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Sunday, May 20, 2012

Xpresso Weekly: Stacking the Shelves (4)

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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.

So how is everyone this lovely Sunday? We’ve gotten great weather here so I’m super happy. Did you miss anything on the blog this week? Well, there was the fabulous Jen Calonita who dropped by for an interview – check it out here. I’m also co-hosting a chat party on June 1st with one of my BFFs Kara from Great Imaginations, come join the fun! Here’s the party announcement. And make sure you get your last entries for the Something Strange and Deadly ARC giveaway – it ends on Friday!

This week I reviewed:
– The Princesses of Iowa by M. Molly Backes
– Awaited by Lynn Rush
– Insurgent by Veronica Roth
– Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
– The Weepers: The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker

I got for review (click on cover for Goodreads):
I only got 2 books this week, I’m actually glad to finally have a small haul, I was able to do some catching up! And I’m super excited for both of these titles which I was highly anticipating.

Short and sweet, lovelies!
What pretties did you get this week?
Link me up! 🙂

Review: The Weepers by Susanne Winnacker

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The Weepers: The Other LifeSusanne WinnackerSeries: The Other Life, #1Release date: May 15th, 2012by Marshall Cavendish

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3 years, 1 month, 1 week and 6 days since I’d seen daylight. One-fifth of my life.

Sherry and her family have lived sealed in a bunker in the garden since things went wrong up above. Her grandfather has been in the freezer for the last three months, her parents are at each other’s throats and two minutes ago they ran out of food.

Sherry and her father leave the safety of the bunker and find a devastated and empty LA, smashed to pieces by bombs and haunted by ‘Weepers’ – rabid humans infected with a weaponized rabies virus.

While searching for food in a supermarket, Sherry’s father disappears and…

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Fresh Batch (May 20th – 26th)

Posted by on 05/19/2012 • 24 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

ShiftEm BaileyRelease date: May 22nd, 2012by Egmont USA

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Olive Corbett is not crazy. Not anymore.

She obediently takes her meds and stays under the radar at school. After “the incident,” Olive just wants to avoid any more trouble, so she knows the smartest thing is to stay clear of the new girl who is rumored to have quite the creepy past.

But there’s no avoiding Miranda Vaile. As mousy Miranda edges her way into the popular group, right up to the side of queen bee Katie – and pushes the others right out – only Olive seems to notice that something strange is going on. Something almost ….

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Interview with Jen Calonita

Posted by on 05/18/2012 • 16 Comments

Hello lovelies, I hope you’re as happy as I am to get a chance to know Jen Calonita a bit better today. She’s a fabulous author and you may recognize her most recent novel, Belles. I, myself, enjoyed and reviewed it on the blog last month. If you’re not familiar with it, here’s the deets:

BellesJen CalonitaRelease date: April 10th, 2012by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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Fifteen-year-old Isabelle Scott loves her life by the boardwalk on the supposed wrong side of the tracks in North Carolina. But when tragedy strikes, a social worker sends her to live with a long-lost uncle and his preppy privileged family. Isabelle is taken away from everything she’s ever known, and, unfortunately, inserting her into the glamorous lifestyle of Emerald Cove…

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Review: Of Poseidon by Anna Banks

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Of Poseidon Anna BanksSeries: Of Poseidon, #1 Release date: May 22nd, 2012by Feiwel & Friends

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Galen is the prince of the Syrena, sent to land to find a girl he’s heard can communicate with fish. Emma is on vacation at the beach. When she runs into Galen—literally, ouch!—both teens sense a connection. But it will take several encounters, including a deadly one with a shark, for Galen to be convinced of Emma’s gifts. Now, if he can only convince Emma that she holds the key to his kingdom…

Told from both Emma and Galen’s points of view, here is a fish-out-of-water story that sparkles with intrigue, humor, and waves of romance.

*A copy was provided by Raincoast Books for review purposes*

With a beautiful cover…

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Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Posted by on 05/16/2012 • 40 Comments

InsurgentVeronica RothSeries: Divergent, #2Release date: May 1st, 2012by HarperTeen

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One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris’s initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical…

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Waiting on Wednesday (36)

Posted by on 05/16/2012 • 60 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:

Fall to Pieces Vahini Naidoo Release date: October 2nd, 2012 by Marshall Cavendish Add it to your Goodreads

When your best friend dies, you’re supposed to know what happened. You’re supposed to know why.

But Ella has no idea what happened the night Amy jumped to her death. She has no idea why Amy would want to die.

Ella’s other friends, Mark and Petal, are hiding something. Ella thinks they know exactly what happened that terrible night. But they’re not talking. Instead, Ella, Mark, and Petal play Pick Me Ups—a game in which they jump from dangerous heights. And every time Ella falls, she…

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Review: Awaited by Lynn Rush

Posted by on 05/15/2012 • 19 Comments

AwaitedLynn RushSeries: Wasteland, #2Release date: May 1st, 2012by Crescent Moon Press

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The voice is a powerful thing…

Russell Leonard is a centuries-old Guardian who’s lost faith in his purpose. So when he’s charged with procuring the first female Guardian in over two centuries, he can only hope it’s the red-headed beauty who’s been haunting his dreams for months. And if it is, he intends to claim her as his. But when he finds his dream woman, Annabelle is mute and bears no Guardian’s Mark.

He soon realizes she’s been tainted by an ancient evil. Russell must somehow release the secrets trapped within this delicate soul to help her tap into the only weapon powerful enough to silence a millennia-old demon—her voice.

*A copy was provided by Lynn…

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