Waiting on Wednesday {21}

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine 

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

Perception by Kim Harrington
Hardcover, 288 pages

Expected Publication: March 1st 2012 by Scholastic Point

From Goodreads

When you can see things others can't, what do you do when someone's watching you?

Everybody knows about Clarity "Clare" Fern. She's the psychic girl in school, the one who can place her hands on something and see hidden visions from the past.

Only Clare would rather not be a celebrity. She prefers hanging back, observing. Her gift is not a game to her.

But then someone starts playing with her head . . . and heart. Messages and gifts from a secret admirer crop up everywhere Clare turns. Could they be from Gabriel, the gorgeous boy who gets Clare's pulse racing? Or from Justin, Clare's hopeful ex-boyfriend who'd do anything to win her back?

One thing is certain. Clare needs to solve this mystery, and soon. Because the messages are becoming sinister, and a girl in town has suddenly disappeared.

Why am I waiting on this one?  Well, I haven't read the first in the series Clarity but I do own it and have heard great things about it. The first book is on my list to be read in the coming months but if you've read my blog before you know that when it comes to reading a series I like to have as many of the books in hand as possible before my yearning to read the first book wears me down. In this case I've been good. I've waited the entire summer to read Clarity. When the second in the series hits shelves in March I'll be all set :)

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {20}

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine 

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

The Calling (Darkest Rising #2) by Kelley Armstrong

Hardcover, 326 pages

Expected Publication: April 2012

From Goodreads

**If you haven't read book 1 in the sereis read the below description at your own discretion!**

Maya Delaney’s paw-print birthmark is the sign of what she truly is—a skin-walker. She can run faster, climb higher, and see better than nearly anyone else. Experiencing intense connections with the animals that roam the woods outside her home, Maya knows it’s only a matter of time before she’s able to Shift and become one of them. And she believes there may be others in her small town with surprising talents.
Now, Maya and her friends have been forced to flee from their homes during a forest fire they suspect was deliberately set. Then they’re kidnapped, and after a chilling helicopter crash, they find themselves in the Vancouver Island wilderness with nothing but their extraordinary abilities to help them get back home. Plentiful action and romance in this second installment in the Darkness Rising series will keep readers enthralled to the last page.

Why am I waiting on this one? Well, I haven't read book one yet, but I have read Armstrong's previous series set in this world, The Darkest Powers trilogy and I really loved it. Kelley Amrstrong's writing has really captured my interest - I also read and loved Bitten the first in her Women of the Underworld series. So I figure I really can't go wrong with one of her books. Part of the reason I haven't read book one yet is because having read Armstrong before, I know how she loves a cliffhanger, and knowing myself - I know how impatient I can be when I want to know something. I figure it's safer for all involved if I have book 2 at my disposal before starting the series.

PS: love love love the cover, so eerie and beautiful. Love the colours and the greyness of the models' eyes.

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {19}

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine 

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

Breaking Beautiful by Jennifer Shaw Wolf

Hardcover, 368 pages

Expected Publication: April 24th 2012 by Walker & Company

From Goodreads

Allie lost everything the night her boyfriend, Trip, died in a horrible car accident—including her memory of the event. As their small town mourns his death, Allie is afraid to remember because doing so means delving into what she’s kept hidden for so long: the horrible reality of their abusive relationship.
When the police reopen the investigation, it casts suspicion on Allie and her best friend, Blake, especially as their budding romance raises eyebrows around town. Allie knows she must tell the truth. Can she reach deep enough to remember that night so she can finally break free? Debut writer Jennifer Shaw Wolf takes readers on an emotional ride through the murky waters of love, shame, and, ultimately, forgiveness.

Why am I Waiting on this one? The story line seems tragic but beautiful and I love myself a good emotional tear-jerker. Aside from that, I like stories of redemption with a little bit of teen angst. Mysteries are always good and it seems that more and more authors are taking the path of moments forgotten to tell their tales. Readers follow along with the narrator as he or she tries to piece together a pivitol moment in their life that holds the key to their present circumstances. I'm interested to see how this one will all work out!

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {18}

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine 

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

Kiss Crush Collide by Christina Meredith

Hardcover, 336 pages

Expected Publication: December 27th 2011 by Greenwillow Books

From Goodreads

Leah has the life most high school girls would kill for—popularity, glowing grades, a rich, athletic boyfriend. So why does she feel like she can’t breathe? And why can’t she stop thinking about the boy from the country club? The one who isn’t her boyfriend, the one that her mother would never, ever approve of, the one that her perfect older sisters would never, ever look at twice. The one who is always looking back at her. Irresistible attraction, smoldering glances, the bad boy and the good girl—Kiss Crush Collide has everything that a steamy forbidden romance should, and then some.

With graceful and honest writing and an electric love story, this is a book about growing into your own skin. For fans of Perfect Chemistry, Sarah Dessen, and John Green.

Why am I waiting on this one? I think the storyline and comparibles say it all - a forbidden attraction and country club setting? sounds fun and very angsty. Plus, when a book description says "for fans of Sarah Dessen and John Green"...I'm there!

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {17}

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine 

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

Illuminated by Erica Orloff

Paperback, 256 page

Expected Publication: December 8th 2011 by Speak

From Goodreads

An epic romance full of mysteries that transcend time—fans of Romeo and Juliet and The Time Traveler’s Wife will rejoice!

Some loves are not made to last . . . Like Romeo and Juliet, Heloise and Abelard were doomed from the start, and their romance was destined to pass into history. Yet when sixteen-year-old Callie Martin discovers a diary hidden within an antique book, their story—and hers—takes on another life. For the diary leads Callie to the brilliant and handsome August, who is just as mysterious as the secret the diary hides. Their attraction is undeniable. As the two hunt down the truth behind the diary—and that of Heloise and Abelard’s ancient romance—their romance becomes all-consuming. But Callie knows it can’t last . . . love never does. Will their love that burns as bright as a shooting star flame out, or will these star-crossed lovers be able to defy history?

Why am I waiting on this one? I am without a doubt a huge romantic so throw in a doomed couple, a twisty mystery and a rocking cover and I'm there. Although in the blurb above this book is compared to Romeo & Juliet as well as The Time Travellers Wife, it sounds very much to me like A.S. Byatt's Possession which was made into a movie with Aaron Eckhart and Gweneth Paltrow in 2002. The story basically followed to academics, one of whom found an old diary written by a famous Victorian poet. The two academics (Paltrow and Eckhart) begin to unearth a secret love affair that was kept hidden from everyone for centuries and find themselves being pulled under a passionate spell as they fall deeper and deeper into the secrets of hisotry. This book sounds similar to that and although I didn't really love the book Possession I think this rendition could be just the ticket. Gotta love the beautiful cover as well, goes perfectly with the premise of the story.

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {16}

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine 

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

Hardcover, 224 pages

Expected Publication: february 14th, 2012 by Knopf Books

From Goodreads

Senior year is over, and Lucy has the perfect way to celebrate: tonight, she's going to find Shadow, the mysterious graffiti artist whose work appears all over the city. He's out there somewhere—spraying color, spraying birds and blue sky on the night—and Lucy knows a guy who paints like Shadow is someone she could fall for. Really fall for. Instead, Lucy's stuck at a party with Ed, the guy she's managed to avoid since the most awkward date of her life. But when Ed tells her he knows where to find Shadow, they're suddenly on an all-night search around the city. And what Lucy can't see is the one thing that's right before her eyes.

Why am I waiting on this one? The premise sounds really fun and reminds me a bit of Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. In my experience, Australian authors have a little something special when it comes to writing the unsuspecting, touching and make your heart happy books. Plus, the cover is really cool for the US/Canada version, very in keeping with the plot of the book.

Waiting on Wednesday {15}

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine 

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

Saving June by Hannah Harrington

Paperback, 336 pages

Expected Publication: November 22nd 2011 by Harlequin

(I've linked to the Australian cover because I like it better and it's the one I originally saw, but the cover to be realeased in North America will be different. So, if you click on the link beware that the May 1st, 2011 release date is in Australia - I was confused by the two dates at first :P)

From Goodreads

‘If she’d waited less than two weeks, she’d be June who died in June. But I guess my sister didn’t consider that.’

Harper Scott’s older sister has always been the perfect one so when June takes her own life a week before her high school graduation, sixteen-year-old Harper is devastated. Everyone’s sorry, but no one can explain why.

When her divorcing parents decide to split her sister’s ashes into his-and-her urns, Harper takes matters into her own hands. She’ll steal the ashes and drive cross-country with her best friend, Laney, to the one place June always dreamed of going California.

Enter Jake Tolan. He’s a boy with a bad attitude, a classic-rock obsession and nothing in common with Harper’s sister. But Jake had a connection with June, and when he insists on joining them, Harper’s just desperate enough to let him. With his alternately charming and infuriating demeanour and his belief that music can see you through anything, he might be exactly what she needs.

Except June wasn’t the only one hiding something. Jake’s keeping a secret that has the power to turn Harper’s life upside down again.

Why am I waiting on this one? I read and loved Jandy Nelson's The Sky is Everywhere and this book reminds me of it. Also, what coudl be better than a road trip? I recently read a fantabulous road trip book and it's put me in the mood to read anything in that ilk. But seriously, this book has been on my "desperate to read" list for about two months now and I was very disappointed when I realized that it would not in fact be released in May :( Can't wait for November! This is a seriously much anticipated release for me...

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {14}

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine 

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

Hardcover, 421 pages

Expected Publication: August 23rd 2011 by Razorbill

From Goodreads

The first book in Richelle Mead's brand-new teen fiction series - set in the same world as Vampire Academy.

When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning.

Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive - this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone's out for blood.

Why am I waiting on this one? I loved Richelle Mead's Vampire Academy series and as it progressed I really came to like Adrian more and more and the new characters like Sydney who were slowly being introduced. Although I still have to finish the last few books in the series, the more I hear from Mead on her blog, the various websites and posts devoted to these new books (saw a cover photo shoot online yesterday for the rest of the series) I become more and more excited to delve into a new series set in the same world as Rose's story. I think it'll be something nice and fresh to have Syndey as the protagonist, gives readers a new perspective given that she is an alchemist! Fun stuff all around. If you haven't read the Vampire Academy series DO IT! These books are what got me back into reading YA - I also got a few friends hooked on the series and now we all devour YA lol

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {13}

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine 

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer

Hardcover, 400 pages

Expected Publication: July 26th 2011 by Philomel

From Goodreads

This thrilling sequel to the much-talked-about Nightshade begins just where it ended-Calla Tor wakes up in the lair of the Searchers, her sworn enemy, and she's certain her days are numbered. But then the Searchers make her an offer-one that gives her the chance to destroy her former masters and save the pack-and the man-she left behind. Is Ren worth the price of her freedom? And will Shay stand by her side no matter what? Now in control of her own destiny, Calla must decide which battles are worth fighting and how many trials true love can endure and still survive.

Why am I waiting on this one? Well, I haven't even read Nightshade yet, it's been sitting on my bookshelf waiting for the perfect opporunity for me to get lost in a good book and with all the great things I've read about NightShade I can tell I'm bound to love it. It's only natural that with this expectation I'd be more than excited about the next in the series being so close to release. When I love a book I immediately feel the need to devour the next in the series, so it's hard when there is no next one for me to pick up. Even though I haven't read Nightshade yet, I already have a favourite between the two male leads :p go figure. But from everything I've read I'm also worried Calla won't choose the guy I'm rooting for :( We shall have to see!

PS - I read on Cremer's site yesterday that Penguin has decided to change the look of the next two novels in the series, hence the drastic change in design between book one and two. If you haven't yet bought yourself a copy of Nightshade and are one of those people who (like me!) like books in a series to match, go buy the paperback version because it'll match the hardcover version of Wolfsbane. The cover above is not the cover that will be release come July 26th.

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {12}

Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine 

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

The Name of the Star by Maureen Johnson

Hardcover, 370 pages

Expected publication: September 29th 2011 by Putnam

From Goodreads

The day Louisiana teenager Rory Deveaux arrives in London marks a memorable occasion. For Rory, it's the start of a new life at a London boarding school. But for many, this will be remembered as the day a series of brutal murders broke out across the city, gruesome crimes mimicking the horrific Jack the Ripper events of more than a century ago.

Soon “Rippermania” takes hold of modern-day London, and the police are left with few leads and no witnesses. Except one. Rory spotted the man police believe to be the prime suspect. But she is the only one who saw him. Even her roommate, who was walking with her at the time, didn't notice the mysterious man. So why can only Rory see him? And more urgently, why has Rory become his next target? In this edge-of-your-seat thriller, full of suspense, humor, and romance, Rory will learn the truth about the secret ghost police of London and discover her own shocking abilities

Why am I waiting on this one? So it might seem creepy or morbit, but for some reason I've always had a weird interest and fascination with Jack the Ripper and the killings that took place in Whitechapel, London in 1888. Maybe it's the psychology of the killer or the fact that he was never caught but there is something that has always peeked my interest. So a book that redevelopes this story and weaves it into something new and fresh has got to be on my to-read list. I love London and the history it engenders so hopefully this new tale will be everything I'm looking forward to. Throw in a little romance and I'm there :)

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {11}

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine,

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith

Hardcover, 256 pages

Expected Publication: January 2nd 2012 by Popp

From Goodreads

Who would have guessed that four minutes could change everything?
Today should be one of the worst days of seventeen-year-old Hadley Sullivan's life. She's stuck at JFK, late to her father's second wedding, which is taking place in London and involves a soon to be step-mother that Hadley's never even met. Then she meets the perfect boy in the airport's cramped waiting area. His name is Oliver, he's British, and he's in seat 18B. Hadley's in 18A.

Twists of fate and quirks of timing play out in this thoughtful novel about family connections, second chances and first loves. Set over a 24-hour-period, Hadley and Oliver's story will make you believe that true love finds you when you're least expecting it.

Why am I waiting on this one? The title is awesome and grabs my attention immediately and the actual story beneath the title sounds so cute. A plane ride, a wedding from hell, a cute British boy and 24 hours to fall in love against the odds. What could be better?

I've never been good at math so statistics mean squat to me! Bring on the improbability :)

Waiting on Wednesday {10}

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

Lola and the Boy Next Door by Stephanie Perkins

Hardcover, 338 pages

Expected publication: September 29th 2011 by Dutton

From Goodreads:

Budding designer Lola Nolan doesn’t believe in fashion . . . she believes in costume. The more expressive the outfit -- more sparkly, more fun, more wild -- the better. But even though Lola’s style is outrageous, she’s a devoted daughter and friend with some big plans for the future. And everything is pretty perfect (right down to her hot rocker boyfriend) until the dreaded Bell twins, Calliope and Cricket, return to the neighborhood.

When Cricket -- a gifted inventor -- steps out from his twin sister’s shadow and back into Lola’s life, she must finally reconcile a lifetime of feelings for the boy next door.

Why am I waiting on this? I'm sure everyone who read Anna and the French Kiss is. The book was great. Sweet, real, touching and had a really super cute love story mixed in. I very much enjoyed Perkins's first book so I will definitely be reading the second which seems to involve some cute and quirky characters. Lola I hope will be a great heroine. She already seems very different from Anna and I like that. Not that Anna herself wasn't a great heroine, but I like that Perkins's is switching it up - keeping things fresh. Plus, I have to say that I love stories that revolve around friends becoming more - or friends reuniting and seeing each other in a new way. This story has both.

This one should be equally entertaining as it's predecessor. Can't wait!

What are you waiting on?

Waiting on Wednesday {9}

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

Dearly, Departed by Lia Habel

Hardcover, 544 pages

Expected Publication: October 18th 2011 by Del Rey Books

From Goodreads

Love can never die.

Love conquers all, so they say. But can Cupid’s arrow pierce the hearts of the living and the dead—or rather, the undead? Can a proper young Victorian lady find true love in the arms of a dashing zombie? 

The year is 2195. The place is New Victoria—a high-tech nation modeled on the manners, mores, and fashions of an antique era. A teenager in high society, Nora Dearly is far more interested in military history and her country’s political unrest than in tea parties and debutante balls. But after her beloved parents die, Nora is left at the mercy of her domineering aunt, a social-climbing spendthrift who has squandered the family fortune, and now plans to marry her niece off for money. For Nora, no fate could be more horrible—until she’s nearly kidnapped by an army of walking corpses. 

But fate is just getting started with Nora. Catapulted from her world of drawing-room civility, she’s suddenly gunning down ravenous zombies alongside mysterious black-clad commandos and confronting “The Laz,” a fatal virus that raises the dead—and hell along with them. Hardly ideal circumstances. Then Nora meets Bram Griswold, a young soldier who is brave, handsome, noble . . . and dead. But as is the case with the rest of his special undead unit, luck and modern science have enabled Bram to hold on to his mind, his manners, and his body parts. And when his bond of trust with Nora turns to tenderness, there’s no turning back. Eventually, they know, the disease will win, separating the star-crossed lovers forever. But until then, beating or not, their hearts will have what they desire.

In Dearly, Departed, steampunk meets romance meets walking-dead thriller, spawning a madly imaginative novel of rip-roaring adventure, spine-tingling suspense, and macabre comedy that forever redefines the concept of undying love.

With the exception of having read the first few chapters of The Girl in the Steel Corset I've never read Steampunk before. I have to say though it seems like an awesome new genre in YA fiction and I can't wait for this book. With it's Victorian-esque qualities reimagined into a futuristic world it seems to meld the characteristics I love about the 19th century with the desperation and drama that comes out in the dystopian genre when everyones existence is pretty much on the line. Throw in a star-crossed love story and I'm there :) Plus I have to say, this cover is gorgeous. I want a parasol like that one!

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {8}

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

My Beating Teenage Heart by C.K. Kelly Martin

Hardcover, 288 pages

Expected Publication: September 27th 2011 by Random House Books for Young Readers

From Goodreads

Ashlyn Baptiste is falling. One moment she was nothing—no memories, no self—and then suddenly, she's plummeting through a sea of stars. Is she in a coma? She doesn't remember dying, and she has no memories of the life she left behind. All she knows is that she's trapped in a consciousness without a body and she's spending every moment watching a stranger.

Breckon Cody's on the edge. He's being ripped apart by grief so intense it literally hurts to breath. On the surface, Breckon is trying to hold it together for his family and his girlfriend, but underneath he's barely hanging on.

Even though she didn't know him in life, Ashlyn sees Breckon's pain, and she's determined to find a way help him. As her own distressing memories emerge from the darkness, she struggles to communicate with the boy who can't see her, but whose life is suddenly intertwined with hers. In alternating voices of the main characters, My Beating Teenage Heart paints a devastatingly vivid picture of both the heartbreak and the promise of teenage life—a life Ashlyn would do anything to recover and Breckon seems desperate to destroy

I read the description of this story and immediately fell in love. Enough said.

Apparently though, looking back on previous "Waitting on Wednesday" posts, all the books I'm waiting on are scheduled for release in September...booo!

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {7}

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Hardcover, 464 pages

Expected publication: September 27th 2011 by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

From Goodreads

Mara Dyer doesn't think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.

It can. She believes there must be more to the accident she can't remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.

There is.

She doesn't believe that after everything she's been through, she can fall in love.

She's wrong.

There is so much hype about the cover alone for this debut book. I'm craving it. Even the sparse plot description is enough to get you intrigued, possibly hooked and you want to know so much more! I absolutely love this cover and I've never been a cover craze kind of person. I couldn't care less, but my friend who abolustely adores a good cover has gotten me to appreciate them a bit more and I have to say, this may be one of the most beautiful, haunting and interesting covers I've seen for a YA book in a while. I hope it lives up to the mystique when it's in my hands :)

What are you waiting on?

Waiting on Wednesday {6}

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This weeks much anticipated book release is:
Enshadowed by Kelly Creagh

Hardcover, 416 pages

Expected publication: January 24th 2012 by Atheneum

 

From Goodreads

 

While Varen remains a prisoner in the dream-world, Isobel is haunted by his memory. He appears to her in her dreams and soon, even in her waking life. But is she just imagining it? Isobel knows she must find a way back to Varen. She makes plans to go to Baltimore. There, she confronts the figure known throughout the world as the Poe Toaster—the same dark man who once appeared to Isobel in her dreams, calling himself "Reynolds."

Isobel succeeds in interrupting the Toaster's ritual and, in doing so, discovers a way to return to the dream-world. Soon, she finds herself swept up in a realm which not only holds remnants of Poe's presence, but has also now taken on the characteristics of Varen's innermost self. It is a dark world comprised of fear, terror, and anger.

When Isobel once more encounters Varen, she finds him changed. With his mind poisoned by the dream world, he becomes a malevolent force, bent on destroying all—even himself. Now Isobel must face a new adversary, one who also happens to be her greatest love.

 

First off, if you haven't read teh first in the series Nevermore, go out now and buy yourself a copy. I loved this book. It was slwo and then quick and then slow and then quick. When I say slow that is in no way a bad thing. It merely expresses the way the author melds the eerie with the angsty setting of a high school when two teens are thrown together for a project and have to come to terms with one another. Varen and Isobel have always been on opposing ends of the schoold cliques, they don't know much about one another, but they come to fall hard for each other when both open their eyes to the real people beneath the personas. Aside from that mushy gushy loveliness, you also have the wicked dark mind of Poe and a fascinating and often dangerous and haunting dream world to contend with - what more could you ask for really?!

 

I am so excited for the next installment, because as any good but mightly frustrating series will do, the first book ended on a cliffhanger. Not a huge stricking WHAT?? moment but close enough. I definitely didn't expect the book to end the way it did, but it made me that much more excited to read the next two. Loved it! Read it!

 

Check out my review of Nevermore here

What are you waiting on this week?

Waiting on Wednesday {5}

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

As I Wake by Elizabeth Scott
Hardcover, 224 pages

Expected publication: September 15th 2011 by Dutton Juvenile

From Goodreads

What if you woke up and didn't know where you were?

What if you didn't know who you were?

And what if, when your memories started to come back--what if they didn't match the you that you're supposed to be?

Ava is welcomed home from the hospital by a doting mother, lively friends, and a crush finally beginning to show interest. There's only one problem: Ava can't remember any of them--and can't shake the eerie feeling that she's not who they say she is.

Ava struggles to break through her amnesiac haze as she goes through the motions of high-school life, but the memories that surface take place in a very different world, where Ava and familiar-faced friends are under constant scrutiny and no one can be trusted. Ava doesn't know what to make of these visions, or of the boy who is at the center of them all, until he reappears in her life and offers answers . . . but only in exchange for her trust.



There were quite a few choices I was debating between this week for my top pick. I have a number of books which I am eagerly anticipating. Elizabeth Scott's new book has so many great things going for it though: mystery, love story, weird world! It's all there plus an amazingly fascinating and oddly beautiful cover. I have yet to read an Elizabeth Scott book but I hear great things about her work and have a few of her earlier books marked 'to-read'. Here's hoping this new story - which, if I'm not mistaken is very different from her old stuff is just as good.

Waiting on Wednesday {4}

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

The Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle

Hardcover, 432 pages

Expected publication: September 6th 2011 

by HarperTeen 

From Goodreads

Sixteen-year-old Laurel's world changes instantly when her parents and brother are killed in a terrible car accident. Behind the wheel is the father of her bad-boy neighbor, David Kaufman, whose mother is also killed. In the aftermath of the tragedy, Laurel navigates a new reality in which she and her best friend grow apart, boys may or may not be approaching her out of pity, overpowering memories lurk everywhere, and Mr. Kaufman is comatose but still very much alive. Through it all, there is David, who swoops in and out of Laurel's life and to whom she finds herself attracted against her better judgment. She will forever be connected to him by their mutual loss, a connection that will change them both in unexpected ways. 

I'm really looking forward to this one. I marked it ages ago and was marking the months until it's release. September still feels really far away but as a lover of Sarah Dessen and other novelists who write heartbreaking, but hopefully stories I am really eager to get my hands on this debut by Jenniger Castle. It sounds very promising and I hope it'll turn out to be a wonderful fall read. 

The cover is also really beautiful. It's both tragic and haunting but has an air of tranquility. All words I'd use to describe this books premise. 

What are you waiting for? 

Waiting on Wednesday {3}

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This weeks much anticipated book release is:

You Against Me, by Jenny Downham

Hardcover, 416 pages

Expected publication: September 13th 2011
by David Fickling Books

Description from Goodreads

If someone hurts your sister and you’re any kind of man, you seek revenge, right? If your brother’s accused of a terrible crime but says he didn’t do it, you defend him, don’t you?
When Mikey’s sister claims a boy assaulted her, his world begins to fall apart. When Ellie’s brother is charged with the offence, her world begins to unravel. When Mikey and Ellie meet, two worlds collide.This is a brave and unflinching novel from the bestselling author of Before I Die. It’s a book about loyalty and the choices that come with it. But above all it’s a book about love.

This book sounded so intriguing to me just based on the premise. It's an angle for teen books I haven't read before and sounds like it'll be filled with a lot of angst and tangled emotions. The context of the accusation of rape alone is something that's often bitter and very hard to deal with but I'm interested to see how the author with pull everything together. 

This one is from a UK author so it was released last year in Britain. I was so desperate to read this a month back that I almost ordered it from the UK publisher...I will try to hold off until September though!  

What are you waiting for? 

Waiting on Wednesday {2}

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Scandalous Desires (Maiden Lane #3) by Elizabeth Hoyt

Mass Market Paperback, 384 pages

Expected publication: November 1st 2011 

Published by Grand Central Publishing 

 

Description from Goodreads:

Can a pirate learn that the only true treasure lies within a woman’s heart?

“Charming” Mickey O’Connor is the most ruthless river pirate in London. Devastatingly handsome and fearsomely intelligent, he clawed his way up through London’s criminal underworld. Mickey has no use for tender emotions like compassion and love, and he sees people as pawns to be manipulated. Yet he’s never been able to forget the naive captain’s wife who came to him a year ago for help—and spent one memorable night in his bed...talking.

Widowed Silence Hollingbrook is impoverished, lovely, and kind--and a year ago she made a horrible mistake. She went to a river pirate for help in saving her husband and in the process made a bargain that cost her her marriage. That night wounded her so terribly that she hides in the foundling home she helps run with her brother. Except now that same river pirate is back...and he’s asking for her help. 

I'm eagerly anticipating the next release in Elizabeth Hoyt's Maiden Lane series. I loved the first one Wicked Intentions, which I read at the beginning of the year and the second was released in February. I've wanted to read Silence's story since she was introduced in the first book and can't wait for November. Hoyt had me captivated by the shadowy, dark and mysterious world of St. Giles, London and I really appreciated that she looked outside the Ton for a regency romance setting. Her books take readers into the underworld of London society and I can't wait to read about sexy Pirates :p

What are you waiting for?