Sunday, June 3, 2012

Stacking the Shelves (June 3, 2012)


Tynga of Tynga's Reviews is starting a new meme to spotlight the books we receive each week. She explains at her site and posts a Linky each week. 
I guarantee that your TBR pile will grow when you see all the wonderful books everyone gets. You will also discover lots of great blogs and lots of books that you won't be able to live without.

This was a quiet week for me. I just received two ARCs through the Amazon Vine Program.
I chose The Lost Code by Kevin Emerson. This is the sentence from the book description that hooked me on reading this one:
"Kevin Emerson's thrilling novel is Book One of the Atlanteans series—perilous adventures in a grimly plausible dystopian future, fueled by high-stakes action, budding romance, and a provocative question: What would you do if you had the power to save humanity from its own self-destruction?" 
This book was released on May 22. I should be reading it soon.

Dark Companion by Marta Acosta was my other choice from the most recent newsletter. Here is the book description:
Orphaned at the age of six, Jane Williams has grown up in a series of foster homes, learning to survive in the shadows of life. Through hard work and determination, she manages to win a scholarship to the exclusive Birch Grove Academy. There, for the first time, Jane finds herself accepted by a group of friends. She even starts tutoring the headmistress’s gorgeous son, Lucien. Things seem too good to be true.

They are.

The more she learns about Birch Grove’s recent past, the more Jane comes to suspect that there is something sinister going on. Why did the wife of a popular teacher kill herself? What happened to the former scholarship student, whose place Jane took? Why does Lucien’s brother, Jack, seem to dislike her so much?

As Jane begins to piece together the answers to the puzzle, she must find out why she was brought to Birch Grove—and what she would risk to stay there….
Dark Companion will be published on July 3.

That was what I got. What did you get this week?

12 comments:

  1. OOoh nice! Seen these two around lately, hope you enjoy them both!

    Here's my STS

    Have a GREAT day!

    Old Follower :)

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  2. I've been wanting to read the Lost Code. I hope you like both, and can't wait to see what you thing of them.

    Thanks for stopping by!

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  3. I'd love to read Dark Companion. It sounds so good!

    I'm a new follower :)

    Jenny

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  4. Oh awesome. The Lost Code sounds really good and I have Dark Companion too. I'm really looking forward to it. Happy Reading!!

    Thanks for stopping by my Stack

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  5. Hope you enjoy your books. The Lost Code is on my wishlist. :)

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  6. I really want to read The Lost Code! It sounds so fantastic. I've also heard some good things about Dark Companion, so I'm going to have to add that one to my TBR.

    Enjoy your books! =)

    -Aneeqah @ My Not So Real Life

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  7. The Lost Code sounds really good! Hopefully I will have time to read it this summer. Anyway, thanks for stopping by my blog.

    The Citrus Reads

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  8. The Lost Code and Dark Companion are Both on my TBR and I want to read it SOO bad!! -.- I'm so jealous! Hope you enjoy!

    Check out my Stacking the Shelves!

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  9. I like seeing what you get each week. Thanks for visiting.

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  10. Dark Companion looks really good! Hope you enjoy it (:

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  11. Both of these sound awesome! i'll definitely be adding them to my list! Thanks for stoping by my Letterbox Love!

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