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Saturday, June 04, 2016

Fresh Batch (June 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:

My Lady Jane
Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows
Publication date: June 7th 2016
by HarperTeen

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The comical, fantastical, romantical, (not) entirely true story of Lady Jane Grey. In My Lady Jane, coauthors Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, and Jodi Meadows have created a one-of-a-kind fantasy in the tradition of The Princess Bride, featuring a reluctant king, an even more reluctant queen, a noble steed, and only a passing resemblance to actual history—because sometimes history needs a little help.

At sixteen, Lady Jane Grey is about to be married off to a stranger and caught up in a conspiracy to rob her cousin, King Edward, of his throne. But those trifling problems aren’t for Jane to worry about. Jane gets to be Queen of England.

 

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *


– You Know Me Well by Nina LaCour & David Levithan [Purchase]
– Ivory and Bone (Ivory and Bone #1) by Julie Eshbaugh [Purchase]
– The Loose Ends List by Carrie Firestone [Purchase]
– The Marked Girl (Marked Girl #1) by Lindsey Klingele [Purchase]


– The Leaving by Tara Altebrando [Purchase]
– With Malice by Eileen Cook [Purchase]
– The Museum of Heartbreak by Meg Leder [Purchase]
– How It Ends by Catherine Lo [Purchase]


– The Long Game (The Fixer #2) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes [Purchase]
– The Way to Game the Walk of Shame by Jenn P. Nguyen [Purchase]
– Tumbling by Caela Carter [Purchase]
– White-Hot Hack (Kate and Ian #2) by Tracey Garvis-Graves [Purchase]


– Ink and Bone by Lisa Unger [Purchase]
– Idol (VIP #1) by Kristen Callihan [Purchase]
– Coast (Kick Push #2) by Jay McLean [Purchase]
– Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee [Purchase]


– Struck from the Record (Record #4) by K.A. Linde [Purchase]
– American Girls by Alison Umminger [Purchase]
– True Letters from a Fictional Life by Kenneth Logan [Purchase]
– Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies by Lindsay Ribar [Purchase]


– Unbreak My Heart by Nicole Jacquelyn [Purchase]
– Relentless (The Hero Agenda #2) by Tera Lynn Childs and Tracy Deebs [Purchase]
– The Cresswell Plot by Eliza Wass [Purchase]
– Every Single Second by Tricia Springstubb [Purchase]


– Last Call at the Nightshade Lounge: A Novel by Paul Krueger [Purchase]
– Julia Vanishes (Witch’s Child #1) by Catherine Egan [Purchase]
– Break Me Like a Promise (Once Upon a Crime Family #2) by Tiffany Schmidt[Purchase]
– All the Feels by Danika Stone ([Purchase]


– What Happens Now by Jennifer Castle [Purchase]
– 738 Days by Stacey Kade[Purchase]
– Magruder’s Curiosity Cabinet by H.P. Wood [Purchase]
– End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy #3) by Stephen King [Purchase]


– Being Jazz: My Life as a (Transgender) Teen by Jazz Jennings [Purchase]
– One Paris Summer by Denise Grover Swank [Purchase]
– The Flip Side by Shawn Johnson [Purchase]
– Lotus and Thorn by Sara Wilson Etienne [Purchase]


– Misunderstood: Why the Humble Rat May Be Your Best Pet Ever by Rachel Toor [Purchase]
– The Sound of Us by Julie Hammerle [Purchase]
– Goldfish by Nat Luurtsema [Purchase]
– Break Me Like a Promise (Once Upon a Crime Family #2) by Tiffany Schmidt [Purchase]


What are you excited for this week?

 

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Review: Suffer Love by Ashley Herring Blake

Posted by on 06/02/2016 • 3 Comments

I read this book a while ago, but have been totally slacking on actually writing reviews. I’m sure that you all have noticed. I am going to try to do my best with this since I get hazy on details if I wait to long. I really did like the characters, and I thought they had good chemistry. I haven’t been reading a whole lot lately, but I have been really into contemporary novels and this one was one I did enjoy.

Hadley is a bit of a rough character. Her father cheated on her mom, but they are still together, but it’s not really a happy place. Her mother tries to make her father as annoyed an uncomfortable as possible, and he tries to act like it’s all okay….

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Fresh Batch (May 29th – June 4th)

Fresh Batch (May 29th – June 4th)

Posted by on 05/28/2016 • 3 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Wanderlost Jen Malone Publication date: May 31st 2016by HarperTeen

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Not all those who wander are lost, but Aubree Sadler most definitely is on this novel’s whirlwind trip through Europe.

Aubree can’t think of a better place to be than in perfectly boring Ohio, and she’s ready for a relaxing summer. But when her older sister, Elizabeth, gets into real trouble, Aubree is talked into taking over Elizabeth’s summer job, leading a group of senior citizens on a bus tour through Europe.

Aubree doesn’t even make it to the first stop in Amsterdam before their perfect plan unravels, leaving her with no…

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Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang

Posted by on 05/24/2016 • 1 Comment

Things to know about Secret Coders by Gene Luen Yang

1. It’s for a much younger audience. I didn’t realize this at first but while I was reading it, it become clear that I was not the intended audience of Secret Coders. This didn’t mean that I didn’t enjoy the graphic novel, it just meant that it took me longer to get involved in the novel.

2. It isn’t just about coding and computer science-y stuff. If that isn’t your thing, don’t worry. It isn’t my thing either but I definitely enjoyed Secret Coders. There is a mystery element that makes itself known towards the end of the novel and that is what tied the knot for me. I want more Secret Coders because I needs to know the answers.

3. The illustrations are AMAZING. They…

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Fresh Batch (May 22nd – 28th)

Fresh Batch (May 22nd – 28th)

Posted by on 05/21/2016 • 2 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Outrun the Moon Stacey Lee Publication date: May 24th 2016by G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers

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San Francisco, 1906: Fifteen-year-old Mercy Wong is determined to break from the poverty in Chinatown, and an education at St. Clare’s School for Girls is her best hope. Although St. Clare’s is off-limits to all but the wealthiest white girls, Mercy gains admittance through a mix of cunning and a little bribery, only to discover that getting in was the easiest part. Not to be undone by a bunch of spoiled heiresses, Mercy stands strong—until disaster strikes.

On April 18, an historic earthquake rocks San Francisco,…

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Blog Tour: NIL On Fire – Guest Post

Posted by on 05/19/2016 • 1 Comment

Hello everyone!! I am part of the NIL on Fire blog tour and I have a great guest post from Lynne today! I really wanted to post my review with this, but I have had a lot of stuff going on lately and so I did not get to read it.  I definitely will be soon though and will post my review at that point.  Anyways, Lynne has given us a fabulous list of books to read if you liked NIL.

Top Five Books to Read if You Liked NIL

 

I ADORE THIS QUESTION!

 

I LOVE to read, and I devour books like chocolate. I’ve got weak spot for fantasy, but I love sci-fi, contemporary, thrillers, and more. Basically…

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Fresh Batch (May 15th – 21st)

Fresh Batch (May 15th – 21st)

Posted by on 05/14/2016 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Places No One Knows Brenna Yovanoff Publication date: May 17th 2016by Delacorte

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Waverly Camdenmar spends her nights running until she can’t even think. Then the sun comes up, life goes on, and Waverly goes back to her perfectly hateful best friend, her perfectly dull classes, and the tiny, nagging suspicion that there’s more to life than student council and GPAs.

Marshall Holt is a loser. He drinks on school nights and gets stoned in the park. He is at risk of not graduating, he does not care, he is no one. He is not even close to being in Waverly’s world.

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Epic Cover Battles #5: Sandy Hall Edition

Posted by on 05/11/2016 • 4 Comments

As a self proclaimed cover-whore, I enjoy judging books by their covers. I’ve noticed that when authors publish books through one publishing house, their covers are usually coordinated in ways that distinguish their books from other books. So this time for Cover Wars, I decided to battle out a single author’s covers. So go forth and choose your favorite Sandy Hall book-cover!

 

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