I love a good middle grade book filled with adventure and fun! This is a somewhat horror, but it’s not really all that scary. Of course, it’s for kids so that makes sense. The characters in this book were great, and I loved getting lost inside their adventure along with them. It’s such a great blend of fantasy, adventure, and great lessons. I think that is what really draws me to MG books. There is usually such a great lesson for kids thrown into all the fun and fantasy of reading the story. This one is a lot about family and I thought it was done so well. This book was published last year, but since I was invited to review the second book, I needed to read and review…
Fresh Batch (September 13th – 19th)
Posted by Giselle • 8 Comments
Fresh Batch, posted weekly, keeps you up to date on the hottest releases of the upcoming week.
Flavor of the week:
Dumplin’
Julie Murphy
Publication date: September 15th 2015
by Balzer + Bray
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked . . . until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.
Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all.
With starry Texas nights, red candy suckers, Dolly Parton songs, and a wildly unforgettable heroine— Dumplin’ is guaranteed to steal your heart.
Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *
– Ash & Bramble by Sarah Prineas [Purchase]
– The Marvels by Brian Selznick [Purchase]
– The Fiery Trial (Tales from Shadowhunter Academy #8) by Cassandra Clare and Sarah Rees Brennan [Purchase]
– Lock & Mori (Lock & Mori #1) by Heather W. Petty [Purchase]
– Mirrored by Alex Flinn [Purchase]
– The Weight of Feathers by Anna-Marie McLemore [Purchase]
– Drowning to Breathe (Bleeding Stars #2) by A.L. Jackson [Purchase]
– Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff [Purchase]
– One by Sarah Crossan [Purchase]
– The Shepherd’s Crown (Discworld #41) by Terry Pratchett [Purchase]
– Movie Game by Michael Ebner [Purchase]
– Sweet Madness by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie [Purchase]
– The Scam (Fox and O’Hare #4) by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg [Purchase]
– The Affiliate (Ascension #1) by K.A. Linde [Purchase]
– The Dead House by Dawn Kurtagich [Purchase]
– The Appearance of Annie van Sinderen by Katherine Howe [Purchase]
– The Hollow Boy (Lockwood & Co. #3) by Jonathan Stroud [Purchase]
– Screwed by Kendall Ryan [Purchase]
– Devoted in Death (In Death #41) by J.D. Robb [Purchase]
– The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson [Purchase]
– The Drowning (Fjällbacka #6) by Camilla Läckberg [Purchase]
– Dirty Promises (Dirty Angels #3) by Karina Halle
– Tonight the Streets Are Ours by Leila Sales [Purchase]
– Pushing the Limits by Brooke Cumberland [Purchase]
– Fractured Suns (Broken Skies #2) by Theresa Kay
– Dark Wild Night (Wild Seasons #3) by Christina Lauren [Purchase]
– Michael Vey 5: Storm of Lightning by Richard Paul Evans [Purchase]
– Queen of Always (Stolen Empire #3) by Sherry D. Ficklin [Purchase]
– Maid of Wonder (Maids of Honor #3) by Jennifer McGowan [Purchase]
– Untamed City (Untamed City 0.5, 1) by Melissa Marr [Purchase]
– Breakaway by Kat Spears [Purchase]
– Watch Your Back by Tracy Bilen [Purchase]
– Temporary High (Running On Empty #2) by Colette Ballard [Purchase]
– Imposter by Antony John [Purchase]
Anything catching your eye this week?
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