Fresh Off The Press (#31) - August 11 - August 17 + Back To School!

Welcome to Fresh Off The Press! It’s where I'll showcase all the great books hitting shelves in a week. These are all YA titles and hope you get to pick them up soon! These books are releasing from (August 11 - August 17)

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Those are the amazing books releasing this week! Be sure to pick any of them up! 

As for me, I'm BACK TO SCHOOL! I'm currently now a Junior and I'm really looking forward to the school year. I think I could balance the blog with school and I'm really happy with all the support I have been getting with my blog. It means so much for all my follower, reader, bloggers, and fans! 

 

 

Mini Review: Sharp Objects - Gillian Flynn

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Date Released: September 26, 2006
Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books
Pages: 272 pages
Format: Paperback
Source: Library
Rating: LOVED
Series: Standalone

Goodreads Synopsis: WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart
Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker’s troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille’s first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls.

NASTY on her kneecap, BABYDOLL on her leg
Since she left town eight years ago, Camille has hardly spoken to her neurotic, hypochondriac mother or to the half-sister she barely knows: a beautiful thirteen-year-old with an eerie grip on the town. Now, installed again in her family’s Victorian mansion, Camille is haunted by the childhood tragedy she has spent her whole life trying to cut from her memory.

HARMFUL on her wrist, WHORE on her ankle
As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims—a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming.

With its taut, crafted writing, Sharp Objects is addictive, haunting, and unforgettable.

From Goodreads

Sharp Objects  was a addictive, suspenseful, and thrilling adult novel that blew me away! I love everything from how fast things moved to how smartly written it was. Camille Preaker was the perfect protagonist for Sharp Objects and I liked seeing how as she uncovers the secrets of the two preteen murders to her life. 

One thing I loved about Sharp Objects that challenged me to pick more Adult books was how mature the characters, topics, and writing are. There's more seriousness, yet Flynn wrote with such finesse I could really relate to everything Camille faced. There was some romance and it actually worked. I didn't feel like it was rushed or as impulsive as romance in YA, but it was something different. I'm really glad I stepped out of my zone and picked Sharp Objects up! It's definitely a book everyone should pick up instantly.

Haunting, chilling, and suspensful Sharp Objects will blow away every reader and you'll be wanting to pick up Flynn's other books also!

Loved it!

Find Sharp Objects On:

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Waiting on Wednesday (#64) - Sway by Kat Spears

Waiting on Wednesday is Hosted by Jill @ Breaking The Spine

Goodreads Summary:
In Kat Spears’s hilarious and often poignant debut, high school senior Jesse Alderman, or "Sway," as he’s known, could sell hell to a bishop. He also specializes in getting things people want---term papers, a date with the prom queen, fake IDs. He has few close friends and he never EVER lets emotions get in the way. For Jesse, life is simply a series of business transactions.

But when Ken Foster, captain of the football team, leading candidate for homecoming king, and all-around jerk, hires Jesse to help him win the heart of the angelic Bridget Smalley, Jesse finds himself feeling all sorts of things. While following Bridget and learning the intimate details of her life, he falls helplessly in love for the very first time. He also finds himself in an accidental friendship with Bridget’s belligerent and self-pitying younger brother who has cerebral palsy. Suddenly, Jesse is visiting old folks at a nursing home in order to run into Bridget, and offering his time to help the less fortunate, all the while developing a bond with this young man who idolizes him. Could the tin man really have a heart after all?

A Cyrano de Bergerac story with a modern twist, Sway is told from Jesse’s point of view with unapologetic truth and biting humor, his observations about the world around him untempered by empathy or compassion---until Bridget’s presence in his life forces him to confront his quiet devastation over a life-changing event a year earlier and maybe, just maybe, feel something again.

 Why I'm Waiting For It: First off, I really love the cover! The covers go great with each other and it's so simple. Win-win for me! Another reason I'm waiting on Sway is the whole story! It sounds so fun and easy, I honestly can't wait to read it! Wish it came out this summer, it would have been perfect.

Sway by Kat Spears hits shelves September 16, 2014 from St. Martin's Press

Find Sway On:

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Fresh Off The Press (#30): August 4 - August 10

Welcome to Fresh Off The Press! It's where I'll showcase all the great books hitting shelves in a week. These are all YA titles and hope you get to pick them up soon! These books are releasing from [August 4 - August 10]

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Happy Reading! Be sure to check out these amazing books this week! 

As for me, I'm heading back to school :(, but I will be blogging still! I think I found a schedule to blog, but also study for school too. And September is going to be a great month too :)