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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Fresh Batch (New Releases January 26th – February 1st)

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

Flavor of the week:

Uninvited
Sophie Jordan
Series: Uninvited #1
Publication date: January 28th 2014
by HarperTeen

Goodreads Purchase

The Scarlet Letter meets Minority Report in bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s chilling new novel about a teenage girl who is ostracized when her genetic test proves she’s destined to become a murderer.

When Davy Hamilton’s tests come back positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome (HTS)-aka the kill gene-she loses everything. Her boyfriend ditches her, her parents are scared of her, and she can forget about her bright future at Juilliard. Davy doesn’t feel any different, but genes don’t lie. One day she will kill someone.

Only Sean, a fellow HTS carrier, can relate to her new life. Davy wants to trust him; maybe he’s not as dangerous as he seems. Or maybe Davy is just as deadly.

The first in a two-book series, Uninvited tackles intriguing questions about free will, identity, and human nature. Steeped in New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s trademark mix of gripping action and breathless romance, this suspenseful tale is perfect for fans of James Patterson, Michelle Hodkin, and Lisa McMann.


Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *




Deeper (Caroline and West #1) by Robin York [Purchase]
The Line (Witching Savannah #1) by J.D. Horn [Purchase]
Up From the Grave (Night Huntress #7) by Jeaniene Frost [Purchase]
My Sweetest Escape (My Favorite Mistake #2) by Chelsea M. Cameron [Purchase]


Reaper’s Legacy (Reapers MC #2) by Joanna Wylde [Purchase]
Infinite (Newsoul #3) by Jodi Meadows [Purchase]
Beauty from Love (Beauty #3) by Georgia Cates [Purchase]
Cruel Beauty (Cruel Beauty Universe) by Rosamund Hodge [Purchase]


Her Dark Curiosity (The Madman’s Daughter #2) by Megan Shepherd [Purchase]
Secret (Elemental #4) by Brigid Kemmerer [Purchase]
The Unbound (The Archived #2) by Victoria Schwab [Purchase]
Red Rising (Red Rising Trilogy #1) by Pierce Brown [Purchase]


Timestorm (Tempest #3) by Julie Cross [Purchase]
Heartbeat by Elizabeth Scott [Purchase]
Seeking Her (Losing It #3.5) by Cora Carmack [Purchase]
Blindfolded Innocence (Innocence #1) by Alessandra Torre [Purchase]


Bird by Crystal Chan [Purchase]
Manor of Secrets by Katherine Longshore [Purchase]
More Than Him (More #3) by Jay McLean [Purchase]
The Queen’s Choice (Heirs of Chrior #1) by Cayla Kluver [Purchase]


Into the Still Blue (Under the Never Sky #3) by Veronica Rossi [Purchase]
Autumn Rose (The Dark Heroine #2) by Abigail Gibbs [Purchase]
Minders by Michele Jaffe [Purchase]
No Place by Todd Strasser [Purchase]


And We Stay by Jenny Hubbard [Purchase]
Forever (Temptation #3) by Karen Ann Hopkins [Purchase]
Divided We Fall (Divided We Fall Trilogy #1) by Trent Reedy [Purchase]
This Star Won’t Go Out: The Life and Words of Esther Grace Earl by Esther Earl[Purchase]


Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy by Karen Foxlee [Purchase]
The Accidental Life of Jessie Jefferson (Jessie Jefferson #1) by Paige Toon [Purchase]
Anything to Have You by Paige Harbison [Purchase]
Firstborn by Lorie Ann Grover [Purchase]


Run To You Part One: First Sight by Clara Kensie [Purchase]


What’s on your wishlist this week?

 

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Review: Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Review: Red Rising by Pierce Brown

Posted by on 01/24/2014 • 32 Comments

What an intense thrill ride! Red Rising gives us one meticulously built strategy game with a large cast of colorful characters who represent social status in a whole new perspective.

Ultimately, the Red Rising Trilogy is a story of rebellion, and this is its first chapter. Set on Mars, we’re introduced to an intimidating oligarchy government where your color decides your fate. Darrow, a Red – the lowest of the lows – is surgically enhanced to look like a Gold, and here’s hoping he can successfully infiltrate and beat the system. This whole color classification did not have me completely convinced, I will admit. Pinks for pleasure, Golds for “gods”, Reds for slaves and so on. No question that it’s fascinating, even not so far from the racial disparities that…

Review: Burned by Ellen Hopkins

Review: Burned by Ellen Hopkins

Posted by on 01/23/2014 • 18 Comments

I thought I had been a good blogger when I went out and bought the first book in each of Ellen Hopkins series. I even covered all my bases and bought her standalones as well. Well now look at me sitting here kicking myself because I’ve finished Burned and I don’t have the sequel to jump into immediately. Burned is the heartbreaking tale of Pattyn Von Stratten, a young girl raised in a strict mormon household who begins to question the way that her family lives and they way that her father treats all of the women in his life.

I’m not usually a fan of books that deal heavily with religion, but I always appreciate when a character is questioning the way that they have been brought up. Pattyn…

Book Girls Don’t Cry: The Misunderstood 3-Star Rating

Book Girls Don’t Cry: The Misunderstood 3-Star Rating

Posted by on 01/22/2014 • 70 Comments

Book Girls Don’t Cry is a feature where we will discuss/vent/advise on a bookish topic. This feature is co-hosted with the lovely Amy at Book Loving Mom.

 

3 Stars – Good or Bad?

What does a 3-star rating mean to you? When I rate a book 3-stars, I’ve noticed some people think I did not like it, while in reality I did like it, it was just missing some kind of element to make it “great”. At worst – low end of 3-star – it would mean I was a disappointed with it (mostly due to expectations), but I still don’t consider those bad books. I noticed this because almost every time I post a 3-star review, I get comments on it that go something like “I’m sorry you…

Review: The Lure by Lynne Ewing

Review: The Lure by Lynne Ewing

Posted by on 01/21/2014 • 20 Comments

The Lure and I went through a tumultuous relationship. I started out in love with it and that love slowly declined as the novel went on, eventually leading me to be pretty angry at where we ended up. See, in the beginning it was gritty, authentic and raw, but by the end I didn’t know if I was reading a contemporary novel or the screenplay for a daytime soap opera.

As the novel starts out we meet Blaise and her friends Melissa, Ariel and Kaylee as they are making their way home one night. The atmosphere is set right from the beginning and we realize that these girls don’t come from a good neighbourhood. Seeing a group of people drinking on a stoop and then hiding in the trees while…

Review: Timestorm by Julie Cross

Review: Timestorm by Julie Cross

Posted by on 01/20/2014 • 21 Comments

*Spoiler free for the series*

While I enjoyed Tempest and Vortex, this one was explosive to a whole new level!

I can count on two hands the number of times I was entirely surprised by an ending. I usually catch on, at least to some extent, to what direction it’s going to spin (mostly because I think up SO many theories that one of them has to be close to being right), but Timestorm is a freaking masterpiece of an ending that caught me completely off guard. It also left me in a puddle of emotional goo. It’s tragic, beautiful, and perfect for this story, but still, there is a part of me that is so torn! I guess we’ll call it bittersweet. The ending was not the only great…

Jenni’s Stacking the Shelves

Jenni’s Stacking the Shelves

Posted by on 01/19/2014 • 31 Comments

Stacking the Shelves is a meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews featuring new additions to our bookshelves.

Books mentioned (click title for Goodreads) The Treatment (The Program #2) by Suzanne Young The Demonologist by Andrew Pyper The Winner’s Curse (The Winner’s Trilogy #1) by Marie Rotkoski Miss. Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (Miss. Peregrine #1) by Ransom Riggs Hollow City (Miss. Peregrine #2) by Ransom RiggsEbook Haul (click cover for Goodreads) Monstrous thank you’s to HarperTeen, Macmillan and Simon & Schuster this week! Also, I’d like to thank the awesome ladies over at The Midnight Garden for being so great and posting about the Marianne de Pierres books which were free on Kindle this past week. You rock ladies!

Fresh Batch (New Releases January 19th – 25th)

Fresh Batch (New Releases January 19th – 25th)

Posted by on 01/18/2014 • 18 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Evertrue Brodi Ashton Series: Everneath #3 Publication date: January 21st 2014by Balzer + Bray

Goodreads Purchase

Now that Nikki has rescued Jack, all she wants is to be with him and graduate high school. But Cole tricked Nikki into feeding off him, and she’s begun the process of turning into an Everliving herself… which means she must feed on a Forfeit soon — or die.

Terrified for her survival, Nikki and Jack begin a desperate attempt to reverse the process using any means possible. Even Cole, who they expected to fight them at every turn, has become an unlikely ally — but how…