Midnight Bloom Reads: January 2012

Kathleen Peacock

Waiting on Wednesday (81) - Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Release Date: May 8, 2012 Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books Summary (from author's website): Mackenzie and Amy were best friends. Until Amy was brutally murdered. Since then, Mac's life has been turned upside down. She is being haunted by Amy in her dreams, and an...

2012 Debut Author Challenge

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

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Title: Cinder (Lunar Chronicles #1) Author: Marissa Meyer Release Date: January 3, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Feiwal & Friends Pages: 400 Source: ARC provided by publisher Overall: 5 Stars Summary: Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate...

In My Mailbox (57)

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren where we share any new books or goodies we bought, received, borrowed, etc. during the week. This week, I got... Won: ARC of A Want So Wicked (A Need So Beautiful #2) by Suzanne Young Thanks so much to Angie from Beneath the Jacket! I couldn't believe I'd been...

Giveaway! Win "Tempest" by Julie Cross

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Spotted! Cover of Endure by Carrie Jones

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The book cover for Endure by Carrie Jones, the fourth and final novel in the Need series, was officially revealed today on the Need series Facebook page! Release Date: May 8, 2012 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Add to Goodreads Summary (from Goodreads): It’s all-out war (and no-holds-barred romance) in the climactic conclusion to Carrie Jones’s bestselling series. Zara is at the...

Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

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Title: Jessica Rules the Dark Side (Jessica #2) Author: Beth Fantaskey Release Date: January 10, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pages: 320 Source: Copy provided by publisher Overall: 5 Stars Summary: When Jessica Packwood found out she was a Romanian vampire princess, she had the shock of her teenage life. Turns out that was the easy part. Now, married to Prince Lucius...

Bethany Griffin

Waiting on Wednesday (80) - Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Release Date: April 24, 2012 Publisher: Greenwillow Books Summary (from Goodreads): Everything is in ruins. A devastating plague has decimated the population. And those who are left live in fear of catching it as the city crumbles to pieces around them. So what does...

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

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Title: The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight Author: Jennifer E. Smith Release Date: January 2, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Poppy Pages: 256 Source: Copy provided by publisher Overall: 5 Stars Summary: Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. She's stuck at JFK, late to her father's second...

In My Mailbox (56)

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren where we share any new books or goodies we bought, received, borrowed, etc. during the week. This week, I got... Received for Review: ARC of Black Heart (Curse Workers #3) by Holly Black Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes Getting Over Garrett Delaney by Abby McDonald Bound Manuscript...

Book Trailer! - Born Wicked by Jessica Spotswood

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The book trailer for Born Wicked, the first novel in the Cahill Witch Chronicles, by debut author Jessica Spotswood was unveiled yesterday on EW's Shelf Life! I'm very excited to get my hands on Born Wicked! Not only is the book cover absolutely gorgeous, but the premise sounds just as wonderful too! While the book trailer seems to cover more of the romance...

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake

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Title: Anna Dressed in Blood (Anna #1) Author: Kendare Blake Release Date: August 30, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: Tor Teen Pages: 320 Source: Bought Overall: 4.5 Stars Summary: Cas Lowood has inherited an unusual vocation: He kills the dead. So did his father before him, until he was gruesomely murdered by a ghost he sought to kill. Now, armed with his father's mysterious and...

Spotted! Cover of Kill Me Softly by Sarah Cross

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Sarah Cross officially posted the cover and description of her upcoming novel Kill Me Softly on Fairy Tale Mood, her Tumblr blog inspired by fairy tales, earlier tonight! Release Date: April 10, 2012 Publisher: EgmontUSA Add to Goodreads Summary (from author's website): True love’s kiss just may prove deadly…. Mirabelle’s past is shrouded in secrecy, from her parents’ tragic deaths to her guardians’...

Book Trailer! - The Disenchantments by Nina LaCour

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The book trailer for Nina LaCour's upcoming contemporary novel The Disenchantments was unveiled on MTV's Hollywood Crush earlier on Wednesday, but there's a YouTube version now available for those outside the US to watch! I'm so excited to read The Disenchantments! A road trip filled with music and a coming-of-age story, plus a gorgeous cover, what's not to like about this novel? And...

Book Trailer! - Tempest by Julie Cross

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The book trailer for Tempest, the first in a new trilogy by debut author Julie Cross, was revealed yesterday on EW's Shelf Life! I think the music works well with the trailer and I like the cool effect they did by using the cover art near the end, watching Jackson trying to reach Holly but then being torn apart from her. I have...

Waiting on Wednesday (79) - In Honor by Jessi Kirby

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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine spotlighting upcoming releases we're eagerly anticipating. Release Date: May 8, 2012 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Summary (from Goodreads): Honor receives her brother’s last letter from Iraq three days after learning that he died, and opens it the day his fellow Marines lay the flag over his...

Book Trailer! - The Alchemy of Forever by Avery Williams

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The book trailer for The Alchemy of Forever by debut author Avery Williams was unveiled on Monday on MTV's Hollywood Crush but if you're outside the US, a YouTube version is now available to watch! I'm very excited to get my hands on this novel! I love this concept of reincarnation by swapping bodies with a combination of a romance story as well,...

2012 Debut Author Challenge

The Gathering Storm by Robin Bridges (Review & Giveaway!)

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Title: The Gathering Storm (The Katerina Trilogy #1) Author: Robin Bridges Release Date: January 10, 2012 (hardcover) Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers Pages: 400 Source: ARC provided by publisher Overall: 4 Stars Summary: St. Petersburg, Russia, 1888. As she attends a whirl of glittering balls, royal debutante Katerina Alexandrovna, Duchess of Oldenburg, tries to hide a dark secret: she can raise the...

Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler

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Title: Why We Broke Up Author: Daniel Handler Illustrator: Maira Kalman Release Date: December 27, 2011 (hardcover) Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Pages: 368 Source: ARC provided by publisher Overall: 5 Stars Summary: Min Green and Ed Slaterton have broken up, so Min is writing Ed a letter and giving him a box. Inside the box is why they broke up. A movie ticket...

Book Trailer! - Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler

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The book trailer for Sarah Ockler's latest novel Bittersweet was recently unveiled earlier in the week. The novel just hit shelves on January 3 and I'm sure it's a contemporary novel you won't want to miss! I loved both of Sarah Ockler's previous novels, Twenty Boy Summer and Fixing Delilah, so I'm eager to get my hands on this one right away. I...

In My Mailbox (55)

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In My Mailbox is a weekly meme hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren where we share any new books or goodies we bought, received, borrowed, etc. during the week. Over the past few weeks, I've gotten... Received for Review: Jessica Rules The Dark Side (Jessica #2) by Beth Fantaskey My Beating Teenage Heart by C.K. Kelly Martin The Statistical Probability of Love...