New Release Tuesday...The Ones I'm Psyched For [21]

Four: A Divergent Story Collection (Divergent #0.1-0.4) By Veronica Roth

Summary

Two years before Beatrice Prior made her choice, the sixteen-year-old son of Abnegation’s faction leader did the same. Tobias’s transfer to Dauntless is a chance to begin again. Here, he will not be called the name his parents gave him. Here, he will not let fear turn him into a cowering child.

Newly christened “Four,” he discovers during initiation that he will succeed in Dauntless. Initiation is only the beginning, though; Four must claim his place in the Dauntless hierarchy. His decisions will affect future initiates as well as uncover secrets that could threaten his own future—and the future of the entire faction system.

Two years later, Four is poised to take action, but the course is still unclear. The first new initiate who jumps into the net might change all that. With her, the way to righting their world might become clear. With her, it might become possible to be Tobias once again.

I made a mistake last week, but Four: A Divergent Story Collection is actually coming out this week. I'm still super excited for its release and to read more from Four's perspective. I loved reading The Transfer and I want to learn more about Four's life.

Check out my review of The Transfer.
Check it out on Goodreads.
Check out author Veronica Roth's website.

Landline by Rainbow Rowell

Summary

Georgie McCool knows her marriage is in trouble. That it’s been in trouble for a long time. She still loves her husband, Neal, and Neal still loves her, deeply — but that almost seems besides the point now.

Maybe that was always besides the point.

Two days before they’re supposed to visit Neal’s family in Omaha for Christmas, Georgie tells Neal that she can’t go. She’s a TV writer, and something’s come up on her show; she has to stay in Los Angeles. She knows that Neal will be upset with her — Neal is always a little upset with Georgie — but she doesn’t expect to him to pack up the kids and go home without her.

When her husband and the kids leave for the airport, Georgie wonders if she’s finally done it. If she’s ruined everything.

That night, Georgie discovers a way to communicate with Neal in the past. It’s not time travel, not exactly, but she feels like she’s been given an opportunity to fix her marriage before it starts . . .

Is that what she’s supposed to do?

Or would Georgie and Neal be better off if their marriage never happened?

I was lucky to receive an ARC of Landline from St. Martin's Press and I have to say, I absolutely loved it! I'm so glad it's finally out so I can get a hardcover final copy and so that everyone else can enjoy this amazing story. Rowell does not disappoint with her latest book!

Check out my review of Landline.
Check it out on Goodreads.
Check out author Rainbow Rowell's website.

Other Notable New Releases

• The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
• The Half-Life of Molly Pierce by Katrina Leno
• The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen
• Wild by Alex Mallory

New Release Tuesday...The Ones I'm Psyched For [20]

Four: A Divergent Story Collection (Divergent #0.1-0.4) By Veronica Roth

Summary

Two years before Beatrice Prior made her choice, the sixteen-year-old son of Abnegation’s faction leader did the same. Tobias’s transfer to Dauntless is a chance to begin again. Here, he will not be called the name his parents gave him. Here, he will not let fear turn him into a cowering child.

Newly christened “Four,” he discovers during initiation that he will succeed in Dauntless. Initiation is only the beginning, though; Four must claim his place in the Dauntless hierarchy. His decisions will affect future initiates as well as uncover secrets that could threaten his own future—and the future of the entire faction system.

Two years later, Four is poised to take action, but the course is still unclear. The first new initiate who jumps into the net might change all that. With her, the way to righting their world might become clear. With her, it might become possible to be Tobias once again.

You can bet that I've had this pre-ordered for months and now I'm just waiting for it to come in the mail. I'm so excited to read more from Four's perspective. I loved reading The Transfer and I want to learn more about Four's life.

Check out my review of The Transfer.
Check it out on Goodreads.
Check out author Veronica Roth's website.

[EDIT: I want to apologize for my mix up. Four: A Divergent Story Collection is not released until next week on July 8th.]

Conversion by Katherine Howe

Summary

It’s senior year at St. Joan’s Academy, and school is a pressure cooker. College applications, the battle for valedictorian, deciphering boys’ texts: Through it all, Colleen Rowley and her friends are expected to keep it together. Until they can’t.

First it’s the school’s queen bee, Clara Rutherford, who suddenly falls into uncontrollable tics in the middle of class. Her mystery illness quickly spreads to her closest clique of friends, then more students and symptoms follow: seizures, hair loss, violent coughing fits. St. Joan’s buzzes with rumor; rumor blossoms into full-blown panic.

Soon the media descends on Danvers, Massachusetts, as everyone scrambles to find something, or someone, to blame. Pollution? Stress? Or are the girls faking? Only Colleen—who’s been reading The Crucible for extra credit—comes to realize what nobody else has: Danvers was once Salem Village, where another group of girls suffered from a similarly bizarre epidemic three centuries ago . . .

Inspired by true events—from seventeenth-century colonial life to the halls of a modern-day high school—Conversion casts a spell. With her signature wit and passion, New York Times bestselling author Katherine Howe delivers an exciting and suspenseful novel, a chilling mystery that raises the question, what’s really happening to the girls at St. Joan’s?

I love a good mystery and thriller, especially one that deals with how the past might affect the future. I'm very excited to read Howe's latest book.

Check it out on Goodreads.
Check out author Katherine Howe's website.

Other Notable New Releases

• Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #3.5) by Maggie Stiefvater 
• The Vanishing Season by Jodi Lynn Anderson
• Latitude Zero by Diana Renn
• On the Fence by Kasie West

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Four: A Divergent Story (Divergent #0.1-0.4) by Veronica Roth

Publication Date: July 8, 2014

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Synopsis 

Two years before Beatrice Prior made her choice, the sixteen-year-old son of Abnegation’s faction leader did the same. Tobias’s transfer to Dauntless is a chance to begin again. Here, he will not be called the name his parents gave him. Here, he will not let fear turn him into a cowering child.

Newly christened “Four,” he discovers during initiation that he will succeed in Dauntless. Initiation is only the beginning, though; Four must claim his place in the Dauntless hierarchy. His decisions will affect future initiates as well as uncover secrets that could threaten his own future—and the future of the entire faction system.

Two years later, Four is poised to take action, but the course is still unclear. The first new initiate who jumps into the net might change all that. With her, the way to righting their world might become clear. With her, it might become possible to be Tobias once again.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth comes a companion volume to the worldwide bestselling divergent series, told from the per-spective of the immensely popular character Tobias. The four pieces included here—The Transfer, The Initiate, The Son, and The Traitor—plus three additional exclusive scenes, give readers an electrifying glimpse into the history and heart of Tobias, and set the stage for the epic saga of the Divergent trilogy.

You wouldn't believe how excited I am to get back into the world of Divergent. I've already read The Tranfer, the first of the four short stories about Four that was released a few months ago. I love reading about Tobias's story and I'm excited to see more from his point of view.

Check out my review of The Transfer

Check it out on Goodreads! 

New Release Tuesday...The Ones I'm Psyched For! [2]

Allegiant (Divergent #3) by Veronica Roth

Summary

One choice will define you.

What if your whole world was a lie? 

What if a single revelation—like a single choice—changed everything? 

What if love and loyalty made you do things you never expected?

The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered—fractured by violence and power struggles and scarred by loss and betrayal. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she’s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories. 

But Tris’s new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind. Old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless. Explosive new truths change the hearts of those she loves. And once again, Tris must battle to comprehend the complexities of human nature—and of herself—while facing impossible choices about courage, allegiance, sacrifice, and love. 

Told from a riveting dual perspective, Allegiant, by #1 New York Times best-selling author Veronica Roth, brings the Divergent series to a powerful conclusion while revealing the secrets of the dystopian world that has captivated millions of readers in Divergent and Insurgent.

Who isn't excited for Allegiant? I think I can safely say we've all been waiting impatiently for the final book in the Divergent trilogy since Insurgent was released last fall. With the cliff-hanger that ended Insurgent, I know I can't wait to jump right back into the world of Tris and Tobias and finally find out what happens to them.

Check it out on Goodreads!

Book Review: The Transfer by Veronica Roth

The Transfer by Veronica Roth

Release Date: September 3, 2013

Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books

Source: Personal Purchase

Summary

More Four! Fans of the Divergent series by #1 New York Times bestselling author Veronica Roth will be thrilled by "The Transfer," the first of four new short stories told from Four’s perspective. Each brief story explores the world of the Divergent series through the eyes of the mysterious but charismatic Tobias Eaton, revealing previously unknown facets of his personality, backstory, and relationships.

(Courtesy of Goodreads)

My Review

For fans of the best-selling Divergent by Veronica Roth, the new companion novella, The Transfer, is a must read. In this first of four novella's we read about Tobias Eaton's transfer from Abnegation to Dauntless, and learn about his tragic background that made him into the Four we all know and love.