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Wednesday, July 03, 2019

Fresh Batch (June 30th – July 6th)

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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:

Symptoms of a Heartbreak
Sona Charaipotra
Publication date: July 2nd 2019
by Imprint

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The youngest doctor in America, an Indian-American teen makes her rounds―and falls head over heels―in the contemporary romantic comedy Symptoms of a Heartbreak.

Fresh from med school, sixteen-year-old medical prodigy Saira arrives for her first day at her new job: treating children with cancer. She’s always had to balance family and friendships with her celebrity as the Girl Genius―but she’s never had to prove herself to skeptical adult co-workers while adjusting to real life-and-death stakes. And working in the same hospital as her mother certainly isn’t making things any easier.

But life gets complicated when Saira finds herself falling in love with a patient: a cute teen boy who’s been diagnosed with cancer. And when she risks her brand new career to try to improve his chances, it could cost her everything.

It turns out “heartbreak” is the one thing she still doesn’t know how to treat.

In her solo debut, Sona Charaipotra brings us a compelling #ownvoices protagonist who’s not afraid to chase what she wants. Symptoms of a Heartbreak goes from romantic comedy highs to tearjerker lows and is the ultimate cure-all for young adult readers needing an infusion of something heartfelt.

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *


– Lock Every Door by Riley Sager [Purchase]
– Immunity (Contagion #2) by Erin Bowman [Purchase]
– Destroy All Monsters by Sam J. Miller [Purchase]
– The Beckoning Shadow (The Beckoning Shadow #1) by Katharyn Blair [Purchase]


– We Walked the Sky by Lisa Fiedler [Purchase]
– Teen Titans: Raven (Teen Titans #1) by Kami Garcia [Purchase]
– The Best Lies by Sarah Lyu [Purchase]
– Queen of Ruin (Grace and Fury #2) by Tracy Banghart [Purchase]


– Stories of the Night by Lauren Smyth [Purchase]
– My Perfect Ruin by Cherrie Lynn [Purchase]
– Revolution (Anarchy #3) by Megan DeVos [Purchase]
– Notes from a Former Virgin: Junior Year (Chloe Snow’s Diary #3) by Emma Chastain [Purchase]


– Impossible Music by Sean Williams [Purchase]


What are you most excited for this week?

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Review: Destroy All Monsters by Sam J. Miller

Posted by on 06/25/2019 • 0 Comments

I chose to read this book because of the mention of a Patrick Ness-like style, and this is definitely true. It starts out confusing as heck, but in a good way. The kind of confusing that captivates you, and pulls you in fully with the promise of a very odd, gritty, mysterious book.

Told in dual POV, we go through this story with two very different angles. One is Ash who is your typical teenage girl who doesn’t completely fit in, but who’s also not a complete loner. Then there’s Solomon who takes us on a wild ride filled with dinosaurs, monsters, and magic. Which is real, though? Is Solomon just making this all up, or is it Ash who is unable to see the monsters? I found this aspect…

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Fresh Batch (June 23rd – 29th)

Fresh Batch (June 23rd – 29th)

Posted by on 06/22/2019 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Call It What You Want Brigid Kemmerer Publication date: June 25th 2019by Bloomsbury YA

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When his dad is caught embezzling funds from half the town, Rob goes from popular lacrosse player to social pariah. Even worse, his father’s failed suicide attempt leaves Rob and his mother responsible for his care.

Everyone thinks of Maegan as a typical overachiever, but she has a secret of her own after the pressure got to her last year. And when her sister comes home from college pregnant, keeping it from her parents might be more than she can handle.

When Rob and Maegan are paired…

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Fresh Batch (June 16th – 22nd)

Fresh Batch (June 16th – 22nd)

Posted by on 06/15/2019 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food & Love Elsie Chapman (Editor) Publication date: June 18th 2019by Simon Pulse

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From some of your favorite bestselling and critically acclaimed authors—including Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Rin Chupeco—comes a collection of interconnected short stories that explore the intersection of family, culture, and food in the lives of thirteen teens.

A shy teenager attempts to express how she really feels through the confections she makes at her family’s pasteleria. A tourist from Montenegro desperately seeks a magic soup dumpling that could cure his fear of death. An aspiring chef realizes that butter and soul are…

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Fresh Batch (May 26th – June 1st)

Fresh Batch (May 26th – June 1st)

Posted by on 05/25/2019 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

These Witches Don’t Burn Isabel Sterling Series: These Witches Don’t Burn #1 Publication date: May 28th 2019by Razorbill

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Hannah’s a witch, but not the kind you’re thinking of. She’s the real deal, an Elemental with the power to control fire, earth, water, and air. But even though she lives in Salem, Massachusetts, her magic is a secret she has to keep to herself. If she’s ever caught using it in front of a Reg (read: non-witch), she could lose it. For good. So, Hannah spends most of her time avoiding her ex-girlfriend (and fellow Elemental Witch) Veronica, hanging out with her…

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Fresh Batch (May 19th – 25th)

Fresh Batch (May 19th – 25th)

Posted by on 05/18/2019 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

Happily and Madly Alexis Bass Publication date: May 21st 2019by Tor Teen

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Maris Brown has been told two things about her destiny:

1. She will fall happily and madly in love. 2. She could be dead before she turns eighteen.

The summer before that fateful birthday, Maris is in the wealthy beach town of Cross Cove with her estranged father and his new family–and the infamous Duvals. Since the youngest member of the Duval family, Edison, is back from college and back in the arms of Maris’s new stepsister, her summer looks to be a long string of lazy days on…

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Fresh Batch (May 12th – 18th)

Fresh Batch (May 12th – 18th)

Posted by on 05/11/2019 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Red, White & Royal Blue Casey McQuiston Publication date: May 14th 2019by St. Martin’s Griffin

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A big-hearted romantic comedy in which First Son Alex falls in love with Prince Henry of Wales after an incident of international proportions forces them to pretend to be best friends…

First Son Alex Claremont-Diaz is the closest thing to a prince this side of the Atlantic. With his intrepid sister and the Veep’s genius granddaughter, they’re the White House Trio, a beautiful millennial marketing strategy for his mother, President Ellen Claremont. International socialite duties do have downsides—namely, when photos of a confrontation with his longtime…

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Fresh Batch (May 5th – 11th)

Fresh Batch (May 5th – 11th)

Posted by on 05/04/2019 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

Aurora Rising Jay Kristoff & Amie Kaufman Series: The Aurora Cycle #1 Publication date: May 7th 2019by Knopf Books for Young Readers

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From the internationally bestselling authors of THE ILLUMINAE FILES comes an epic new science fiction adventure.

The year is 2380, and the graduating cadets of Aurora Academy are being assigned their first missions. Star pupil Tyler Jones is ready to recruit the squad of his dreams, but his own boneheaded heroism sees him stuck with the dregs nobody else in the Academy would touch…

A cocky diplomat with a black belt in sarcasm A sociopath scientist with a fondness…

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