Saturday, May 04, 2013

Fresh Batch (May 5th – 11th)

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Exclusively titled for Xpresso Reads, Fresh Batch features the hottest releases of this upcoming week.

Flavor of the week:

The 5th Wave
Rick Yancey 
Series: The 5th Wave, #1
Publication date: May 7th 2013
by Putnam Juvenile

The Passage meets Ender’s Game in an epic new series from award-winning author Rick Yancey.

After the 1st wave, only darkness remains. After the 2nd, only the lucky escape. And after the 3rd, only the unlucky survive. After the 4th wave, only one rule applies: trust no one.

Now, it’s the dawn of the 5th wave, and on a lonely stretch of highway, Cassie runs from Them. The beings who only look human, who roam the countryside killing anyone they see. Who have scattered Earth’s last survivors. To stay alone is to stay alive, Cassie believes, until she meets Evan Walker. Beguiling and mysterious, Evan Walker may be Cassie’s only hope for rescuing her brother—or even saving herself. But Cassie must choose: between trust and despair, between defiance and surrender, between life and death. To give up or to get up.

Watch the epic book trailers, here!

Rick is a native Floridian and a graduate of Roosevelt University in Chicago. He earned a B.A. in English which he put to use as a field officer for the Internal Revenue Service. Inspired and encouraged by his wife, he decided his degree might also be useful in writing books and in 2004 he began writing full-time.

Since then he has launched two critically acclaimed series: The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp, for young readers, and The Highly Effective Detective, for adults. Both books are set in Knoxville, Tennessee, where Rick lived for ten years before returning to Florida. 

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Review: Game. Set. Match. by Jennifer Iacopelli

Review: Game. Set. Match. by Jennifer Iacopelli

Posted by on 05/03/2013 • 34 Comments

It’s funny how I can not sit through any sports game and stay awake to save my life, but movies and books on the subject, I love! Game Set Match is the perfect example of why; ultimately about sports,  the story is really about the characters, the dynamics between players, romances that bloom (what’s better than 1 romance? 3 of them! ;), and feeling the excitement of the game by wanting these characters to win so much.

Not into Tennis? Honestly, don’t let that deter you at all for one second. No one can be as clueless as me when it comes to how that game is played, but never did I feel overwhelmed, confused, or bored by it at all. On the contrary, I found myself enjoying the tennis…

Book Girls Don’t Cry: Genres – From Hot to Not

Book Girls Don’t Cry: Genres – From Hot to Not

Posted by on 05/02/2013 • 50 Comments

Inspired by Book Buzzers, 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:  

From Hot to Not Anymore!

Book trends! From insta-love to love triangles to vampire romance; trends are vicious, but today we’re talking book genres! We want to know what you’re tired of, what you can’t seem to get enough of, and what you think the future holds!

Tiresome genres are not unheard of. How about dystopias? Anyone? Personally, I am so very tired of this genre, now. I was the biggest fan of dystopias when I began my blog not even 2 years ago, even now I get excited when I hear of a new one coming out…

In Darkess We Must Abide: Guest Post + Giveaway

In Darkess We Must Abide: Guest Post + Giveaway

Posted by on 05/01/2013 • 13 Comments

Definitely not a new face on this blog of mine; Rhiannon Frater is here today to talk to us about her new serial–In Darkness We Must Abide. This is a new adult modern Gothic horror serial divided in 3 seasons. The first season includes 5 episodes which you can all enter to win today! 🙂 The 5th episode comes out on May 17th, and the paperback of the full first season comes out on May 24th. (Sorry if this is confusing, she likes to make our lives miserable.)

In Darkness We Must Abide Rhiannon Frater Series: In Darkness We Must Abide: The Complete First Season Genre: NA Modern Gothic Horror Publication date:  May 24th 2013

In Darkness We Must Abide is the epic saga of one young woman…

Spring Fling Giveaway Hop

Posted by on 04/30/2013 • 14 Comments

To thank my wonderful friends and followers for being all kinds of awesome, I decided to join the Spring Fling giveaway hop to give a little back! Plus, spring rocks my socks off (I mean, literally–hello flip flops)! Special thanks to I Am A reader, Not A Writer, and Eve’s Fan Garden for hosting!

What’s up for grabs? One YA book of choice at The Book Depository up to a value of 15$.  Open Internationally as long as TBD ships to you (is your country on the list? Click here) Giveaway ends on May 7th, 2013

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This giveaway was made possible by The Book Depository affiliate program. Help support future giveaways by using the link below or on my sidebar to…

Review: The Rules for Disappearing by Ashley Elston

Posted by on 04/30/2013 • 25 Comments

 The Rules for DisappearingAshley Elston Genre: YA Contemp/Mystery Publication date: May 14th 2013by  Disney-Hyperion

She’s been six different people in six different places: Madeline in Ohio, Isabelle in Missouri, Olivia in Kentucky . . . But now that she’s been transplanted to rural Louisiana, she has decided that this fake identity will be her last.

Witness Protection has taken nearly everything from her. But for now, they’ve given her a new name, Megan Rose Jones, and a horrible hair color. For the past eight months, Meg has begged her father to answer one question: What on earth did he do – or see – that landed them in this god-awful mess? Meg has just about had it with all the Suits’ rules — and her dad’s silence. If…

Review: If You Stay by Courtney Cole

Posted by on 04/29/2013 • 33 Comments

If You StayCourtney Cole Series: Beautifully Broken #1Genre: NA Contemporary Publication date: February 5th 2013by  Lakehouse Press

24-year old Pax Tate is an asshole.

Seriously.

He’s a tattooed, rock-hard bad-boy with a bad attitude to match. But he’s got his reasons.

His mother died when Pax was seven, leaving a hole in his heart filled with guilt although he doesn’t understand why. What he does know is that he and his dad are left alone and with more issues than they can count.

As Pax grew up, he tried to be the kid his father always wanted; the perfect golden boy, but it didn’t work. His dad couldn’t overcome his grief long enough to notice and Pax couldn’t keep up the impossible perfect façade….

Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (53)

Posted by on 04/28/2013 • 48 Comments

Xpresso Weekly is my edition of Stacking the Shelves hosted by Tynga’s Reviews featuring the books I got this week, and I also mention blog news/happenings of the past week. This week at Xpresso Reads

How is everyone this week? Spring is finally starting to show its face and I’m so happy! And is everyone ready for BEA, too? I know I am and am stoked to meet everyone there! 😀 So this week on the blog was pretty giveaway-tastic! For my Canadian peeps you can win a copy of The Beautiful and the Cursed! And my international lovelies can win book 1-3 of the Revenants series by Amy Plum which is awesome!

Reviews on the blog this week:

Xpresso Book Tours

NEW Tours open for sign ups:— Identified: The…