Saturday, August 17, 2013

Fresh Batch (New Releases August 18th – 24th)

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FreshBatchBanner637Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

Shooting Scars
Karina Halle
Series: The Artists Trilogy #2
Publication date: August 20th 2013
by Grand Cen­tral Publishing

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Sometimes the right choice can be the deadliest.

When Ellie Watt made the ultimate sacrifice for Camden McQueen, she never thought it would be easy. But walking away with her ex-lover, Javier Bernal, in order to ensure Camden’s safety has brought a whole new set of dangers. With Javier’s plans for Ellie growing more secretive by the moment, Ellie must find a way to stay ahead of the game before her past swallows her whole.

Meanwhile, Camden’s new life is short-lived. Fueled by revenge and pursued by authorities, he teams up with an unlikely partner in order to save Ellie. But as Camden toes the line between love and retribution, he realizes that in order to get back the woman he loves, he may have to lose himself in the process. He might just turn into the very man he’s hunting.

Karina Halle ‘s Website / Facebook / Twitter

The daughter of a Norwegian Viking and a Finnish Moomin, Karina Halle grew up in Vancouver, Canada with trolls and eternal darkness on the brain. This soon turned into a love of all things that go bump in the night and a rather sadistic appreciation for freaking people out. Like many of the flawed characters she writes, Karina never knew where to find herself and has dabbled in acting, make-up artistry, film production, screenwriting, photography, travel writing and music journalism. She eventually found herself in the pages of the very novels she wrote (if only she had looked there to begin with).

Karina holds a screenwriting degree from Vancouver Film School and a Bachelor of Journalism from TRU. Her travel writing, music reviews/interviews and photography have appeared in publications such as Consequence of Sound, Mxdwn and GoNomad Travel Guides. She currently lives on an island on the coast of British Columbia where she’s preparing for the zombie apocalypse with her fiance and rescue pup.


Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *




Night Film by Marisha Pessl [Purchase]
The Bone Season (The Bone Season #1) by Samantha Shannon [Purchase]
The Rise of the Hotel Dumort (The Bane Chronicles Part #5) by Cassandra Clare and Maureen Johnson [Purchase]
Omens (Cainsville #1) by Kelley Armstrong [Purchase]


Good As Gone by Douglas Corleone [Purchase]
Doon (Doon #1) by Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon [Purchase]
Human Remains by Elizabeth Haynes [Purchase]
The Infinite Moment of Us by Lauren Myracle [Purchase]


Soulbroken (Legacy of Tril #2) by Heather Brewer [Purchase]
A Fatal Likeness (Charles Maddox #2) by Lynn Shepherd [Purchase]
This Side of Jealousy (The Innocents #2) by Lili Peloquin [Purchase]
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan [Purchase]


Playing With Her Heart (Caught Up In Us #3) by Lauren Blakely [Purchase]
Asylum by Madeleine Roux [Purchase]
The Bookstore by Deborah Meyler [Purchase]
Taming Cross (Love Inc. #2) by Ella James [Purchase]


After Her by Joyce Maynard [Purchase]
Wethering The Storm (The Storm #2) by Samantha Towle [Purchase]
Darker Days (The Darker Agency #1) by Jus Accardo [Purchase]
Quick Fix (In a Fix #2) by Linda Grimes [Purchase]


Schooled in Revenge: A Revenge Novel by Jesse Lasky [Purchase]
Dark Halo (Angel Eyes Trilogy #3) by Shannon Dittemore [Purchase]
Trash Can Days: A Middle School Saga by Teddy Steinkellner [Purchase]


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Review: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

Review: All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

Posted by on 08/16/2013 • 30 Comments

There’s been a slew of time travel books lately and All Our Yesterdays is another one that I can add on the short list of those that impressed me. The time travel concept introduced, while hard to grasp like any and all time travel science, explains how paradoxes fixes itself in a manner that’s utterly fascinating, while giving us a plot that is both thought-provoking and exciting.

All Our Yesterdays has a past/present setting that involves a unique double characterization; even though our main character is a singular person, both her younger and older self form the dual POV of this novel which I found especially interesting. Marina can be hard on herself; even though she admits to turning heads, she doesn’t think she’s pretty or anything special. I didn’t…

Book Girls Don’t Cry: Writing Reviews

Book Girls Don’t Cry: Writing Reviews

Posted by on 08/15/2013 • 32 Comments

Book Girls Don’t Cry is a weekly feature where we each discuss/vent/advise on the chosen weekly bookish topic. Don’t miss Jenni on Mondays, and Amy on Saturdays:

 

All Those Reviews That I Write!

A few weeks ago we posted our habits for reading reviews, this week we decided to do one about writing reviews. We all have our own styles and habits, and I actually find it very interesting how others go about writing reviews so differently, too. Like, I’m in awe when someone can read a book and write a review months later. Or how some have the most difficultly with 5 star reviews.

Let’s start with that, actually: reviews that are the hardest to write. The most often I hear is people who find it hardest to…

Waiting on Wednesday (89)

Waiting on Wednesday (89)

Posted by on 08/14/2013 • 45 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine and spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

My pick this week:

I’ve enjoyed every book I’ve read by this Jennifer E. Smith so far. They’re feel-good, happy-making books, and a little fairy-tale-ish, and always super sweet, and I adore the fun cover! Yep!

What are you waiting on?

Review: The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

Review: The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

Posted by on 08/13/2013 • 33 Comments

I was waiting in line and happened to have this book with me, and after only 10 minutes I was already hooked. The first few pages recount a horrifying situation that is bound to shock anyone, and already I could put myself in their shoes and feel it changing these boys for life. Then shortly after, we’re brought into the second shock of the book: the accident that changed Ezra’s life.

The Beginning of Everything is narrated by Ezra, a one-time golden boy who’s now feeling out of place with his cane and worthless self image. I loved this boy from the get go. His voice is brilliantly depicted as a teenager who used to have it all – or so he thought. You can not only feel his pain,…

Review: The 100 by Kass Morgan

Review: The 100 by Kass Morgan

Posted by on 08/12/2013 • 22 Comments

With a fantastic premise and an overall interesting plot, I can see why The 100 has already been signed on by CW as a TV series. If only it was tightened up with better character development and a stronger dedication to world building instead of establishing the romantic angle, it could have been a real page turner. Nevertheless, it’s interesting enough to warrant a read. I believe its success will lay in the TV series, however.

100 teenagers are to be sent to earth after humans evacuated it 300 years prior due to a nuclear war. After only a brief introduction, we embark on this unnerving trip to a now foreign planet. While I enjoyed this quick drop into the big picture, I was left feeling like I’d missed the…

Stacking the Shelves (67)

Stacking the Shelves (67)

Posted by on 08/11/2013 • 42 Comments

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews featuring the books we got this week, and I also mention blog news/happenings of the past week. Hiyall! Dyou all see the fabulous new covers for Crewel and Altered this week? I love them, and there’s 3 sweet giveaways for you as well that you cannot miss (and yet another chance to win an ARC of Altered here)! And yesterday I posted a giveaway for Night Witches too which is not a book I’d seen around a lot but it sounds so unique! I’m off to Boston at the end of the week so there will likely not be any Stacking the Shelves next weekend, but I will be tweeting in all Bostonified glory when I finally meet my book…

Fresh Batch (New Releases August 11th – 17th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases August 11th – 17th)

Posted by on 08/10/2013 • 15 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea April Genevieve Tucholke Series: Between #1 Publication date: August 15th 2013 by Dial

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You stop fearing the devil when you’re holding his hand…

Nothing much exciting rolls through Violet White’s sleepy, seaside town…until River West comes along. River rents the guesthouse behind Violet’s crumbling estate, and as eerie, grim things start to happen, Violet begins to wonder about the boy living in her backyard. Is River just a crooked-smiling liar with pretty eyes and a mysterious past? Or could he be something more? Violet’s grandmother always warned her about the Devil, but she…