Waiting on Wednesday (101): The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats

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

The Wicked and the Just by J. Anderson Coats

Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books

Publish Date: April 17, 2012

Publisher's Description
Cecily longs to return to her beloved Edgeley Hall, where her father was lord of the manor. But now he has completely ruined her life. He is moving them to Caernarvon, in occupied Wales, where he can get a place for almost nothing, since the king needs good strong Englishmen to keep down the vicious Welshmen. At least Cecily will get to be the lady of the house at last—if all goes well.

Gwenhwyfar knows all about that house. Once she dreamed of being the lady there herself, until the English came and destroyed the lives of everyone she knows. Now Gwenhwyfar must wait hand and foot on this bratty English girl who has taken what should have been hers.

While Cecily struggles to find her place amongst the snobby English landowners, Gwenhwyfar struggles just to survive. And meanwhile the Welsh are not as conquered as they seem. Outside the city walls of Caernarvon, tensions are rising ever higher—until finally they must reach the breaking point.

*This sounds like a great historical fiction YA read! - Jessica

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Waiting on Wednesday (100): The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell

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

The Springsweet by Saundra Mitchell 
Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books

Publish Date:April 17, 2012

Publisher's Description
Heartbroken over the tragic death of her fiancé, seventeen-year-old Zora Stewart leaves Baltimore for the frontier town of West Glory, Oklahoma, to help her young widowed aunt keep her homestead going. There she discovers that she possesses the astonishing ability to sense water under the parched earth. When her aunt hires her out as a “springsweet” to advise other settlers where to dig their wells, Zora feels the burden of holding the key to something so essential to survival in this unforgiving land. Even more, she finds herself longing for love the way the prairie thirsts for water. Maybe, in the wildness of the territories, Zora can finally move beyond simply surviving and start living.



* This is from the author of The Vespertine, a wonderful historical fantasy (and this is a companion to The Vespertine).  This one sounds right up her alley and I love the very different storyline.- Jessica

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In My Mailbox (71)

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

Girl Genius Omnibus Volume One: Agatha Awakens by Phil & Kaja Foglio


Forgive Me, I Meant to Do It: False Apology Poems (ARC) by Gail Carson Levine and Matthew Cordell


The Good Father: A Novel (ARC) by Noah Hawley


Joe Golem and the Drowning City: An Illustrated Novel (ARC) by Christopher Golden and Mike Mignola


Above (ARC) by Leah Bobet


Let's Pretend This Never Happened: (A Mostly True Memoir)(ARC) by Jenny Lawson

WON

Born Wicked: The Cahill Witch Chronicles, Book One by Jessica Spotswood (Thank you to Elizabeth Norris!)

BOUGHT

American Vampire Vol. 3 by Scott Snyder

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Thanks to Putnam, Tor, Harper Collins, Doubleday, Arthur A. Levin, Scholastic and St. Martin's Press for this weeks books for review!

Waiting on Wednesday (99): Joe Golem and the Drowning City: An Illustrated Novel by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden

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

Joe Golem and the Drowning City: An Illustrated Novel by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden 
Publisher:St. Martin's Press

Publish Date:March 27, 2012

Publisher's Description
In 1925, earthquakes and a rising sea level left Lower Manhattan submerged under more than thirty feet of water, so that its residents began to call it the Drowning City. Those unwilling to abandon their homes created a new life on streets turned to canals and in buildings whose first three stories were underwater. Fifty years have passed since then, and the Drowning City is full of scavengers and water rats, poor people trying to eke out an existence, and those too proud or stubborn to be defeated by circumstance.

Among them are fourteen-year-old Molly McHugh and her friend and employer, Felix Orlov. Once upon a time Orlov the Conjuror was a celebrated stage magician, but now he is an old man, a psychic medium, contacting the spirits of the departed for the grieving loved ones left behind. When a seance goes horribly wrong, Felix Orlov is abducted by strange men wearing gas masks and rubber suits, and Molly soon finds herself on the run.

Her flight will lead her into the company of a mysterious man, and his stalwart sidekick, Joe Golem, whose own past is a mystery to him, but who walks his own dreams as a man of stone and clay, brought to life for the sole purpose of hunting witches.

* Mike Mignola is the man.  As soon as I saw this project of his I knew I had to have it!  The story sounds great. - Jessica

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In My Mailbox (70)

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

• Endure (Need) by Carrie Jones
• Shadow & Bone by Leigh Bardugo
• Dead Reckoning by Mercedes Lackey and Rosemary Edghill
• Snow Spell (Snow Spell Series) by Sonia Pereira Murphy

Won

•  Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.  Thank you Imagination in Focus!
• Some swag from Gina Damico author of Croak.  Do stop by Damico's blog, that girl is just funny!
• A gorgeous bookmark made by YA author of Auracle, Gina Rosati!  Check out Gina's blog too!
• The Boy Project Prize Pack with The Boy Project: Notes and Observations of Kara McAllister by Kami Kinard (Thank you Kami, this pack is freaking awesome!)  Check out her blog Nerdy Chicks Rule!
• And some great swag from the wonderful Marissa Meyer, author of Cinder.  Marrissa's blog is here! 
• And one sleepy kitten named Indy.  OK, so she didn't come in the mail this week (or any week), but she was passed out and I couldn't not take a picture of her along with everything else.

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Thanks to the authors, the bloggers, Bloomsbury, and Macmillan for this weeks books and prizes!

Waiting On Wednesday (98): Ichiro by Ryan Inzana

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

Ichiro by Ryan Inzana
Publisher:Houghton Mifflin Books for Children

Publish Date:March 20, 2012

Publisher's Description
Ichiro lives in New York City with his Japanese mother. His father, an American soldier, was killed in Iraq. Now, Ichi’s mom has decided they should move back to Japan to live with Ichi’s grandfather.

Grandfather becomes Ichi’s tour guide, taking him to temples as well as the Hiroshima Peace Park, where Ichi starts to question the nature of war. After a supernatural encounter with the gods and creatures of Japanese mythology, Ichi must face his fears if he is to get back home. In doing so, he learns about the nature of man, of gods, and of war. He also learns there are no easy answers—for gods or men.

* A supernatural story featuring Japanese mythology sound interesting to me. - Jessica

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In My Mailbox (69)

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 One That I Want by Jennifer Echols


The Professionals by Owen Laukkanen


Dating the Undead by Gena Showalter & Jill Monroe


Giants Beware! by Jorge Aguirre


The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time' by Robert Jordan


Third Grave Dead Ahead by Darynda Jones

Won


Love Unfinished by Darian Wilk


Bond Girl: A Novel by Erin Duffy

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Thanks to Darian Wilk, Jennifer Echols, Macmillan, First Second, Book Perk, Planned TV Arts, and Penguin for this weeks books!