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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (46)

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Xpresso Weekly is my edition of Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews featuring the books I got this week, and I also mention blog news/happenings of the past week.
This week at Xpresso Reads

Don’t forget to turn your clocks ahead tonight! Kind of sucky to lose an hour of sleep though, but yay for longer days and the first sign of spring! 😀 Did you all have a good week? Don’t forget to enter the If You Find Me giveaway that ends in a few days! I also posted a bunch of new covers on my Facebook page! Don’t miss the lovelies! Lastly, I wanted to mention again the book blogger meetup  in Boston in August! You from around there and interested in coming? If so, join our Facebook group!

Reviews on the blog this week:

 

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Stacking the Shelves

 (Click on covers or title links for Goodreads)
I received for review:

*A big thanks to Scholastic Canada, Karina Halle, Trisha Wolfe, and Amulet Books for these pretties!*
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Short and sweet! 😉
Link me to your book haul in the comments! 🙂
XOXO!

Fresh Batch (March 10th – 16th)

Posted by on 03/09/2013 • 18 Comments

Exclusively titled for Xpresso Reads, Fresh Batch features the hottest releases of this upcoming week.

Flavor of the week: Mila 2.0 Debra Driza Series: Mila 2.0, #1 Genre:YA DystopianPublication date: March 12th 2013by Katherine Tegen Books

Mila 2.0 is the first book in an electrifying sci-fi thriller series about a teenage girl who discovers that she is an experiment in artificial intelligence.

Mila was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was a girl living with her mother in a small Minnesota town. She was supposed to forget her past —that she was built in a secret computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.

Now she has no choice but to run—from the dangerous operatives who want her…

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Review: Pretty Girl-13 by Liz Coley

Posted by on 03/08/2013 • 33 Comments

Pretty Girl-13Liz Coley Genre: YA Contemporary Publication date: March 19th 2013by Katherine Tegen Books

Angie Chapman was thirteen years old when she ventured into the woods alone on a Girl Scouts camping trip. Now she’s returned home…only to find that it’s three years later and she’s sixteen-or at least that’s what everyone tells her.

What happened to the past three years of her life?

Angie doesn’t know.

But there are people who do—people who could tell Angie every detail of her forgotten time, if only they weren’t locked inside her mind. With a tremendous amount of courage, Angie embarks on a journey to discover the fragments of her personality, otherwise known as her “alters.” As she unearths more and more about her past, she discovers a terrifying secret…

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Book Girls Don’t Cry: Judge a Book By its Author

Posted by on 03/07/2013 • 46 Comments

Inspired by Book Buzzers, Book Girls Don’t Cry is a weekly feature where we each discuss/vent/advise on the chosen weekly bookish topic. Don’t miss Jenni on Mondays, and Amy on Saturdays:   This week’s topic was suggested by Kenia Roman

The Force is Strong With These Ones

We all have authors who, as soon as we see their name on a book, we buy it and read it no question. Most times without even checking what it’s even about, let alone reading the blurb behind the book. So this week we’re going to list which authors we absolutely love! Here is my list of authors whose books I buy based on, basically, the author’s name on it and it alone! And maybe you will find a some that will one…

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Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

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Gone GirlGillian Flynn Genre: Adult MysteryPublication date: May 24th 2012by Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Marriage can be a real killer.

On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t doing himself any favors with cringe-worthy daydreams about the slope and shape of his wife’s head, but passages from Amy’s diary reveal the alpha-girl perfectionist could have put anyone dangerously on edge. Under mounting pressure from the police and the media—as well as Amy’s fiercely doting parents—the town golden boy parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Nick is oddly…

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Waiting on Wednesday (76)

Posted by on 03/06/2013 • 24 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine  and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.  My pick this week: ParasiteMira Grant Series: Parasitism #1Genre: Adult Sci-Fi ThrillerPublication date: November 5th 2013by Orbit 

A decade in the future, humanity thrives in the absence of sickness and disease.

We owe our good health to a humble parasite – a genetically engineered tapeworm developed by the pioneering SymboGen Corporation. When implanted, the tapeworm protects us from illness, boosts our immune system – even secretes designer drugs. It’s been successful beyond the scientists’ wildest dreams. Now, years on, almost every human being has a SymboGen tapeworm living within them.

But these parasites are getting restless. They want their own lives… and will do anything…

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Review: Sacred by Elana K. Arnold

Posted by on 03/05/2013 • 20 Comments

SacredElana K. Arnold Genre: YA Realistic FictionPublication date: November 13th 2012by Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Growing up on Catalina Island, off the California coast, Scarlett Wenderoth has led a fairly isolated life. After her brother dies, her isolation deepens as she withdraws into herself, shutting out her friends and boyfriend. Her parents, shattered by their own sorrow, fail to notice Scarlett’s pain and sudden alarming thinness. Scarlett finds pleasure only on her horse, escaping to the heart of the island on long, solitary rides. One day, as she races around a bend, Scarlett is startled by a boy who raises his hand in warning and says one word: “Stop.”

The boy—intense, beautiful—is Will Cohen, a newcomer to the island. For reasons he can’t or won’t explain, he’s…

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Ashes Tour Stop: Interview with Estevan Vega

Posted by on 03/04/2013 • 12 Comments

Today I’ve got the Ashes blog tour stopping by, I’ve got a fun interview with Estevan that I’m sure you’ll enjoy, he’s a pretty… interesting guy! 😉

Ashes Estevan Vega Series: Arson, #2 Genre:YA ParanormalPublication date: September 11th 2012by StoneGate Ink

ASHES is a YA paranormal thrill-ride. Book 2 in the gripping Arson trilogy.

MORE THAN THREE MONTHS HAVE PASSED SINCE ARSON AND EMERY WERE SUDDENLY TAKEN. TAKEN AND THEN SEPARATED. AND EXPERIMENTED ON.

The minds running Salvation Asylum have abducted them for a dark purpose. A campaign has been set in motion to genetically alter mankind. Unknowingly, Arson has become the most vital instrument in this global scheme, initiated by a select group of brilliant scientists and cunning world leaders. Confused, trapped, and unable to fully…

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