Friday, February 1, 2013

Book Highlight: Farsighted series by Emily Chand


Alex Kosmitoras's life has never been easy. The only other student who will talk to him is the school bully, his parents are dead broke and insanely overprotective, and... oh yeah, he's blind.

Just when he thinks he'll never have a shot at a normal life, an enticing new girl comes to their small Midwest town all the way from India. Simmi is smart, nice, and actually wants to be friends with Alex. Plus she smells like an Almond Joy bar. Sophomore year might not be so bad after all.

Alex is in store for another new arrival—an unexpected and often embarrassing ability to "see" the future. Try as he may, Alex is unable to ignore his visions, especially when they suggest Simmi is in mortal danger.

With the help of the mysterious psychic next door and friends who come bearing gifts of their own, Alex embarks on his journey to change the future.


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Simmi Shergill's life is a mess. Her powers of psychic feeling are on the fritz, and Grandon Township's sudden population boom has brought quite a few unsavory characters to town. She also looks like an over-blown balloon in her size 14 pants, but not even starving herself seems to be helping.

At least she has Alex, the boyfriend who loves her so much he'd do anything for her. Last summer, he even risked his life to protect her from the mysterious boy everyone was convinced wanted to kill her.

Just one problem: she's not so sure she feels the same way. Is Alex really the man of her dreams? Why can't she stop fixating on her would-be killer, Dax? Part of her wants to run screaming in the other direction whenever Dax is around, while the other part longs to run into his embrace, no matter whom she'd hurt or what she'd risk.

Simmi's loyalty is on the line. Whom will she choose—the blind seer who loves her, or the charming telekinetic with "bad idea" written all over him? Emotions run high in the tension-packed book two of the Farsighted series.


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About The Author...

From an early age, Emlyn Chand has counted books among her best friends. She loves to hear and tell stories and emerged from the womb with a fountain pen grasped firmly in her left hand (true story). Her affinity for the written word extends to absolutely every area of her life: she has published three novels and three children’s books with plans for many more of each, leads a classics book group with almost five-hundred members, and, of course, runs the whole shebang at Novel Publicity.

The book that changed Emlyn’s life is Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crocket Johnson. It opened her eyes to the world that could exist if only she was willing to create it—a lesson she has never forgotten. While she enjoys all types of novels, her greatest loves are literary fiction and YA. She’s best known for her Farsighted series and is developing a slow but steady following for the Bird Brain Books. She’s eager to see how her women’s fiction novel, Torn Together, will be received by the reading masses.


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Make sure to check out the FARSIGHTED & OPEN HEART blog tour kicking off Monday, February 4th! 


GRAND PRIZE: Kindle or Nook -- Winners choice!



New YA Releases: February 1st-8th

February is  one of my favorite months of the year! Aside from the fact that it's my birthday month (I'm turning 18 this year heee!), there are SO MANY AWESOME BOOKS releasing in the next four weeks.

Some of the titles on my wishlist like Unravel Me, The Indigo Spell and Scarlet will be out in the span of 28 days. That's crazy! And exciting in every sense of the word. 

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Click on the title link for the summary and to be directed to the book's GoodReads page.
The Look

Release date: February 1st, 2013
Publisher: Chicken House
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Ruined (Ruined, #1)

Release date: February 1st, 2013
Publisher: Point
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Bluford #17: The Test

Release date: February 1st, 2013
Publisher: Scholastics Paperbacks
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Breaking Point (Article 5, #2)

Release date: February 5th, 2013
Publisher: Tor Teen
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Scarlet (Lunar Chronicles, #2)

Release date: February 5th, 2013
Publisher: Feiwel and Friends
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Hysteria

Release date: February 5th, 2013
Publisher: Walker Childrens
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Cross My Heart, Hope To Die (The Lying Game, #5)

Publisher: HarperTeen
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
City of a Thousand Dolls

Release date: February 5th, 2013
Publisher: HarperTeen
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Unravel Me (Shatter Me, #2)

Release date: February 5th, 2013
Publisher: HarperCollins
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Etiquette & Espionage (Finishing School, #1)

Release date: February 5th, 2013
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Perfect Scoundrels (Heist Society, #3)

Release date: February 5th, 2013
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
The Whole Stupid Way We Are

Release date: February 5th, 2013
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
The Ruining

Release date: February 7th, 2013
Publisher: Razorbill
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository
Dancing in the Dark

Release date: February 8th, 2013
Publisher: Flux
Purchase: Amazon | Book Depository


Which of these new releases are you most excited to read? Share them in the comments :)  Have a great month everyone!



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