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Saturday, September 20, 2014

Fresh Batch (New Releases September 21st – 27th)

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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:

Salt & Storm
Kendall Kulper
Publication date: September 23rd 2014
by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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A sweeping historical romance about a witch who foresees her own murder–and the one boy who can help change her future.

Sixteen-year-old Avery Roe wants only to take her rightful place as the witch of Prince Island, making the charms that keep the island’s whalers safe at sea, but her mother has forced her into a magic-free world of proper manners and respectability. When Avery dreams she’s to be murdered, she knows time is running out to unlock her magic and save herself.

Avery finds an unexpected ally in a tattooed harpoon boy named Tane–a sailor with magic of his own, who moves Avery in ways she never expected. Becoming a witch might stop her murder and save her island from ruin, but Avery discovers her magic requires a sacrifice she never prepared for.

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *


– Rooms by Lauren Oliver [Purchase]
– Afterworlds by Scott Westerfeld [Purchase]
– Deacon (Unfinished Hero #4) by Kristen Ashley [Purchase]
– Unmade (The Lynburn Legacy #3) by Sarah Rees Brennan [Purchase]


– How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran [Purchase]
– Lark Rising (Guardians of Tarnec #1) by Sandra Waugh [Purchase]
– Tabula Rasa by Kristen Lippert-Martin [Purchase]
– In a Handful of Dust (Not a Drop to Drink #2) by Mindy McGinnis [Purchase]


– Bones Never Lie (Temperance Brennan #17) by Kathy Reichs [Purchase]
– Bitter Greens by Kate Forsyth [Purchase]
– Adrenaline Crush by Laurie Boyle Crompton [Purchase]
– Messenger of Fear (Messenger of Fear #1) by Michael Grant [Purchase]


– The Fires of Calderon (The Balance Keepers #1) by Lindsay Cummings [Purchase]
– The Bodies We Wear (The Bodies We Wear #1) by Jeyn Roberts [Purchase]
– Firebug (Firebug #1) by Lish McBride [Purchase]
– The Faerie Queen (The Faerie Ring #4) by Kiki Hamilton [Purchase]


– Tape by Steven Camden [Purchase]
– Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty by Christine Heppermann [Purchase]
– Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix [Purchase]
– The Scandalous Sisterhood of Prickwillow Place by Julie Berry [Purchase]


– Unfriended by Rachel Vail [Purchase]
– Remember Me (Find Me #2) by Romily Bernard [Purchase]
– Stay with Me (Wait for You #3) by J. Lynn [Purchase]
– Survival Colony Nine by Joshua David Bellin [Purchase]


– Skink–No Surrender (Skink #7) by Carl Hiaasen [Purchase]
– On a Clear Day by Walter Dean Myers [Purchase]
– The Prophecy (Reign #1) by Lily Blake [Purchase]
– The Paradox of Vertical Flight by Emil Ostrovski [Purchase]


Anything you’re excited for this week?

 

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Guest Post & Giveaway: A Trick Of The Light

Posted by on 09/18/2014 • 1 Comment

I am so excited to be able to share with you today a guest post and opportunity to win a novel that I read and loved last year. To celebrate the paperback release of A Trick of The Light, Lois Metzger is here to talk about the unique POV of the novel and let me tell you, this is one perspective you have probably never read from before. First here is a little about the novel:

Click Here To Read Jenni’s Review of A Trick Of The Light

Guest Post from Lois Metzger

How I Came to Write a Book Narrated by a Voice in Someone’s Head

Years ago I wrote an opening scene for my novel, “A Trick…

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Fresh Batch (New Releases September 14th – 20th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases September 14th – 20th)

Posted by on 09/13/2014 • 9 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

I’ll Give You the Sun Jandy Nelson Publication date: September 16th 2014by Dial

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A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell

Jude and her twin brother, Noah, are incredibly close. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and dramatic ways . ….

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Fresh Batch (New Releases September 7th – 13th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases September 7th – 13th)

Posted by on 09/06/2014 • 7 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Blood Of My Blood Barry Lyga Series: Jasper Dent #3 Publication date: September 9th 2014by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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Jazz Dent has been shot and left to die in New York City. His girlfriend Connie is in the clutches of Jazz’s serial killer father, Billy. And his best friend Howie is bleeding to death on the floor of Jazz’s own home in tiny Lobo’s Nod. Somehow, these three must rise above the horrors their lives have become and find a way to come together in pursuit of Billy. But then Jazz crosses a line he’s never crossed…

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Fresh Batch (New Releases August 31st – September 6)

Fresh Batch (New Releases August 31st – September 6)

Posted by on 08/30/2014 • 11 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Heir of Fire Sarah J. Maas Series: Throne of Glass #3 Publication date: September 2nd 2014by Bloomsbury USA Childrens

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Lost and broken, Celaena Sardothien’s only thought is to avenge the savage death of her dearest friend: as the King of Adarlan’s Assassin, she is bound to serve this tyrant, but he will pay for what he did. Any hope Celaena has of destroying the king lies in answers to be found in Wendlyn. Sacrificing his future, Chaol, the Captain of the King’s Guard, has sent Celaena there to protect her, but her darkest demons lay in that same place. If…

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Fresh Batch (New Releases August 24th – 30th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases August 24th – 30th)

Posted by on 08/23/2014 • 9 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Rumble Ellen Hopkins Publication date: August 26th 2014by Margaret K. McElderry Books

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Can an atheist be saved? The New York Times bestselling author of Crank and Tricks explores the highly charged landscapes of faith and forgiveness with brilliant sensitivity and emotional resonance.

“There is no God, no benevolent ruler of the earth, no omnipotent grand poobah of countless universes. Because if there was…my little brother would still be fishing or playing basketball instead of fertilizing cemetery vegetation.”

Matthew Turner doesn’t have faith in anything.

Not in family—his is a shambles after his younger brother was bullied into suicide. Not in so-called…

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Fresh Batch (New Releases August 17th – 23rd)

Fresh Batch (New Releases August 17th – 23rd)

Posted by on 08/16/2014 • 9 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Visions Kelley Armstrong Series: Cainsville #2 Publication date: August 19th 2014by Dutton

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As #1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong’s new Cainsville series continues, Olivia’s power to read omens leads to the discovery of a gruesome crime with troubling connections to her new hometown.

Omens, the first installment in Kelley Armstrong’s exciting new series, introduced Olivia Taylor-Jones, daughter of notorious serial killers, and Gabriel Walsh, the self-serving, morally ambiguous lawyer who became her unlikely ally. Together, they chased down a devious killer and partially cleared her parents of their horrifying crimes.

Their success, however, is short-lived. While Olivia takes refuge…

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Fresh Batch (New Releases August 10th – 16th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases August 10th – 16th)

Posted by on 08/09/2014 • 8 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Isla and the Happily Ever After Stephanie Perkins Series: Anna and the French Kiss #3 Publication date: August 14th 2014 by Dutton

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From the glittering streets of Manhattan to the moonlit rooftops of Paris, falling in love is easy for hopeless dreamer Isla and introspective artist Josh. But as they begin their senior year in France, Isla and Josh are quickly forced to confront the heartbreaking reality that happily-ever-afters aren’t always forever.

Their romantic journey is skillfully intertwined with those of beloved couples Anna and Étienne and Lola and Cricket, whose paths are destined to collide in a sweeping finale certain…

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