Posts Categorized: Fresh Batch

Saturday, January 07, 2017

Fresh Batch (January 8th – 14th)

Posted by Giselle • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

Frostblood
Elly Blake
Series: Frostblood Saga #1
Publication date: January 10th 2017
by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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Seventeen-year-old Ruby is a fireblood who must hide her powers of heat and flame from the cruel frostblood ruling class that wants to destroy all that are left of her kind. So when her mother is killed for protecting her and rebel frostbloods demand her help to kill their rampaging king, she agrees. But Ruby’s powers are unpredictable, and she’s not sure she’s willing to let the rebels and an infuriating (yet irresistible) young man called Arcus use her as their weapon.

All she wants is revenge, but before they can take action, Ruby is captured and forced to take part in the king’s tournaments that pit fireblood prisoners against frostblood champions. Now she has only one chance to destroy the maniacal ruler who has taken everything from her and from the icy young man she has come to love.

Fast-paced and compelling, Frostblood is the first in a page-turning new young adult three-book series about a world where flame and ice are mortal enemies—but together create a power that could change everything.

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *

– Lucian Divine by Renee Carlino [Purchase]
– Full Package by Lauren Blakely [Purchase]
– Beheld (Kendra Chronicles #4) by Alex Flinn [Purchase]
– The Last Harvest by Kim Liggett [Purchase]

– RoseBlood by A.G. Howard [Purchase]
– Poison’s Kiss (Poison’s Kiss #1) by Breeana Shields [Purchase]
– A Perilous Undertaking (Veronica Speedwell #2) by Deanna Raybourn [Purchase]
– A List of Cages by Robin Roe [Purchase]

– The Alchemists of Loom (Loom Saga #1) by Elise Kova [Purchase]
– You Don’t Know My Name (The Black Angel Chronicles #1) by Kristen Orlando [Purchase]
– Little Heaven by Nick Cutter [Purchase]
– The Silver Gate (Untitled #1) by Kristin Bailey [Purchase]

– The Most Dangerous Place on Earth by Lindsey Lee Johnson [Purchase]
– Surrender (Careless Whispers #3) by Lisa Renee Jones [Purchase]
– Windwitch (The Witchlands #2) by Susan Dennard [Purchase]
– A Quiet Kind of Thunder by Sara Barnard [Purchase]

– The Life & Adventures of Santa Claus: With Illustrations by Eric Shanower [Purchase]
– Blue Tide by Jenna-Lynne Duncan [Purchase]
– Factory Girl by Josanne La Valley [Purchase]
– Life in a Fishbowl by Len Vlahos [Purchase]

– Teen Frankenstein (High School Horror Story #1) by Chandler Baker [Purchase]

What are you most excited for this week?

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Fresh Batch (January 1st-7th)

Posted by Giselle on 12/31/2016 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Under Rose-Tainted Skies Louise Gornall Publication date: January 3rd 2017by Clarion Books

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Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. When groceries are left on the porch, she can’t step out to get them. Struggling to snag the bags with a stick, she meets Luke. He’s sweet and funny, and he just caught her fishing for groceries. Because of course he did.

Norah can’t leave the house, but can she let someone in? As their friendship grows deeper, Norah realizes Luke deserves a normal girl. One who can lie on the front lawn and look up at the stars. One who isn’t so…

Fresh Batch (December 25th – 31st)

Posted by Giselle on 12/24/2016 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

The Secret of a Heart Note Stacey Lee Publication date: December 27th 2016by Katherine Tegen Books

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An evocative novel about a teen aroma expert who uses her extrasensitive sense of smell to mix perfumes that help others fall in love while protecting her own heart at all costs

Sometimes love is right under your nose. As one of only two aromateurs left on the planet, sixteen-year-old Mimosa knows what her future holds: a lifetime of weeding, mixing love elixirs, and matchmaking—all while remaining incurably alone. For Mim, the rules are clear: falling in love would render her nose useless, taking away…

Fresh Batch (December 11th – 17th)

Posted by Giselle on 12/10/2016 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Forever, Again Victoria Laurie Publication date: December 13th 2016by Disney-Hyperion

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Lily Bennett is less than thrilled to be the new kid as she starts her junior year in high school.

But soon after classes begin, she meets a classmate, Cole Drepeau, with whom she forms an immediate and intimate bond. As Cole and Lily grow closer, Lily learns about the murder that divided the town more than thirty years before. In 1985, graduating senior Amber Greeley snapped, killing her boyfriend Ben—Cole’s uncle—and taking her own life.

Lily feels inexplicably linked to Amber, and she can’t help but think that there’s…

Fresh Batch (December 4th – 10th)

Posted by Giselle on 12/03/2016 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

Alterations Stephanie Scott Publication date: Bloomsbury Spark by December 6th 2016

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If anyone saw the prom boards Amelia Blanco makes on her favorite fashion app, they’d think Ethan Laurenti was her boyfriend. They wouldn’t know that all the plans she’s made for them are just dreams, and that she’s the girl who watches him from the kitchen while her parents cook for his famous family.

When Amelia’s abuelita enrolls her in a month-long fashion internship in NYC, Amelia can’t imagine leaving Miami–and Ethan–for that long. As soon as she gets to New York, however, she finds a bigger world and new…

Fresh Batch (Nov 27th – Dec 3rd)

Posted by Giselle on 11/26/2016 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Girls in the Moon Janet McNally Publication date: November 29th 2016 by HarperTeen

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An exquisitely told, authentic YA debut about family secrets, the shadow of fame, and finding your own way.

Everyone in Phoebe Ferris’s life tells a different version of the truth. Her mother, Meg, ex–rock star and professional question evader, shares only the end of the story—the post-fame calm that Phoebe’s always known. Her sister, Luna, indie-rock darling of Brooklyn, preaches a stormy truth of her own making, selectively ignoring the facts she doesn’t like. And her father, Kieran, the cofounder of Meg’s beloved band, hasn’t said anything at…

Fresh Batch (November 20th – 26th)

Posted by Giselle on 11/19/2016 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

Of Fire and Stars Audrey Coulthurst Publication date: November 22nd 2016by Balzer + Bray

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Betrothed since childhood to the prince of Mynaria, Princess Dennaleia has always known what her future holds. Her marriage will seal the alliance between Mynaria and her homeland, protecting her people from other hostile lands. But Denna has a secret. She possesses an Affinity for fire—a dangerous gift for the future queen of a kingdom where magic is forbidden.

Now, Denna must learn the ways of her new home while trying to hide her growing magic. To make matters worse, she must learn to ride Mynaria’s…

Fresh Batch (November 13th – 19th)

Posted by Giselle on 11/12/2016 • 3 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

This Is Our Story Ashley Elston Publication date: November 15th 2016 by Disney-Hyperion

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No one knows what happened that morning at River Point. Five boys went hunting. Four came back. The boys won’t say who fired the shot that killed their friend; the evidence shows it could have been any one of them.

Kate Marino’s senior year internship at the District Attorney’s Office isn’t exactly glamorous—more like an excuse to leave school early that looks good on college applications. Then the DA hands her boss, Mr. Stone, the biggest case her small town of Belle Terre has ever seen….