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Saturday, September 03, 2016

Fresh Batch (September 4th – 10th)

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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:

Empire of Storms
Sarah J. Maas
Series: Throne of Glass #5
Publication date: September 6th 2016
by Bloomsbury USA Childrens

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The long path to the throne has only just begun for Aelin Galathynius. Loyalties have been broken and bought, friends have been lost and gained, and those who possess magic find themselves at odds with those don’t.

As the kingdoms of Erilea fracture around her, enemies must become allies if Aelin is to keep those she loves from falling to the dark forces poised to claim her world. With war looming on all horizons, the only chance for salvation lies in a desperate quest that may mark the end of everything Aelin holds dear.

Aelin’s journey from assassin to queen has entranced millions across the globe, and this fifth installment will leave fans breathless. Will Aelin succeed in keeping her world from splintering, or will it all come crashing down?

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *


– Girl Mans Up by M-E Girard [Purchase]
– Short Stories from Hogwarts of Power, Politics and Pesky Poltergeists (Pottermore Presents #1) by J.K. Rowling [Purchase]
– Short Stories from Hogwarts of Heroism, Hardship and Dangerous Hobbies (Pottermore Presents #2) by J.K. Rowling [Purchase]
– Hogwarts: An Incomplete and Unreliable Guide (Pottermore Presents #3) by J.K. Rowling [Purchase]


– The Protector by Jodi Ellen Malpas [Purchase]
– As I Descended by Robin Talley [Purchase]
– The Memory of Things by Gae Polisner [Purchase]
– Fighting to Be Free (Fighting to Be Free #1) by Kirsty Moseley [Purchase]


– And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich [Purchase]
– Elite (Hunter #2) by Mercedes Lackey [Purchase]
– Labyrinth Lost (Brooklyn Brujas #1) by Zoraida Córdova [Purchase]
– How to Make Out by Brianna Shrum [Purchase]


– The Cabin by Natasha Preston [Purchase]
– The Replacement Crush by Lisa Brown Roberts [Purchase]
– As Old as Time (Twisted Tales #3) by Liz Braswell [Purchase]
– The Possibility of Somewhere by Julia Day [Purchase]


– Not Your Sidekick by C.B. Lee [Purchase]
– Jack & Jack: You Don’t Know Jacks by Jack Johnson & Jack Gilinsky [Purchase]
– Olivia Decoded (Olivia Twisted #2) by Vivi Barnes [Purchase]
– Running With the Pack by A.M. Burns & Caitlin Ricci [Purchase]


– Sometimes We Tell the Truth by Kim Zarins [Purchase]
– Diplomatic Immunity by Brodi Ashton [Purchase]
– The Graces (The Graces #1) by Laure Eve [Purchase]
– Fatal Green (Dimensions in Death #3) by The Brothers Washburn [Purchase]


– A Torch Against the Night (An Ember in the Ashes #2) by Sabaa Tahir [Purchase]
– Gutless by Carl Deuker [Purchase]
– Someone I Wanted to Be by Aurelia Wills [Purchase]
– The Ones (The Ones #1) by Daniel Sweren-Becker [Purchase]


– Lucy and Linh by Alice Pung [Purchase]
– It Looks Like This by Rafi Mittlefehldt [Purchase]
– Wirewalker by Mary Lou Hall [Purchase]
– Irreversible by Chris Lynch [Purchase]


– Once, in a Town Called Moth by Trilby Kent [Purchase]


What are you excited for this week?

 

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Review: The Boy is Back by Meg Cabot

Posted by on 09/01/2016 • 8 Comments

Earlier this year, Remembrance came out – an adult add-on to one of my favorite series growing up – and I was d.i.s.a.p.p.o.i.n.t.e.d. I had come to expect so much from Meg Cabot but the book failed to deliver and I was filled with sadness. But when I heard about The Boy is Back, I was pumped and ready to dive into the book. Fortunately, The Boy is Back is as amazing as a Cabot book should be and filled with all the sugary goodness that makes me squeal with delight.  

I am trash for good second chance romance novels and even though it was Meg Cabot,  I was a little vary because I hate the second chance romances where two people were in love in HS and 10 years later,…

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If Book Titles Were Literal

Posted by on 08/30/2016 • 16 Comments

Book Titles. They have the power to be enticing but also confusing… Sometimes they have something to do with the book and other times they are just a metaphor. What if book titles were literal? What if the book title was an accurate representation of what would be inside the book? I am going to reconstruct synopsises (IDK THE PLURAL okay?) of some books by taking their titles literally.

1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

The night sky has fascinated many brilliant minds across the centuries but a recent study found that the stars in our night sky aren’t perfect. They have faults, are broken and all of them might explode into supernovas at any given point. What does this mean for the fragile life on Earth? Do…

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Fresh Batch (August 28th – September 3rd)

Fresh Batch (August 28th – September 3rd)

Posted by on 08/27/2016 • 1 Comment

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

Flavor of the week:

Furthermore Tahereh Mafi Publication date: August 30th 2016by Dutton Books for Young Readers

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The bestselling author of the Shatter Me series takes readers beyond the limits of their imagination in this captivating new middle grade adventure where color is currency, adventure is inevitable, and friendship is found in the most unexpected places.

There are only three things that matter to twelve-year-old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow: Mother, who wouldn’t miss her; magic and color, which seem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her. The day Father disappears from Ferenwood he takes nothing but a ruler with him. But it’s been…

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Epic Cover Battles #11: Bad Book Covers Edition

Posted by on 08/26/2016 • 8 Comments

Okay so there are so many pretty covers out there, so many mediocre ones and so many bad ones. This round of Epic Cover Wars is dedicated to the BAD BOOK COVERS because nothing makes a bookworm cringe and reluctant to pick a book up like a bad cover. The more amusing part about this edition is that 2/3 books I’ve chosen are actually traditionally published so I cannot imagine what possessed the publishers to slap on the covers they did onto these books. Here goess!

May the worst book cover win (???)

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5 Reasons Why You Should Read Vicarious by Paula Stokes

Posted by on 08/24/2016 • 6 Comments

If you read Paula Stokes’ guest post on the blog the other day, you’ll know that it is not secret that she is a talented writer but Vicarious blows that out of the water. Liars, Inc. was the last thriller she wrote and one I rated 4.5 stars because of how amazing it but Vicarious is EVEN better and kept me EVEN more at the edge of my seat and holy crap the climax of this novel almost killed me. 

5 Reasons Why You Should Read Vicarious

1. The main character. Stokes’ always writes great characters and this book is no exception. Winter is a complex character with a backstory that will make you want to shelter her from the world. Winter is BADASS but her past has left a…

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Writing Outside My Perspective with Paula Stokes

Posted by on 08/22/2016 • 0 Comments

I am a huge fan of Paula (because she is an amazing human being) and her books (because they are fabulously crafted pieces of works) so when I was asked to participate in the blog tour, I was elated. Vicarious  was one of my most anticipated books of the year and it lived up to all my expectations even if there was a whole lot of heartbreak. . Today, I have Paula on the blog with a well-written and thoughtful guest post that I hope you’ll enjoy as much as I did.

Writing Outside  My Perspective: Maintaining Authenticity and Respect; Balancing Cultural Information with Pacing/Storyline Needs

I wanted to portray my characters and their cultures authentically and respectfully, but for me that did not mean I had to paint any culture…

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Fresh Batch (August 21st – 27th)

Fresh Batch (August 21st – 27th)

Posted by on 08/20/2016 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Spontaneous Aaron Starmer Publication date: August 23rd 2016by Dutton Books for Young Readers

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“Katelyn Ogden was a lot of things, but she wasn’t particularly explosive, in any sense of the word.”

Mara Carlyle’s senior year at Covington High in suburban New Jersey is going on as normally as could be expected, until the day—wa-bam!—fellow senior Katelyn Ogden explodes during third period pre-calc. Katelyn is the first, but she won’t be the last senior to spontaneously combust without warning or explanation. The body count grows and the search is on for a reason—Terrorism! Drugs! Homosexuality! Government conspiracy!—while the seniors continue to…

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