Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday (92): A Little Night Magic by Lucy March

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

A Little Night Magic by Lucy March
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publish Date: January 31, 2012

Publisher's Description
Olivia Kiskey needs a change. She’s been working at the same Nodaway Falls, New York, waffle house since she was a teenager; not a lot of upward mobility there. She’s been in love with Tobias, the cook, for the last four years; he’s never made a move. Every Saturday night, she gathers with her three best friends—Peach, Millie, and Stacy—and drinks the same margaritas while listening to the same old stories. Intent on shaking things up, she puts her house on the market, buys a one-way ticket to Europe, and announces her plans to her friends . . . but then she meets Davina Granville, a strange and mystical Southern woman who shows Olivia that there is more to her life than she ever dreamed. As Liv’s latent magical powers come to the surface, she discovers that having an interesting life is maybe not all it’s cracked up to be. The dark side of someone else’s magic is taking over good people in town, and changing them into vessels of malevolence. Unwilling to cede her home to darkness, she battles the demons of her familial past and her magical present, with those she loves at her side . . . and in the cross fire. Can the most important things in life—friendship, love, magic, and waffles—get her through the worst that the universe can throw at her?

Why I want to read it: This sounds like a lot of fun and a little something different! - Jessica

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Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday (91): Royal Street by Suzanne Johnson

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


Royal Street by Suzanne Johnson 
Publisher: Tor Books
Publish Date: April 10, 2012

Publisher's Description
As the junior wizard sentinel for New Orleans, Drusilla Jaco’s job involves a lot more potion-mixing and pixie-retrieval than sniffing out supernatural bad guys like rogue vampires and lethal were-creatures. Her boss and mentor, Gerald St. Simon, is the wizard tasked with protecting the city from anyone or anything that might slip over from the preternatural beyond. Then Hurricane Katrina hammers New Orleans’ fragile levees, unleashing more than just dangerous flood waters. While winds howled and Lake Pontchartrain surged, the borders between the modern city and the other world crumbled. Now, the Undead and the Restless are roaming the Big Easy, and a serial killer with ties to voodoo is murdering soldiers sent to help the city recover. Gerald St. Simon has gone missing, the wizards’ Elders have assigned a grenade-toting assassin as DJ’s new partner, and an undead pirate Jean Lafitte wants to make her walk his plank. The search for Gerry and the killer turns personal when DJ learns the hard way that loyalty requires sacrifice, allies come from the unlikeliest places, and duty mixed with love serves up one bitter gumbo.

Check out this free read set in the world of Royal Street at Suzanne's blog:  Pirate's Alley

*I'm from New Orleans, so knowing how much love Suzanne Johnson has for the area is a big bonus!  The world Suzanne has created has everything - wizards, were-animals, vampires, pirates (that are undead) - a fully immersed world is my favorite!  Can't wait! - Jessica

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Sunday, December 18, 2011

In My Mailbox (64)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme run by The Story Siren which explores the books that have been delivered to our mailbox. Let us know what looks good to you and leave us a link so we can check out what you got over the week.

For Review
The Thorn and The Blossom by Theodora Gos

That's How I Roll by Andrew Vachss

Won


Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge by Mark Yarm

Cinder

Cinder: Book One in the Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer

What would you read first?
Leave us a link to your IMM, we'd love to drool over your reads!

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Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday (90): The Advance Team by Will Pfeifer and German Torres

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
The Advance Team by Will Pfeifer and German Torres 
Publisher: Tor Books
Publish Date: March 27, 2012 

Publisher's Description
From veteran graphic novel writer Will Pfeifer and stellar newcomer Germán Torres, a darkly comic science fiction thriller sure to grip readers!


Zack McKinley was just another twenty-something pizza delivery boy before he discovered that his pop culture idols are actually the advance team of an alien invasion.

Now, encouraged and aided by his (probably insane) uncle, Zack must track them down, one by one, and kill them before the invasion can begin. But the advance team has no intention of letting Zack get in their way, and soon the authorities are hunting for a celebrity serial killer in a pizza delivery jacket.
As his life slips out of control, Zack finds only more questions. Why are the aliens here? What do they have to do with him? Is it too late to stop them before the Earth is conquered? And what if he has simply lost his mind?

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Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday (89): Darkness Before Dawn by J.A. London

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

Darkness Before Dawn by J.A. London


Publisher: HarperTeen
Publish Date: May 29, 2012

Publisher's Description
This electrifying new trilogy blends the best of paranormal and dystopian storytelling in a world where the war is over. And the vampires won.

Humans huddle in their walled cities, supplying blood in exchange for safety. But not even that is guaranteed. Dawn has lost her entire family and now reluctantly serves as the delegate to Lord Valentine, the most powerful vampire for miles. It isn’t until she meets Victor, Valentine’s son, that she realizes not all vampires are monsters....

Darkness Before Dawn is a fresh new story with captivating characters, unexpected plot twists, a fascinating setting, and a compelling voice. Written under the name J. A. London by a talented mother-son team, the trilogy is perfect for fans of True Blood and the House of Night and Morganville Vampires series.


Why are we waiting on this one?
Vampires have won?  Heck yeah.  I mean really, what more needs to be said after knowing that.  Seriously. - Jessica


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Sunday, December 4, 2011

In My Mailbox (63)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme run by The Story Siren which explores the books that have been delivered to our mailbox. Let us know what looks good to you and leave us a link so we can check out what you got over the week.

For Review

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi


Hallowed by Cynthia Hand


Incarnate by Jodi Meadows

Traded

Bossypants by Tina Fey

What would you read first?
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday (88): Slide by Jill Hathaway

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

Slide by Jill Hathaway 
Publisher: Balzer + Bray (HarperCollins)
Publish Date:March 27, 2012

Publisher's Description
Vee Bell is certain of one irrefutable truth—her sister’s friend Sophie didn’t kill herself. She was murdered.

Vee knows this because she was there. Everyone believes Vee is narcoleptic, but she doesn’t actually fall asleep during these episodes: When she passes out, she slides into somebody else’s mind and experiences the world through that person’s eyes. She’s slid into her sister as she cheated on a math test, into a teacher sneaking a drink before class. She learned the worst about a supposed “friend” when she slid into her during a school dance. But nothing could have prepared Vee for what happens one October night when she slides into the mind of someone holding a bloody knife, standing over Sophie’s slashed body.

Vee desperately wishes she could share her secret, but who would believe her? It sounds so crazy that she can’t bring herself to tell her best friend, Rollins, let alone the police. Even if she could confide in Rollins, he has been acting off lately, more distant, especially now that she’s been spending more time with Zane.

Enmeshed in a terrifying web of secrets, lies, and danger and with no one to turn to, Vee must find a way to unmask the killer before he or she strikes again. 


Why are we waiting on this one?
I  love young adult thrillers, can't get enough of them.  In fact one of my favorite YA thriller authors Laurie Faria Stolarz has a quote about the book:
"Jill Hathaway provides a fresh, vibrant voice to young adult literature. Skillfully filled with drama and tension, SLIDE is part mystery, part romance, and wholly engaging with its strong heroine and tornado-worthy twists. I simply could not put this book down." ~Laurie Stolarz, DEADLY LITTLE SECRET  
 I can totally see this book being enjoyed by our other reviewers as well!  - Jessica


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Sunday, November 27, 2011

In My Mailbox (62)

In My Mailbox is a weekly meme run by The Story Siren which explores the books that have been delivered to our mailbox. Let us know what looks good to you and leave us a link so we can check out what you got over the week.

I've been sick all week, yep, the holiday was the worst, and the next two weeks contain 7 different exams for school, so activity around here may be quiet (on the commenting side).  I will get back to any comments that need responses and I always strive to visit blogs of those (with blogs) that visit us, it just may take me a little bit longer over these two weeks.
- Jessica

For Review

The Thirteen Hallows by Michael Scott and Colette Freedman


Titan Magic by Jodi Lamm


Everneath by Brodi Ashton


Born Wicked: The Cahill Witch Chronicles, Book One by Jessica Spotswood


Ali in Wonderland: And Other Tall Tales by Ali Wentworth

Traded

Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan

Contests Won

My Name Is Mary Sutter: A Novel by Robin Oliveira

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