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Saturday, January 09, 2016

Fresh Batch (January 10th – 16th)

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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:

Other Broken Things
Christa Desir
Publication date: January 12th 2016
by Simon Pulse

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Nat’s not an alcoholic. She doesn’t have a problem. Everybody parties, everybody does stupid things, like get in their car when they can barely see. Still, with six months of court-ordered AA meetings required, her days of vodka-filled water bottles are over.

Unfortunately her old friends want the party girl or nothing. Even her up-for-anything ex seems more interested in rehashing the past than actually helping Nat.

But then a recovering alcoholic named Joe inserts himself into Nat’s life and things start looking up. Joe is funny, smart, and calls her out in a way no one ever has.

He’s also older. A lot older.

Nat’s connection to Joe is overwhelming but so are her attempts to fit back into her old world, all while battling the constant urge to crack a bottle and blur that one thing she’s been desperate to forget.

Now in order to make a different kind of life, Natalie must pull together her broken parts and learn to fight for herself.

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *


– Of Light and Darkness (Of Light and Darkness #1) by Shayne Leighton[Purchase]
– A Soul to Take (Soul Stealers #1) by Emily Taylor
– The City of the Lost (Casey Duncan Novels #1) by Kelley Armstrong[Purchase]
– The Dirt on Ninth Grave (Charley Davidson #9) by Darynda Jones[Purchase]


– Beside Myself by Ann Morgan[Purchase]
– Zero Day by Jan Gangsei[Purchase]
– Love in the Light (Hearts in Darkness #2) by Laura Kaye[Purchase]
– Eleanor by Jason Gurley[Purchase]


– Traveler (Seeker #2) by Arwen Elys Dayton[Purchase]
– What She Left: A Novel by T.R. Richmond[Purchase]
– Henchgirl (Dakota Kekoa) by Rita Stradling[Purchase]
– The Killing Jar by Jennifer Bosworth[Purchase]


– Underwater by Marisa Reichardt[Purchase]
– Unhinge (Fairfax #2) by Calia Read[Purchase]
– Bookishly Ever After (Ever After #1) by Isabel Bandeira[Purchase]
– The Score (Off-Campus #3) by Elle Kennedy [Purchase]


– Firefight (Reckoners #2) by Brandon Sanderson [Purchase]
– Reborn (Altered #3) by Jennifer Rush [Purchase]
– The Assassin’s Masque (Palace of Spies #3) by Sarah Zettel [Purchase]
– Teen Frankenstein (High School Horror Story #1) by Chandler Baker [Purchase]


– The Borden Murders: Lizzie Borden and the Trial of the Century by Sarah Miller [Purchase]
– American Ace by Marilyn Nelson [Purchase]
– Unmade (Entangled #2) by Amy Rose Capetta [Purchase]
– The Year of Lightning (The Time Shift Trilogy #1) by Ryan Dalton [Purchase]


Anything catching your eye this week?

 

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Fresh Batch (January 3rd – 9th)

Fresh Batch (January 3rd – 9th)

Posted by on 01/02/2016 • 10 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Truthwitch Susan Dennard Series: The Witchlands #1 Publication date: January 5th 2016by Tor Teen

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On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery”, a magical skill that sets them apart from others.

In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.

Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift…

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Review: A Drop of Night by Stefan Bachmann

Posted by on 12/20/2015 • 5 Comments

A Drop of Night actually proved to be a pretty interesting book.

If you like a bit of everything in speculative fiction, then this book might just strike your fancy. It definitely has some drama, history, mystery, and a whole lot of science fiction and thriller, and I daresay that the book was able to mesh them well. Even though there were so many elements altogether, it never felt muddled or out of place or all over the place. And to be honest with you, for a book of this kind, that’s rare.

Do take note – it’s not perfect. But it did try and it tried really well.

What are you to do when you receive a letter – out of nowhere – inviting you to help a team…

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Fresh Batch (December 20th – January 2nd)

Fresh Batch (December 20th – January 2nd)

Posted by on 12/19/2015 • 6 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

This Raging Light Estelle Laure Publication date: December 22nd 2015by HMH Books for Young Readers

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Can the best thing happen at the worst time?

Her dad went crazy. Her mom left town. She has bills to pay and a little sister to look after. Now is not the time for level-headed seventeen-year-old Lucille to fall in love. But love—messy, inconvenient love—is what she’s about to experience when she falls for Digby Jones, her best friend’s brother. With blazing longing that builds to a fever pitch, Estelle Laure’s soulful debut will keep readers hooked and hoping until the very last page.

 

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Fresh Batch (December 13th – 19th)

Fresh Batch (December 13th – 19th)

Posted by on 12/12/2015 • 5 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Frozen Tides Morgan Rhodes Series: Falling Kingdoms #4 Publication date: December 15th 2015by Razorbill

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Rebels, royals, and monsters wage war over the Mytican throne in the shocking fourth book of the Falling Kingdoms series, from New York Times bestselling author Morgan Rhodes.

CLEO: Reeling after a bloody showdown in Limeros ending with Amara’s abduction of the water crystal, and a vacancy in the Mytican throne, Princess Cleo must cast aside her feelings and look toward her kingdom with the eyes of a Queen.

MAGNUS: With the kingdom in chaos, Princess Lucia still missing and quite possibly in danger, and a shocking…

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Read All About It: The Stunning New Fairy Tale You Probably Never Heard Of!

Posted by on 12/08/2015 • 8 Comments

Calling all Fantasy fans! I have the lovely Shayne Leighton here today to talk to us about her upcoming book, Of Light and Darkness, along with a chance to win! First, let’s see what this book is all about:

Guest post by Shayne Leighton

The Stunning New Fairy Tale You Probably Never Heard Of…

I’m a published author. By Amazon standards, I’m even considered a bestselling author. But recently, after re-reading my debut novel, I decided something was missing. After five years of working with a small press, publishing three full-length novels and one novella, I was still left feeling like I owed my characters something more. I’d poured my blood, sweat, and tears into a story that was simply sitting on a virtual shelf…collecting…

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Fresh Batch (December 6th – 12th)

Fresh Batch (December 6th – 12th)

Posted by on 12/05/2015 • 5 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Come Back to Me Mila Gray Series: Come Back to Me #1 Publication date: December 8th 2015by Simon Pulse

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In this heart-wrenching tale of love and loss, a young Marine and his best friend’s sister plunge into a forbidden love affair while he’s home on leave.

When a Marine Chaplain knocks on her door, Jessa’s heart breaks—someone she loves is dead. Killed in action, but is it Riley or Kit? Her brother or her boyfriend…

Three months earlier, Marine Kit Ryan finds himself back home on leave and dangerously drawn to his best friend Riley’s sister, Jessa—the one girl he can’t…

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HELP WANTED!

Posted by on 11/29/2015 • 38 Comments

…and it has been ongoing for almost a month now.

I honestly don’t know what’s wrong with me. The last proper book I’ve read was Sweep in Peace and Winter, which were very amazing exemptions because the weeks prior to that, I haven’t been able to read anything awesome-worthy until now. Yes, I’ve reviewed some, but those were books I’ve already read before my life entered this abyss called the “bookworm slump”, and it’s been an awful, terribly ride, let me tell you. You know, it’s so weird for me to be this way considering I usually have a lot of tips for those who are in the same predicament:

read your favorite books! It will reignite your reading again! —> Only that I tried, and yet I still can’t…

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