Monthly Archives:: April 2018

Saturday, April 28, 2018

Fresh Batch (April 29th – May 5th)

Posted by Giselle • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Royals
Rachel Hawkins
Series: Royals #1
Publication date: May 1st 2018
by Penguin Random House

Goodreads Purchase

Meet Daisy Winters. She’s an offbeat sixteen-year-old Floridian with mermaid-red hair; a part time job at a bootleg Walmart, and a perfect older sister who’s nearly engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland. Daisy has no desire to live in the spotlight, but relentless tabloid attention forces her to join Ellie at the relative seclusion of the castle across the pond.

While the dashing young Miles has been appointed to teach Daisy the ropes of being regal, the prince’s roguish younger brother kicks up scandal wherever he goes, and tries his best to take Daisy along for the ride. The crown–and the intriguing Miles–might be trying to make Daisy into a lady . . . but Daisy may just rewrite the royal rulebook to suit herself.

Other releases this week:
* In no particular order *

– Summer Constellations by Alisha Sevigny [Purchase]
– Whisper (Whisper #1) by Lynette Noni [Purchase]
– Dating Disasters of Emma Nash by Chloe Seager [Purchase]
– 9 Days and 9 Nights (99 Days #2) by Katie Cotugno[Purchase]

– Everywhere You Want to Be by Christina June [Purchase]
– A Date with Darcy (Bookish Boyfriends #1) by Tiffany Schmidt [Purchase]
– The Lies They Tell by Gillian French [Purchase]
– The Smoke Thieves (The Smoke Thieves #1) by Sally Green [Purchase]

– Brightly Burning by Alexa Donne [Purchase]
– Allied (Ruined #3) by Amy Tintera [Purchase]
– Ship It by Britta Lundin [Purchase]
– The Burning Maze (The Trials of Apollo #3) by Rick Riordan [Purchase]

– Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis ([Purchase]
– I Was Born For This by Alice Oseman [Purchase]
– The Outcast (Summoner #4) by Taran Matharu [Purchase]
– The Surface Breaks by Louise O’Neill [Purchase]

– A Court of Frost and Starlight (A Court of Thorns and Roses #3.1) by Sarah J. Maas [Purchase]
– Across the Dark Water (Riders of the Realm #1) by Jennifer Lynn Alvarez [Purchase]
– Fatal Throne [Purchase]
– If You Don’t Have Anything Nice to Say by Leila Sales [Purchase]

– How to Deal: Tarot for Everyday Life by Sami Main [Purchase]
– Bonesland by Brendan Lawley [Purchase]
– Blink by Sasha Dawn [Purchase]
– Tradition by Brendan Kiely [Purchase]

– August and Everything After by Jennifer Salvato Doktorski [Purchase]
– True Storm (True Born Trilogy #3) by L.E. Sterling [Purchase]
– The Dead Enders by Erin Saldin[Purchase]
– Deep Dark Blue: A Memoir of Survival by Polo Tate[Purchase]

– Unbreakable (Unblemished #3) by Sara Ella [Purchase]
– Missing at 17 by Christine Conradt [Purchase]
– Between Us by Clare Atkins [Purchase]
– Spies, Lies, and Allies by Lisa Brown Roberts [Purchase]

– Out of Left Field by Kris Hui Lee [Purchase]

What’s on your wishlist this week?

Find previous Fresh Batch posts here!

OTP Playlist: Trouble Never Sleeps by Stephanie Tromly

Posted by Rashika on 04/27/2018 • 1 Comment

Today, I am bringing to you a playlist that I think encompasses Digby and Zoe’s relationship. This was slightly harder than I thought because well… I started off with a song in mind and like the fool I am, I never wrote it down. This hindered my initial search because all I could think about was WHAT WAS THAT SONG. Anyway. So. The general vibe Zigby & Zoe give me is fun and banter so that’s the general vibe of this playlist as well. Enjoy!

About the Book About the Author

Stephanie Tromly was born in Manila, grew up in Hong Kong, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, and worked as a screenwriter in Los Angeles. She is currently on leave from her PhD program in English literature at the…

When Will Book 7 Be Out: After the Wedding by Courtney Milan

Posted by Rashika on 04/24/2018 • 0 Comments

It is no secret that I have been in a pretty big reading slump this month. I’ve mentioned it in a post or two and if you’re a frequent visitor, you’ve probably noticed that I haven’t posted a review in a while. It isn’t that a bad book or a really good one put me in a slump, it is that I haven’t really wanted to pick up a book and just keep on reading it until I finish. When After the Wedding landed in my inbox, I messaged my pal Lisa asking if she wanted to buddy-read since we had both been waiting for this book for what felt like a millenium. We got off to a rough start but soon, I literally couldn’t stop reading and maybe jumped…

Fresh Batch (April 22nd – 28th)

Posted by Giselle on 04/21/2018 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Sky in the Deep Adrienne Young Publication date: April 24th 2018by Wednesday Books

Goodreads Purchase

OND ELDR. BREATHE FIRE.

Raised to be a warrior, seventeen-year-old Eelyn fights alongside her Aska clansmen in an ancient rivalry against the Riki clan. Her life is brutal but simple: fight and survive. Until the day she sees the impossible on the battlefield—her brother, fighting with the enemy—the brother she watched die five years ago.

Faced with her brother’s betrayal, she must survive the winter in the mountains with the Riki, in a village where every neighbor is an enemy, every battle scar possibly one she delivered. But…

Fresh Batch (April 15th – 21st)

Posted by Giselle on 04/14/2018 • 0 Comments

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

Flavor of the week:

Suitors and Sabotage Cindy Anstey Publication date: April 17th 2018by Swoon Reads

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Shy aspiring artist Imogene Chively has just had a successful Season in London, complete with a suitor of her father’s approval. Imogene is ambivalent about the young gentleman until he comes to visit her at the Chively estate with his younger brother in tow. When her interest is piqued, however, it is for the wrong brother.

Charming Ben Steeple has a secret: despite being an architectural apprentice, he has no drawing aptitude. When Imogene offers to teach him, Ben is soon smitten by the young lady he considers his…

7 Books I’d Rescue If My House Was Burning Down

Posted by Rashika on 04/13/2018 • 7 Comments

UMMMMMM. So if you know me, you know I collect Melina Marchetta books but I don’t want this entire post to be about me saving my Marchetta books so I promise I’ll stick with just two. Also, S/O to Nick for helping me brainstorm this post.

1. My signed copy of American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang

Ummm, I’d never let this baby cherish in a fire. Gene Luen Yang has been a fav for over a decade and I was ecstatic when I finally got to meet him. I might have freaked him out a little.

2. My tattered copy of Esperanza Rising by Pam Ryan Muñoz

I usually like to claim this book as the first one I ever bought and there is a fun story behind…

The Summer of Jordi Perez and Rashika’s Favorite Burger Place

Posted by Rashika on 04/10/2018 • 3 Comments

The Summer of Jordi Perez was everything you can ask from for a summer-y read. Romance, friendship, identity and just a little bit of food-fun, Jordi Perez was truly a package. Also Jordi Perez is the name of the love interest and she was delightful as well.

I always complain about this because I am a whiny baby but it is SO HARD to express feelings in a review for a book you really really enjoyed and Jordi Perez is SUCH A FUN READ. I’ve had a really rough month and a half and have read almost no books this month but Jordi Perez cheered me up when I needed it.

Summer is not going how Abby Ives had thought it would. It’s the summer before senior year and all…