Title: Rush (The Game #1)

Author: Eve Silver

Release Date: June 11, 2013

Publisher: Harper Teen

Synopsis:  So what’s the game now? This, or the life I used to know?

When Miki Jones is pulled from her life, pulled through time and space into some kind of game—her carefully controlled life spirals into chaos. In the game, she and a team of other teens are sent on missions to eliminate the Drau, terrifying and beautiful alien creatures. There are no practice runs, no training, and no way out. Miki has only the guidance of secretive but maddeningly attractive team leader Jackson Tate, who says the game isn’t really a game, that what Miki and her new teammates do now determines their survival, and the survival of every other person on this planet. She laughs. He doesn’t. And then the game takes a deadly and terrifying turn.

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Teaser #1:

He smiles, a faint curve of his lips that reveals the barest hint of a long dimple carved in his right cheek. “No, but I can read your expression. And I’ve been doing this long enough that I know what most people tend to think when they first open their eyes.”

“Doing what long enough?”

“This,” he says, and nothing more.

A second of silence stretches into two. Though I can’t see behind his glasses, I have the feeling he’s not looking at me anymore, that he’s scanning the area, looking for…something. But as I stare at him, I see me—tiny distorted reflections of me in the shiny, convex lenses.

Copyright © 2013. Eve Silver. All Rights Reserved.

Teaser #2:

I stare at the things in front of me: the Drau. I can’t look away.

Somewhere in the back of my mind, I remember Jackson talking about Medusa.

Don’t look at their eyes.

Their mercury eyes.

They’re poison.

They will kill me.

Copyright © 2013. Eve Silver. All Rights Reserved.

Teaser #3:

Color and sound explode, too bright, too loud. Even the air on my skin feels like it’s too much. My fingers go lax. The bag’s handle slides down my palm, then along my fingers to the tips, impossibly slow. The world tips and tilts and I flail for balance.

Luka grabs my hand and holds tight.

I blink. My house, my open front door, Dad, they’re all gone. My breath comes in short gasps and every muscle in my body feels like it’s knotted up tight.

I’m standing in a grassy clearing bounded by trees.

The lobby.

We’ve been pulled.

Copyright © 2013. Eve Silver. All Rights Reserved.

About the Author:
Eve Silver lives with her gamer husband and sons, sometimes in Canada, but often in worlds she dreams up. She loves kayaking and sunshine, dogs and desserts, and books, lots and lots of books. Watch for the first book in Eve’s new teen series, THE GAME: RUSH, coming from Katherine Tegen Books, June 2013. She also writes books for adults.

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Title: This Strange and Familiar Place (So Close to You #2)
Author: Rachel Carter
Publisher: HarperTeen, 272 Pages (July 2nd, 2013)
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Synopsis: These are the things of which Lydia is now certain:

The Montauk Project has been experimenting with time travel for years.

The Project's subjects are "recruits" from across time, recruits like Wes, Lydia's ally, friend, and love.

The Project is now responsible for the disappearance of two members of her family...

The conspiracy theorists were right about the Montauk Project all along. In this sequel to So Close to You, they're coming for Lydia next...

Excerpt:

           The music has changed from techno to old school rap: a guy talking in slow tones over a catchy melody. I glance toward the deejay booth, and then push myself up off of the wall. LJ and Maria have disappeared.
           I frantically look around the club. But I can’t see anything: it’s too dark in here, with too many people. I knew we should have taken Maria and gotten out of here, but LJ didn’t want to worry her. He said he would watch out for her during her set, and I agreed, confident that the Montauk Project wouldn’t try anything around this many people. But maybe I was wrong.
           I head for the nearest exit, but a boy with a shaved head steps in front of me. His lip ring catches the light even in this dim basement. “You’re too fine to be sitting in the corner all night,” he says. “Let’s dance.”
           “I can’t, I’m in a hurry.” I try to move past him, but he blocks my path again. “Move,” I say.
           “Don’t be like that.”
           “I said move.” I shove at his chest and he takes a step back. But he grabs my arm before I can get away.
            “And I said don’t be like that,” he snarls, and squeezes my skin hard enough to leave a bruise.
Suddenly he’s ripped away from me and knocks into a crowd of people. I hear a shout as someone spills their drink.
           Wes is standing in front of me, glaring at the punk kid. His hair is messier than usual, as though he’s been running his fingers through it.
           “Wes.” I ignore the commotion and focus on him. “We have to find LJ and Maria. They disappeared.”
           He nods, and we push through the crowd. We find the exit and run up the dusty stone steps. Kids are sitting on them, some drinking and talking, some making out, and we weave around them. Outside, the air is humid, but at least it’s not as oppressive as it is in the club. We’re on a side street, and there are people everywhere, waiting to get inside or smoking cigarettes.
           “I don’t see them.” I sound panicked.
           “There.” Wes points to an alley next to the church. We run over to it. A white van is parked on the far end. As I watch, a flash of dark hair disappears into it, and I hear the jagged sound of the door sliding shut.
           The van pulls away with a squeal of tires.
           “Maria!” I scream and run down the alley. By the time I get to the end, the van is nowhere in sight.

Author Bio: 

Rachel Carter grew up surrounded by trees and snow and mountains. She is a graduate of the University of Vermont and Columbia University, where she received her MFA in nonfiction writing. These days you can find her working on her next novel in the woods of Vermont.

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New Leaf Literary's brings you today's guest post!

Three Truths and a Lie from NA authors - Mila Ferrera and Colina Brennan and New Leaf Literary's, Jaida Temperly, Suzie Townsend and Kathleen Ortiz

Title: Spiral
Author: MIla Ferrera
Publisher: July 9th, 2013
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NOTE: This is a "New Adult" novel. Due to mature content this title is recommended for ages 17+

Synopsis: SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK meets GREY’S ANATOMY

Nessa Cavanaugh, psychology student, knows how to stay on an even keel. Despite the urging of her mother and her academic advisor to get a life and have some fun, “all work and no play” sums up her plan to survive her grueling internship year at a children's hospital. She doesn't want to end up like her father, whose constant ups and downs broke her family, and avoiding unnecessary emotional entanglements is a must.

Then she (literally) runs into Dr. Aron Lindstrom in the middle of her disastrous first day on the job. The attraction is instant—and terrifying. Nessa knows she should stay away—especially when she finds out he has a reputation for being a player—but Aron is brilliant, intense, and as sexy as they come. When he challenges her to take a chance on him, her plans to stay focused on work start to crumble.

But what begins as passion takes on a dangerous edge, becoming an emotional roller coaster that’s frighteningly familiar. As things spiral out of control, Nessa must decide whether she should hold on for the ride or run … even if it means leaving her heart behind.

Three Truths and a Lie:

Mila Ferrera, NA Author

1. I have accidentally mooned someone at 18,000 feet above sea level.

2. I have eaten fried crickets.

3. I have the musical tastes of a depressed teenage boy.

4. I am genetically blessed to have no wisdom teeth.

Lie: I have eaten fried crickets.


Colina Brennan, NA Author of Addicted to You - Add to: Goodreads

1. I can de-bone a chicken wing in less than a minute.

2. While camping, I once fought off a raccoon to save my veggie burger. (It wasn’t worth it.)

3. When I worked fast food as a teen, I amused myself by taking drive through orders in different accents.

4. I once decided going down a giant hill on roller blades would be a good idea. (It wasn’t.)

Lie: While camping, I once fought off a raccoon to save my veggie burger. (It wasn’t worth it.)


Jaida Temperly, Assistant at New Leaf Literary & Media

1. I grew up on a dairy farm, with a pet cow named Nolana.

2. I pursued classical ballet seriously until I was 18.

3. I double-majored in college: Theater and English Literature.

4. I love trash television (Real Housewives, TOWIE, The Kardashians, etc.).

Lie: I double-majored in college: Theater and English Literature. (Biology, actually.)


Suzie Townsend, Agent, New Leaf Literary & Media

1. I've had six dogs over my lifetime, including four at one time.

2. I had to call the parents of one of my students to tell them he was being suspended for bringing a birthday cake to school for one of his friends. It was shaped and decorated like a penis.

3. Two weeks ago, Joanna Volpe gave me a gin based drink at a party and I got so drunk that I walked out in the middle of Cards Against Humanity. The next thing I remember I was laying on my bathroom floor.

4. I have eleven toes. My left foot has an extra baby toe.

Lie: I have eleven toes. My left foot has an extra baby toe.


Kathleen Ortiz, Agent, Director of Subsidiary Rights

1. I hate alligator meat. Doesn't taste like chicken. Bleh.

2. I'm a former president of the Future Farmers of America and raised a 220 lb. pig who I showed off in the local fair.

3. I'm insanely scared of chickens. They're the spawn of Satan.

4 . I've backpacked across Europe for 50 days and slept on a bench in a Belgian train station. It was frickin' freezing.

Lie:  I hate alligator meat. Doesn't taste like chicken. Bleh.

Mila’s Biography: 

Mila Ferrera lives in New England, where she has a family and a job and does various normal, everyday things, all while plotting novels in her head. She has a passion for writing new adult/adult romance featuring psychological twists and tortured heroes. Her own psychology internship involved plenty of consultation, but alas, no sexy Swedish doctors, which is why she had to make one up. SPIRAL is her first novel ... but it won't be the only one for long.

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"Waiting On" Wednesday is an event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. The purpose of this weekly event is to spotlight a soon-to-be-released book that you are very much anticipating. "Waiting On" Wednesday will also give bloggers an opportunity to share ideas for our TBR lists.

Title: Texting the Underworld
Author: Ellen Booraem
Publisher: Dial, 320 Pages (August 15th, 2013)
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Synopsis: Perpetual scaredy-cat Conor O'Neill has the fright of his life when a banshee girl named Ashling shows up in his bedroom. Ashling is--as all banshees are--a harbinger of death, but she's new at this banshee business, and first she insists on going to middle school. As Conor attempts to hide her identity from his teachers, he realizes he's going to have to pay a visit to the underworld if he wants to keep his family safe.

"Got your cell?"
"Yeah . . . . Don't see what good it'll do me."
"I'll text you if anything happens that you should know."
"Text me? Javier, we'll be in the afterlife."
"You never know. Maybe they get a signal."

Discover why Kirkus has called Booraem's work "utterly original American fantasy . . . frequently hysterical." This totally fresh take on the afterlife combines the kid next door appeal of Percy Jackson with the snark of Artemis Fowl and the heart of a true middle grade classic.

Title: The Shade of the Moon (The Last Survivors #4)
Author: Susan Beth Pfeffer
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books, 304 Pages (August 13th, 2013)
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Synopsis: The eagerly awaited addition to the series begun with the New York Times best-seller Life As We Knew It, in which a meteor knocks the moon off its orbit and the world changes forever.

It's been more than two years since Jon Evans and his family left Pennsylvania, hoping to find a safe place to live, yet Jon remains haunted by the deaths of those he loved. His prowess on a soccer field has guaranteed him a home in a well-protected enclave. But Jon is painfully aware that a missed goal, a careless word, even falling in love, can put his life and the lives of his mother, his sister Miranda, and her husband, Alex, in jeopardy. Can Jon risk doing what is right in a world gone so terribly wrong?

Love both covers this week. And love the synopsis for Texting the Underworld. Then the Shade of the Moon is from a series of books that I've read the first couple of and loved! I need to reread because it's been so long. I'm excited to see there's a 4th book in this well written series.

*covers are always subject to change.

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