New Shelf Goodies & The Weekly Nutshell {59}

For New Shelf Goodies, I'll be showing you what lovely books I acquired this week, whether from publishers, or the library, or from whatever half-crazed book-buying binge I happened to go on. :D (Inspired by Tynga's Stacking the Shelves) The Weekly Nutshell will be just that...my week here at Stories & Sweeties, in a nutshell. (inspired by Ginger @ GReads and her recaps at the end of the TGIF posts)

Wasn't expecting anything this week, but I got a few unsolicited surprises :) 

 For review:

Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

Loved Every Day, and the POV in this sounds really interesting. 

Gated by Amy Christine Parker

I'm hearing good things about this one, but I usually shy away from cult books. 

The Beginning of Everything by Robyn Schneider

This one has been so hyped up, so I hope it lives up to it!

Wait for You by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I love Armentrout's Half-Blood series, but I haven't really gotten into NA as of yet.  I may be passing this on---I know how many big fans she has that would love this!

Thanks to Random House, Harper Teen, & William Morrow for these!

The Weekly Nutshell:

  {Monday} Cover Story

{Tuesday} Waiting on Wednesday: The Winner's Curse 
 {Friday} My favorite cover of 2014 (so far)...

  It seems my blog this week was all about the cover loveliness.   I guess I was all wrapped up in reading Conjured and Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea (reviews coming this week).

 Now I need your HELP!! 

These were both dark and eerie, both a bit on the gruesome side and so so serious...anyone have any great recommendations for FUN reads? Something not too heavy or doom-and-gloom, something where I might actually laugh out loud a few times.  I need that right now. Please? :D