Thursday, November 29, 2012

New Releases Young Adult: December 2012

I'm Excited For:
 
Release Date: December 26, 2012
Online Price: $14.59 CDN
Tag: Paranormal/Werewolf
 
 
Beware of the full moon.


A werewolf wants to take you into his world. Forever.
 

Celeste and Brandon know that Nash in werewolf form is bad news. But a new prediction from psychic Dr. Meadows has Celeste wondering: Which of them wants to turn her into a werewolf?
 
Still on Celeste's and Brandon's minds is the "cure" from Brandon's father. Brandon must face one dilemma he hadn't anticipated—if his dad's serum really does work, is he willing to give up being a werewolf for good? Is Celeste willing to give up her heroic werewolf boyfriend? And when Nash finds out there's a cure, will he try to take it from Brandon as they continue to deal with their rivalry, their competing affections for Celeste, and their struggles with their werewolf identities?

Then things grow still more complicated when a gang of sketchy guys from a neigh-boring town comes to Legend's Run just before the big Werewolf Festival. What, or whom, are they looking for?

The third installment in the sumptuous series about werewolves and the popular girl who loves one is
full of danger, mystery, and undeniably romantic full moon kisses.

 Other Exciting New Releases 
 
By: Emily McKay
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Online Price: $9.50 CDN
Tag: Paranormal/Vampire
 
 
Life was different in the Before: before vampires began devouring humans in a swarm across America; before the surviving young people were rounded up and quarantined. These days, we know what those quarantines are—holding pens where human blood is turned into more food for the undead monsters, known as Ticks. Surrounded by electrical fences, most kids try to survive the Farms by turning on each other…

And when trust is a thing of the past, escape is nearly impossible.

Lily and her twin sister Mel have a plan. Though Mel can barely communicate, her autism helps her notice things no one else notices—like the portion of electrical fence that gets turned off every night. Getting across won’t be easy, but as Lily gathers what they need to escape, a familiar face appears out of nowhere, offering to help…

Carter was a schoolmate of Lily’s in the Before. Managing to evade capture until now, he has valuable knowledge of the outside world. But like everyone on the Farm, Carter has his own agenda, and he knows that behind the Ticks is an even more dangerous threat to the human race...

Release Date: December 4, 2012
Online Price: $14.43 CDN
Tag: Mystery
Extras: TV Show
 
 
It's spring break, and the pretty little liars are trading in Rosewood for a cruise vacation. They want nothing more than to sail into the tropical sunset and leave their troubles behind for one blissful week.

But where Emily, Aria, Spencer, and Hanna go, A goes, too. From scuba diving to tanning on the upper deck, A is there, soaking up all their new secrets.

Emily is smooching a stowaway. Aria's treasure-hunting partner is a little too interested in her booty. Spencer's going overboard trying to land a new boy. And a blast—or rather, a crash—from Hanna's past could mean rough waters ahead for everyone.

The liars better tighten their life jackets. A perfect storm is brewing, and if they aren't careful, A will bury them at sea. . . .

 
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Online Price: $14.43 CDN
Tag: Paranormal/Witchcraft/Boarding School
 
 
Arthurian legend mixes with modern-day witchcraft in this haunting sequel to Legacy, which Publishers Weekly said “should please the legions of paranormal fans looking for a sophisticated supernatural thriller.”
After the riveting—and romantic—events of Legacy, Katy has won Peter’s heart and is now claiming her place in the magical world. Though half the students at her boarding school come from witching lines, the use of magic is expressly forbidden at Ainsworth, so as to keep the witching world hidden from the blue-blooded preppies, aka Muffies, who also walk the halls.   But the Muffies have at least a notion of magic, because Katy catches them staging a made-up ritual—and to her astonishment, the girls collapse at Katy’s feet and fall into comas. When Katy is blamed, she becomes desperate to clear her name and finds herself battling all odds to harness her growing magical powers in order to save the Muffies and dispel the Darkness once more.
 
Release Date: December 6, 2012 (Note* While a Teen Mag
web site states this release date I can not back it up on amazon, Chapters,
or Fantastic Fiction).
Online Price: Unknown
Tag: Paranormal/Werewolf
 
book cover of Hot Blooded (Wolf Springs Chronicles, book 2) by Nancy Holder and Debbie Viguié
 
Katelyn had only been in Wolf Springs a few weeks before she was attacked by a werewolf. And now she carries that creature's curse in her veins. But she's not alone. Wolf Springs is home to werewolves. And they swear that it wasn't any of them who bit her. Changing humans without permission means the death penalty, and they're none too happy about Katelyn.
 
The only explanation is that there's a monster on the loose - something wild and uncontrollable. Because Katelyn has some of its power.And two guys want Katelyn: one dark and mysterious, yet perhaps the perfect confidant; the other ferocious and forbidden - a werewolf that she can't keep her hands off of.
 
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Online Price: $13.04 CDN
Tag: Dystopian
 
 
With the Prime Destinations body bank destroyed, Callie no longer has to rent herself out to creepy Enders. But Enders can still get inside her mind and make her do things she doesn't want to do. Like hurt someone she loves. Having the chip removed could save Callie's life - but it could also silence the voice in her head that might belong to her father. Callie has flashes of her ex-renter Helena's memories, too ...and the Old Man is back, filling her with fear. Who is real and who is masquerading in a teen body?
 
This is the thrilling sequel to "Starters".

Book Trailer for Starters (First book in series)
 



 
Release Date: December 11, 2012
Online Price: $9.94 CDN
 
 
No one is like Daemon Black. When he set out to prove his feelings for Katy, he wasn't fooling around. Doubting him isn't something she'll do again and now that they've made it through the rough patches, well, there's a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.
 
But even he can't protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they loved. With help coming from the most unlikely source and Adam's death still lingering with those who loved him, friends will become the deadliest of enemies and the villains will no longer be clear.
 
When each step they take in discovering the truth puts them in the path of the secret organization responsible torturing and testing hybrids, the more Katy realizes there is no end to what she's capable of. They won't turn back, even if the outcome will shatter their worlds forever.
 
By: Alexandra Bracken
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Online Price: $13.86 CDN
 
 
When Ruby woke up on her tenth birthday, something about her had changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government “rehabilitation camp.” She might have survived the mysterious disease that’s killed most of America’s children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control.

Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones.

When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she’s on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her—East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can’t risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents.

When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.
 
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Online Price: $13.13 CDN
Tag: Romance/Mystery/Suspense
 
 
Camelia Hammond's trying junior year of high school is finally over...but her troubles aren't. After she discovers a painful truth about her family, she escapes to a summer arts program in Rhode Island. Determined to put family - and boyfriend - drama behind her, she throws herself into her artwork.
At the arts school, she gets caught up in the case of Sasha Beckerman, a local girl who is missing. Even though all signs suggest that the teen ran away, Camelia senses otherwise. Eager to help the girl, she launches her own investigation. She finds a blog by someone named Neal Moche, a psychometric who might have clues to Sasha's whereabouts. There is something familiar about Neal, and Camelia realizes how much she misses Ben, despite being committed to Adam.
But time is running out for Sasha, and Camelia will have to trust her powers if she's to save her. Will the lessons Camelia has learned in the past give her the strength to do so?
 
Release Date: December 26, 2012
Online Price: $9.89 CDN
Tag: Paranormal/Vampire
 
 
There's nowhere left to hide.

Ithought vampires were our enemies—they controlled our lives, isolated our cities, and demanded our blood—until I met Victor. With Victor taking over as the new Lord Valentine, things were supposed to get better. Instead, they're worse than ever.

Day Walkers, a new breed of vampires who can walk in the sun, are terrorizing the city. Blood supplies are low, and if Victor's vampires don't get enough, they will become infected with the Thirst—a disease that will turn them into mindless killers.

To stop it, I must journey across the desolate wasteland to the very place where the sickness began. I can only hope that the answers that await me are enough to save us all . . . before it's too late.

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Friday, November 16, 2012

Feature and Follow Friday


FF 2012 Feature & Follow #123

It's Friday! I have just enough time to join the social hop before I am off to work for the day! As always thank you Parajunkee and Alison Can Read for hosting.

The question this week is:

Q: Books are turned into movies all the time! Turn it around. What movie would make a great book?

 Ok so it's not a movie but I have really enjoyed watching the show Lost Girl. I suppose you could say that it already resembles a lot of urban fantasy novels but I love Bo and the witty banter between her and all the other characters. I also love that it is Canadian! It does an interesting take on the light and dark fae, creatures with supernatural powers, AND it has some juicy sex scenes ;) If you have not heard of this show please check it out!

Happy Reading everyone!

Lindsey
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Thursday, November 15, 2012

The Mortal Instruments: Official Teaser Trailer

The rumours were right and The Mortal Instruments teaser trailer delivered far more content then most teasers do! Teaser trailers are often misleading (based on the Hunger Games trailer I thought I would love the movie but was fairly disaponited once I saw the film) but if the film can live up to it's promise I  am going to love watching City of Bones come to life on the big screne.

I am so excited to see this movie!



Links:

Official movie web site.
Web site for Cassandra Claire
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Monday, November 12, 2012

Reached Gets Released!

I nearly forgot! Guess what I will be staying up all night reading tomorrow? Woot woot!
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The Mortal Instruments Trailer Count Down

Photo: Having a Mundane Monday? This will cheer you up!I have been nearly vibrating with excitement over the past few days after compiling the list of books being made into movies in 2013 and beyond! Of all the books being turned into movies (and there does seem to be an awful lot of them) I am most excited about, The City of Bones by Cassandra Claire which will hit theaters on August 23, 3013! I know each and every one of us imagines the characters in each book in various ways and casting directors don't always get it right, but for me I feel like they plucked Clary Fray right out of my head when they chose this actress! Now Jace Wayland and Isabelle Lightwood on the other hand......not so much.
 
Either way I CAN'T WAIT until this Thursday to watch the teaser trailer for The Mortal Instruments. Rumour has it that unlike most teaser trailers which provide very little insight into the movie this trailer is going to show a lot more! *happy dance*

Which book to movie are you looking forward to this year? Are you happy with who they have cast? Which movie in the past have were you most excited to see come to the big screen and why?
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Friday, November 9, 2012

Books To Movies: Young Adult 2013 and Beyond

The following is a collection of YA books being made into movies in 2013 and beyond. This information is true and accurate to the best of my knowledge. I have compiled this information from a wide variety of searches including, The Internet Movie Database, author web pages, goodreads, amazon.ca, and various web searches. I hope you find all the books being made into movies as exciting as I do!


Beautiful Creatures

Title: Beautiful Creatures
Release Date: Febuary 13, 2013
Status: Post Production
Based On: Bestselling novel, Beautiful Creatures by, Kami Garica and Margaret Stohl



Starring:


Synopsis:

There were no surprises in Gatlin County.
We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.
At least, that's what I thought.
Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.
There was a curse.
There was a girl.
And in the end, there was a grave.

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

Extras:

Beautiful Creatures: Caster's Featurette
 



Beautiful Creatures: From Book To Screen Featurette






The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
 
Title: City of Bones
Release Date: August 23, 2013
Status: Filming
Based On: Best selling novel, City of Bones by, Cassandra ClaireExtras: Official movie site
Extras: Official movie web site


Starring:


Synopsis:
 
When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder—much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarre weapons. Then the body disappears into thin air. It’s hard to call the police when the murderers are invisible to everyone else and when there is nothing—not even a smear of blood—to show that a boy has died. Or was he a boy? This is Clary’s first meeting with the Shadowhunters, warriors dedicated to ridding the earth of demons. It’s also her first encounter with Jace, a Shadowhunter who looks a little like an angel and acts a lot like a jerk. Within twenty-four hours Clary is pulled into Jace’s world with a vengeance, when her mother disappears and Clary herself is attacked by a demon. But why would demons be interested in ordinary mundanes like Clary and her mother? And how did Clary suddenly get the Sight? The Shadowhunters would like to know. . . . Exotic and gritty, exhilarating and utterly gripping, Cassandra Clare’s ferociously entertaining fantasy takes readers on a wild ride that they will never want to end.
The Host
 
Title: The Host
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Status: Post Production
Based On: Bestselling novel, The Host by, Stephenie Meyer




Starring:

  • Saoirse Ronan as Melanie Stryder/Wanderer[2]
  • Max Irons as Jared Howe[3]
  • Diane Kruger as The Seeker[4]
  • Jake Abel as Ian O'Shea[3]
  • Chandler Canterbury as Jamie Stryder[5]
  • William Hurt as Jeb Stryder
  • Boyd Holbrook as Kyle O'Shea[5]
  • Frances Fisher as Maggie Stryder[6]
  • Scott Lawrence as Doc

    • Synopsis:

    The author of the Twilight series of # 1 bestsellers delivers her brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake.

    Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed.

    Wanderer, the invading "soul" who has been given Melanie's body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn't expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind.

    Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves-Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body's desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she's never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and Melanie unwilling allies, they set off to search for the man they both love.

    Featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies, THE HOST is a riveting and unforgettable novel that will bring a vast new readership to one of the most compelling writers of our time.
     
    Divergent
     
    Title: Divergent
    Release Date: March 21, 2014
    Status: Pre Production
    Based On: Bestselling novel, Divergent by, Veronica Roth
    Starring: Shailene Woodly as Beatrice Prior
     
    Divergent (book) by Veronica Roth US Hardcover 2011.jpg
     
    Synopsis:
     
    In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
    During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes exasperating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threaten to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

    Enders Game
     
    Title: Enders Game
    Release Date: November 1, 2013
    Status: Post Production
    Based On: Bestselling novel, Enders Game by, Orson Scott Card
     

    Starring:
     
  • Asa Butterfield as Ender Wiggin
  • Harrison Ford as Colonel Graff
  • Abigail Breslin as Valentine Wiggin
  • Hailee Steinfeld as Petra Arkanian
  • Aramis Knight as Bean
  • Moises Arias as Bonzo
  • Jimmy Pinchak as Peter Wiggin
  • Suraj Parthasarathy as Alai
  • Conor Carroll as Bernard
  • Khylin Rhambo as Dink
  • Brandon Soo Hoo as Fly Molo
  • Ben Kingsley as Mazer Rackham.
  • Viola Davis as Major Anderson
  • Caleb J. Thaggard as Stilson
  • Stevie Ray Dallimore as John Paul Wiggin
  • Andrea Powell as Theresa Wiggin
  • Nonso Anozie as Sergeant Dap
  • Cameron Gaskins as Pol Slattery
  • Tony Mirrcandani as Admiral Chamrajnagar
  • Orson Scott Card as Pilot (voice cameo)
    •  
    Warm Bodies
     
    Title: Warm Bodies
    Based On: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion
    Release Date: November 1, 2013
    Status: Completed
    Warm Bodies Poster
    Synopsis:
    R is a young man with an existential crisis--he is a zombie. He shuffles through an America destroyed by war, social collapse, and the mindless hunger of his undead comrades, but he craves something more than blood and brains. He can speak just a few grunted syllables, but his inner life is deep, full of wonder and longing. He has no memories, noidentity, and no pulse, but he has dreams. After experiencing a teenage boy's memories while consuming his brain, R makes an unexpected choice that begins a tense, awkward, and stragely sweet relationship with the victim's human girlfriend. Julie is a blast of color in the otherwise dreary and gray landscape that surrounds R. His decision to protect her will transform not only R, but his fellow Dead, and perhaps their whole lifeless world. Scary, funny, and surprisingly poignant, Warm Bodies is about being alive, being dead, and the blurry line in between.

    How I Live Now

    Title: How I Live Now
    Based On: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
    Release Date: 2013
    Status: Post Production
    Starring: Saurise Ronan (Susie Salmon in The Lovely Bones) as Daisy
     
    How I Live Now cover.jpg
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Synopsis:
     
    “Every war has turning points and every person too.”

    Fifteen-year-old Daisy is sent from Manhattan to England to visit her aunt and cousins she’s never met: three boys near her age, and their little sister. Her aunt goes away on business soon after Daisy arrives. The next day bombs go off as London is attacked and occupied by an unnamed enemy.

    As power fails, and systems fail, the farm becomes more isolated. Despite the war, it’s a kind of Eden, with no adults in charge and no rules, a place where Daisy’s uncanny bond with her cousins grows into something rare and extraordinary. But the war is everywhere, and Daisy and her cousins must lead each other into a world that is unknown in the scariest, most elemental way.

    A riveting and astonishing story.
     
     Movies With Limited Information
     
    Title: The Maze Runner
    Based On: The Maze Runner by James Dashner
    Release Date: 2013
    Status: Planning stage
     
    Title: Uglies
    Based On: Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
    Status: Rumoured
     
    Title: If I Stay
    Based On: If I Stay by Gayle Foreman
    Status: Rumoured
     
    Title: Shiver
    Based On: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
    Status: Planning stage/optioned by Warner Brothers
     
    Title: Fallen
    Based On: Fallen by Lauren Kate
    Status: Planning Stage/optioned by Walt Disney
     
    Title: Vampire Academy
    Based On: Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
    Status: Rumoured
     
    Title: Maximum Ride
    Based On: Maximum Ride by James Patterson
    Status: Rumoured
     
    Title: The Night Circus
    Based On: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
    Status: Planning/optioned by Summit Entertainment
     
    Title: Matched
    Based On: Matched by Ally Condie
    Status: Planning
    Other: David Slade set to direct
     
    Title: The Scorpio Races
    Based On: The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
    Release Date: 2015
    Status: Rumoured
     
    Title: The Fault In Our Stars
    Based On: The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
    Status: Planning
    Other: Twilight producers Wyck Godfrey & Marty Boven along with Fox 2000 are adapting
     
    Title: The Forest of Hands and Teeth
    Based On: The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
    Release Date: 2013
    Status: Planning
     
    Title: 13 Reasons Why
    Based On: 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher
    Release Date: 2013
    Status: Planning
    Starring: Selena Gomez
     
    Title: A Great and Terrible Beauty
    Based On: A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
    Release Date: 2015
    Status: Planning
     
    
    
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    Feature and Follow Friday

    Welcome to The Book Guru! This is my first week back to the book blogging world I am really excited to check out all the new book blogs that have popped up over the last year! Thank you Parajunkee and Alison Can Read for hosting Feature Follow.

    The question this week is:

    Q: Do you mind books with similar ideas to other books? Similar concepts, backgrounds, retellings or pulled-to-publish fanfic?

    A: Yes and No. I think there are very few fresh ideas out there. For instance Dystopian literature's popularity skyrocketed after the release of, The Hunger Games however decades ago authors like Lois Lowery and Janet McNaughton were pioneering the genre. Additionally Charles de Lint (another Canadian author) wrote urban fantasy novels long before they became popular. Do I still love The Hunger Games, Divergent, and Matched? Yes I do!

    With that said if you are blatently copying anothers idea weather it be a plot line, the cover of a book, a character description then no I have no respect for that.

    Have a great Friday!

    Lindsey
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    Thursday, November 8, 2012

    New Releases Young Adult: November 2012

     
    The Bar Code Prophecy (Bar Code #3)
    by: Suzanne Weyn
    Release Date: November 1, 2012
    Online Price: $14.43
    Tag: Dystopian


    The third book in the Bar Code series, in which one girl struggles to escape the conformity of a dystopian world
    Just as in the original Bar Code Tattoo, the year is 2025 and the mysterious, ubiquitous, and seemingly omnipotent multinational corporation, Global 1, is in power through their agent President Loudon Waters. But now this ominous situation is experienced through the eyes of sixteen-year-old Grace Morrow.
    When Grace finds out that she's adopted, her biological father, who's the head of the Global 1 nano-bot injection project, urges her against getting the bar code tattoo when she turns seventeen. Stunned by the revelations, she goes home to find her adoptive family vanished, and she's determined to find them, turning to the anti-barcode group Decode. As they uncover more information about tracking, Grace must hide deep underground and undercover, trying to discover information that will allow Decode to figure out what Global 1 is up to, and trying desperately to shut the organization down for good.
     
    Drink Deep: A Chicagolands Vampire Novel
    by: Chloe Neill
    Release Date: November 1, 2012
    Online Price: $12.64 CDN
    Tag: Vampire
     
     
    Clouds are brewing over Cadogan House, and Merit the vampire can't tell if this is the darkness before the dawn, or the calm before the storm. With the city itself in turmoil over paranormals and the state threatening to pass a paranormal registration act, times have never been more precarious for the vampires. If only they could lay low for a bit...
    Then magic rears its ugly head when Lake Michigan turns black. The mayor insists it's nothing to worry about, but Merit knows a panic is coming. She'll have to turn to friends old and new to find out who's behind this, and stop them before it's too late for both the vampires and humans.
    Eternally Yours
    by: Cate Tiernan
    Release Date: November 6, 2012
    Online Price: $14.43
    Tag: Vampire



    After 450 years of living, Nastasya Crowe should have more of a handle on this whole immortal thing....
    After a deadly confrontation at the end of Darkness Falls, the second Immortal Beloved novel, Nastasya Crowe is, as she would put it, so over the drama. She fights back against the dark immortals with her own brand of kick-butt magick...but can she fight against true love? In the satisfying finale to the Immortal Beloved trilogy, ex-party-girl immortal Nastasya ends a 450-year-old feud and learns what "eternally yours" really means.

    Laced with historical flashbacks and laugh-out-loud dialogue, the Immortal Beloved trilogy is a fascinating and unique take on what it would mean to live forever.
    Destiny Rising: Campire Diaries The Hunters 3
    by: L.J. Smith
    Release Date: November 1, 2012
    Online Price: $14.43 CDN
    Tag: Vampire



    Destined for danger . . .
    Elena has faced countless challenges—escaping the Dark Dimension, defeating phantoms, discovering she's a Guardian. But nothing compares to choosing between the two loves of her life: Stefan and Damon Salvatore. Elena has reunited with Stefan, while Damon, hurt by the rejection, has become dark and unpredictable. Now Elena's torn between saving Damon's soul and staying true to Stefan.
    But before Elena can decide who her heart belongs to, Dalcrest College's campus is overrun with vampires determined to resurrect Klaus, the wicked Old One who will stop at nothing to destroy Elena—and everyone close to her.
    As Elena learns more about her destiny as a Guardian, a protector against evil on earth, she realizes that before she can defeat Klaus, she has to sacrifice someone close to her. Elena must decide how much—and who—she's willing to give up before it's too late. . . .

    Days of Blood and Starlight
    Release Date: November 6, 2012
    Online Price: $11.99 CDN
     
     
     
    In this stunning sequel to the highly acclaimed Daughter of Smoke and Bone, Karou must come to terms with who and what she is, and how far she'll go to avenge her people. Filled with heartbreak and beauty, mysteries and secrets, new characters and old favorites, Days of Blood and Starlight brings the richness, color and intensity of the first book to a brand new canvas.
     
    Extras: Contest!
     
    Reached (Matched book #3)
    Release Date: November 13, 2012
    Online Price: $13.72 CDN
    Tag: Dystopian
     
     
    The final thrilling part of the "New York Times" bestselling trilogy, "Reached" is the sequel to "Matched" and "Crossed" by Ally Condie. After leaving the Society and desperately searching for each other - and the Rising - Cassia and Ky have found what they were looking for, but at the cost of losing each other yet again. But nothing is as predicted, and all too soon the veil lifts and things shift once again...In the gripping conclusion to the bestselling "Matched" trilogy Cassia, Ky, and Xander return to the Society to save the one thing they have been denied for so long: the power to choose.

    Witch World
    by: Christopher Pike
    Release Date: November 13, 2012
    Online Price: $14.43 CDN
    Tag: Witches
     
     
    Witches are real—and each of us may be one—in this all-new paranormal suspense novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike.
    Heading off for a weekend in Las Vegas with her friends, Jessie Ralle has only one worry—how to make it through the road trip in the same car with her Ex, Jimmy Kelter. The guy who broke her heart five months ago when he dumped her for no reason. The guy who’s finally ready to tell her why he did it, because he wants her back.
    But what Jessie doesn’t realize is that Jimmy is the least of her problems.
    In Las Vegas she meets Russ, a mesmerizing stranger who shows her how to gamble, and who never seems to lose. Curious, Jessie wants to know his secret, and in response, alone in his hotel room, he teaches her a game that opens a door to another reality.
     
    Dark City (Black City #1)
    by: Elizabeth Richards
    Release Date: November 13, 2012
    Online Price: $13.87 CDN
     
    A dark and tender post-apocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war

    In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable--they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection that causes Ash's long-dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they're caught, they'll be executed--but their feelings are too strong.

    When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.
    Echo: Soul Seekers 2
    by: alyson Noel
    Release Date: November 13, 2012
    Online Price: $14.43 CDN



    The second book in the Soul Seekers series about a girl who can navigate between the worlds of the living and the dead.
     
    Daire Santos just saved her grandmother's life—and her soul. But at a cost. The Richters, a dark family of sorcerers, have been let loose in the Lowerworld, and Daire and her boyfriend, Dace, must once again work together to find them before they upset the balance between good and evil, and destroy not only their small town in New Mexico, but the entire world.
    As Daire and Dace's relationship deepens, Dace’s evil brother Cade grows stronger than ever, building his power and forcing Daire to confront the horrifying prophecy that has brought them all together. One that will leave Daire no choice but to claim her true destiny as Seeker, but only by making an unthinkable sacrifice for the greater good of all.

    Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries #1)
    by: Michelle Veil
    Release Date: November 20, 2012
    Online Price: $10.36 CDN
    Tag: Zombies
     
     
    Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, date hottie Rick and keep her zombie-raising abilities on the down-low. Then the god Anubis chooses her to become a reaper—and she accidentally undoes the work of another reaper, Rath. Within days, she's shipped off to the Nekyia Academy, an elite boarding school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath.
    Life at Nekyia has its pluses. Molly has her own personal ghoul, for one. Rick follows her there out of the blue, for another…except, there's something a little off about him. When students at the academy start to die and Rath disappears, Molly starts to wonder if anything is as it seems. Only one thing is certain—Molly's got an undeadly knack for finding trouble….
     
    Touched
    by: Corrine Jackson
    Release Date: November 27, 2012
    Online Price: $9.92 CDN
     
     
    Remy O'Malley heals people with touch - but every injury she cures becomes her own. Living in a household with an abusive stepfather, she has healed untold numbers of broken bones, burns, and bruises. And then one night her stepfather goes too far. Being sent to live with her estranged father offers a clean start and she is eager to take it. Enter Asher Blackwell. Once a Protector of Healers, Asher sacrificed his senses to become immortal. Only by killing a Healer can a Protector recover their human senses. Falling in love is against the rules between these two enemies. Because Remy has the power to make Protectors human again, and when they find out, they'll be coming for her - if Asher doesn't kill her first.
     
    The Lucky Ones: A Bright Young Things Novel
    by: Anna Godbersen
    Release Date: November 27, 2012
    Online Price: $17.16 CDN
     
    In 1929, the Bright Young Things escape Manhattan's heat for the lush lawns and sparkling bays of White Cove, looking for leisure, love, and luck.
    New York City's latest It Girl, Cordelia Grey, is flying high with celebrity pilot Max Darby. But Max is a private person with a reputation to uphold—and a secret to hide. A public romance with a bootlegger's daughter could cost him more than just his good name. . . .
    Aspiring triple threat Letty Larkspur has finally gotten her big break, but will her talent—and special bond with the married silver-screen star Valentine O'Dell—make her a target in the cutthroat world of Hollywood? Perhaps the ingenue knows how to play the leading lady after all.
    Newly married to her longtime sweetheart, socialite Astrid Donal finds herself spending more time with one of her husband's henchmen than with him. With so many secrets between man and wife, is the honeymoon already coming to an end?
    As summer reaches its hottest peak, these sun-kissed girls will find out if their luck can last . . . or if dark surprises are on the horizon.
    From the New York Times bestselling author of The Luxe comes the riveting conclusion to the one summer these Bright Young Things will never forget.
     
    Morningside
    by: Ashley Madau
    Release Date: November 28, 2012
    Online Price: $14.90 CDN
    Tag: Vampires
     
     
    It's easy to get caught up with bad-ass vampires, a killer love triangle, broken engagements, assumed clones, and enough sexual tension to drive anyone crazy. Moving past the sparkles and the vegetarian lifestyle, MORNINGSIDE shows vampires in a new light. Humanity believes them to be one thing, without any deviation-- the perfection of a human hunter. One woman is able to prove them wrong. Trapped between both the mortal and immortal realms, she becomes the line between humans and vampires, and both the differences and similarities they share. When her life is put at stake, the worlds begin to collide. Night falls across the town. When she is first turned, she assumes all is lost: her future, her social life, even the opportunity to one-day experience the release of death. But when she suddenly reverts to human form soon as her first immortal night comes to a close, it becomes painfully clear that she is no ordinary vampire. With nowhere else to turn, she finds herself at the mercy of the other vampires, and they do not hesitate to use her as an easy food source. Days later, as her excitement and adrenaline spikes, her thirst for blood returns. Neither she nor the other vampires know what to make of her condition. Is she a hybrid? A mutant? Without any clues to a cure, she is caught between two worlds, battling humanity and immortality. One day she is the hunter, the next day the hunted. She can't imagine her situation could get any worse, but soon a new threat emerges. A powerful vampire is after the secret held within her veins, and he will stop at nothing to get it.
     

     
     
    
    
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