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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (34)

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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

First, I’m sure every single one of us has a broken heart this weekend. It’s impossible to even express how devastating it feels to hear about all these beautiful little kids’ lives that ended much too soon. My heart goes out to the families of these angels and everyone affected by his tragedy.

XPRESSO BOOK TOURS – OPEN FOR SIGN UP

-Book Blitz: Release by Nicole Hadaway
-Blog Tour: The Crimson Hunt by Victoria H. Smith
-Blog Tour: There Comes A Prophet by David Litwack 
-Cover Reveal: Dangerous by Suzannah Daniels
-Cover Reveal: Wrecked by Alyssa Rose Ivy
-Cover Reveal: Disconnect by Imran Siddiq
-Cover Reveal: Sworn to Raise by Terah Edun

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Stacking the Shelves

I received for review (Click on cover for Goodreads):

Experiment in Terror series (read my review of book 1 here)

Swag!
I got this lovely swag haul from Nikki Jefford (Thanks, doll!). I’ve never gotten door hangers before that’s so cool!

*Big thanks to HarperCollins, Karina Halle, and Nikki Jefford for my epic haul this week!*

I also bought:
After countless recommendations I finally got myself this pretty:

Peace out, lovelies!!
Link me up to your book haul post! 🙂 

Fresh Batch (December 16th – 22nd)

Posted by on 12/15/2012 • 12 Comments

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

Flavor of the week: The Darkest Minds Alexandra Bracken Publication date: December 18th 2012  by Disney Hyperion  

When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.

Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.

When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run,…

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Review: The Friday Society by Adrienne Kress

Posted by on 12/14/2012 • 24 Comments

The Friday SocietyAdrienne KressPublication date:  December 6th 2012by Dial

 

An action-packed tale of gowns, guys, guns –and the heroines who use them all

Set in turn of the century London, The Friday Society follows the stories of three very intelligent and talented young women, all of whom are assistants to powerful men: Cora, lab assistant; Michiko, Japanese fight assistant; and Nellie, magician’s assistant. The three young women’s lives become inexorably intertwined after a chance meeting at a ball that ends with the discovery of a murdered mystery man.

It’s up to these three, in their own charming but bold way, to solve the murder–and the crimes they believe may be connected to it–without calling too much attention to themselves.

Set in the past but with a…

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Review: Breed by Chase Novak

Posted by on 12/13/2012 • 17 Comments

BreedChase NovakPublication date: September 4th 2012by Mulholland Books 

 

Alex and Leslie Twisden lead charmed lives-fabulous jobs, a luxurious town house on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, a passionate marriage. What they don’t have is a child, and as they try one infertility treatment after the next, yearning turns into obsession. As a last-ditch attempt to make their dream of parenthood come true, Alex and Leslie travel deep into Slovenia, where they submit to a painful and terrifying procedure that finally gives them what they so fervently desire . . . but with awful consequences.

Ten years later, cosseted and adored but living in a house of secrets, the twins Adam and Alice find themselves locked into their rooms every night, with sounds coming from their parents’ bedroom getting…

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Waiting on Wednesday (65)

Posted by on 12/12/2012 • 44 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:

Insomnia J.R. Johansson Release date: June 8th 2013 by Flux

It’s been four years since I slept, and I suspect it is killing me.

Instead of sleeping, Parker Chipp enters the dream of the last person he’s had eye contact with. He spends his nights crushed by other people’s fear and pain, by their disturbing secrets—and Parker can never have dreams of his own. The severe exhaustion is crippling him. If nothing changes, Parker could soon be facing psychosis and even death.

Then he meets Mia. Her dreams, calm and beautifully uncomplicated, allow him blissful rest that is utterly addictive. Parker starts going to…

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Deck the Halls with Heven and Hell

Posted by on 12/11/2012 • 16 Comments

 Deck the Halls with Heven and Hell stops here today with a fabulous and amusing guest post by the very own Cambria Hebert, plus a pretty sweet giveaway!

Heven and Hell is Cambria’s YA series — I have read the first and one novella and really enjoyed both. Check out my review of Masquerade here! Guest Post by Cambria Hebert The year I was forced to be Sneaky.

Hey peeps!So glad to be here today as part of the Deck the Halls with Heven and Hell blog tour!! Don’t forget to enter the giveaway after the post!

So what are we going to be talking about today? In honor of Christmas, which is right around the corner, I want to share a Christmas mission with you. That’s right a…

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Review: All the Broken Pieces by Cindi Madsen

Posted by on 12/10/2012 • 24 Comments

All the Broken PiecesCindi MadsenPublication date: December 11th 2012by Entangled Teen

 

What if your life wasn’t your own?

Liv comes out of a coma with no memory of her past and two distinct, warring voices inside her head. Nothing, not even her reflection, seems familiar. As she stumbles through her junior year, the voices get louder, insisting she please the popular group while simultaneously despising them. But when Liv starts hanging around with Spencer, whose own mysterious past also has him on the fringe, life feels complete for the first time in, well, as long as she can remember.

Liv knows the details of the car accident that put her in the coma, but as the voices invade her dreams, and her dreams start feeling like memories, she…

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Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (33)

Posted by on 12/09/2012 • 52 Comments

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

How is everyone this week? I hope you’re all getting ready for the holidays! Can’t believe it’s Christmas in 2 weeks! But you know what? A Kindle would be an awesome gift and you can win one! Yay! If you’re Canadian you get 2 chances! Canadian Kindle giveaway here. International Kindle Fire giveaway here! And in case you missed it, I also posted a giveaway for Beyond: A Ghost Story!

Reviews on the blog this week:

XPRESSO BOOK TOURS – OPEN FOR SIGN UP

-Cover Reveal: Disconnect by Imran Siddiq -Book Blitz: Snow White Sorrow…

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