I stalked up again, so I am linking up with Tynga @ Tynga's Reviews!
Thanks Liberty Bay Books!
First up we have Between The Spark and The Burn by April Genevieve Toucholke! I am SO excited about this one! I LOVED Between The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea (see my review here)! I thought it was kind of funny that I'd find the "conclusion" to it in the same place and about the same time as I found the first one. If you don't know the story here is the deal, almost a year ago (August 8th) I "partnered up" with my local book store Liberty Bay Books and was given access to their boxes of ARC and Galleys. On my first time digging through I found a copy of BTDaTDBS (sorry it was just way to long to keep doing this) and I kind of freaked out because I had been waiting to read it for over a year. Now as I approach my "partnerversary" with Liberty Bay Books I decided to dig through the boxes again and I just happen to find the conclusion to BTDaTDBS, which I didn't even know existed until that moment. It comes out next month and I am so flippin' excited to crack it open and devour it whole, and of course share with you guys what I thought of it all!
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Next in my stack is a new release by Emily Lloyd-Jones titled Illusive! I'm not sure what I'll think of this one, but it sounds interesting. It is supposedly, " The X-Men meets Ocean's Eleven" and who could resist something with a premise like that? I'm excited mostly because it is something new. I don't read a whole lot of super hero/criminal stories and I hope this one will be everything I want it to be.
Cait- When I picked this up and read the back I totally thought, "This sounds like something Cait would read/like..." and just know I went to get the Gooodreads link for it and saw that you have it on your TBR. I don't know how to feel about this...also, the thought mentioned above may have been a deciding factor in picking this up...
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Inland by Kat Rosenfield caught my attention because it was described as, "The psychological labyrinth of a young woman’s insidious connection to the sea..." I don't know if you guys know this about me, but I LOVE psychology and am looking into majoring or minoring in it come college and eventually incorporating it in to what ever career I choose. So naturally this one caught my attention. I'm really interested in the concept, but I'm not sure how it's going to go down.
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Where The Rock Splits The Sky by Philip Webb came out in March, but it sounded...interesting and different. To be honest I had NO idea what it was about when I picked it out. There was no synopsis on the ARC copy, only an excerpt about gold in eyes, but I chose to pick it up nonetheless, so I'm curious to see what it is really all about. (Yes I read the Goodreads synopsis, but still...sometimes the synopsis doesn't prepare you for what you read...)
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Last but not least, we have Period 8 by Chris Crutcher. This book promised me raw emotion, issues with ethics, thrill, and controversy, all of my favorite things. The synopsis however makes it seem like it has a lot of potential take a head dive in the other direction. I'm feeling conflicted about reading it...and yeah the cover might have played a small part in the decision (of whether or not to pick it)...I mean look at it! Can you blame me?
(Yes that is a girl in the water. What were you looking at?)
What did you guys get this week?
Well, OF COURSE, I voted for Illusive. (Also: you totally made me giggle just talking to me like straight in your post. OMG I FEEL LIKE VERY, VERY SPECIAL.) And I tooootally want to read your review of Illusive because I've actually only read low-star rating reviews for it and that scares me because X-Men meets Ocean's Eleven (coincidentally two of my most favourite movies) are like HUGE shoes to fill. I still am mostly definitely wanting to try it.
ReplyDeleteI still haven't read Between The Devil and...etc. I WANT TO THOUGH. I kind of love that title, but gosh, it's a heck of a job to type it all out. xD
Of course! ;) You should feel special! You are very special! Oh yeah I know! Well we shall see! Crossing my fingers! Thats part of why I dont like it when books are advertized as being like other movies or books.
DeleteYou should read it's good! Ugh I know but I love the title. Oh my goodness I know.
Oh my gosh I got Unhinged!