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Title: Daisy Jones & The Six Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Pages: 368 Genre: Fiction Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada/ Ballantine Books Release Date: March 5, 2019 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received an ARC for Review from Penguin Random House Canada* Summary ( Goodreads ) Everyone knows Daisy Jones & The Six, but nobody knows the reason behind their split at the absolute height of their popularity . . . until now. Daisy is a girl coming of age in L.A. in the late sixties, sneaking into clubs on the Sunset Strip, sleeping with rock stars, and dreaming of singing at the Whisky a Go Go. The sex and drugs are thrilling, but it’s the rock and roll she loves most. By the time she’s twenty, her voice is getting noticed, and she has the kind of heedless beauty that makes people do crazy things. Also getting noticed is The Six, a band led by the brooding Billy Dunne. On the eve of their first tour, his girlfriend Camila finds out she’s pregnant, and with th...

Title: All We Ever Wanted Author: Emily Giffin Pages: 400 Genre: Fiction/ Contemporary Publisher: Ballantine Books/Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: June 26, 2018 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo * Received for review by Penguin Random House Canada* Summary ( Goodreads ) In the riveting new novel from the #1  New York Times bestselling author of  First Comes Love  and  Something Borrowed , three very different people must choose between their family and their values. Nina Browning is living the good life after marrying into Nashville’s elite. More recently, her husband made a fortune selling his tech business, and their adored son has been accepted to Princeton. Yet sometimes the middle-class small-town girl in Nina wonders if she’s strayed from the person she once was. Tom Volpe is a single dad working multiple jobs while struggling to raise his headstrong daughter, Lyla. His road has been lonely, long, and hard, but he finally starts t...

Title: S.T.A.G.S. Author: M.A. Bennett Pages: 296 Genre: Young Adult, Mystery, Thriller, Contemporary Publisher: Delacorte Press/Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: January 30, 2018 Buy: Amazon | Kobo | Chapters Indigo *Received for review by publisher* Summary ( Goodreads ) Donna Tartt's  The Secret History  meets  Pretty Little Liars  in this propulsive, edge-of-your-seat novel that explores just how far the elite at an English boarding school will go to maintain the social order. There's no point hunting if there's no kill. At St. Aidan the Great School, or S.T.A.G.S., new things--and new people--are to be avoided. Unfortunately, Greer MacDonald, token scholarship student, is very much a new person. She has just transferred to S.T.A.G.S., and finds herself ignored at best and mocked at worst by the school's most admired circle of friends, the Medievals. So imagine Greer's surprise when this very group invites her to an exclusive weekend re...

Amazon Nook Kobo iBooks Fans of Sarah Dessen, Stephanie Perkins, and Jenny Han will delight as the fireworks spark and the secrets fly in this delicious summer romance from a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. When Jade decided to spend the summer with her aunt in California, she thought she knew what she was getting into. But nothing could have prepared her for Quentin. Jade hasn't been in suburbia long and even she knows her annoying (and annoyingly cute) next-door neighbor spells T-R-O-U-B-L-E. And when Quentin learns Jade plans to spend her first American summer hiding out reading books, he refuses to be ignored. Sneaking out, staying up, and even a midnight swim, Quentin is determined to give Jade days--and nights--worth remembering. But despite their storybook-perfect romance, every time Jade moves closer, Quentin pulls away. And when rumors of a jilted ex-girlfriend come to light, Jade knows Quentin is hiding a secret--an...

Title: I Have Lost My Way Author: Gayle Forman Pages: 258 Genre: Contemporary/YA Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada/Viking Books for YR Release Date: March 27, 2018 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo| Kobo| AmazonCA Summary ( Goodreads ) A powerful story of empathy and friendship from the #1 New York Times Bestselling author of  If I Stay . Around the time that Freya loses her voice while recording her debut album, Harun is making plans to run away from everyone he has ever loved, and Nathaniel is arriving in New York City with a backpack, a desperate plan, and nothing left to lose. When a fateful accident draws these three strangers together, their secrets start to unravel as they begin to understand that the way out of their own loss might just lie in help­ing the others out of theirs. An emotionally cathartic story of losing love, finding love, and discovering the person you are meant to be,  I Have Lost My Way  is best­selling author Gayle Forman at her...

Title: Ash Princess Author: Laura Sebastian  Pages: 432 Genre: Fantasy, YA Publisher: Delacorte Press for Young Readers/Random House Canada Release Date: April 24, 2018 Pre-order: AmazonUS | Chapters Indigo | Kobo | Summary (Goodreads) Theodosia was six when her country was invaded and her mother, the Queen of Flame and Fury, was murdered before her eyes. Ten years later, Theo has learned to survive under the relentless abuse of the Kaiser and his court as the ridiculed “Ash Princess.” Pretending to be empty-headed and naive when she's not enduring brutal whippings, she pushes down all other thoughts but one:  Keep the Kaiser happy and he will keep you safe. When the Kaiser forces her to execute her last hope of rescue, Theo can't keep her feelings and memories pushed down any longer. She vows revenge, throwing herself into a plot to seduce and murder the Kaiser's warrior son with the help of a group of magically gifted and volatile rebels. But T...

Title: Once and for All Author: Sarah Dessen Pages: 358 Genre: YA Contemporary Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers/Penguin Canada Release Date: June 6, 2017 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received for review by Penguin Random House Canada* Summary ( Goodreads ) As bubbly as champagne and delectable as wedding cake,  Once and for All , Sarah Dessen's thirteenth novel, is set in the world of wedding planning, where crises are routine.   Louna, daughter of famed wedding planner Natalie Barrett, has seen every sort of wedding: on the beach, at historic mansions, in fancy hotels and clubs. Perhaps that's why she's cynical about happily-ever-after endings, especially since her own first love ended tragically. When Louna meets charming, happy-go-lucky serial dater Ambrose, she holds him at arm's length. But Ambrose isn't about to be discouraged, now that he's met the one girl he really wants.  Sarah Dessen’s many, many fans will adore her lates...

Title: Bonefire Author: Krysten Ritter Pages: 288 Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Fiction Publisher: Hutchinson/Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: November 7, 2017 Buy: Amazon| Kobo | Chapters Indigo *Received for review by Penguin Random House Canada Summary:  ( Goodreads ) Should you ever go back? It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands. But when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins to crack. Tasked with investigating Optimal Plastics, the town's most high-profile company and economic heart, Abby begins to find strange connections to Barrens’ biggest scandal from more than a decade ago involving the popular Kaycee Mitchell and her closest friends—just before Kaycee disappeared for good. Abby ...

Title: Whichwood (Furthermore #2) Author: Tahereh Mafi Pages: 368 Genre: Fantasy, Middle Grade Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers/Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: November 14, 2017 Buy: AmazonCA | Kobo | Chapters Indigo * Received for review by Penguin RandomHouse Canada* Summary ( Goodreads ) A new adventure about a girl who is fated to wash the bodies of the dead in this companion to  Furthermore . Our story begins on a frosty night… Laylee can barely remember the happier times before her beloved mother died. Before her father, driven by grief, lost his wits (and his way). Before she was left as the sole remaining mordeshoor in the village of Whichwood, destined to spend her days washing the bodies of the dead and preparing their souls for the afterlife. It’s become easy to forget and easier still to ignore the way her hands are stiffening and turning silver, just like her hair, and her own ever-increasing loneliness and fear. But soon, a pair of f...

Title:  Turtles All The Way Down Author: John Green Pages: 304 Audiobook read by: Kate Rudd Genre: Contemporary, Young Adult Publisher: Penguin Teen/Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: October 10, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo Audio- Kobo  *for review by Penguin Audio* Summary ( Goodreads ) Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there’s a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett’s son, Davis. Aza is trying. She is trying to be a good daughter, a good friend, a good student, and maybe even a good detective, while also living within the ever-tightening spiral of her own thoughts.  I n his long-awaited return, John Green, the acclaimed, award-winning author of  Looking for Alaska  and  The Fault...

Title: Wonder Woman: Warbringer (DC Icons #1) Author : Leigh Bardugo Pages: 384 Genre: Superheroes, Fantasy, YA Publisher: Random House BYR/ Penguin Random House Canada Release Date: August 29, 2017 Buy: Amazon| Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received for review from Penguin Random House Canada* Summary ( Goodreads ) She will become one of the world’s greatest heroes: WONDER WOMAN. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight is just beginning. . . . Diana longs to prove herself to her legendary warrior sisters. But when the opportunity finally comes, she throws away her chance at glory and breaks Amazon law—risking exile—to save a mere mortal. Even worse, Alia Keralis is no ordinary girl and with this single brave act, Diana may have doomed the world. Alia just wanted to escape her overprotective brother with a semester at sea. She doesn’t know she is being hunted. When a bomb detonates aboard her ship, Alia is rescued by a mysterious girl of extraordinary s...

Title: Warcross (Warcross #1) Author: Marie Lu Pages: 368 Genre: Young Adult, Sci-fi Publisher: Penguin Teen/Penguin RandomHouse Canada Release Date: September 12, 2017 Buy: Amazon | Chapters Indigo | Kobo *Received for review by Publisher and Indigo Books and Music Summary ( Goodreads ) For the millions who log in every day, Warcross isn’t just a game—it’s a way of life. The obsession started ten years ago and its fan base now spans the globe, some eager to escape from reality and others hoping to make a profit. Struggling to make ends meet, teenage hacker Emika Chen works as a bounty hunter, tracking down players who bet on the game illegally. But the bounty hunting world is a competitive one, and survival has not been easy. Needing to make some quick cash, Emika takes a risk and hacks into the opening game of the international Warcross Championships—only to accidentally glitch herself into the action and become an overnight sensation. Convinced she’s going to be arres...