Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Week of October 17

 Fairy Tales, horror, science fiction, and so much more to be found in this weeks 24 new books, and five reprints.  Happy Reading!

Gemina, book 2 of the Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Title: Gemina (The Illuminae Files Series #2), Author: Amie Kaufman  Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.
     The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault.
     Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy's most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.
     When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station's wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren’t just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia—and possibly the known universe—is in their hands.
     But relax. They've totally got this. They hope.
     Once again told through a compelling dossier of emails, IMs, classified files, transcripts, and schematics, Gemina raises the stakes of the Illuminae Files, hurling readers into an enthralling new story that will leave them breathless.
“Out-of-this-world awesome.” —Kirkus Reviews, Starred

What Light by Jay Asher

Title: What Light, Author: Jay AsherSierra's family runs a Christmas tree farm in Oregon—it's a bucolic setting for a girl to grow up in, except that every year, they pack up and move to California to set up their Christmas tree lot for the season. So Sierra lives two lives: her life in Oregon and her life at Christmas. And leaving one always means missing the other.
Until this particular Christmas, when Sierra meets Caleb, and one life eclipses the other.
By reputation, Caleb is not your perfect guy: years ago, he made an enormous mistake and has been paying for it ever since. But Sierra sees beyond Caleb's past and becomes determined to help him find forgiveness and, maybe, redemption. As disapproval, misconceptions, and suspicions swirl around them, Caleb and Sierra discover the one thing that transcends all else: true love.
What Light is a love story that's moving and life-affirming and completely unforgettable.
“What Light is a sweet, aching tale of first love and forgiveness. It's about second chances and learning to see others for who they really are. Sierra is only passing through town, as she and her family do every year, trying not to get too close to anyone, while Caleb needs to forgive himself for a single horrible act. As he says, everyone is allowed a bad day. But it's not until meeting Sierra that he truly believes it. I laughed, I cheered, I cried, and oh did I fall in love with Sierra, Caleb, and this exquisitely lovely story.” —Jennifer Niven, New York Times bestselling author of All the Bright Places


Also Releasing in Hardcover
Title: Rose & Thorn, Author: Sarah Prineas  Title: Useless Bay, Author: M. J. Beaufrand  Title: Extraordinary October, Author: Diana Wagman  Title: The Rains, Author: Gregg Hurwitz  Title: Shutter, Author: Laurie Faria Stolarz
 Title: Tattoo Atlas, Author: Tim Floreen  Title: Cloudwish, Author: Fiona Wood  Title: Royal Tour, Author: Amy Alward  Title: Messenger, Author: Carol Lynch Williams  Title: I'm Not Your Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Author: Gretchen McNeil 
 Title: Take Me Far Away, Author: Kemdi Ik  Title: Life Uploaded, Author: Sierra Furtado  Title: Saving Red, Author: Sonya Sones  Title: Turn the World Upside Down, Author: Nyrae Dawn  Title: The Emotionary: A Dictionary of Words That Don't Exist for Feelings That Do, Author: Eden Sher  


New in Paperback
 Title: Fury (Mercy Series #4), Author: Rebecca Lim Title: Outward Blonde, Author: Trish Cook  Title: Kiss Cam, Author: Kiara London  Title: No Holding Back, Author: Kate Evangelista  Title: Scarlet Moon, Author: S. D. Grimm 
 Title: Ethan, Author: Ryan Loveless  Title: River Traffic, Author: Martha Martin 

Former Hardcover and Reprints
Title: The Girl with the Wrong Name, Author: Barnabas Miller  Title: Willful Machines, Author: Tim Floreen  Title: Dead Investigation, Author: Charlie Price  Title: The Many Lives of John Stone, Author: Linda Buckley-Archer  Title: Get Lit Rising: Words Ignite. Claim Your Poem. Claim Your Life., Author: Diane Luby Lane 


Week of October 3

Already October is here- wow!  This week gives us 36 new books and 12 reprints, books with fantastic covers and some great reads...Happy Reading!

Goldenhand, book 5 of the Old Kingdom by Garth Nix

Title: Goldenhand, Author: Garth NixThe long-awaited fifth installment in Garth Nix’s New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series, for readers who enjoy series by Rae Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare.
Goldenhand takes place six months after the events of Abhorsen and follows the novella Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case, which is featured in Across the Wall.
Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has a new hand, one of gilded steel and Charter Magic. On a dangerous journey, Lirael returns to her childhood home, the Clayr’s Glacier, where she was once a Second Assistant Librarian. There, a young woman from the distant North brings her a message from her long-dead mother, Arielle. It is a warning about the Witch with No Face. But who is the Witch, and what is she planning? Lirael must use her new powers to save the Old Kingdom from this great danger—and it must be forestalled not only in the living world but also in the cold, remorseless river of Death.


Holding Up the Universe, by Jennifer Niven

Title: Holding Up the Universe, Author: Jennifer NivenEveryone thinks they know Libby Strout, the girl once dubbed “America’s Fattest Teen.” But no one’s taken the time to look past her weight to get to know who she really is. Following her mom’s death, she’s been picking up the pieces in the privacy of her home, dealing with her heartbroken father and her own grief. Now, Libby’s ready: for high school, for new friends, for love, and for EVERY POSSIBILITY LIFE HAS TO OFFER. In that moment, I know the part I want to play here at MVB High. I want to be the girl who can do anything. 
Everyone thinks they know Jack Masselin, too. Yes, he’s got swagger, but he’s also mastered the impossible art of giving people what they want, of fitting in. What no one knows is that Jack has a newly acquired secret: he can’t recognize faces. Even his own brothers are strangers to him. He’s the guy who can re-engineer and rebuild anything in new and bad-ass ways, but he can’t understand what’s going on with the inner workings of his brain. So he tells himself to play it cool: Be charming. Be hilarious. Don’t get too close to anyone.
Until he meets Libby. When the two get tangled up in a cruel high school game—which lands them in group counseling and community service—Libby and Jack are both pissed, and then surprised. Because the more time they spend together, the less alone they feel. . . . Because sometimes when you meet someone, it changes the world, theirs and yours.
Jennifer Niven delivers another poignant, exhilarating love story about finding that person who sees you for who you are—and seeing them right back.
"Want a love story that will give you all the feels? . . . You'll seriously melt!" Seventeen Magazine

Everyone We've Been by Sarah Everett

Title: Everyone We've Been, Author: Sarah Everett Addison Sullivan has been in an accident. In its aftermath, she has memory lapses and starts talking to a boy who keeps disappearing. She's afraid she's going crazy, and the worried looks on her family's and friends' faces aren't helping.
Addie takes drastic measures to fill in the blanks and visits the Overton Clinic. But there she unwittingly discovers it is not her first visit. And when she presses, she finds out that she had certain memories erased.
Flooded with questions about the past, Addison confronts the choices she can't even remember and wonders if you can possibly know the person you're becoming if you don't know the person you've been.
"Addictive, charming, and full of surprises, Everyone We've Been is a gorgeously written novel about our mistakes and how we recover from them."  --Adi Alsaid, author of LET'S GET LOST and NEVER ALWAYS SOMETIMES

Also Releasing in Hardcover

 Title: Aerie, Author: Maria Dahvana Headley  Title: Our Chemical Hearts, Author: Krystal Sutherland  Title: Remember Yesterday (Forget Tomorrow Series #2), Author: Pintip Dunn  Title: Something in Between, Author: Melissa de la Cruz  Title: Nemesis, Author: Anna Banks 
Title: The Black Key, Author: Amy Ewing  Title: Brigands M.C., Author: Robert Muchamore  Title: We Know It Was You, Author: Maggie Thrash  Title: Way Down Dark, Author: J.P. Smythe  Title: The Lovely Reckless, Author: Kami Garcia 
 Title: Children of Eden, Author: Joey Graceffa    Title: Lost Stars, Author: Lisa Selin Davis  Title: Ashes (Seeds of America Trilogy Series), Author: Laurie Halse Anderson  Title: Secrets in the Snow: A Novel of Intrigue and Romance, Author: Michaela MacColl  Title: Spare and Found Parts, Author: Sarah Maria Griffin   
Title: Girls Like Me, Author: Lola StVil  Title: Look Past, Author: Eric Devine  Title: Last Seen Leaving, Author: Caleb Roehrig  Title: Wrecked, Author: Maria Padian  Title: Transcendent, Author: Katelyn Detweiler  
 Title: When the Moon Was Ours, Author: Anna-Marie McLemore  Title: This Adventure Ends, Author: Emma Mills  Title: Replica, Author: Lauren Oliver  Title: Live Original Devotional (Signed Book), Author: Sadie Robertson  

New in Paperback

 Title: One Was Lost, Author: Natalie Richards  Title: Robyn Hood: Outlaw Princess, Author: John Reynolds  Title: Clanless, Author: Jennifer Jenkins  Title: The Glass Republic (Skyscraper Throne Series #2), Author: Tom Pollock  Title: Enough, Author: Mary Payne  
 Title: Spindle, Author: Shonna Slayton  Title: Concealed, Author: Christina Bauer  Title: Wraith Queen's Veil, Author: Lou Hoffmann  Title: My Demon's Name is Ed, Author: Danah Khalil 

Former Hardcovers and Reprints

 Title: Spinning Starlight, Author: R. C. Lewis  Title: Manners & Mutiny (Finishing School Series #4), Author: Gail Carriger  Title: Dark Tide (Waterfire Saga Series #3), Author: Jennifer Donnelly  Title: Wolf by Wolf, Author: Ryan Graudin  Title: Game Over, Author: Andrew Klavan  
 Title: The General, Author: Robert Muchamore  Title: King Dork Approximately, Author: Frank Portman  Title: First & Then, Author: Emma Mills  Title: Alight (Generations Trilogy Series #2), Author: Scott Sigler    Title: The Doubt Factory, Author: Paolo Bacigalupi 
Title: Hotel for the Lost, Author: Suzanne Young  Title: The Detour, Author: S. A. Bodeen