Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Shelf Cravings {33}




Welcome to Shelf Cravings, a weekly dish on things book. New Releases, coming soon, just discovered and finds for the Nook. This week Im excited for......

~Coming Soon~




I've got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella
February 2012 by Dial Press


I've lost it. The only thing in the world I wasn't supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It’s been in Magnus’s family for three generations. And now the very same day his parents are coming, I've lost it. The very same day! Do not hyperventilate, Poppy. Stay positive.

Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her “happily ever after” begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen. As she paces shakily around the lobby, she spots an abandoned phone in a trash can. Finders keepers! Now she can leave a number for the hotel to contact her when they find her ring. Perfect!

Well, perfect except that the phone’s owner, businessman Sam Roxton, doesn’t agree. He wants his phone back and doesn’t appreciate Poppy reading his messages and wading into his personal life.What ensues is a hilarious and unpredictable turn of events as Poppy and Sam increasingly upend each other’s lives through emails and text messages. As Poppy juggles wedding preparations, mysterious phone calls, and hiding her left hand from Magnus and his parents . . . she soon realizes that she is in for the biggest surprise of her life.




Illuminate by Aimee Agresti
March 2012 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt


Haven Terra is a brainy, shy high school outcast. But everything begins to change when she turns sixteen. Along with her best friend Dante and their quiet and brilliant classmate Lance, she is awarded a prestigious internship in the big city— Chicago—and is sent to live and work at a swanky and stylish hotel under the watchful eyes of a group of gorgeous and shockingly young-looking strangers: powerful and alluring hotel owner Aurelia Brown; her second-in-command, the dashing Lucian Grove; and their stunning but aloof staff of glamazons called The Outfit. As Haven begins falling for Lucian, she discovers that these beautiful people are not quite what they seem. With the help of a mysterious book, she uncovers a network of secret passageways from the hotel’s jazz-age past that leads her to the heart of the evil agenda of Aurelia and company: they’re in the business of buying souls. Will they succeed in wooing Haven to join them in their recruitment efforts, or will she be able to thwart this devilish set’s plans to take the souls of her classmates on prom night at the hotel?




Inescapable by Nancy Mehl
July 2012 by Bethany House



Lizzie Engel is used to running away. At eighteen, she left her Mennonite hometown, her family, and her faith with plans never to return. Five years later, Lizzie finds she'll have to run again. False accusations at her job, a stalker, and a string of anonymous threatening letters have left her with no other options. This time, however, her escape is back to Kingdom, her hometown.

As Lizzie becomes reacquainted with Kingdom, she realizes she may not have left her Mennonite roots and her faith as firmly in the past as she thought. She draws on the support of Noah Housler, an old friend, as she hides out and attempts to plan her next steps. When it becomes painfully clear that the danger has followed Lizzie to Kingdom, suspicions and tensions run high, and she no longer knows who to trust. With her life and the lives of those she loves at risk, Lizzie will have to run one last time--to a Father whose love is inescapable.




Hollow by Richard Denney
May 8, 2012 by Createspace

Welcome to the house of Hollow.

In a dystopian future, sixteen year old Leah Munro has been sold to a rich woman in a crippling mansion. Soon Leah discovers that there is something mysterious going on around the home, and with the help of three other girls, she attempts to uncover what is truly happening... what lies beyond all of the plexiglass windows and the hideous screams in the middle of the night? Leah will soon find out.




~Just Discovered~




The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
April 4, 2011 by Bloomsbury


She doesn't really know who she is or what she wants... 
Corinna is a Folk Keeper. Her job is to keep the mysterious Folk who live beneath the ground at bay. But Corinna has a secret that even she doesn't fully comprehend, until she agrees to serve as Folk Keeper at Marblehaugh Park, a wealthy family's seaside manor. There her hidden powers burst into full force, and Corinna's life changes forever.



~On the Nook~




Arena by Karen Hancock
May 1, 2011 by Bethany House

Callie Hayes is living a life of fear and disillusionment when she volunteers for a psychology experiment that promises to turn her life around. As her orientation proceeds, Callie becomes frightened by the secrecy and evasion she encounters. When she demands to be released from the program, she is suddenly dropped into a terrifying alien world and into a perilous battle between good and evil. With limited resources and only a few cryptic words to guide her, Callie embarks on a life-changing journey. Will she decipher the plans the Benefactor has established for her escape, or will she succumb to the deception of the Arena?


LOOK at that cover for Hollow....so gorgeous!!! Im loving Arena so far and super excited to start The Folk Keeper. Cant wait to run away with Lizzie, meet this Lucian and get a hold of that dress on the cover of Illuminate. Im also excited to whisk myself away in girly goodness with Poppy!!

No trailers this week but here's what Im listening too on my ipod cravings.....!!!





10 comments:

  1. Juju at Tales of Whimsy.comNovember 8, 2011 at 10:10 AM

    What an awesome list.

    I like the sound of the Mennonite one. And I definitely want to try Sophie's new one too :)

    LOVE Miranda! She's SO cool.

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  2. beautiful covers and yeah my daughter loved the Hollow cover and illuminate :)

    Great song for get the day going :)

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  3. How stunning is the cover for Illuminate? I need that book immediately, it just makes me happy! Love the illustration on The Folk Keeper too, and I have to say the premise of that one sounds really interesting. I really want to know Corinna's secret:)

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  4. Another book set in Chicago? Yes, please! I also really enjoyed "Chime" by Billingsley so I'm definitely going to check out "The Folk Keeper". I wonder if she's a necromancer. Hmm..

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  5. Ooh YES!!! Seriously dude! I should quit looking at your Shelf Craving posts... But I totally can't!! Lol

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  6. thelibrarianreadsNovember 8, 2011 at 2:13 PM

    Loving the sound of Hollow. The cover too!

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  7. LOL! It has been so long since I've read any Sophie Kinsella! Her newest sounds too cute.

    The cover for Hollow is gorgeous!

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  8. Asheley (@BookwormAsheley)November 9, 2011 at 7:07 PM

    Love this feature!

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  9. mrs_laura_koehlerNovember 10, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    yay time for shelf cravings!!! I look forward to this each week because you always have some great picks I have never heard about that I have to add to my TBR. These covers look amazing. Great picks this week!!!!

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  10. Jen (In the Closet With a Bibliophile)November 12, 2011 at 7:11 PM

    I seriously LOVE Sophie Kinsella! Her books are hilarious stories of fun. They make you feel good, I tell yah that much.

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