Alienated by Melissa Landers

I'm a huge fan of Melissa Landers's Sultry Springs series (written under the name Macy Beckett). The writing is fantastic and you can't help but love her characters and the small town in Texas she's created. 

Alienated, her YA debut,  is a bit different, though: the main character is playing host to the first exchange student from another planet. YA sci-fi? Totally up my ally. Add in some romance? I'm in 100%. 

The basis of this book, combined with Landers's great writing and awesome characters makes me so, so excited. I can't wait to check this out. I'm sure it's going to be amazing!

Eat Drink Vote: An Illustrated Guide to Food Politics by Marion Nestle

Publication date: September 3, 2013

We grabbed a preview of this book at BEA in June which included the introduction and first chapter. I finally got around to reading it on my lunch hour yesterday and it was really entertaining. I'm into food politics anyway - I think the ways the government influences our diet is fascinating - but the use of political cartoons to illustrate the points is particularly fun.

I can't wait to get my hands on the full version when it comes out next month!