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Saturday, November 04, 2017

Fresh Batch (November 5th-11th)

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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:

Renegades
Marissa Meyer
Series: Renegades #1
Publication date: November 7th 2017
by Feiwel & Friends

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Secret Identities. Extraordinary Powers. She wants vengeance. He wants justice.

The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies—humans with extraordinary abilities—who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone…except the villains they once overthrew.

Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice—and in Nova. But Nova’s allegiance is to a villain who has the power to end them both.

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *


– Kat and Meg Conquer the World by Anna Priemaza [Purchase]
– Alone by Cyn Balog [Purchase]
– Rosemarked (Rosemarked #1) by Livia Blackburne
– Retribution Rails (Vengeance Road #2) by Erin Bowman [Purchase]


– Here We Are Now by Jasmine Warga [Purchase]
– War of the Cards (Queen of Hearts Saga #3) by Colleen Oakes [Purchase]
– The November Girl by Lydia Kang [Purchase]
– The Speaker (Sea of Ink and Gold #2) by Traci Chee [Purchase]


– Now Is Everything by Amy Giles [Purchase]
– This Mortal Coil (This Mortal Coil #1) by Emily Suvada [Purchase]
– Nightfall (Keeper of the Lost Cities #6) by Shannon Messenger [Purchase]
– Eight Days on Planet Earth by Cat Jordan [Purchase]


– Haven by Mary Lindsey [Purchase]
– The First to Know by Abigail Johnson [Purchase]
– The Becoming of Noah Shaw (The Shaw Confessions #1) by Michelle Hodkin [Purchase]
– Devil in Ohio by Daria Polatin [Purchase]


– Renegades (Recruits) by Thomas Locke [Purchase]
– Follow Me (The Amateurs #2) by Sara Shepard [Purchase]
– I Never by Laura Hopper [Purchase]
– I Like You Like This by Heather Cumiskey [Purchase]


– Frankie by Shivaun Plozza [Purchase]
– The Closest I’ve Come by Fred Aceves [Purchase]
– Caged by Norah McClintock [Purchase]
– Recipe for Hate by Warren Kinsella [Purchase]


What’s on your wishlist this week?

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A Graphic Novel That You Most Definitely Need: Pashmina by Nidhi Chanani

Posted by on 11/03/2017 • 2 Comments

I’ve been waiting for Pashmina since I first heard it existed so when my friend got a copy, I dove into hers while I was visiting and also ended up coming home to a precious copy of my own (#SHOUTOUT.) I’ve already read it twice and there is a very huge possibility I’ll have read it a third time before the end of the year (and even the end of the month, tbh.) SO. I THINK it’s safe to say that I love Pashmina.

It’s already being marketed as such but I also just think Pashmina is perfect for fans of American Born Chinese. The books share so many wonderful qualities and parallels but Pashmina is still its own story and so so SO heartfelt at that. I mean, it even has Gene Luen Yang’s stamp…

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Might Have Been Better In Verse: Wait for Me by An Na

Posted by on 11/02/2017 • 0 Comments

Wait for Me was a new-to-me title when it showed up on my (metaphorical) doorstep. I hadn’t heard much about it but upon some research found out it was being republished with a pretty new cover and all. I dove into the book not entirely sure what to expect but ready to meet new characters and enjoy a new story.

This review is a hard one to write because upon finishing, I am not entirely sure how I feel about Wait for Me. I am divided on it because there are parts of it I enjoyed and other parts that really made it hard for me to finish the book feeling like I had read something worthwhile.

I think the number one issue I had with the book was just the pacing…

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Fresh Batch (Oct 29th – Nov 4th)

Fresh Batch (Oct 29th – Nov 4th)

Posted by on 10/28/2017 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

Beasts Made of Night Tochi Onyebuchi Publication date: October 31st 2017by Razorbill

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In the walled city of Kos, corrupt mages can magically call forth sin from a sinner in the form of sin-beasts – lethal creatures spawned from feelings of guilt.

Taj is the most talented of the aki, young sin-eaters indentured by the mages to slay the sin-beasts. But Taj’s livelihood comes at a terrible cost. When he kills a sin-beast, a tattoo of the beast appears on his skin while the guilt of committing the sin appears on his mind. Most aki are driven mad by the process, but…

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What Julie Dao Learned While Writing Forest of a Thousand Lanterns

Posted by on 10/27/2017 • 2 Comments

Hey everyone! Welcome to Xpresso Reads’ tour stop for FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS. If you’re a fan of complex heroes & anti-heroes, this book should 110% be on your TBR. Today, we have Julie Dao on the blog talking about what she learned while writing FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS.

What Julie Dao Learned While Writing Forest of a Thousand Lanterns

FOREST OF A THOUSAND LANTERNS is about a villain’s rise to power – or at least, Xifeng would be considered a villain in any other book where she wasn’t the star. Here, she is a dark and ambitious antiheroine who will let nothing stand in her way on the path to the throne!

As a result, the most common question I get is: was it hard writing such…

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A Letter To Nic Stone: Dear Martin

Posted by on 10/25/2017 • 1 Comment

Dear Nic Stone,

I know you’ve had a lot of people already telling you this and my voice is no more important or valuable than theirs but thank you for writing this book. Thank you for giving this gift to the world.

You probably already know this but the world sucks right now and honestly, books like Dear Martin make it a little better. I am glad people will walk into a bookstore and pick this book up (and I know, I am going to be pushing it at literally anyone. I already got someone to check out a copy!)

This year has been chock full of amazing books (one of the few things that don’t suck about this year) and Dear Martin still stands out because it is so…

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3 MORE books to add to your halloween TBR

Posted by on 10/24/2017 • 1 Comment

With Halloween a week away, I think we all gotta get in gear to read some horror books and watch some horror movies. I am a scardy-cat so I don’t read halloween-y books all the time and when I have horror recommendations, they are the same books regurgitated. That’s why, instead of resharing old recs, I am going to just keep the list short and recommend three books out this year that would be great for that Halloween TBR.

1. And Then There Were Four by Nancy Werlin

I did a Like/Try/Why for this book a while ago but if you’re too lazy to check it out (which, I feel so no hard feelings), AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR is a psychological thriller with turns to turn your head. Also,…

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