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

What would you read first?

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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 (87): Above by Leah Bobet

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

Above by Leah Bobet

Publisher: Arthur A Levine Books

Publish Date: March 2012

Publisher's Description

Matthew's father had lion's feet and his mother had gills, and both fled the modern-day city to live in underground Safe, a secret community of freaks, ghost-whisperers, and disabled outcasts hidden beyond the subways and sewers. Raised underground, Matthew is responsible for the keeping of both Safe's histories and the traumatized shapeshifter Ariel, the girl he took in, fell in love with – and can't stop from constantly running away.

But Safe is no longer safe: the night after a frightening encounter in the sewers, Safe's founder Atticus is murdered by the one person Safe ever exiled: mad Corner, whose coup is backed by an army of mindless, whispering shadows.

Only Matthew, Ariel, and a handful of unstable, crippled compatriots escape to the city that cast them out; the dangerous place he knows only as Above. Despite Ariel's increasingly erratic behaviour and with the odds against them, Matthew must find a way to rescue Safe from Corner's occupying army. But as his quest leads him through abandoned asylums and the dregs of urban poverty, Matthew discovers that the histories he's devoted his life to aren't true: Corner's invasion -- and Ariel's terrors – are rooted in a history of Safe much darker and bloodier than Matthew ever imagined.

And even if he manages to save both home and Ariel, he may well lose himself.

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Waiting on Wednesday (63): Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter

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

Cleopatra's Moon by Vicky Alvear Shecter. Out August 1, 2011 from Arthur A. Levin.

Book Description

"The Luxe" meets the ancient world in the extraordinary story of Cleopatra's daughter.

 

Selene has grown up in a palace on the Nile with her parents, Cleopatra & Mark Antony--the most brilliant, powerful rulers on earth. But the jealous Roman Emperor Octavianus wants Egypt for himself, & when war finally comes, Selene faces the loss of all she's ever loved. Forced to build a new life in Octavianus's household in Rome, she finds herself torn between two young men and two possible destinies--until she reaches out to claim her own.

This stunning novel brings to life the personalities & passions of one of the greatest dramas in history, & offers a wonderful new heroine in Selene.

About the Author

Vicky Alvear Shecter is the author of two nonfiction books about the ancient world: ALEXANDER THE GREAT ROCKS THE WORLD, a VOYA Honor Pick for Nonfiction, and CLEOPATRA RULES!. A docent in the Ancient History department of the Carlos Museum of Art, she lives in Avondale Estates, Georgia.

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