Sunday, September 30, 2012

Media Mail 18

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

Ironskin by Tina Connolly


Dead City by James Ponti

Thanks to Tor and Simon & Schuster for this weeks books.
Leave us a link to your post, we'd love to drool over your reads!  (We are on vacation right now, but we will be sure to check your post when we return!)

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    Wednesday, September 26, 2012

    Waiting on Wednesday (131): The Cadet of Tildor by Alex Lidell

    "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
     
    The Cadet of Tildor
    Author: Alex Lidell
    Publisher: Dial
    Publish Date: January 10, 2013
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    Publisher's Description 
    Tamora Pierce meets George R. R. Martin in this smart, political, medieval fantasy-thriller.

    There is a new king on the throne of Tildor. Currents of political unrest sweep the country as two warring crime families seek power, angling to exploit the young Crown's inexperience. At the Academy of Tildor, the training ground for elite soldiers, Cadet Renee de Winter struggles to keep up with her male peers. But when her mentor, a notorious commander recalled from active duty to teach at the Academy, is kidnapped to fight in illegal gladiator games, Renee and her best friend Alec find themselves thrust into a world rife with crime, sorting through a maze of political intrigue, and struggling to resolve what they want, what is legal, and what is right.

    *Why I want to read this: Wait, what?  Illegal gladiator games in the midst of everything else going on.  Seriously.  Why wouldn't you pick this one up? - Jessica

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    Sunday, September 23, 2012

    Media Mail (17)

    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. 

    WON

    X-It by Jane George


    Thanks to iDreamBooks for this weeks book.
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    Wednesday, September 19, 2012

    Waiting on Wednesday (130): Shadowlands by Kate Brian

    "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
    Shadowlands
    Author: Kate Brian
    Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
    Publish Date: January 8, 2013

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    Publisher's Description
    Rory Miller had one chance to fight back and she took it. Rory survived … and the serial killer who attacked her escaped. Now that the infamous Steven Nell is on the loose, Rory must enter the witness protection with her father and sister, Darcy, leaving their friends and family without so much as a goodbye.

    Starting over in a new town with only each other is unimaginable for Rory and Darcy. They were inseparable as children, but now they can barely stand each other. As the sisters settle in to Juniper Landing, a picturesque vacation island, it seems like their new home may be just the fresh start they need. They fall in with a group of beautiful, carefree teens and spend their days surfing, partying on the beach, and hiking into endless sunsets. But just as they’re starting to feel safe again, one of their new friends goes missing. Is it a coincidence? Or is the nightmare beginning all over again?

    *Why I want to read this: A serial killer story, yes please.  This sounds like it could be an intriguing mystery/thriller. - Jessica

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    Sunday, September 16, 2012

    Media Mail (16)

    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

    Something Red: A Novel by Douglas Nicholas


    A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel by Madeleine L'Engle and Hope Larson


    Legends of Zita the Spacegirl by Ben Hatke


    Thanks to Atria and First Second for this weeks books. 
    Which book would you read first?
    Leave us a link to your post, we'd love to drool over your reads!

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    Wednesday, September 12, 2012

    Waiting on Wednesday (129): Jake the Dreaming by Adam Freeman, March Bernardin, & Andrew Jones

    "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
    Jake the Dreaming
    Author: Adam Freeman, March Bernardin
    Illustrator: Andrew Jones
    Publisher: Radical Publishing
    Publish Date: January 8, 2013

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    Publisher's Description 
    Ten-year-old Jake is a chronic daydreamer. Constantly drifting off in class, at home, and even during Little League, Jake has become the outcast of the 4th grade. That is, until the night he dreams he saves the neighbor''s kid from a monster and, the next day, the little boy actually thanks him. Jake soon learns he is this generation''s "Dreaming" - the chosen one who can enter people''s dreams and save their souls from the evil creature known only as Nocturnus. Now, Jake must master the ways of the Dreaming World and defeat Nocturnus before he gains enough power to cross over to the Waking World and put us all to sleep forever!

    *Why I want to read this: There was a comic preview of this book on Free Comic Book Day in 2011, unfortunately I didn't see it at any of the comic stores I went to that day.  The story is supposed to be written in prose and while it is written for kids, I think the storyline sounds fantastic. - Jessica

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    Sunday, September 9, 2012

    Media Mail (15)

    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

    The Ruins of Lace by Iris Anthony


    Thanks to Sourcebooks for this weeks book.
    Leave us a link to your post, we'd love to drool over your reads!

    Check out this past weeks posts:

  • Book Review: Glow (Sky Chasers) by Amy Kathleen Ryan


  • Book Review: The Promise (Fallen Star Series Book 4) by Jessica Sorrenson


  • Book Review: Outpost by Ann Aguirre


  • Waiting on Wednesday (128): Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz


  • Book Review: The Vision: Fallen Star Series by Jessica Sorrenson


  • Book Review: Art Models 7: Dynamic Figures for the Visual Arts (Art Models series) by Douglas A. Johnson
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    Wednesday, September 5, 2012

    Waiting on Wednesday (128): Teeth by Hannah Moskowitz

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

    Teeth 
    Author: Hannah Moskowitz
    Publisher: Simon Pulse
    Publish Date: January 1, 2013

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    Publisher's Description
    A gritty, romantic modern fairy tale from the author of Break and Gone, Gone, Gone.

    Be careful what you believe in.

    Rudy’s life is flipped upside-down when his family moves to a remote island in a last attempt to save his sick younger brother. With nothing to do but worry, Rudy sinks deeper and deeper into loneliness and lies awake at night listening to the screams of the ocean beneath his family’s rickety house.

    Then he meets Diana, who makes him wonder what he even knows about love, and Teeth, who makes him question what he knows about anything. Rudy can’t remember the last time he felt so connected to someone, but being friends with Teeth is more than a little bit complicated. He soon learns that Teeth has terrible secrets. Violent secrets. Secrets that will force Rudy to choose between his own happiness and his brother’s life.

    *Why I want to read this: With the violent secrets that Teeth harbors and the story of Rudy and his brother - my interest is piqued.  I haven't read any of Hannah Moskowitz's books before, but have heard great things about her writing.

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    Sunday, September 2, 2012

    Media Mail (14)

    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. 


    Thanks to Quirk Books, St Martins Press and Tor for this weeks books.
    What would you read first?
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