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Saturday, April 27, 2019

Fresh Batch (April 28th – May 4th)

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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:

Hot Dog Girl
Jennifer Dugan
Publication date: April 30th 2019
by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers

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Elouise (Lou) Parker is determined to have the absolute best, most impossibly epic summer of her life. There are just a few things standing in her way:

* She’s landed a job at Magic Castle Playland . . . as a giant dancing hot dog.
* Her crush, the dreamy Diving Pirate Nick, already has a girlfriend, who is literally the Princess of the park. But Lou’s never liked anyone, guy or otherwise, this much before, and now she wants a chance at her own happily ever after.
* Her best friend, Seeley, the carousel operator, who’s always been up for anything, suddenly isn’t when it comes to Lou’s quest to set her up with the perfect girl or Lou’s scheme to get close to Nick.
* And it turns out that this will be their last summer at Magic Castle Playland–ever–unless she can find a way to stop it from closing.

Jennifer Dugan’s sparkling debut coming-of-age queer romance stars a princess, a pirate, a hot dog, and a carousel operator who find love–and themselves–in unexpected people and unforgettable places.

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *


– One Word Kill (Impossible Times #1) by Mark Lawrence [Purchase]
– A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson [Purchase]
– Hearts Made for Breaking by Jen Klein [Purchase]
– Little Darlings by Melanie Golding [Purchase]


– Brief Chronicle of Another Stupid Heartbreak by Adi Alsaid [Purchase]
– King of Fools (The Shadow Game #2) by Amanda Foody [Purchase]
– Belly Up by Eva Darrows & Hillary Monahan [Purchase]
– Lone Star in Jersey by Gina Harris & Anne Key[Purchase]


– Ordinary Girl by Pamela Gossiaux [Purchase]
– A Thousand Years to Wait (The Tarrowburn Prophecies, #1) by L. Ryan Storms [Purchase]
– When I Was Summer by J.B. Howard [Purchase]
– How to Be Luminous by Harriet Reuter Hapgood [Purchase]


– Love From A to Z by S.K. Ali [Purchase]


What’s catching your eye this week?

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Fresh Batch (April 21st – 27th)

Fresh Batch (April 21st – 27th)

Posted by on 04/20/2019 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The Tiger at Midnight Swati Teerdhala Series: The Tiger at Midnight Trilogy #1 Publication date: April 23rd 2019by Katherine Tegen Books

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Esha is a legend, but no one knows. It’s only in the shadows that she moonlights as the Viper, the rebels’ highly skilled assassin. She’s devoted her life to avenging what she lost in the royal coup, and now she’s been tasked with her most important mission to date: taking down the ruthless General Hotha.

Kunal has been a soldier since childhood, training morning and night to uphold the power of King Vardaan. His uncle, the general, has ensured that…

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Review: Little Darlings by Melanie Golding

Posted by on 04/17/2019 • 4 Comments

This one messes with your head, guys! I love psychological thrillers, and this had me totally creeped out from very early on. It also had me puzzled with the mystery of the fairy-tale-like storyline. With each new chapter we’re given a new layer of this mystery that makes absolutely no logical sense, but can’t deny that it’s all happening. I kept wondering if this was just a big mind-game with a huge twist that would turn everything on its head. Or if I was just completely overlooking a small detail that would make everything clear. I loved it!

Being a mother myself, I couldn’t help but relate to what Lauren was going through. The exhaustion, the lack of help, the loneliness that comes from having a new born (I can’t…

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Fresh Batch (April 14th – 20th)

Fresh Batch (April 14th – 20th)

Posted by on 04/13/2019 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Serious Moonlight Jenn Bennett Publication date: April 16th 2019by Simon Pulse

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After an awkward first encounter, Birdie and Daniel are forced to work together in a Seattle hotel where a famous author leads a mysterious and secluded life in this romantic contemporary novel from the author of Alex, Approximately.

Mystery-book aficionado Birdie Lindberg has an overactive imagination. Raised in isolation and homeschooled by strict grandparents, she’s cultivated a whimsical fantasy life in which she plays the heroic detective and every stranger is a suspect. But her solitary world expands when she takes a job the summer before college, working the graveyard…

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Review: Dreaming Darkly by Caitlin Kittredge

Posted by on 04/08/2019 • 1 Comment

Gothic mystery novels are a favorite of mine, and Dreaming Darkly is an eerie novel that, albeit a bit predictable and dramatic at times, was an exciting read overall. 

After the death of Ivy’s mother, she’s sent back to her family’s old manor on a private island off the coast of Maine. When she gets there, she finds that not everything and everyone is at it seems, and strange dreams start feeling a bit too real. I found this story really intriguing from the very first page. Ivy’s life with her mom, her mom’s mysterious past, her family’s history are all really interesting. I found myself flying to the pages to find out every detail I could about this ominous family tree. This mystery aspect is done really well, with…

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Fresh Batch (April 7th – 13th)

Fresh Batch (April 7th – 13th)

Posted by on 04/06/2019 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

Descendant of the Crane Joan He Publication date: April 9th 2019by Albert Whitman Company

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Princess Hesina of Yan has always been eager to shirk the responsibilities of the crown, dreaming of an unremarkable life. But when her beloved father is found dead, she’s thrust into power, suddenly the queen of a surprisingly unstable kingdom. What’s more, Hesina believes that her father was murdered—and that the killer is someone close to her.

Hesina’s court is packed full of dissemblers and deceivers eager to use the king’s death for political gain, each as plausibly guilty as the next. Her advisers would like her…

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Fresh Batch (March 31st – April 6th)

Fresh Batch (March 31st – April 6th)

Posted by on 03/30/2019 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Wicked Saints Emily A. Duncan Series: Something Dark and Holy #1 Publication date: Wednesday Booksby April 2nd 2019

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“Prepare for a snow-frosted, blood-drenched fairy tale where the monsters steal your heart and love ends up being the nightmare.” – Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen

A girl who can speak to gods must save her people without destroying herself.

A prince in danger must decide who to trust.

A boy with a monstrous secret waits in the wings.

Together, they must assassinate the king and stop the war.

In a centuries-long war where beauty and brutality meet, their…

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Fresh Batch (March 24th – 30th)

Fresh Batch (March 24th – 30th)

Posted by on 03/23/2019 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Sky Without Stars Jessica Brody & Joanne Rendell Series: System Divine #1 Publication date: March 26th 2019by Simon Pulse

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A thief. An officer. A guardian. 

Three strangers, one shared destiny . . .

When the Last Days came, the planet of Laterre promised hope. A new life for a wealthy French family and their descendants. But five hundred years later, it’s now a place where an extravagant elite class reigns supreme; where the clouds hide the stars and the poor starve in the streets; where a rebel group, long thought dead, is resurfacing.

Whispers of revolution have begun—a revolution that hinges…

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