick. If Molly can win him over, she’ll get her first kiss and she’ll get her twin back.

There’s only one problem: Molly’s coworker, Reid. He’s a chubby Tolkien superfan with a season pass to the Ren Faire, and there’s absolutely no way Molly could fall for him.

Right?

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *

– Twist (Dive Bar #2) by Kylie Scott [Purchase]
– Given to the Sea (Given Duet #1) by Mindy McGinnis [Purchase]
– Alex and Eliza: A Love Story by Melissa de la Cruz [Purchase]
– Spindle Fire (Spindle Fire #1) by Lexa Hillyer [Purchase]

– The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova [Purchase]
– Duels and Deception by Cindy Anstey [Purchase]
– Literally by Lucy Keating [Purchase]
– The Star Thief by Lindsey Becker [Purchase]

– The Freemason’s Daughter by Shelley Sackier [Purchase]
– Blacksouls (Blackhearts #2) by Nicole Castroman [Purchase]
– Turning Back (Turning #2) by J.A. Huss [Purchase]
– Mister Moneybags by Vi Keeland & Penelope Ward [Purchase]

– Unearthly Things by Michelle Gagnon [Purchase]
– Run the Risk (On the Edge #3) by Allison van Diepen [Purchase]
– Fireworks by Katie Cotugno [Purchase]

What are you most excited for this week?

Find previous Fresh Batch posts here!

Different in a Good Way: Done Dirt Cheap by Sarah Nicole Lemon

Posted by Rashika on 04/07/2017 • 2 Comments

Motorbike clubs is always a good way to get a person’s attention but I honestly did not expect what I got from Done Dirt Cheap. I assumed there would be an element of fluff to the book but instead, what I got was a complex, thoughtfully crafted novel with words that just jumped off the page. There are some books you finish that will oddly make you feel nostalgic for something you don’t even quite remember and Done Dirt Cheap was that book for me. In some ways it was reminiscent of the contemporary YA novels I grew up on.

I think part of the nostalgia for me came from the focus on female friendships in this book. Like both the main characters have their love interests and those relationships are important (and…

4 Reasons to Read Geekerella by Ashley Poston

Posted by Rashika on 04/04/2017 • 6 Comments

GEEKERELLA is everything it promises to be. It is incredibly cute and adorably nerdy. Did you grow up kind of obsessed with the Another Cinderella Story movies? Do you want to read a book that is at least the first movie in book form? YOU’VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. GEEKERELLA is everything you will ever want from a modern adaptation of a Cinderella retelling. It reminded me so much of why modern retellings of fairy tales are some of my favorite things to read.

Elle grew up watching Starfield (a Star Trek-esque show) with her father. It is one of her few connections to him now that he is gone and it is also one of her only form of escapes. It has allowed her to connect to…

Fresh Batch (April 2nd – 8th)

Posted by Giselle on 04/01/2017 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

Letters to the Lost Brigid Kemmerer Publication date: April 4th 2017by Bloomsbury USA Childrens

Goodreads Purchase

Juliet Young always writes letters to her mother, a world-traveling photojournalist. Even after her mother’s death, she leaves letters at her grave. It’s the only way Juliet can cope.

Declan Murphy isn’t the sort of guy you want to cross. In the midst of his court-ordered community service at the local cemetery, he’s trying to escape the demons of his past.

When Declan reads a haunting letter left beside a grave, he can’t resist writing back. Soon, he’s opening up to a perfect stranger, and their connection…