Back again to share some of the 2014 releases that I still need to add to my shelves. I feel that this list might help when it comes time to make a list of books I would like to receive as Christmas gifts from friends and family (lets be real, I will probably have quite a few books on my Christmas list). Here are the releases I still hope to purchase from July, August, and September.
July Releases:
Two jumped off the pier that night...but only one came back alive
Bryn
did everything with her best friend Erica. So when someone dared Erica
to jump off the pier one night at Harding Beach, Bryn was right by her
side. But when Bryn made it back to the surface, Erica was nowhere to be
found. Bryn tries to make a fresh start by burying her memories of that
awful night. But when a Twitter post from "EricaNShaw" pops up on her
feed and a chilling voice mail appears on her phone, she realizes that
someone isn't ready to let go of the past...
Girls started vanishing
in the fall, and now winter's come to lay a white sheet over the
horror. Door County, it seems, is swallowing the young, right into its
very dirt. From beneath the house on Water Street, I've watched the
danger swell. The residents know me as the noises in the house at
night, the creaking on the stairs. I'm the reflection behind them in
the glass, the feeling of fear in the cellar. I'm tied—it seems—to this
house, this street, this town.
I'm tied to Maggie and Pauline, though I don't know why. I think it's because death is coming for one of them, or both. All I know is that the present and the past are piling up, and I am here to dig.I am looking for the things that are buried.
Growing up on Forge’s
streets has taught Kyra how to stretch a coin. And when that’s not
enough, her uncanny ability to scale walls and bypass guards helps her
take what she needs.
But when the leader of the Assassins Guild
offers Kyra a lucrative job, she hesitates. She knows how to get by on
her own, and she’s not sure she wants to play by his rules. But he’s
persistent—and darkly attractive—and Kyra can’t quite resist his pull.
Tristam
of Brancel is a young Palace knight on a mission. After his best friend
is brutally murdered by Demon Riders, a clan of vicious warriors who
ride bloodthirsty wildcats, Tristam vows to take them down. But as his
investigation deepens, he finds his efforts thwarted by a talented
thief, one who sneaks past Palace defenses with uncanny ease.
When
a fateful raid throws Kyra and Tristam together, the two enemies
realize that their best chance at survival—and vengeance—might be to
join forces. And as their loyalties are tested to the breaking point,
they learn a startling secret about Kyra’s past that threatens to
reshape both their lives.
For all of her
seventeen years, Molly feels like she’s missed bits and pieces of her
life. Now, she’s figuring out why. Now, she’s remembering her own
secrets. And in doing so, Molly uncovers the separate life she seems to
have led…and the love that she can’t let go.
The Half Life of Molly Pierce
is a suspenseful, evocative psychological mystery about uncovering the
secrets of our pasts, facing the unknowns of our futures, and accepting
our whole selves.
Annie hates running. No
matter how far she jogs, she can’t escape the guilt that if she hadn’t
broken up with Kyle, he might still be alive. So to honor his memory,
she starts preparing for the marathon he intended to race.
But
the training is even more grueling than Annie could have imagined.
Despite her coaching, she’s at war with her body, her mind—and her
heart. With every mile that athletic Jeremiah cheers her on, she grows
more conflicted. She wants to run into his arms…and sprint in the
opposite direction. For Annie, opening up to love again may be even more
of a challenge than crossing the finish line.
After a mysterious
Sickness wipes out the rest of the population, the young survivors
assemble into tightly run tribes. Jefferson, the reluctant leader of the
Washington Square tribe, and Donna, the girl he's secretly in love
with, have carved out a precarious existence among the chaos. But when
another tribe member discovers a clue that may hold the cure to the
Sickness, five teens set out on a life-altering road trip to save
humankind.
The tribe exchanges gunfire with enemy gangs, escapes
cults and militias, braves the wilds of the subway and Central
Park...and discovers truths they could never have imagined.
August Releases:
Some boys go too far. Some boys will break your heart. But one boy can make you whole.
When
Grace meets Ian she's afraid. Afraid he'll reject her like the rest of
the school, like her own family. After she accuses the town golden boy
of rape, everyone turns against Grace. They call her a slut and a liar.
But...Ian doesn't. He's funny and kind with secrets of his own.
But how do you trust the best friend of the boy who raped you? How do you believe in love?
Edie Kramer has a score
to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty
drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn't
imagine being strong enough to face her senior year. But thanks to a
Faustian compact with the enigmatic Kian, she has the power to make the
bullies pay. She's not supposed to think about Kian once the deal is
done, but devastating pain burns behind his unearthly beauty, and he's
impossible to forget.
In one short summer, her entire life
changes, and she sweeps through Blackbriar, prepped to take the
beautiful people down from the inside. A whisper here, a look there, and
suddenly... bad things are happening. It's a heady rush, seeing her
tormentors get what they deserve, but things that seem too good to be
true usually are, and soon, the pranks and payback turns from delicious
to deadly. Edie is alone in a world teeming with secrets and fiends
lurking in the shadows. In this murky morass of devil's bargains, she
isn't sure who—or what--she can trust. Not even her own mind...
The creative writing
teacher, the delivery guy, the local Starbucks baristas, his best
friend, her roommate, and the squirrel in the park all have one thing in
common—they believe that Gabe and Lea should get together. Lea and Gabe
are in the same creative writing class. They get the same pop culture
references, order the same Chinese food, and hang out in the same
places. Unfortunately, Lea is reserved, Gabe has issues, and despite
their initial mutual crush, it looks like they are never going to work
things out. But somehow even when nothing is going on, something is happening between them, and everyone
can see it. Their creative writing teacher pushes them together. The
baristas at Starbucks watch their relationship like a TV show. Their bus
driver tells his wife about them. The waitress at the diner
automatically seats them together. Even the squirrel who lives on the
college green believes in their relationship.
Matthew Turner doesn’t have faith in anything.
Not
in family—his is a shambles after his younger brother was bullied into
suicide. Not in so-called friends who turn their backs when things get
tough. Not in some all-powerful creator who lets too much bad stuff
happen. And certainly not in some “It Gets Better” psychobabble.
No
matter what his girlfriend Hayden says about faith and forgiveness,
there’s no way Matt’s letting go of blame. He’s decided to “live large
and go out with a huge bang,” and whatever happens happens. But when a
horrific event plunges Matt into a dark, silent place, he hears a
rumble…a rumble that wakes him up, calling everything he’s ever
disbelieved into question.
Torrey Grey is famous.
At least, on the internet. Thousands of people watch her popular videos
on fashion and beauty. But when Torrey's sister is killed in an accident
-- maybe because of Torrey and her videos -- Torrey's perfect world
implodes.
Now, strangers online are bashing Torrey. And at her
new school, she doesn't know who to trust. Is queen bee Blair only being
sweet because of Torrey's internet infamy? What about Raylene, who is
decidedly unpopular, but seems accepts Torrey for who she is? And then
there's Luis, with his brooding dark eyes, whose family runs the local
funeral home. Torrey finds herself drawn to Luis, and his fascinating
stories about El dio de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.
As the
Day of the Dead draws near, Torrey will have to really look at her own
feelings about death, and life, and everything in between. Can she learn
to mourn her sister out of the public eye?
September Releases (Part One):
Outside, Anika Dragomir
is all lip gloss and blond hair—the third most popular girl in school.
Inside, she’s a freak: a mix of dark thoughts, diabolical plots, and, if
local chatter is to be believed, vampire DNA (after all, her father is
Romanian). But she keeps it under wraps to maintain her social position.
One step out of line and Becky Vilhauer, first most popular girl in
school, will make her life hell. So when former loner Logan McDonough
shows up one September hotter, smarter, and more mysterious than ever,
Anika knows she can’t get involved. It would be insane to throw away her
social safety for a nerd. So what if that nerd is now a
black-leather-jacket-wearing dreamboat, and his loner status is clearly
the result of his troubled home life? Who cares if the right girl could
help him with all that, maybe even save him from it? Who needs him when
Jared Kline, the bad boy every girl dreams of, is asking her on dates?
Who?
Caddie can’t stop
thinking that if she keeps from touching another person’s skin, her
parents might get back together... which is why she wears full-length
gloves to school and covers every inch of her skin.
It seems
harmless at first, but Caddie’s obsession soon threatens her ambitions
as an actress. She desperately wants to play Ophelia in her school’s
production of Hamlet. But that would mean touching Peter, who’s
auditioning for the title role—and kissing him. Part of Caddie would
love nothing more than to kiss Peter—but the other part isn't sure she's
brave enough to let herself fall.
Perfect for fans of Laurie
Halse Anderson, this debut novel from Rachel M. Wilson is a moving story
of a talented girl who's fighting an increasingly severe anxiety
disorder, and the friends and family who stand by her.
The Jewel means wealth.
The Jewel means beauty. The Jewel means royalty. But for girls like
Violet, the Jewel means servitude. Not just any kind of servitude.
Violet, born and raised in the Marsh, has been trained as a surrogate
for the royalty—because in the Jewel the only thing more important than
opulence is offspring.
Purchased at the surrogacy auction by the
Duchess of the Lake and greeted with a slap to the face, Violet (now
known only as #197) quickly learns of the brutal truths that lie beneath
the Jewel’s glittering facade: the cruelty, backstabbing, and hidden
violence that have become the royal way of life.
Violet must
accept the ugly realities of her existence... and try to stay alive. But
then a forbidden romance erupts between Violet and a handsome gentleman
hired as a companion to the Duchess’s petulant niece. Though his
presence makes life in the Jewel a bit brighter, the consequences of
their illicit relationship will cost them both more than they bargained
for.
"When I was little I
believed in Jesus and Santa, spontaneous combustion, and the Loch Ness
monster. Now I believe in science, statistics, and antibiotics." So says
seventeen-year-old Zac Meier during a long, grueling leukemia treatment
in Perth, Australia. A loud blast of Lady Gaga alerts him to the
presence of Mia, the angry, not-at-all-stoic cancer patient in the room
next door. Once released, the two near-strangers can't forget each
other, even as they desperately try to resume normal lives. The story of
their mysterious connection drives this unflinchingly tough, tender
novel told in two voices.
Sometimes one night can
change everything. On this particular night, Wren and her three best
friends are attending a black-tie party at the Metropolitan Museum of
Art to celebrate the opening of a major exhibit curated by her father.
An enormous wind blasts through the city, making everyone feel that
something unexpected and perhaps wonderful will happen. And for Wren,
that something wonderful is Nolan. With his root-beer-brown Michelangelo
eyes, Nolan changes the way Wren’s heart beats. In Isabel Gillies's Starry Night, suddenly everything is different. Nothing makes sense except for this boy. What happens to your life when everything changes, even your heart? How much do you give up? How much do you keep?
Why? Why did Liz
Emerson decide that the world would be better off without her? Why did
she give up? Vividly told by an unexpected and surprising narrator, this
heartbreaking and nonlinear novel pieces together the short and
devastating life of Meridian High’s most popular junior girl. Mass,
acceleration, momentum, force—Liz didn’t understand it in physics, and
even as her Mercedes hurtles toward the tree, she doesn’t understand it
now. How do we impact one another? How do our actions reverberate? What
does it mean to be a friend? To love someone? To be a daughter? Or a
mother? Is life truly more than cause and effect? Amy Zhang’s haunting
and universal story will appeal to fans of Lauren Oliver, Gayle Forman,
and Jay Asher.
In the next seventy-two
hours, Kenna may lose everything—her friends, her freedom, and maybe
even herself. One kiss of the blade was all it took to get her sent to
the psych ward for seventy-two hours. There she will face her addiction
to cutting, though the outcome is far from certain.
When
fifteen-year-old Kenna is found cutting herself in the school bathroom,
she is sent to a facility for mandatory psychiatric watch. There, Kenna
meets other kids like her—her roommate, Donya, who’s there for her fifth
time; the birdlike Skylar; and Jag, a boy cute enough to make her
forget her problems . . . for a moment.
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 girl wakes up on the
train tracks, a subway car barreling down on her. With only minutes to
react, she hunches down and the train speeds over her. She doesn’t
remember her name, where she is, or how she got there. She has a tattoo
on the inside of her right wrist of a blackbird inside a box, letters
and numbers printed just below: FNV02198. There is only one thing she
knows for sure: people are trying to kill her.
On the run for
her life, she tries to untangle who she is and what happened to the girl
she used to be. Nothing and no one are what they appear to be. But the
truth is more disturbing than she ever imagined.
The Breakfast Club
meets Pretty Little Liars in Gretchen McNeil’s witty and suspenseful
novel about four disparate girls who join forces to take revenge on high
school bullies and create dangerous enemies for themselves in the
process.
Bree, Olivia, Kitty, and Margot have nothing in
common—at least that’s what they’d like the students and administrators
of their elite private school to think. The girls have different goals,
different friends, and different lives, but they share one very big
secret: They’re all members of Don’t Get Mad, a secret society that
anonymously takes revenge on the school’s bullies, mean girls, and
tyrannical teachers.
When their latest target ends up dead with a
blood-soaked “DGM” card in his hands, the girls realize that they’re
not as anonymous as they thought—and that someone now wants revenge on
them. Soon the clues are piling up, the police are closing in . . . and
everyone has something to lose.
When Eva Tilling wakes
up in the hospital, she’s confused—who in her sleepy little North
Carolina town could have hit her with their car? And why? But before she
can consider the question, she finds that she’s awoken with a strange
new skill: the ability to foresee people’s deaths when they touch her.
While she is recovering from the hit-and-run, Nate, an old flame,
reappears, and the two must traverse their rocky past as they figure out
how to use Eva’s power to keep her friends—and themselves—alive. But
while Eva and Nate grow closer, the killer grows increasingly frantic in
his attempt to get to Eva.
Newly arrived in New
Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets
R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for
the extraordinary--including the ability to see supernatural beings.
Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which
makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s assistant. On her first
day, Abigail finds herself in the midst of a thrilling case: A serial
killer is on the loose. The police are convinced it’s an ordinary
villain, but Jackaby is certain it’s a nonhuman creature, whose
existence the police--with the exception of a handsome young detective
named Charlie Cane--deny.
Doctor Who meets Sherlock
in William Ritter’s debut novel, which features a detective of the
paranormal as seen through the eyes of his adventurous and intelligent
assistant in a tale brimming with cheeky humor and a dose of the
macabre.
The Forge School is the
most prestigious arts school in the country. The secret to its
success: every moment of the students' lives is televised as part of
the insanely popular Forge Show, and the students' schedule includes
twelve hours of induced sleep meant to enhance creativity. But when
first year student Rosie Sinclair skips her sleeping pill, she discovers
there is something off about Forge. In fact, she suspects that there
are sinister things going on deep below the reaches of the cameras in
the school. What's worse is, she starts to notice that the edges of her
consciousness do not feel quite right. And soon, she unearths the
ghastly secret that the Forge School is hiding—and what it truly means
to dream there.
[I decided to split September up because there are soooo many books I want that released in September :]