Waiting on Wednesday (114): What's Left of Me: The Hybrid Chronicles, Book One by Kat Zhang

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


What's Left of Me: The Hybrid Chronicles, Book One by Kat Zhang
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: September 18, 2012

Publisher Description

Eva and Addie started out the same way as everyone else--two souls woven together in one body, taking turns controlling their movements as they learned how to walk, how to sing, how to dance. But as they grew, so did the worried whispers. Why aren't they settling? Why isn't one of them fading? The doctors ran tests, the neighbors shied away, and their parents begged for more time. Finally Addie was pronounced healthy and Eva was declared gone. Except, she wasn't...

For the past three years, Eva has clung to the remnants of her life. Only Addie knows she's still there, trapped inside their body. Then one day, they discover there may be a way for Eva to move again. The risks are unimaginable-hybrids are considered a threat to society, so if they are caught, Addie and Eva will be locked away with the others. And yet...for a chance to smile, to twirl, to speak, Eva will do anything.

Why Jessica wants to read this:  It just sounds so weird.  Two souls in one body?  Kinda reminds me of The Host, but that was an alien body snatcher type thing and this is what happens to everyone in the story...in the beginning at least.

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Waiting on Wednesday (113): Dodger by Terry Pratchett

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Dodger by Terry Pratchett
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: September 25, 2012

Publisher Description

A thrilling new tale of adventure, bravery, and wit from the beloved, multi-award-winning New York Times bestseller Sir Terry Pratchett!

In an alternative London, ruled by the young Queen Victoria, an enterprising lad can find adventure and opportunity-if he is very smart, and very, very lucky. Dodger has the brains, the luck-and the cheek-to scrape by on his own.

Everyone knows Dodger, and everyone likes Dodger. Which is a good thing, because life for a boy on the streets is anything but easy. And it's about to get seriously complicated as a simple haircut turns momentous when Dodger unknowingly puts a stop to the murderous barber Sweeney Todd.

From Dodger's encounters with fictional villains to his meetings with Darwin, Disraeli, and Dickens, history and fantasy intertwine in a breathtaking tale of adventure and mystery, unexpected coming-of-age, and one remarkable boy's rise in a complex and fascinating world.

Beloved and bestselling author Terry Pratchett writes at the height of his powers, combining high comedy with deep wisdom, to the delight of fans old and new.

Why Jessica wants to read this: I've always heard great things about Terry Pratchett and I love alternative worlds!

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Waiting on Wednesday (112): Spark: A Sky Chasers Novel by Amy Kathleen Ryan

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Spark: A Sky Chasers Novel by Amy Kathleen Ryan
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Publish Date: July 17, 2012

Publishers Description:
Waverly, Kieran and Seth are in a race against time – and with the future of humanity hanging in the balance, there’s no room for mistakes…
After a desperate escape from the enemy ship, Waverly has finally made it back to the Empyrean. The memory of home has been keeping her alive for the past months… but home is nothing like she left it. Forced to leave their captive parents behind on the New Horizon, she’s returned only to find that Kieran has become a strict leader and turned the crew against Seth. What happened to the Kieran she thought she knew? Now Waverly’s not sure whom she can trust. And the one person she wants to believe in is darkly brilliant Seth, the ship’s supposed enemy. Waverly knows that the situation will only get worse until they can rescue their parents – but how?

Before they have time to make a plan, an explosion rocks the Empyrean, and Seth and Waverly are targeted as the prime suspects. Can they find the true culprit before Kieran locks them away… or worse? Will Waverly follow her heart, even if it puts lives at risk? Now more than ever, every step could bring them closer to a new beginning – or a sudden end.

Why Jessica wants to read this: I really enjoyed the first book, the more I thought about it, the more I liked it. It even had me yelling at the characters.  Check out my review of book 1, Glow.

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Media Mail (2)

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

Deadweather and Sunrise: The Chronicles of Egg, Book 1 by Geoff Rodkey


The Zombie Tarot: An Oracle of the Undead with Deck and Instructions from Stacey Graham and Paul Kepple


The Hypnotist's Love Story by Liane Moriarty


Batman: Earth One by Geoff Johns, Gary Frank


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


Every Day by David Levithan

Thanks to Putnam Books, Random House Children's, DC Comics, and Quirk Books for this weeks items for review.

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Waiting on Wednesday (111): Thieftaker (The Thieftaker Chronicles) by D.B. Jackson

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

Thieftaker (The Thieftaker Chronicles) by D.B. Jackson
Publisher: Tor Books
Publish Date: July 3, 2012

Publisher's Description

Boston, 1767: In D.B. Jackson's Thieftaker, revolution is brewing as the British Crown imposes increasingly onerous taxes on the colonies, and intrigue swirls around firebrands like Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty. But for Ethan Kaille, a thieftaker who makes his living by conjuring spells that help him solve crimes, politics is for others…until he is asked to recover a necklace worn by the murdered daughter of a prominent family.

Suddenly, he faces another conjurer of enormous power, someone unknown, who is part of a conspiracy that reaches to the highest levels of power in the turbulent colony. His adversary has already killed—and not for his own gain, but in the service of his powerful masters, people for whom others are mere pawns in a game of politics and power. Ethan is in way over his head, and he knows it. Already a man with a dark past, he can ill afford to fail, lest his livelihood be forfeit. But he can't stop now, for his magic has marked him, so he must fight the odds, even though he seems hopelessly overmatched, his doom seeming certain at the spectral hands of one he cannot even see.

Why Jessica wants to read this:  This one sounds like it has a nice mix of a historical with magic.  Plus the main character is a thief P.I. of sorts, I love books that follow a problematic person! (Updated after a visit from the author - how freaking cool is that!)

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Media Mail (1)

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
  Nightshifted by Cassie Alexander
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Beneath a Meth Moon by Jacqueline Woodson
Shift by Kim Curran

WON
Yours, Mine, and Ours by MaryJanice Davidson (Thank you Dream!)

Thanks to Strange Chemistry, St Martin's, and Book Divas for this weeks books for review.
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Waiting on Wednesday (110): Tiger lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson

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

Tiger Lilyby Jodi Lynn Anderson

Publisher: HarperTeen

Publish Date: July 3, 2012

Publisher's Description
15 year old Tiger Lily, proud and fierce, wild and misunderstood, doesn't believe in love stories or happy endings. Then she meets the teenage Peter Pan in the forbidden woods of Neverland, and immediately falls under his spell. Peter is unlike anyone she's ever known. Impetuous and brave, big-hearted but hard to reach, he both scares and enthralls her. As the leader of the Lost Boys, the most fearsome of Neverland's inhabitants, Peter is an unthinkable match for Tiger Lily. Soon, she is risking everything - her family, her future - to be with the haunted, hunted, courageous boy who loves her. When - as a punishment for her rebellious ways - she is faced with marriage to a terrible man in her own tribe, she must choose between the life she's always known and running away to an uncertain future with Peter. With enemies threatening to tear them apart, the lovers seem doomed. But it's the arrival of Wendy Darling, an English girl who's everything Tiger Lily is not, that leads Tiger Lily to discover that the most dangerous enemies can live inside even the most loyal and loving heart.

From the New York Times bestselling author of PEACHES comes a magical and bewitching story of the romance between a fearless heroine and the boy who wouldn't grow up.

I love Peter Pan and this very different story involving Peter sounds intriguing.- Jessica

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