Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Waiting of Wednesday (51)

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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:

Dr. Frankenstein’s Daughters

Suzanne Weyn
Release date: January 2013
by Scholastic Press

A new generation is creating a monster….

Doctor Victor Frankenstein’s previously unacknowledged beautiful, intelligent twin daughters (from an early marriage when he was a student) have come to Frankenstein’s Castle to claim it as their inheritance.

Shortly thereafter they learn that a serial killer is on the loose. They try to ignore this — Gretchen takes up her father’s work, while Ingrid throws lavish parties. Gretchen and Ingrid form a love triangle with a young naval officer with a debilitating disease. Though he loves Ingrid, he agrees to work with Gretchen on a series of body transplants that improve his condition. Before long he is even walking without his cane. He does not know that the science that is helping him is the science of death itself . . .

A twisted, macabre journey of romance and horror

I love this creepy premise! I love this cover! I love this!! EEP!

What did you pick this week?
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Review: Undead by Kirsty McKay

Posted by on 08/28/2012 • 31 Comments

UndeadKirsty McKaySeries: Undead, #1Publication date: September 1st 2012by The Chicken House

 

Out of sight, out of their minds: It’s a school-trip splatter fest and completely not cool when the other kids in her class go all braindead on new girl Bobby.

The day of the ski trip, when the bus comes to a stop at a roadside restaurant, everyone gets off and heads in for lunch. Everyone, that is, except Bobby, the new girl, who stays behind with rebel-without-a-clue Smitty.

Then hours pass. Snow piles up. Sun goes down. Bobby and Smitty start to flirt. Start to stress. Till finally they see the other kids stumbling back.

But they’ve changed. And not in a good way. Straight up, they’re zombies. So the wheels on the bus better…

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Review: Origin by Jessica Khoury

Posted by on 08/27/2012 • 39 Comments

OriginJessica KhouryPublication date: September 4th 2012by Razorbill

 

Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home—and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life.

Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia’s origin—a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever.

*A copy was provided by Penguin Canada for review purposes*

Reminiscent of Lost, Origin takes…

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Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (18)

Posted by on 08/26/2012 • 71 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

Hi lovely people! So school is almost here again. For me, that means the end of summer which is depressing so we won’t talk about it, k? I had a super busy week on the blog here so let’s see if you missed something. The Defiance Blog Tour made a stop on Tuesday, you can check my review and CJ’s favorite movies. And on Friday I had the Authors Are Rockstars tour stop by, find out who my rockstar is! 😉 I also posted the cover reveal for Timeless by Michelle Madow which includes an…

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Review: Spark by Brigid Kemmerer

Posted by on 08/25/2012 • 28 Comments

SparkBrigid KemmererSeries: Elemental, #2Publication date: August 28th 2012by K-Teen

 

Gabriel Merrick plays with fire. Literally.

Sometimes he can even control it. And sometimes he can’t. Like the fire that killed his parents.

Gabriel has always had his brothers to rely on, especially his twin, Nick. But when an arsonist starts wreaking havoc on their town, all the signs point to Gabriel. Only he’s not doing it.

More than Gabriel’s pride is at stake — this could cost him his family, maybe his life. And no one seems to hear him. Except a shy sophomore named Layne, a brainiac who dresses in turtlenecks and jeans and keeps him totally off balance. Layne understands family problems, and she understands secrets. She has a few of her own.

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Fresh Batch (August 26th – September 1st)

Posted by on 08/25/2012 • 18 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

The Lost GirlSangu MandannaRelease date: August 28th 2012by HarperCollins Publishers

 

Eva’s life is not her own. She is a creation, an abomination—an echo. Made by the Weavers as a copy of someone else, she is expected to replace a girl named Amarra, her “other”, if she ever died. Eva studies what Amarra does, what she eats, what it’s like to kiss her boyfriend, Ray. So when Amarra is killed in a car crash, Eva should be ready.

But fifteen years of studying never prepared her for this.

Now she must abandon everything she’s ever known—the guardians who raised her, the boy she’s forbidden to love—to move…

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Authors Are Rockstars Tour Stop

Posted by on 08/24/2012 • 28 Comments

I’m stoked to be a part of this fabulous tour that Fiktshun and Two Chicks On Books have put together. Today, I’m hosting one of my most favorite authors who wrote a book that is in at least one of my top 10 book ever. If you haven’t read it, do so! It’s fantastic. So let’s go meet this incredible mastermind!

Mike’s Website / Goodreads / Facebook / Twitter

Mike Mullin’s first job was scraping the gum off the undersides of desks at his high school. From there, things went steadily downhill. He almost got fired by the owner of a bookstore due to his poor taste in earrings. He worked at a place that showed slides of poopy diapers during lunch (it did cut down on the cafeteria budget)….

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Timeless Cover Reveal + Giveaway

Posted by on 08/23/2012 • 21 Comments

I’m excited to be part of the Timeless cover reveal as I’ve gotten to know Michelle over my blogging “career” and she was actually my first review request where I ended up loving the book – Remembrance. This is the third and final part of the Transcend Time Saga.

TimelessMichelle MadowPublication date: November 20th 2012by Dreamscape Publishing

 

The final novel in the Transcend Time Saga. To make things right, they must go back to when it all began …

The Transcend Time Saga.:  Read my review of Remembrance here!

 If you haven’t started the Transcend Time Saga yet, the e-version of Remembrance is only $2.99 and can be purchased at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, and Kobo.

Michelle’s Blog / Goodreads / Facebook / Twitter

 Michelle…

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