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Title: The Thing About The Truth Author: Lauren Barnholdt Pages: 304 Publisher: Simon Pulse Release Date: July 10, 2012 Buy: AmazonCA | Chapters Indigo | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository Summary: ( Goodreads ) In this humorous love story from the author of Two-Way Street , an unlikely romance is the best sort of surprise—but the wrong secret can ruin everything. Kelsey’s not going to let one mistake ruin her life. Sure, she got kicked out of prep school and all her old friends are shutting her out. But Kelsey’s focused on her future, and she’s determined to get back on track at Concordia High. Isaac’s been kicked out of more schools than he can count. Since his father’s a state senator, Isaac’s life is under constant scrutiny—but Concordia High’s his last stop before boarding school, so Isaac’s hoping to fly under the radar and try to stay put for a change. When Kelsey and Isaac meet, it’s anything but love at first sight. She thinks he’s an ent...

 Title: Things I Can't Forget Author: Miranda Kenneally  Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire Release : 2013 Companion to Catching Jordan and Stealing Parker. Set at summer camp, this book is about a girl named Kate falling in love for the first time. Read an excerpt here.

Title: Starling (Starling #1) Author: Lesley Livingston  Pages: 352 Publisher: HarperTeen Release Date: August 28, 2012 Summary: ( Goodreads ) "Love is just the beginning... of the end." Mason Starling is a champion fencer for Gosforth Academy, but she’s never had to fight for her life. Until now. When a ferocious storm rips through Manhattan and unleashes terrifying creatures onto Gosforth’s campus, Mason barely escapes alive. Without help from the mysterious stranger who appeared in the midst of the storm, she might not have made it at all. But now, in the aftermath, Mason’s life begins to spin dramatically, mystically out of control, and the only one who seems able to help her is the stranger who can remember nothing but his name: Fennrys Wolf. As Mason and Fenn uncover more about Fenn’s past and the strange events that surround them, they realize that Mason’s family — and its dark allegiance to the ancient Norse gods — is at the center of...

Title: Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass #1) Author: Sarah J. Maas Pages: 416 Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's  Release Date : August 7, 2012    Summary: (Goodreads)     After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men—thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the kings council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she’ll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But she’s bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show inter...

Review: Where We Belong by Emily Giffin--> REVIEW Dark Companion by Marta Acosta  Stealing Parker by Miranda Kenneally  Entice (The Violet Eden Chapters #2) by Jessica Shirvington Wake (Watersong #1) by Amanda Hocking Who I Kissed by Janet Gurtler  Death and the Girl Next Door (Darklight #1) by Darynda Jones  Heaven ( Halo #3) by Alexandra Adornetto  Eve & Adam by Katherine Applegate, Micheal Grant  Thank You- St. Martin Press, Tor Teen, Macmillan, and the Awesome Raincoast Books Bought: Endlessly (Paranormalcy #3) by Kiersten White Something Strange and Deadly (#1) by Susan Dennard  Seraphina (#1) by Rachel Hartman Shadow and Bone (The Grisha Trilogy #1) by Leigh Bardugo

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Title: Losing Lila Author: Sarah Alderson Pages: 320 Publisher: Simon and Schuster UK Release Date: August 2, 2012 Pre-order: Book Depository Summary: ( Goodreads ) Alex and Lila are on the run, desperately trying to stay one step ahead of the Unit, which somehow is managing to track their every move. Whilst Alex is determined to keep Lila safe and her ability secret at any cost, Lila’s only thought is of finding a way back to California so that she can rescue her brother and mother from the military base where they’re being held. Struggling to control both her growing power and her deepening feelings for Alex, Lila decides the time has finally come to stop running and start fighting. Together with Alex, Demos, and the people she’s come to think of as family, Lila plans not just to save her brother and mother, but to completely destroy the Unit and everything it stands for. But the plan requires Lila to return alone to California, make friends ...