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Saturday, December 01, 2012

Fresh Batch (December 2nd – 8th)

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

Flavor of the week:

The Farm
Emily McKay
Publication date: December 4th 2012
by Berkley Trade

 

Life was different in the Before: before vampires began devouring humans in a swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and quarantined. These days, we know what those quarantines are—holding pens where human blood is turned into more food for the undead monsters, known as Ticks. Surrounded by electrical fences, most kids try to survive the Farms by turning on each other…

And when trust is a thing of the past, escape is nearly impossible.

Lily and her twin sister Mel have a plan. Though Mel can barely communicate, her autism helps her notice things no one else notices—like the portion of electrical fence that gets turned off every night. Getting across won’t be easy, but as Lily gathers what they need to escape, a familiar face appears out of nowhere, offering to help…

Carter was a schoolmate of Lily’s in the Before. Managing to evade capture until now, he has valuable knowledge of the outside world. But like everyone on the Farm, Carter has his own agenda, and he knows that behind the Ticks is an even more dangerous threat to the human race…

Read an excerpt, here!

Emily’s Website / Goodreads / Twitter

Emily McKay has been reading romance novels since she was eleven years old. Her first Harlequin Romance came free in a box of Hefty garbage bags. She immediately fell in love with the genre and has been devouring them ever since. In her spare time, she loves to garden and cook … well, bake. Mostly cookies. Naturally, she still loves to read a good romance. She’s been blissfully married for eleven years. When they can ditch their five pets for a couple of weeks, she and her husband like to travel to exotic and exciting locations like Greece, Costa Rica, and Ignorant Flats, Texas. She has a degree in English from Texas A&M University. After college, she taught middle school for four years. While teaching America’s disenfranchised youth to appreciate fine literature, she learned very little about writing romance but a lot about finding humor in any situation. Eager for a job where she wouldn’t have to dodge spitwads, she fled the teaching profession to write full-time. Though her characters sometimes misbehave, they almost never throw things at her.

 Other releases this week (Click on title links for Goodreads):
*In no particular order*  *Purchase links are for The Book Depository*

What’s on your to-buy list this week?

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Reader Wonderland Giveaway (Canada only)

Posted by on 11/30/2012 • 61 Comments

Thanks to the lovely people at Ladbrokes, I have a very special holiday treat for my fellow Canadians. You can not only win 2 James Bond eBooks (I mean, who doesn’t love James Bond?), but you will also get your very own Kindle to read them on! You can then experience the thrill of the casino and the rush of adrenaline that comes with playing poker, without ever leaving your favourite reading spot! How great is that for a Christmas gift? 🙂 A big thanks to Ladbrokes for this giveaway opportunity!  Experience some more thrill online with Ladbrokes here and here! Giveaway details Ladbrokes has generously offered one (1) Kindle and the James Bond eBooks listed below to one lucky Canadian winner.

Giveaway ends December 15th, 2012 Open to…

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Review: Gone, Gone, Gone by Hannah Moskowitz

Posted by on 11/30/2012 • 16 Comments

Gone, Gone, GoneHannah MoskowitzPublication date: April 17th 2012by Simon Pulse

 

It’s a year after 9/11. Sniper shootings throughout the D.C. area have everyone on edge and trying to make sense of these random acts of violence. Meanwhile, Craig and Lio are just trying to make sense of their lives.

Craig’s crushing on quiet, distant Lio, and preoccupied with what it meant when Lio kissed him…and if he’ll do it again…and if kissing Lio will help him finally get over his ex-boyfriend, Cody.

Lio feels most alive when he’s with Craig. He forgets about his broken family, his dead brother, and the messed up world. But being with Craig means being vulnerable…and Lio will have to decide whether love is worth the risk.

*A copy was provided by Simon &…

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Review: Altered by A.D. Croucher

Posted by on 11/29/2012 • 15 Comments

AlteredA.D. CroucherSeries: Altered Sequence, #1Publication date: July 16th 2012

 

Reese has a plan: keep his grades up, work hard on the basketball court, apply to his favorite Ivy League college, and don’t get arrested.

There’s just one problem.

Reese knows things no one should know. He always thought he just had good instincts, but he’s noticed that it’s been getting worse. Lately it seems like something else.

Something more than instinct.

And he’s not the only one that has noticed.

They’ve been waiting.

Watching.

And now it’s time.

With his life in danger, Reese needs a new plan: escape.

*A copy was provided by A.D. Croucher for review purposes*

Not to mistake this book with the upcoming Jennifer Rush novel by the same name, Altered by AD…

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Waiting on Wednesday (63) — Movie Edition

Posted by on 11/28/2012 • 60 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.  Special Movie Edition! Since I could not, for the life of me, find a book that was suitable for a WoW this week, I decided to make a movie edition as there are great books-to-movies that I’m STOKED for that are coming up! So why not?

The Host Stephenie Meyer Release date: March 29th, 2013 Goodreads / IMDB

Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. Our world has been invaded by an unseen enemy. Humans become hosts for these invaders, their minds taken over while their bodies remain intact and continue their lives apparently unchanged. Most of humanity has succumbed.

When Melanie, one of the few remaining “wild” humans,…

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Possession Tour Stop: Interview + Giveaway

Posted by on 11/27/2012 • 40 Comments

I am happy to be a part of the Possession blog tour that is dropping by the blog today. I’ll be sharing an interview I did with Elana Johnson, along with some fabulous giveaways!

PossessionElana JohnsonSeries: Possession #1Publication date: June 7th 2011by Simon & Schuster

 

Vi knows the Rule: Girls don’t walk with boys, and they never even think about kissing them. But no one makes Vi want to break the Rules more than Zenn…and since the Thinkers have chosen him as Vi’s future match, how much trouble can one kiss cause? The Thinkers may have brainwashed the rest of the population, but Vi is determined to think for herself.

But the Thinkers are unusually persuasive, and they’re set on convincing Vi to become one of…

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Cover Reveal: The Midnight Spell

Posted by on 11/27/2012 • 5 Comments

The Midnight SpellRhiannon Frater & Kody BoyePublication date: February, 2013

 

Best friends since kindergarten, Adam and Christy have always been the perpetual outsiders in their small town in Texas.  The other kids call Adam gay and Christy a witch.

On both counts the bullies are right.

Their junior year in high school seems destined to be the same old same old until Christy decides to cast a love spell for Adam at the midnight hour. The next day an alluring and mysterious boy enrolls at school and sets hearts a flutter, including Adam’s. Meanwhile, Christy’s mad crush on the handsome football player Ian seems to be going nowhere fast and her witch puberty is making her life miserable.

When a great evil arrives in town that threatens everything…

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Review: The Darkest Minds

Posted by on 11/26/2012 • 36 Comments

The Darkest Minds Alexandra BrackenSeries: The Darkest Minds #1Publication date: December 18th 2012by Disney Hyperion

 

When Ruby wakes up on her tenth birthday, something about her has 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, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her–East River. She joins a group…

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