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In case you didn't already know, most new books (as well as CDs and DVDs) are released on Tuesdays. I'm not really sure why, but a quick Google search revealed many different, but plausible reasons for this, relating to things like sales figures, shipping time, and in-store preparation. Regardless, you'll often see "New Tuesday Releases" lists in bookstores, magazines, newspapers, websites, blogs, etc.

Aside from the guest posts from YA authors, Teenreads.com staff members and readers (which we've been really enjoying, and hope you are too!), many of you have suggested that you'd also like to see entries about new books coming out every week. So, because we don't update this blog on Tuesdays, we figured we'd give you all a head start by sharing a list of titles released on both hardcover and paperback every Monday, allowing you a full 24 hours of prep time for the following day's mad dash to the neighborhood bookstore.


New releases for July 21st

Hardcover
COFFEEHOUSE ANGEL by Suzanne Selfors (Walker Books for Young Readers)
From the author of SAVING JULIET comes a romantic comedy that is good to the last drop. When Katrina spots a homeless guy sleeping in the alley behind her grandmother’s coffee shop, she decides to leave him a cup of coffee, a bag of chocolate-covered coffee beans, and some pastries to tide him over. Little does she know that this random act of kindness is about to turn her life upside down. Because this adorable vagrant, Malcolm, is really a guardian angel on a break between missions. And he won’t leave until he can reward Katrina’s selflessness by fulfilling her deepest desire. Now if only she could decide what that might be . . .


Paperback
CHEATED by Patrick Jones (Walker Books for Young Readers)
Mick Salisbury wonders how he got where he is. For as long as he can remember, people have been saying the same thing about life being a series of choices. The problem is, he’s never been particularly good at making the right ones—especially since he was born and raised in Flint, Michigan, where most people are cheated out of all the better options in life.

So when a normal night spent hanging out, drinking with his two best friends, ends in a deadly mistake, individual decisions suddenly seem more important than Mick ever realized. And when he’s sitting in the police interrogation room, it will all come down to one choice. But once he heads down one road, will it ever be possible to turn back?

IVY by Julie Hearn (Atheneum)
In an engrossing odyssey into gritty 19th-century London, red-haired Ivy has been a thief. Her status improves when she becomes an artist's model. But she is also a drug addict, rendering her indifferent to the attention she attracts. Will she survive the deadly intentions of an unlikely murderer?

REVELATIONS: A Blue Bloods Novel by Melissa de la Cruz (Hyperion Books for Children)
The Blue Bloods are dealing with darker forces in this third volume of Melissa de la Cruz’s series. Most have completed their change into vampires, but they continue to train to hone their skills with The Committee. Some are even preparing for their Bonding. Still, the danger of the Silver Bloods lurks, and plenty of secrets are uncovered in REVELATIONS.