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Saturday, June 10, 2017

Fresh Batch (June 11th – 17th)

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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:

Bad Romance
Heather Demetrios
Publication date: June 13th 2017
by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

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Grace wants out. Out of her house, where her stepfather wields fear like a weapon and her mother makes her scrub imaginary dirt off the floors. Out of her California town, too small to contain her big city dreams. Out of her life, and into the role of Parisian artist, New York director—anything but scared and alone.

Enter Gavin: charming, talented, adored. Controlling. Dangerous. When Grace and Gavin fall in love, Grace is sure it’s too good to be true. She has no idea their relationship will become a prison she’s unable to escape.

Deeply affecting and unflinchingly honest, this is a story about spiraling into darkness—and emerging into the light again.

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *


– Roar (Stormheart #1) by Cora Carmack [Purchase]
– Down Among the Sticks and Bones (Wayward Children #2) by Seanan McGuire [Purchase]
– Want (Want #1) by Cindy Pon [Purchase]
– Midnight at the Electric by Jodi Lynn Anderson [Purchase]


– Obsidian and Stars (Ivory and Bone #2) by Julie Eshbaugh [Purchase]
– Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali [Purchase]
– Thief’s Cunning (Assassin’s Heart #2) by Sarah Ahiers [Purchase]
– Be True to Me by Adele Griffin [Purchase]


– The Leaf Reader by Emily Arsenault [Purchase]
– Our Dark Duet (Monsters of Verity #2) by Victoria Schwab [Purchase]
– The Fallen Kingdom (The Falconer #3) by Elizabeth May [Purchase]
– The Last Place You Look (Roxane Weary #1) by Kristen Lepionka [Purchase]


– Julia Defiant (Witch’s Child #2) by Catherine Egan [Purchase]
– The Unicorn Hunter by Rachel Kirkaldie [Purchase]
– Hell and High Water by Tanya Landman [Purchase]
– Little Wrecks by Meredith Miller [Purchase]


– Thirteen Mercies, Three Kills by Liv Olteano [Purchase]
– Summer Unscripted by Jen Klein [Purchase]
– The Circus by Olivia Levez [Purchase]
– An Uninterrupted View of the Sky by Melanie Crowder [Purchase]


– Beyond by Catina Haverlock & Angela Larkin [Purchase]
– The Suffering Tree by Elle Cosimano [Purchase]
– Soldier Boy by Keely Hutton [Purchase]
– Murder Among the Stars by Adam Shankman & Laura L. Sullivan [Purchase]


Anything catching your eye this week?

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Blog Tour: Like/Try/Why And Then There Were Four by Nancy Werlin

Posted by on 06/07/2017 • 5 Comments

Today Xpresso Reads is on the blog tour for AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR and I am going to be doing a round of Like/Try/Why. Lez goooo

Like Rocks Fall Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar –> Try And Then There Were Four by Nancy Werlin

Why: So ROCKS FALL, EVERYONE DIES is actually a very underrated title that needs more love so I am trying to push both books with this rec. Both books have families that cannot be trusted, secrets and psychological thriller vibes.

Like Mystic River by Dennis Lehane –> Try And Then There Were Four by Nancy Werlin

Why: MYSTIC RIVER is somewhat of a classic psychological thriller AND THEN THERE WERE FOUR has similar vibes complete with bizarre twists you didn’t really think would occur.

Like Pretty…

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Fresh Batch (June 4th – 10th)

Fresh Batch (June 4th – 10th)

Posted by on 06/03/2017 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Song of the Current Sarah Tolcser Series: Song of the Current #1 Publication date: June 6th 2017by Bloomsbury Childrens Books

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Caroline Oresteia is destined for the river. For generations, her family has been called by the river god, who has guided their wherries on countless voyages throughout the Riverlands. At seventeen, Caro has spent years listening to the water, ready to meet her fate. But the river god hasn’t spoken her name yet—and if he hasn’t by now, there’s a chance he never will.

Caro decides to take her future into her own hands when her father is arrested for…

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Author Interview: Sandhya Menon

Posted by on 06/02/2017 • 0 Comments

HELLO and welcome back to this fancy feature that Nick (Nick & Nereyda’s Infinite Booklist) and I are collaborating on! This month I am sharing an interview I did with Sandhya Menon! So PLEASE GIVE HER a virtual round of applause.

1. If Dimple and Rishi’s romance could be set to only one bollywood song, which one would it be?

Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai from Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi, definitely. 🙂

2. What is one book you think the world would just not be the same without?

Ahhh, really, just one?! Hmm…I guess I’d pick The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood.

3. If Dimple and Rishi were a food pairing, what would they be? (I AM JUST CURIOUS, OKAY)

Haha, this is an amazing question! I’d say…sea salt and…

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Blog Tour: Lemons by Melissa Savage

Posted by on 06/01/2017 • 1 Comment

Lemons is an unaccepted gem of a novel. It sounds all cutesy because on the surface it is about two kids searching for Bigfoot but really it is a novel about grief and family. Lemons is about redefining family, dealing with loss and also friendship (because the best ship is a friendship.)

Here are 5 reasons to read Lemons

1. Bigfoot. Whether or not you believe in Bigfoot, it is an interesting conspiracy theory and I love all the fun Melissa Savage clearly had with it. She has done her research and it shows in her writing.

2. Lem. I LOVE LEM and I love how complex her character is. I love that she isn’t just the ‘odd ball’ or a typical, displaced child trope. Lem manages to ‘fit’ in (and not in…

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Fresh Batch (May 28th – June 3rd)

Fresh Batch (May 28th – June 3rd)

Posted by on 05/27/2017 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Dark Breaks the Dawn Sara B. Larson Publication date: May 30th 2017by Scholastic Press

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On her eighteenth birthday, Princess Evelayn of Eadrolan, the Light Kingdom, can finally access the full range of her magical powers. The light looks brighter, the air is sharper, and the energy she can draw when fighting feels almost limitless.

But while her mother, the queen, remains busy at the war front, in the Dark Kingdom of Dorjhalon, the corrupt king is plotting. King Bain wants control of both kingdoms, and his plan will fling Evelayn onto the throne much sooner than she expected.

In order to…

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Non-Fic Recommendation Based on YA Fiction Favs

Posted by on 05/24/2017 • 3 Comments

I read mostly fiction but the ‘older’ I grow the more I find my reading tastes shifting. Over the past year, I’ve gone from never reading non fiction books to actually, actively seeking them out. I am still primarily a YA reader though so today, I decided to combine these two vastly different areas of the market and do a little recommendation post based on fav YA books!

If you like: Read:

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Fresh Batch (May 21st – 27th)

Fresh Batch (May 21st – 27th)

Posted by on 05/20/2017 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

In a Perfect World Trish Doller Publication date: May 23rd 2017by Simon Pulse

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Caroline Kelly is excited to be spending her summer vacation working at the local amusement park with her best friend, exploring weird Ohio with her boyfriend, and attending soccer camp with the hope she’ll be her team’s captain in the fall.

But when Caroline’s mother is hired to open an eye clinic in Cairo, Egypt, Caroline’s plans are upended. Caroline is now expected to spend her summer and her senior year in a foreign country, away from her friends, her home, and everything she’s ever known.

With…

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