17 May 2013

Stacking the Shelves (6)

Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews where book bloggers share the books they've added to their shelves this week (physical or electronic).


Not a huge haul by any standards this week...

Purchased from the bookstore:

The Program by Suzanne Young
Blurb:
In Sloane’s world, true feelings are forbidden, teen suicide is an epidemic, and the only solution is The Program.

Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone. With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories.

Under constant surveillance at home and at school, Sloane puts on a brave face and keeps her feelings buried as deep as she can. The only person Sloane can be herself with is James. He’s promised to keep them both safe and out of treatment, and Sloane knows their love is strong enough to withstand anything. But despite the promises they made to each other, it’s getting harder to hide the truth. They are both growing weaker. Depression is setting in. And The Program is coming for them.

E-galley:

Far Far Away by Tom McNeal
Blurb:
It says quite a lot about Jeremy Johnson Johnson that the strangest thing about him isn't even the fact his mother and father both had the same last name. Jeremy once admitted he's able to hear voices, and the townspeople of Never Better have treated him like an outsider since. After his mother left, his father became a recluse, and it's been up to Jeremy to support the family. But it hasn't been up to Jeremy alone. The truth is, Jeremy can hear voices. Or, specifically, one voice: the voice of the ghost of Jacob Grimm, one half of the infamous writing duo, The Brothers Grimm. Jacob watches over Jeremy, protecting him from an unknown dark evil whispered about in the space between this world and the next. But when the provocative local girl Ginger Boultinghouse takes an interest in Jeremy (and his unique abilities), a grim chain of events is put into motion. And as anyone familiar with the Grimm Brothers know, not all fairy tales have happy endings. . .




Reaper's Novice (Soul Collector #1) by Cecilia Robert
Blurb:
Seventeen-year-old Ana Maria Tei’s life has always been perfect: loving parents, good grades, and a future so bright it outshone the sun. But now words like “separation” and “divorce” are sending her world plummeting to hell. Determined to keep her family intact, Ana plans a family-bonding trip from Vienna to Tuscany. Except fate has other plans. Ana’s parents and siblings are killed in a car accident on their way to pick Ana up from school.

Enter Grim, aka Ernest. He promises to relinquish the four souls if Ana agrees to trade her soul for theirs and serve a lifetime as his novice. In order for Ana to graduate from her Reaper’s Novice station to a Soul Collector graduate, Grim puts her to test. To her horror, she finds out becoming a Reaper’s Novice didn’t happen by chance. It was preordained, and she is forced to make a choice: save her family’s souls or come to terms with who she really is and complete the task set for her.


And that's all for this week! What have you all added to your shelves this week?

7 comments:

  1. I also got Reapers Novice as well this week. Great haul of books.

    Grace

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  2. LOVED The Program!
    The girl on the cover of Reaper's Notice looks like Bonnie from Vampire Diaries ;)

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  3. New follower! I've seen a lot of good things about The Program. I'm not sure if it's for me or not. But happy reading!

    SP & STS
    Sandy @ Somewhere Only We Know

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    1. It's not usually my type of book, but it sounds so interesting I had to give it a shot

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  4. Ooh, I want to read Reaper's Novice and The Program. I've had both on my TBR for a while now. Angela @ Reading Angels is right—the girl on the cover of RN looks like Bonnie from VD. :D I haven't heard of Far Far Away, but it sounds interesting. Hope you enjoy your new reads! :)

    Raina @ The LUV'NV
    New GFC Follower

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  5. The Program sounds really good. I may have to check that out sometime. I hope you enjoy everything. :)

    Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian

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  6. Great Haul! All three of those are books on my TBR list :) I hope they are some great reads!
    Here are my newest additions

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