Welcome to Shelf Cravings, a weekly dish on books. New releases, coming soon, just discovered and my latest eBook purchases. This week Im excited for:
COMING SOON
March 2013 by Angry Robot
There’s never been anyone - or anything - quite like Finn. He looks, and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task is to tutor Cat. When the government grants rights to the ever-increasing robot population, however, Finn struggles to find his place in the world.
October 1, 2012 by Arthur A. Levine Books
"I was sixteen the first time my grandmother died . . ."
Sarah Parsons has never seen Amber House, the grand Maryland estate that's been in her family for three centuries. She's never walked its hedge maze nor found its secret chambers; she's never glimpsed the shades that haunt it, nor hunted for lost diamonds in its walls. But all of that is about to change. After her grandmother passes away, Sarah and her friend Jackson decide to search for the diamonds--and the house comes alive. She discovers that she can see visions of the house's past, like the eighteenth-century sea captain who hid the jewels, or the glamorous great-grandmother driven mad by grief. She grows closer to both Jackson and a young man named Richard Hathaway, whose family histories are each deeply entwined with her own. But when the visions start to threaten the person she holds most dear, Sarah must do everything she can to get to the bottom of the house's secrets, and stop the course of history before it is cemented forever.
January 8, 2013 by Hyperion
Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived… and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so much as a goodbye.
Starting over in a new town with only each other is unimaginable for Rory and Darcy. They were inseparable as children, but now they can barely stand each other. As the sisters settle in to Juniper Landing, a picturesque vacation island, it seems like their new home may be just the fresh start they need. They fall in with a group of beautiful, carefree teens and spend their days surfing, partying on the beach, and hiking into endless sunsets. But just as they’re starting to feel safe again, one of their new friends goes missing. Is it a coincidence? Or is the nightmare beginning all over again?
May 7, 2013 by Little Brown
Lucy Beck-Moreau once had a promising future as a concert pianist. The right people knew her name, her performances were booked months in advance, and her future seemed certain. That was all before she turned fourteen.
Now, at sixteen, it's over. A death, and a betrayal, led her to walk away. That leaves her talented ten-year-old brother, Gus, to shoulder the full weight of the Beck-Moreau family expectations. Then Gus gets a new piano teacher who is young, kind, and interested in helping Lucy rekindle her love of piano -- on her own terms. But when you're used to performing for sold-out audiences and world-famous critics, can you ever learn to play just for yourself?
New Releases/Just Discovered
Two or Three Things I Forgot to Tell You by Joyce Carol Oates
August 21, 2012 by HarperTeen
It wasn't like she had not warned us. It wasn't like she had not prepared us. We'd known that something was wrong those last several months. But then, Tink hasn't actually vanished. Tink is gone, and yet—she is here somewhere, even if we can't see her.
Tink? Are you—here?
August 2012 (eBook-Indie)
Seventeen-year-old Annabel Conway is tired of the Hillcrest High School elite making her life miserable because she’s not a size two. This summer, she's hiring a personal trainer to help her lose weight.
Annabel doesn’t expect her trainer to be a gorgeous guy around her age. Boys like Tegan are jerks. They pretend to like girls like her so they can make an idiot out of them. Been there, done that. Totally not going there again. She kind of hates him on principal. Blond. Muscular. Funny. It doesn’t help that he knows her measurements! Soon, Tegan's so much more than that. He’s the boy who teaches her to box when she has a bad day. Who jogs with her and lets her set the pace. Who kisses her until she melts. He makes her feel beautiful regardless of what the scale says. Unlike her mom, he doesn’t expect perfection, and he doesn't try to shield her from the world like her dad and best friend. Tegan likes her the way she is.
But what happens when he’s not there? He can’t always be there… Will Annabel be able to stand on her own and learn that she already measures up? That her worth doesn’t lie in what the world thinks, the scale says, or even what Tegan tells her—but in herself?
Talk about some books that have set my reader antennae a flame!!! I cant wait to hop into the world cute boys, mysterious secrets, music, mansions and mad ROBOTS!!!!
Which one sounds good to you!
eBook Purchases:
Red Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells - .99 Cents
Intuition by J. Meyers- Freebie
The Grey Tier by Michele Scott- Freebie
Sweetness by Lindsay Paige- 2.99
Red Headed Stepchild by Jaye Wells - .99 Cents
Intuition by J. Meyers- Freebie
The Grey Tier by Michele Scott- Freebie
Sweetness by Lindsay Paige- 2.99
I've got my eye on Measing Up...
ReplyDeleteThe indies are kicking butt and taking names lately. :)
They really are, and the super good ones are getting gobbled up by publishers.....Im really happy for those authors, but not happy about the hiked up prices on the eBooks!!!
DeleteShadow Lands sounds brilliant! I'm on my way to Goodreads to add it :) Thanks for the heads up!
ReplyDeleteAhhh...IKR!!!! I cant wait to get a copy of that one, perhaps the ARC Gods shall send one to me.....:D
DeleteThe Mad Scientist Daughter sounds really good :)
ReplyDeleteYup!!
DeleteRobot rights (The Mad Scientist) reminds me of Bicentennial Man.
ReplyDeleteOoooooooo I hope Amber House is released on audio. It sounds thrilling.
Yeah, it does a little, I love the cover...:D
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