Posts Categorized: Fresh Batch

Saturday, March 26, 2016

Fresh Batch (March 27th – April 2nd)

Posted by Giselle • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The Winner’s Kiss
Marie Rutkoski
Series: The Winner’s Trilogy #3
Publication date: March 29th 2016
by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

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War has begun. Arin is in the thick of it with untrustworthy new allies and the empire as his enemy. Though he has convinced himself that he no longer loves Kestrel, Arin hasn’t forgotten her, or how she became exactly the kind of person he has always despised. She cared more for the empire than she did for the lives of innocent people—and certainly more than she did for him.

At least, that’s what he thinks.

In the frozen north, Kestrel is a prisoner in a brutal work camp. As she searches desperately for a way to escape, she wishes Arin could know what she sacrificed for him. She wishes she could make the empire pay for what they’ve done to her.

But no one gets what they want just by wishing.

As the war intensifies, both Kestrel and Arin discover that the world is changing. The East is pitted against the West, and they are caught in between. With so much to lose, can anybody really win?

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *

– Don’t Get Caught by Kurt Dinan [Purchase]
– The Queen’s Poisoner (The Kingfountain Series #1) by Jeff Wheeler [Purchase]
– Future Shock by Elizabeth Briggs [Purchase]
– South of Sunshine by Dana Elmendorf [Purchase]

– The Light of the Fireflies by Paul Pen [Purchase]
– Half Lost (The Half Bad Trilogy #3) by Sally Green [Purchase]
– Walk the Edge (Thunder Road #2) by Katie McGarry [Purchase]
– Summerlost by Ally Condie [Purchase]

– Stone Field by Christy Lenzi [Purchase]
– A Tangle of Gold (The Colours of Madeleine #3) by Jaclyn Moriarty [Purchase]
– Sisters of Salt and Iron (The Sisters of Blood and Spirit #2) by Kady Cross [Purchase]
– The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle [Purchase]

– Dark Energy by Robison Wells [Purchase]
– Dreamless by Jenniffer Wardell [Purchase]
– Made to Shine: A Girls-Only Devotional by Becca Nicholson and Elissa Tipps [Purchase]
– Escaping Perfect by Emma Harrison [Purchase]

– Dreaming of Antigone by Robin Bridges[Purchase]

What’s on your wishlist this week?

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Fresh Batch (March 20th – 26th)

Posted by Giselle on 03/19/2016 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The Way I Used to Be Amber Smith Publication date: March 22nd 2016by Margaret K. McElderry Books

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In the tradition of Speak, this extraordinary debut novel shares the unforgettable story of a young woman as she struggles to find strength in the aftermath of an assault.

Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn’t change who she was. But the night her brother’s best friend rapes her, Eden’s world capsizes.

What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved—who she once loved—she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now…

Fresh Batch (March 13th – 19th)

Posted by Giselle on 03/12/2016 • 4 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The First Time She Drowned Kerry Kletter Publication date: March 15th 2016by Philomel Books

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The beautiful struggle of a girl desperate for the one relationship that has caused her the most pain

Cassie O’Malley has spent the past two and a half years in a mental institution—dumped there by her mother, against her will. Now, at 18, Cassie emancipates herself, determined to start over. She attends college, forms new friendships, and even attempts to start fresh with her mother. But before long, their unhealthy relationship threatens to pull Cassie under once again. As Cassie struggles to reclaim her life, childhood memories persist…

Fresh Batch (March 6th – 12th)

Posted by Giselle on 03/05/2016 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The Steep and Thorny Way Cat Winters Publication date: March 8th 2016by Amulet Books

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A thrilling reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, The Steep and Thorny Way tells the story of a murder most foul and the mighty power of love and acceptance in a state gone terribly rotten.

1920s Oregon is not a welcoming place for Hanalee Denney, the daughter of a white woman and an African-American man. She has almost no rights by law, and the Ku Klux Klan breeds fear and hatred in even Hanalee’s oldest friendships. Plus, her father, Hank Denney, died a year ago, hit by…

Fresh Batch (Feb 28th – Mar 5th)

Posted by Giselle on 02/27/2016 • 4 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

A Study in Charlotte Brittany Cavallaro Series: Charlotte Holmes #1 Publication date: March 1st 2016by Katherine Tegen Books

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The last thing sixteen-year-old Jamie Watson–writer and great-great-grandson of the John Watson–wants is a rugby scholarship to Sherringford, a Connecticut prep school just an hour away from his estranged father. But that’s not the only complication: Sherringford is also home to Charlotte Holmes, the famous detective’s enigmatic, fiercely independent great-great-granddaughter, who’s inherited not just his genius but also his vices, volatile temperament, and expertly hidden vulnerability. Charlotte has been the object of his fascination for as long as he can remember–but from…

Fresh Batch (February 21st – 27th)

Posted by Giselle on 02/20/2016 • 4 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The Forbidden Wish Jessica Khoury Publication date: February 23rd 2016by Razorbill

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She is the most powerful Jinni of all. He is a boy from the streets. Their love will shake the world…

When Aladdin discovers Zahra’s jinni lamp, Zahra is thrust back into a world she hasn’t seen in hundreds of years — a world where magic is forbidden and Zahra’s very existence is illegal. She must disguise herself to stay alive, using ancient shape-shifting magic, until her new master has selected his three wishes.

But when the King of the Jinn offers Zahra a chance to be…

Fresh Batch (February 14th – 20th)

Posted by Giselle on 02/13/2016 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The Girl from Everywhere Heidi Heilig Series: The Girl from Everywhere #1 Publication date: February 16th 2016by Greenwillow Books

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It was the kind of August day that hinted at monsoons, and the year was 1774, though not for very much longer.

Sixteen-year-old Nix Song is a time-traveller. She, her father and their crew of time refugees travel the world aboard The Temptation, a glorious pirate ship stuffed with treasures both typical and mythical. Old maps allow Nix and her father to navigate not just to distant lands, but distant times – although a map will only take you somewhere once….

Fresh Batch (February 7th – 13th)

Posted by Giselle on 02/06/2016 • 4 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Blackhearts Nicole Castroman Publication date: February 9th 2016by Simon Pulse

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Blackbeard the pirate was known for striking fear in the hearts of the bravest of sailors. But once he was just a young man who dreamed of leaving his rigid life behind to chase adventure in faraway lands. Nothing could stop him—until he met the one girl who would change everything.

Edward “Teach” Drummond, son of one of Bristol’s richest merchants, has just returned from a year-long journey on the high seas to find his life in shambles. Betrothed to a girl he doesn’t love and sick of the high…