Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Shelf Cravings {30}





Welcome to Shelf Cravings, a weekly dish on all things books- new releases, coming soon, just discovered and dying to read, its all here....this week Im excited for...



~Coming Soon~




Never Enough by Denise Jaden

July 2012 by Simon Pulse

Loann’s always wanted to be popular and pretty like her sister, Claire. So when Claire’s ex-boyfriend starts flirting with her, Loann is willing to do whatever it takes to feel special…even if that means betraying her sister.


But as Loann slips inside Claire’s world, she discovers that everything is not as it seems. Claire’s quest for perfection is all-consuming, and comes at a dangerous price. As Claire increasingly withdraws from friends and family, Loann struggles to understand her and make amends. Can she heal their relationship—and her sister—before it’s too late.








Stolen Away by Alyxandra Harvey
January 2012 by Walker

For seventeen years, Eloise Hart had no idea the world of Faery even existed. Now she has been abducted and trapped in the Rath of Lord Strahan, King of Faery. Strahan was only meant to rule for seven years, as Faery tradition dictates, and then give up his crown to another. But he won't comply, and now chaos threatens both worlds.


The only one who can break his stranglehold on the Faery court is his wife. . . Eloise's aunt Antonia. Using Eloise to lure Antonia, Strahan captures his wife, desperate to end the only threat to his reign. Now Eloise must become the rescuer. Together with her best friends Jo and Devin, she must forge alliances with other Fae, including a gorgeous protector named Lucas, and Strahan's mysterious son, Eldric-who may or may not betray them.






 

Forbidden by Syrie and Ryan James
January 24, 2012 by HarperTeen


Alec MacKenzie is fed up with his duties to watch and, when necessary, eliminate the descendants of his angelic forefathers. He chose Emerson Academy as the ideal hiding place where he could escape and be normal for once. He hadn't factored Claire Brennan into his plans...Their love is forbidden, going against everything Alec has been taught to believe. But when the threat to Claire's life becomes clear, how far will Alec go to protect her?





 
 

Hide and Seek by Jeff Struecker and Alton Gansky

July 2012 by B&H Publishing

{Thanks for the heads up Relz}

 
Amelia Lennon no longer wears a uniform or carries a weapon. An Army trained Foreign Affairs Officer, she’s negotiating a dispute with the Kyrgyzstan government that threatens to leave the U.S. without an airbase in that region. She traded her gun for the power of words, but now she needs both. While following her government contact - Jildiz Oskonbaeva, the lawyer daughter of Kyrgyzstan’s president - Amelia witnesses an attempt to abduct her. She manages to prevent the kidnapping, but now the two women are on the run in a city that’s erupting into chaos.

Master Sergeant J.J. Bartley is the Special Operations team leader tasked to rescue Amelia and Jildiz. With two new members in his unit - one with a secret that could endanger everyone’s life - J.J. must soldier his unit through crazed mobs intent on overthrowing the government. Back home, his pregnant wife is misinformed that her husband and the team have been killed. But before this is over, Bartley will find out that’s the least of his problems.

 
 
~Just Released~


 
The Kingdom of Childhood by Rebecca Coleman

October 4, 2011 by Mira Books



The Kingdom of Childhood is the story of a boy and a woman; sixteen-year-old Zach Patterson, uprooted and struggling to reconcile his knowledge of his mother's extramarital affair, and Judy McFarland, a kindergarten teacher watching her family unravel before her eyes. Thrown together to organize a fundraiser for their failing private school and bonded by loneliness, they begin an affair that at first thrills, then corrupts each of them. Judy sees in Zachthe elements of a young man she loved as a child, but what Zach does not realize is that their relationship is, for Judy, only the latest in a lifetime of disturbing secrets.





~Just Discovered~




The Radleys by Matt Haig
June 7, 2011 by Simon and Schuster






Just about everyone knows a family like the Radleys. Many of us grew up next door to one. They are a modern family, averagely content, averagely dysfunctional, living in a staid and quiet suburban English town. Peter is an overworked doctor whose wife, Helen, has become increasingly remote and uncommunicative. Rowan, their teenage son, is being bullied at school, and their anemic daughter, Clara, has recently become a vegan. They are typical, that is, save for one devastating exception: Peter and Helen are vampires and have—for seventeen years—been abstaining by choice from a life of chasing blood in the hope that their children could live normal lives.


One night, Clara finds herself driven to commit a shocking—and disturbingly satisfying—act of violence, and her parents are forced to explain their history of shadows and lies. A police investigation is launched that uncovers a richness of vampire history heretofore unknown to the general public. And when the malevolent and alluring Uncle Will, a practicing vampire, arrives to throw the police off Clara’s trail, he winds up throwing the whole house into temptation and turmoil and unleashing a host of dark secrets that threaten the Radleys’ marriage.  



 Look at all those beautiful covers....they look like friends I want to invite over for tea and cake. I cant wait to read Denise Jadens Never Enough, get the good on the Radleys, escape to a fairy world with Eliose, watch tragic love and meet these women on the run...
 
Hide and Seek has a great trailer, I like the music and the whole movie feel it has. 




 
 **PS- on another note Ive had a handful of people ask if I would make Shelf Cravings a meme. What do you guys think? Is this something you would like to see or participate in?



8 comments:

  1. Juju at Tales of Whimsy.comOctober 18, 2011 at 8:15 AM

    FAB stack. Thanks for bringing these to my attention. They are all new to me :)

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  2. I've had "The Radleys" on my tbr pile for quite some time. It sounds really interesting.

    p.s. I think it would be a fun meme. I always learn about new titles from you, Tina. :)

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  3. thelibrarianreadsOctober 18, 2011 at 12:18 PM

    Stolen away and Forbidden have such pretty covers! Maybe I need a new faery book since finishing the iron fey...

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  4. I love book trailers that look like movies. That's a really good one. Very mysterious.

    I read the Radleys. It's pretty good. I really like the new cover for it. And I totally want Forbidden just because of the gorgeous cover!

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  5. Jacinda (The Reading Housewives)October 19, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Never Enough added to the TBR...I missed that one, I don't pay enough attention to Goodreads.

    "Syrie and Ryan James"-are they married? related? or just have a common last name that they share? I need to Google.

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  6. Bookish BrunetteOctober 19, 2011 at 8:07 PM

    Oooh I'd never heard of Stolen Away!!! Brunette needs this now!!!

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  7. mrs_laura_koehlerOctober 21, 2011 at 1:02 PM

    Wow some great books I haven't heard about. Totally adding a bunch to my TBR :)

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  8. Jen (In the Closet With a Bibliophile)October 21, 2011 at 6:09 PM

    Maybe if we have a party and invite them, they'll come. That would be a pretty rockin' party!

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