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Sunday, October 07, 2012

Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (24)

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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

I am finally recovering from being a bit absent from the blog world last week due to my computer crash. I got it fixed – lost everything but yeah… I have my baby back and I’m back to what I do best: stalking! So this week on zee blog, I had the fabulous Rhiannon Frater over for her Pretty When She Kills blog tour – an author’s perspective on reviews! Check it out here and you can win! *winks* Also, the Eve and Adam tour dropped by and you can read a hilarious interview with Michael & Katherine here with another giveaway. Lastly, I was part of the Phoenix cover reveal that you have to take a look at. Find more cover reveals here!

Reviews on the blog this week:

New by Xpresso Design (click to enlarge):

Stacking the Shelves

I received for review (Click on cover/title links for Goodreads):
*A Big thank you to Penguin Young Readers Group, Raincoast Books, Hachette Book Group Canada, and Spencer Hill Press for these pretties!*


 I was gifted:
Jenni at Alluring Reads went to a signing and she got me a copy of The Summoning SIGNED by one of my very favorite authors! I’m so excited about this! Thanks, love muffin!!
–The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong (LOOVED this series!)
Swag!
I also got this awesomesauce swag from the fabulous Elsie Chapman and Spencer Hill Press! Thanks, guys! It’ll feed my swag fetish!
 
Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians!
Link me up to your book haul post! 🙂 

Review: Winter White by Jen Calonita

Posted by on 10/06/2012 • 13 Comments

Winter WhiteJen CalonitaSeries: Belles, #2Publication date:  October 9th 2012by Poppy

 

Isabelle Scott and Mirabelle Monroe are still reeling from the revelation that they share more than just the roof over their heads. The media has pounced on their story and the girls are caught up in a flurry of talk-show appearances and newspaper interviews. They’ve put on a happy public face, but someone is leaking their true feelings to the press, and while it seems like the world is watching their every move, at least they have each other. But with cotillion season right around the corner, Izzie and Mira have barely had time to process their newfound sisterhood. Mira has dreamed of making her debut in a gorgeous white gown forever-now, if only she could find an…

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Fresh Batch (October 7th – 13th)

Posted by on 10/06/2012 • 11 Comments

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

VelveteenDaniel MarksSeries: Velveteen, #1 Publication date: October 9th 2012by Delacorte Books for Young Readers

 

Velveteen Monroe is dead. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that’s not the problem.

The problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it’s not a fiery inferno, it’s certainly no heaven. It’s gray, ashen, and crumbling more and more by the day, and everyone has a job to do. Which doesn’t leave Velveteen much time to do anything about what’s really on her mind.

Bonesaw.

Velveteen aches to deliver the bloody punishment her killer deserves. And she’s figured out just how to do it. She’ll haunt him…

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Cover Reveal: Pheonix by Elizabeth Richards

Posted by on 10/05/2012 • 16 Comments

PhoenixElizabeth RichardsSeries: Black City, #2Publication date: June 2013by G.P. Putnam’s Sons BYR

The much anticipated second book in the enthralling Black City series

Engaged to be married, Ash and Natalie are just starting to build a life together, when things in the United Sentry States go from bad to worse. Ash and Natalie find themselves at the center of the turmoil when dictator Purian Rose threatens Natalie’s life unless Ash votes in favor of Rose’s law—a law that will send Darklings and other dissenters to a deadly concentration camp known as the Tenth.

Ash can’t bring himself to trade Natalie’s life for those of millions of Darklings. The only way to save everyone is to escape Black City and find the Ora, a powerful weapon that could…

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Eve and Adam Review, Interview & Giveaway

Posted by on 10/04/2012 • 36 Comments

Today, as part of the Eve and Adam blog tour, I have the hilarious Michael and Katherine over for a fantastic interview that I promise will amuse you! There’s also a giveaway for you, and my review! Have a look:

Eve and AdamMichael Grant & Katherine ApplegatePublication date: October 2nd 2012by Feiwel & Friends

 

Sixteen-year-old Evening Spiker lives an affluent life in San Francisco with her mother, EmmaRose, a successful geneticist and owner of Spiker Biotech. Sure, Evening misses her father who died mysteriously, but she’s never really questioned it. Much like how she’s never stopped to think how off it is that she’s never been sick. That is, until she’s struck by a car and is exposed to extensive injuries. Injuries that seem to be healing…

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Review: Toxic by Jus Accardo

Posted by on 10/03/2012 • 16 Comments

ToxicJus AccardoSeries: Denazen, #2Publication date: October 16th 2012by Entangled Teen

 

When a Six saved Kale’s life the night of Sumrun, she warned there would be consequences. A trade-off. Something taken for the life they gained. But Dez never imagined she’d lose the one thing she’d give anything to keep… And as if it’s not enough Dez finds her immunity to Kale fading, the Six brought in to help Kale learn to control his killer touch starts drooling on him the moment they meet. Worse than that? Jade can touch Kale. But bimbo Barbie is the least of Dez’s problems.

After Dez and Kale got away at Sumrun, her father lost not only his most powerful weapon but an important piece of the Supremacy project. Forced by Denazen…

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Waiting on Wednesday (55)

Posted by on 10/03/2012 • 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:

The Ruining Anna Collomore Release date: February 7th 2013by Razorbill  

Annie Phillips is thrilled to leave her past behind and begin a shiny new life on Belvedere Island, as a nanny for the picture-perfect Cohen family. In no time at all, she falls in love with the Cohens, especially with Libby, the beautiful young matriarch of the family. Life is better than she ever imagined. She even finds romance with the boy next door.

All too soon cracks appear in Annie’s seemingly perfect world. She’s blamed for mistakes she doesn’t remember making. Her bedroom door comes unhinged, and she feels like she’s always…

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Review: Lindsey Lost by Suzanne Phillips

Posted by on 10/02/2012 • 14 Comments

Lindsey LostSuzanne PhillipsPublication date: September 18th 2012by Viking Juvenile

 

The Bourne Identity meets I Am the Cheese in this taut thriller

Even though Micah’s a star pitcher, his older sister Lindsey is the real deal–a runner so good, she has a shot at the Olympics. The two of them urge each other on, and are each other’s best support. Then the unthinkable happens: Lindsey is murdered, and Micah may have been the last person to see her. But he can’t remember what happened, no matter what their parents tell him, no matter what the police say. Did he witness his sister’s murder–or commit it? Can he recall the truth before his life is sentenced to end, too?

*A copy was provided by Penguin Canada for review purposes*

The…

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