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Saturday, May 13, 2017

Fresh Batch (May 14th – 20th)

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

Flavor of the week:

Flame in the Mist
Renee Ahdieh
Series: Flame in the Mist #1
Publication date: May 16th 2017
by G.P. Putnam’s Sons BFyR

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The daughter of a prominent samurai, Mariko has long known her place—she may be an accomplished alchemist, whose cunning rivals that of her brother Kenshin, but because she is not a boy, her future has always been out of her hands. At just seventeen years old, Mariko is promised to Minamoto Raiden, the son of the emperor’s favorite consort—a political marriage that will elevate her family’s standing. But en route to the imperial city of Inako, Mariko narrowly escapes a bloody ambush by a dangerous gang of bandits known as the Black Clan, who she learns has been hired to kill her before she reaches the palace.

Dressed as a peasant boy, Mariko sets out to infiltrate the ranks of the Black Clan, determined to track down the person responsible for the target on her back. But she’s quickly captured and taken to the Black Clan’s secret hideout, where she meets their leader, the rebel ronin Takeda Ranmaru, and his second-in-command, his best friend Okami. Still believing her to be a boy, Ranmaru and Okami eventually warm to Mariko, impressed by her intellect and ingenuity. As Mariko gets closer to the Black Clan, she uncovers a dark history of secrets, of betrayal and murder, which will force her to question everything she’s ever known.

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *


– The Love Interest by Cale Dietrich[Purchase]
– Thick as Thieves (The Queen’s Thief #5) by Megan Whalen Turner[Purchase]
– The Crown’s Fate (The Crown’s Game #2) by Evelyn Skye[Purchase]
– The Names They Gave Us by Emery Lord[Purchase]


– Seeker (Riders #2) by Veronica Rossi[Purchase]
– Violet Grenade by Victoria Scott[Purchase]
– Grit by Gillian French[Purchase]
– A Million Junes by Emily Henry[Purchase]


– Seeking Mansfield (Seeking Mansfield #1) by Kate Watson[Purchase]
– The Truth About Happily Ever After by Karole Cozzo[Purchase]
– The Best Kind of Magic (Windy City Magic #1) by Crystal Cestari[Purchase]
– Riders (Riders #1) by Veronica Rossi[Purchase]


– Antisocial by Jillian Blake[Purchase]
– Grace and the Fever by Zan Romanoff[Purchase]
– Riptide Summer (Honey Girl #2) by Lisa Freeman[Purchase]
– No Second Chances (Dodge Cove #3) by Kate Evangelista[Purchase]


Anything catching your eye this week?

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Fresh Batch (May 7th – 13th)

Fresh Batch (May 7th – 13th)

Posted by on 05/06/2017 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Ramona Blue Julie Murphy Publication date: May 9th 2017by Balzer + Bray

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Ramona was only five years old when Hurricane Katrina changed her life forever.

Since then, it’s been Ramona and her family against the world. Standing over six feet tall with unmistakable blue hair, Ramona is sure of three things: she likes girls, she’s fiercely devoted to her family, and she knows she’s destined for something bigger than the trailer she calls home in Eulogy, Mississippi. But juggling multiple jobs, her flaky mom, and her well-meaning but ineffectual dad forces her to be the adult of the family. Now, with…

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Fresh Batch (April 30th – May 6th)

Fresh Batch (April 30th – May 6th)

Posted by on 04/29/2017 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Girl Out of Water Laura Silverman Publication date: May 2nd 2017by Sourcebooks Fire

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Anise Sawyer plans to spend every minute of summer with her friends: surfing, chowing down on fish tacos drizzled with wasabi balsamic vinegar, and throwing bonfires that blaze until dawn. But when a serious car wreck leaves her aunt, a single mother of three, with two broken legs, it forces Anise to say goodbye for the first time to Santa Cruz, the waves, her friends, and even a kindling romance, and fly with her dad to Nebraska for the entire summer. Living in Nebraska isn’t easy. Anise…

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Fresh Batch (April 23rd – 29th)

Fresh Batch (April 23rd – 29th)

Posted by on 04/22/2017 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

North of Happy Adi Alsaid Publication date: April 25th 2017by Harlequin Teen

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New from critically acclaimed author of LET’S GET LOST and NEVER ALWAYS SOMETIMES. In the wake of his brother’s untimely death, a teen chef runs away from home to find his true path in life.

Carlos Portillo has always led a privileged and sheltered life. A dual citizen of Mexico and the US, he lives in Mexico City with his wealthy family where he attends an elite international school. His friends and peers-fellow rich kids-have plans to attend college somewhere in the US or Europe and someday take…

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Fresh Batch (April 16th – 22nd)

Fresh Batch (April 16th – 22nd)

Posted by on 04/15/2017 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Missing Kelley Armstrong Publication date: April 18th 2017by Crown Books for Young Readers

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The only thing Winter Crane likes about Reeve’s End is that soon she’ll leave it. Like her best friend did. Like her sister did. Like most of the teens born in town have done. There’s nothing for them there but abandoned mines and empty futures. They’re better off taking a chance elsewhere.

The only thing Winter will miss is the woods. Her only refuge. At least it was. Until the day she found Lennon left for dead, bleeding in a tree.

But now Lennon is gone too….

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Fresh Batch (April 9th – 15th)

Fresh Batch (April 9th – 15th)

Posted by on 04/08/2017 • 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 2017by Balzer & Bray

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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…

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Fresh Batch (April 2nd – 8th)

Fresh Batch (April 2nd – 8th)

Posted by 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

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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…

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Fresh Batch (March 26th-April 1st)

Fresh Batch (March 26th-April 1st)

Posted by on 03/25/2017 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Strange the Dreamer Laini Taylor Series: Strange the Dreamer #1 Publication date: March 28th 2017by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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A new epic fantasy by National Book Award finalist and New York Times bestselling author Laini Taylor of the Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy.

The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around— and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross half the…

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