Waiting on Wednesday (132): Asunder (Incarnate) by Jodi Meadows

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Asunder (Incarnate)
Author: Jodi Meadows
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Publish Date: January 29, 2013
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Publisher's Description 
DARKSOULS
Ana has always been the only one. Asunder. Apart. But after Templedark, when many residents of Heart were lost forever, some hold Ana responsible for the darksouls–and the newsouls who may be born in their place.

SHADOWS
Many are afraid of Ana’s presence, a constant reminder of unstoppable changes and the unknown. When sylph begin behaving differently toward her and people turn violent, Ana must learn to stand up not only for herself but for those who cannot stand up for themselves.

LOVE
Ana was told that nosouls can’t love. But newsouls? More than anything, she wants to live and love as an equal among the citizens of Heart, but even when Sam professes his deepest feelings, it seems impossible to overcome a lifetime of rejection.

In this second book in the Incarnate trilogy, Ana discovers the truth about reincarnation and will have to find a way to embrace love and make her young life meaningful. Once again, Jodi Meadows explores the extraordinary beauty and shadowed depths of the soul in a story equal parts epic romance and captivating fantasy.

*Why I want to read this: The ending of the first book in the Newsoul series has left me wanting to know more! - Jessica (Read my review on Incarnate here.)

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Waiting on Wednesday (124): A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson

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A Memory of Light (Wheel of Time)
Author: Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson

Publisher: Tor Books

Publish Date: January 8, 2013

Publisher's Description
Since 1990, when Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time® burst on the world with its first book, The Eye of the World, readers have been anticipating the final scenes of this extraordinary saga, which has sold over forty million copies in over thirty-two languages.

When Robert Jordan died in 2007, all feared that these concluding scenes would never be written. But working from notes and partials left by Jordan, established fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson stepped in to complete the masterwork. With The Gathering Storm (Book 12) and Towers of Midnight (Book 13) behind him, both of which were # 1 New York Times hardcover bestsellers, Sanderson now re-creates the vision that Robert Jordan left behind.

Edited by Jordan’s widow, who edited all of Jordan’s books, A Memory of Light will delight, enthrall, and deeply satisfy all of Jordan’s legions of readers.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass.

What was, what will be, and what is,
May yet fall under the Shadow.
Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.

*Why I want to read this:  I need to know how it ends.  I need to know who lives and who dies! - Chris

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Waiting on Wednesday (118): Ruins (Pathfinder) by Orson Scott Card

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Ruins (Pathfinder) by Orson Scott Card
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Publish Date: March 6, 2012

Publisher's Description
Rigg has the power to change the past. But nothing can prepare him for the future...

The adventure, suspense, and time travel continue in this second installment in the critically acclaimed New York Times and Publishers Weekly bestselling Pathfinder series.

Why Jessica wants to read this: I loved the first book in the series and can't wait to see where the journey goes!  (Check out my review of Pathfinder, - I gave it 5/5!)

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Media Mail (6)

Media Mail is a weekly meme which explores the books that have been delivered to our mailbox.

Let us know what looks good & leave us a link so we can check out what you got over the week. 

FOR REVIEW

Passenger by Andrew Smith
This is the follow-up to The Marbury Lensand Kole can't wait to read it!


Outpost by Ann Aguirre
This is the follow-up to Enclave and Jessica is dying to start it!

Thanks to Macmillan Children's for the books for review.

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More posts from the week:

• Book Review: Something Strange and Deadly (Something Strange and Deadly - Trilogy) by Susan Dennard

• Giveaway & Guest Post by KB Walker

• Comic Post: Grammar

• Waiting on Wednesday (117): Gravity (The Taking) by Melissa West

• 1000 Free Books from Author Kevin McGill

• Book Review: Refuge (The Refuge Trilogy, Book 3) by Rebecca McKinnon

Waiting on Wednesday (106); The Enchantress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel) by Michael Scott

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The Enchantress (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel) by Michael Scott

Publish Date: May 22, 2012
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Publisher's Description
The twins of prophecy have been split. Nicholas Flamel is near death. John Dee has the swords of power. And Danu Talis has yet to fall. The future of the human race lies in the balance—how will the legend end?

I love this series, it's one of my favorites and I can't wait to read the latest addition!-Kole

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

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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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Waiting on Wednesday (84): Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

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Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books
Publish Date: January 10, 2012

Publisher's Description
The highly anticipated sequel to Jessica’s Guide to Dating on the Dark Side.

It’s one thing to find out you’re a vampire princess. It’s a whole other thing to actually rule. Newly married Jessica Packwood is having a hard enough time feeling regal with her husband, Lucius, at her side. But when evidence in the murder of a powerful elder points to Lucius, sending him into solitary confinement, Jessica is suddenly on her own. Determined to clear her husband’s name, Jessica launches into a full-scale investigation, but hallucinations and nightmares of betrayal keep getting in her way. Jessica knows that with no blood to drink, Lucius’s time is running out. Can she figure out who the real killer is—and whom she can trust—before it’s too late?
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Waiting on Wednesday (82): The Outcasts (Brotherband Chronicles)by John Flanagan

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The Outcasts (Brotherband Chronicles)by John Flanagan
Publisher: Philomel
Publish Date: November 1, 2011

Publisher's Description
From the author of the international phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice!

They are outcasts. Hal, Stig, and the others - they are the boys the others want no part of. Skandians, as any reader of Ranger's Apprentice could tell you, are known for their size and strength. Not these boys. Yet that doesn't mean they don't have skills. And courage - which they will need every ounce of to do battle at sea against the other bands, the Wolves and the Sharks, in the ultimate race. The icy waters make for a treacherous playing field . . . especially when not everyone thinks of it as playing. John Flanagan, author of the international phenomenon Ranger's Apprentice, creates a new cast of characters to populate his world of Skandians and Araluens, a world millions of young readers around the world have come to know and admire. Full of seafaring adventures and epic battles, Book 1 of The Brotherband Chronicles is sure to thrill readers of Ranger's Apprentice while enticing a whole new generation just now discovering the books.

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Waiting on Wednesday (79): Deadly Little Voices (A Touch Novel) by Laurie Faria Stolarz

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Deadly Little Voices (A Touch Novel) by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Publish Date: December 6, 2011

Publisher's Description
High school junior Camelia thought her powers of psychometry only gave her the ability to sense the future through touch. But now she’s started to hear voices. Mean voices. Berating her, telling her how ugly she is, and that she’d be better off dead. It’s a troubling development that has Camelia terrified for her mental stability, especially since her deranged aunt with a suicidal history just moved into the family house. More torturing, ex-boyfriend Ben, who has similar psychometric abilities, has been spending more time with their classmate Alejandra, even as her own feelings for Adam grow stronger. Still, the bond between Camelia and Ben is palpable.

With the line between right and wrong fraying, Camelia turns to pottery to get a grasp on her emotions. She begins sculpting a beautiful figure skater, only to receive frightening premonitions that someone’s in danger. But who is the victim? And how can Camelia help them when she is on the brink of losing her own sanity?

Why Jessica want to read this: I've really enjoyed the first three books in the series and can't wait to read more.  I like the mystery and haven't found a lot of great YA paranormal mysteries out there.

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Waiting on Wednesday (75): The Night Eternal (Book 3 in The Strain Trilogy) by Guilermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan

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The Night Eternal (Book 3 in The Strain Trilogy) by Guilermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan

Publisher: William Morrow

Publish Date: October 25, 2011

Publisher's Description

The stunning New York Times bestselling vampire saga that author Dan Simmons (Drood, The Terror) calls, “an unholy spawn of I Am Legend out of ‘Salem’s Lot,” concludes with The Night Eternal. The magnificent, if monstrously warped brainchild of cinematic horror master Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Chuck Hogan—whose novel Prince of Thieves, was praised as, “one of the 10 best books of the year” by Stephen King—The Night Eternal begins where The Strain and The Fall left off: with the last remnants of humankind enslaved by the vampire masters in a world forever shrouded by nuclear winter. Still, a small band of the living fights on in the shadows, in the final book of the ingenious dark fantasy trilogy that Newsweek says is, “good enough to make us break that vow to swear off vampire stories.”

Why Jessica wants to read this?  Have you read the first two books?  No?  Take a look at my reviews of The Strain and The Fall.  I LOVE this series.  I don't read a lot of cringe worthy books, but this series gives me the creepy crawleys in such a good way.  I can't wait to read the graphic novels, I can't wait to see the movie (whenever Del Toro has time to get to it).  There are vampires (the scary as hell kind) and their infected are zombie like.  It is told from a lot of different points of view, but it is needed for this big of a concept.  As I read the first two - I saw the movie playing in my head as I read it.  Seriously good.  This is my most anticipated book of the year!

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Waiting on Wednesday (74): Ranger's Apprentice: The Lost Stories by John Flanagan

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

Ranger's Apprentice: The Lost Stories by John Flanagan

Publisher: Philomel
Publish Date: October 4, 2011

Publisher's Description

Inspired by questions and letters his loyal readers have sent over the years, John Flanagan offers a gift in response: a collection of "lost" tales that fill in the gaps between Ranger's Apprentice novels. For the first time, readers can learn the truth behind how Will came to be orphaned and what his real relationship to Halt is, or watch Alyss in action as the young Araluen diplomat disguises herself and becomes the perfect spy.

Why Kole wants to read this book?  This is my favorite book series.  I love the story and the characters and don't want it to end.  I think it's a great series for boys and girls and people of all ages that like adventure stories.  This book will tell us about the characters and I want to know more about them.

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