Stacking
the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews, every
Weekend.
This is to share books I have acquired from various sources.
Physical books & ebooks both are
welcome. If its something being sent to me by mail, I will not mention it until I actually
receive it.
And they just keep coming...I was a bad girl this week and I STILL haven't finished showing off my past books so HERE WE GO AGAIN!
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"Would you send a villain to do a hero's job? An exciting new twisted fairy tale series from award-winning author Jen Calonita.
Full
of regret, Cinderella's wicked stepmother, Flora, has founded the Fairy
Tale Reform School with the mission of turning the wicked and
criminally mischievous into upstanding members of Enchantasia.
Impish,
sassy 12-year-old Gilly has a history of petty theft and she's not too
sorry about it. When she lifts a hair clip, she gets tossed in reform
school-for at least three months. But when she meets fellow students Jax
and Kayla, she learns there's more to this school than its sweet
mission. There's a battle brewing and she starts to wonder: can a
villian really change?"
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"Nine is the ninth female
born in her batch of ten females and ten males. By design, her life in
Freedom Province is without complications or consequences. However, such
freedom comes with a price. The Prime Maker is determined to keep that
price a secret from the new batches of citizens that are born, nurtured,
and raised androgynously.
But Nine isn't like every other batcher. She harbors indecision
and
worries about her upcoming Remake Day -- her seventeenth birthday, the
age when batchers fly to the Remake facility and have the freedom to
choose who and what they'll be.
When Nine discovers the truth about life outside of Freedom
Province, including the secret plan of the Prime Maker, she is
pulled between two worlds and two lives. Her decisions will test
her courage, her heart, and her beliefs. Who can she trust? Who does she love? And most importantly, who will she decide to be?"
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"Nixy Bauer is a
self-made Leveller. Her job? Dragging kids out of virtual reality and
back to their parents in the real world. It’s normally easy cash, but
Nixy’s latest mission is fraught with real danger, intrigue, and
romance.
Nixy Bauer is used to her classmates being very, very
unhappy to see her. After all, she’s a bounty hunter in a virtual
reality gaming world. Kids in the MEEP, as they call it, play entirely
with their minds, while their bodies languish in a sleeplike state on
the couch. Irritated parents, looking to wrench their kids back to
reality, hire Nixy to jump into the game and retrieve them.
But
when the game’s billionaire developer loses track of his own son in the
MEEP, Nixy is in for the biggest challenge of her bounty-hunting career.
Wyn Salvador isn’t some lazy kid looking to escape his homework: Wyn
does not want to be found. And he’s left behind a suicide note. Nixy
takes the job but quickly discovers that Wyn’s not hiding—he’s being
held inside the game against his will. But who is holding him captive,
and why?
Nixy and Wyn attempt to fight their way out of a mind
game unlike any they’ve encountered, and the battle brings them closer
than either could have imagined. But when the whole world is virtual,
how can Nixy possibly know if her feelings are real?
Gamers and
action fans of all types will dive straight into the MEEP, thanks to
Julia Durango’s cinematic storytelling. A touch of romance adds some
heart to Nixy’s vivid, multidimensional journey through Wyn’s
tricked-out virtual city, and constant twists keep readers flying
through to the breathtaking end."
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"Romantic and action-packed, The Replaced is the gripping second installment in the Taking trilogy.
Kyra
hasn't been the same since she returned from her mysterious five-year
disappearance. Now, on the run from the NSA, Kyra is forced to hide out
with others who, like her, have been Returned. Yet she is determined to
find Tyler, the boy she loves who was also abducted—all because of her.
When her group intercepts a message that Tyler might still be alive but
is in the hands of a shadowy government organization that experiments on
the Returned, Kyra knows it's a risk to go after him. What if it's a
trap? And worse, what if the returned Tyler isn't the same boy she lost?
Perfect for fans of The Fifth Wave and the Body Finder series, The Replaced
is both chilling and explosive, with creepy, otherworldly elements and
twisty, psychological thrills that will have you questioning what
exactly it means to be human.
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"The Maze Runner
meets Scott Westerfeld in this gripping new series about teens held
captive in a human zoo by an otherworldly race. From Megan Shepherd, the
acclaimed author of The Madman's Daughter trilogy.
When
Cora Mason wakes in a desert, she doesn't know where she is or who put
her there. As she explores, she finds an impossible mix of
environments—tundra next to desert, farm next to jungle, and a strangely
empty town cobbled together from different cultures—all watched over by
eerie black windows. And she isn't alone.
Four other teenagers
have also been taken: a beautiful model, a tattooed smuggler, a
secretive genius, and an army brat who seems to know too much about
Cora's past. None of them have a clue as to what happened, and all of
them have secrets. As the unlikely group struggles for leadership, they
slowly start to trust each other. But when their mysterious jailer—a
handsome young guard called Cassian—appears, they realize that their
captivity is more terrifying than they could ever imagine: Their captors
aren't from Earth. And they have taken the five teenagers for an
otherworldly zoo—where the exhibits are humans.
As a forbidden
attraction develops between Cora and Cassian, she realizes that her best
chance of escape might be in the arms of her own jailer—though that
would mean leaving the others behind. Can Cora manage to save herself
and her companions? And if so . . . what world lies beyond the walls of
their cage?"
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"In the bestselling vein
of Guillermo Del Toro and Justin Cronin, the acclaimed author Chimera
and The Hydra Protocol delivers his spectacular breakout novel—an
entertaining page-turning zombie epic that is sure to become a classic
Anyone can be positive . . .
The
tattoed plus sign on Finnegan’s hand marks him as a Positive. At any
time, the zombie virus could explode in his body, turning him from a
rational human into a ravenous monster. His only chance of a normal life
is to survive the last two years of the potential incubation period. If
he reaches his twenty-first birthday without an incident, he’ll be
cleared.
Until then, Finn must go to a special facility for
positives, segregated from society to keep the healthy population safe.
But when the military caravan transporting him is attacked, Finn becomes
separated. To make it to safety, he must embark on a perilous
cross-country journey across an America transformed—a dark and dangerous
land populated with heroes, villains, madmen, and hordes of zombies.
And though the zombies are everywhere, Finn discovers that the real
danger may be his fellow humans.
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
meets World War Z and I Am Legend in this thrilling tale that has it
all: a compelling story, great characters, and explosive action, making
Positive the ultimate zombie novel of our time."
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"When Elizabeth Shelton
finds her boss murdered, her life is thrown into turmoil. But nothing
shocks her more than learning she's pregnant by the man's son. She kept
her attraction to mogul Whit Adair hidden for years before their
one-night tryst—and now she must keep another secret…
When the
killer targets her next, Whit goes from her one-time lover to her
full-time bodyguard. Taking her to his ranch for safekeeping, Whit
discovers the truth about the baby. He offers his protection, but
Elizabeth wants more—his love. For his child and its mother, he'll do
anything—even take down a murderer…"
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""The truth is I hurt people. It's what I do. It's all I do. It's all I've ever done."
He
lives in your community, in a nice house with a well-tended garden. He
shops in your grocery store, bumping shoulders with you and apologizing
with a smile. He drives beside you on the highway, politely waving you
into the lane ahead of him.
What you don't know is that he has
an elaborate cage built into a secret basement under his garage. And the
food that he's carefully shopping for is to feed a young woman he's
holding there against her will—one in a string of many, unaware of the
fate that awaits her.
This is how it's been for a long time. It's normal…and it works. Perfectly.
Then
he meets the checkout girl from the 24-hour grocery. And now the plan,
the hunts, the room…the others. He doesn't need any of them anymore. He
needs only her. But just as he decides to go straight, the police start
to close in. He might be able to cover his tracks, except for one small
problem—he still has someone trapped in his garage.
Discovering his humanity couldn't have come at a worse time."
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"Framed for the brutal murders of his classmates by the mysterious Red
Man, middle school student Ganta Igarashi finds himself sentenced to
death and sent to the bizarre and fatal theme park/prison that has risen
from the ruins of the Great Tokyo Earthquake—a hell on earth known as
“Deadman Wonderland.”
The residents of G Ward band together to
confront Warden Tamaki’s Ninben, man-made Deadmen created through
horrific human experimentation. Ganta’s friend Azami was turned into one
of the Ninben during a Carnival Corpse show and lost her mind. He’ll do
all he can to save her, but at what cost? And if things weren’t bad
enough already, Ganta’s friends desert him as a traitor!"
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"The Hunters and the
Destroyers continue to rampage through the city, toying with their prey
and piling atrocity upon atrocity. With no time to mourn their fallen,
the Paulklee Guild are forced to fend off their enemies’ increasingly
deadly attacks. The surviving members mobilize to fight back, and
despite the terrible losses, hope is kept alive in the form of old vows
honored and new ones made."
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"Deep within the desert
lie the mysterious Dungeons, vast stores of riches there for the taking
by anyone lucky enough to find them and brave enough to venture into the
depths from where few have ever returned. Plucky young adventurer
Aladdin means to find the Dungeons and their riches, but Aladdin may be
just as mysterious as the treasures he seeks.
Sent to explore
the dungeon known as Zagan, Aladdin and his friends have arrived on Tran
Island. The mysterious Tran people are reluctant to help Aladdin defeat
the dungeon, and it's no wonder why;the ancient
labyrinth seems to have a mind of its own! Overcoming Zagan will bring
Aladdin face-to-face with old adversaries and some powerful and
dangerous new foes."
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"When Ritsu Onodera
changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he's not exactly thrilled when
his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu's determined to leave
all that in the past; but how can he when his boss is just as
determined that they have a future?
Tired of accusations that
family connections got him his current position, Ritsu Onodera quits his
job as an editor at his father's company and transfers to Marukawa
Publishing. Once there, he is assigned to the shojo manga editorial
department; something he has no interest in and no experience
with! Having sworn he'd never fall in love again, the last thing he
wants to do is work on love stories. To make matters worse, it turns out
that his overbearing boss, Masamune Takano, is actually his first love
from high school!"
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Ebook nabs
*these were mostly freebies*
"One magical summer,
Megan Hallberg met—and loved—Prince Stefano Barrali. But his royal
duties took him home, and when she discovered she carried his child, she
also discovered he was engaged…to a beautiful, worldly aristocrat.
Ten
years later, Stefano runs into Megan at the grand opening of a
Barcelona hotel, and it’s his every sensual fantasy come to life. His
memory of the stunning blonde and their passionate summer has haunted
his dreams, and a night under the stars gives him the perfect
opportunity to reclaim the woman he thought lost to him.
Megan
finds herself torn between passion with a prince and a fierce need to
protect her daughter. Can the man who captured her heart so many years
ago be her destiny…or her downfall?"
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"The Rapture has begun,
and seventeen-year-old Micah has been left behind. His mother tried to
prepare him for the Apocalypse, but she disappeared without telling him
about the family legacy, his legacy. And as civilization slips into
chaos and the line between dreams and reality blurs, Micah must uncover
his mother’s secret before the souls of humanity are lost forever.
The Vestige Series is a two-book Horror/Apocalyptic series."
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"Steven Alexander has
what he considers the perfect life. With a good job, a loving wife, and
happy and healthy sons, he has little to complain about. In a flash that
life is ripped away and he is thrust into a world of violence and
slavery beginning with a brutal home invasion. His sons are murdered in
front of him and he and his wife Rebecca are then kidnapped, drugged,
and taken to an uncharted tropical island where they awake on a pristine
beach in the company of five strangers.
The island is a
playground of horror and the kidnapped are forced to participate in the
Game, a modern-day rendition of the Coliseum of ancient Rome, where they
must compete in acts of murder, rape, and self-mutilation for the
amusement of an unseen wealthy elite. Contestants must survive the Game
five times to earn their freedom from the island. Losers become the
evening meal.
Steven struggles to survive in a world where
violence is not only accepted but cheered. He fights to hold on to his
wife in a community where cannibalism is survival, brutality is
affection, and living another day is at the expense of his own soul.
Survival comes with a price, however, and he soon learns that not all of
the players are there unwillingly and they’ve paid a steep price for
the opportunity."
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"For centuries, Vita-meds
have kept the Chapter’s populace at peace and on task, constantly
restored to youth and vigor. How wonderful it should be! But on meds,
everyone forgets, and John doesn’t feel wonderful. Now his colleague is
missing, and though no one in the Chapter ever disappears, John fears he
may be next. And what is he to make of his colleague’s replacement,
Dell? Is she an aberration, a worker who has survived for centuries
without transformation, or an outlaw, one of the species who breed in
the wild?
Even Dell doesn't know where she came from. She's grown up
in the system without being part of it. If she's not careful she'll be
branded an outlaw. She's desperate to belong somewhere, maybe to
someone, but in the Chapter, no one loves, and no one breeds.
The
world of the immortals is crumbling, threatened by sloppy work, sabotage
and power struggles. While the populace languishes, newborns like
Dell–-the ones who are not immortal–-will save or destroy it."
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"The McClellands are
enjoying a lazy summer vacation at the beach when they are lured from
our world into Ixeos, an alternate Earth. Finding themselves lost in a
maze of tunnels under Paris and surrounded by strangers, they discover
that they have been brought to Ixeos for one purpose: to take the
planet back from humanoid aliens who have claimed it. With the aid of
the tunnels and a mysterious man named Landon, the teens travel the
world seeking the key that will allow them to free Darian, the
long-imprisoned rebel leader. But the aliens aren't the only problem on
Ixeos -- the McClellands have to deal with brutal gangs, desperate
junkies, and a world without power, where all the technology is owned by
the aliens, and where most of the population has been killed or
enslaved. The worst part? There's no way home."
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"“Every time you appear on screen someone will die.”
That’s
the stark warning given to Jessica Lee, the undisputed ‘Queen of Trash
TV.’ She’s the host of a confessional talk show on network television
with millions of fans. But one deranged viewer is out to destroy her
career. He demands that her programme be scrapped and tells her to stop
appearing on TV. To prove he means business he claims his first victim –
a young woman who is found dead with her throat cut.
Jessica and her
bosses face an agonizing dilemma: take the show off the air or risk
more murders. They decide to defy the killer, for fear of setting a
dangerous precedent. But there are dire consequences."
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"Nerdy astronomy geek
Marsha, M to her few friends, has never been anybody special. Orphaned
as an infant and reluctantly raised by an overly-strict “aunt,” she’s
not even sure who she is. M’s dream of someday escaping tiny Jewel,
Indiana and making her mark in the world seems impossibly distant until
hot new quarterback Rigel inexplicably befriends her. As Rigel turns his
back on fawning cheerleaders to spend time with M, strange things start
to happen: her acne clears up, her eyesight improves to the point she
can ditch her thick glasses, and when they touch, sparks fly—literally!
When M digs for a reason, she discovers deep secrets that will change
her formerly humdrum life forever . . . and expose her to perils she
never dreamed of. Yes, the middle of nowhere just got a lot more
interesting!"
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"Laken Stewart is sure of one thing—she must free her loved ones from the notorious Celestra tunnels.
Laken
along with Cooper Flanders set out to free their families from the
hands of the Countenance before it’s too late. Laken will do anything to
assure their safety, even if it means losing the one she truly loves.
When
Laken finds herself in a position that might embed her into the
Countenance organization for all eternity, her faith in her ability to
pull off the ultimate sacrifice wavers.
Once her old boyfriend,
Wesley, realizes who he really is, and what the Counts have cost him,
he’s more determined than ever to win Laken back.
Laken’s heart
becomes divided, and yet she knows she must make a decision that has the
power to shape all of their destinies forever.
Laken has fallen hard for Cooper, but Wesley is back, and now her heart is torn.
Cooper would give up his life to protect Laken, and he might just have to.
Wesley remembers everything from his true past, and he wants Laken more than ever—nothing or no one will stand in his way."
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"Sixteen year-old, Skyla Messenger is having difficulties with the living and the dead.
With Chloe’s diary in her hands, Skyla embarks into the mind of one of Paragon’s most twisted former residents.
After
accidentally kick-starting the faction war, Skyla finds herself in more
danger than ever before. So, when Marshall offers her a taste of the
gift of knowing, Skyla attempts to use it to alter the outcome of future
prophecies.
And now that Skyla’s love life seems to involve one
boy too many, she must choose who to be with. If she waits too long,
the decision just might be made for her."
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"Book One of the
Chronicles of Aesirium: What if Death wore a pretty black dress?
Everyone in Oldtown had heard talk of the Reapers. Even though nobody
had seen one in years, everyone whispered the tales: flying from rooftop
to rooftop, stealing the souls of the unwary, letting their undead
beasts hunt through the streets for any member of the community too
reckless or fearless to heed the nightly curfew ... mysterious and
terrifying, most feared to even mention them by name, lest they appear
and gather your spirit away. For 11-year-old Romany, her greatest fears
were less about the mythological Reapers and more about surviving a
miserable life inside of Oldtown's solitary orphanage. Her stark white
hair made her an obvious target for the bullies, and the cruel nickname
of "Ratgirl" had followed her for years. But if Rom thought her troubles
were behind her, being struck dead by a bolt of lightning would only
open the door to an entire life of new ones. First on the list? Finding
out that she herself...is a Reaper."
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"Victoria Fawson
desperately needs answers about her father’s death. When she visits the
Maitland Manor to discover those answers, she finds only
secrets…haunting secrets that leave her wondering who she can trust.
Should she trust her feelings for the one man who hides from the
world—the man who might put her in danger?
Justin Maitland
hasn’t been human for over a year. He knows things about his
family—things that could destroy Victoria. The only way to help her is
to send her back home without learning anything. Yet, how can he let her
go when he’s given her his heart?"
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"For the past two months,
Kitty Doe's life has been a lie. Forced to impersonate the Prime
Minister's niece, her frustration grows as her trust in her fake fiancé
cracks, her real boyfriend is forbidden and the Blackcoats keep her in
the dark more than ever.
But in the midst of discovering that
her role in the Hart family may not be as coincidental as she thought,
she's accused of treason and is forced to face her greatest fear:
Elsewhere. A prison where no one can escape.
As one shocking
revelation leads to the next, Kitty learns the hard way that she can
trust no one, not even the people she thought were on her side. With her
back against the wall, Kitty wants to believe she'll do whatever it
takes to support the rebellion she believes in—but is she prepared to
pay the ultimate price?"
So did any of these catch your eye? Have you read any of them and if so what did you think of them? What did you get recently?
Also, while you are here, be sure to check out my Two Year Blogiversary Giveaway!!! I am giving away books, swag and even a kindle or Nook reader! So don't miss it and come celebrate with me!!!
The Leveller sounds a bit different from the usual dystopia-might be worth checking out. Flesh Worn Stone is already on my Kobo as I can't resist that kind of story! Stark Warning sounds quite intriguing as well if it isn't too slow to get to the main story. Enjoy your books!
ReplyDeleteGreat haul! I can't wait to read The Cage. Enjoy your books!
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Total envy over the Replaced and The Cage! I kept getting rejected for those! Hope you enjoy all your fantastic reads!
ReplyDeleteMy STS will be up tomorrow, so be sure to stop by then!
Have a GREAT day!
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Lots of books. Positive sounds like a really good zombie novel with a twist. I hope that you love all your new books.
ReplyDeleteGrace @ Books of Love
I've never heard of it before, and I don't usually do YA, but Remake sounds really intriguing. I've got Wellington's Positive sitting in my review pile as well, but I've been waiting until closer to the release date to give it a read.
ReplyDeleteWow! Awesome haul! I'm really looking forward to reading The Cage and Leveller. I hope you enjoy them all!
ReplyDeleteMichelle @ Michelle's Minions
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I'm so excited to read The Leveller and The Cage - they sound so good. That cover for Entropy is beautiful! Happy reading :)
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I've got egalleys of The Replaced and The Cage, can't wait to get to those! I had Ixeos and tried to get into it, but just couldn't make myself care. Entropy has a beautiful cover! Great haul!
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I really enjoyed Flunked, it was a cute read. I hope you enjoy it too! Thanks for stopping by Bitches n Prose!
ReplyDeleteOoh, some of these sound really fun. Hope you enjoy!
ReplyDeleteGreat Haul...Some of these books I know but majority are new to me..Thanks for sharing..Adding them to my TBR! :)
ReplyDelete-Nikita @Njkinny's World of Books & Stuff
I haven't read any of these books. I hope you enjoy them though :-) Thanks for stopping by my blog! :-)
ReplyDeleteI have The Cage too! Love the cover :) happy reading!
ReplyDeleteI've only read Captive but I really enjoyed it. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteGreat stack! I read FLUNKED and it was wonderful - love me some twisty fairytales!
ReplyDeleteCAGED sounds really, really interesting... and scary, lol!
Enjoy your new reads :)