Waiting on Wednesday #10

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

The Imaginary by A.F. Harrold
Illustrated by Emily Gravett

Release Date: March 3rd 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Genre: Middle Grade – fantasy
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Rudger is Amanda’s best friend. He doesn't exist, but nobody's perfect.

Only Amanda can see her imaginary friend – until the sinister Mr Bunting arrives at Amanda's door. Mr Bunting hunts imaginaries. Rumour says that he eats them. And he's sniffed out Rudger. Soon Rudger is alone, and running for his imaginary life. But can a boy who isn’t there survive without a friend to dream him up?

A brilliantly funny, scary and moving read from the unique imagination of A.F. Harrold, this beautiful book is astoundingly illustrated with integrated art and colour spreads by the award-winning Emily Gravett.

I actually just saw this book for the first time this week. I believe it was released back in October in the UK but we haven’t gotten it here yet unfortunately. The illustrations throughout the book look beautiful. The book just sounds fantastic and I am definitely going to have to add this to my shelf. I have no shame in reading children’s or middle grades books in public so I’ll definitely be reading this at work as soon as I can get my hands on it.

What book are you looking forward to?

Waiting on Wednesday #9

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Unleashed by Sophie Jordan

Series: Uninvited, #2
Release Date: February 24th 2015
Publisher: HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Genre: Young Adult – Science Fiction, Dystopia
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What if the worst thing you ever did was unforgivable?

Davy’s world fell apart after she tested positive for Homicidal Tendency Syndrome. She was expelled from her school, dumped by her boyfriend, abandoned by friends, and shipped off to a camp that turns HTS carriers into soldiers. Davy may have escaped, but the damage has already been done. The unthinkable has happened. Now, even worse than having everyone else see her as a monster is the knowledge that they may have been right about her all along. Because Davy has killed.

On the run from government agents, Davy is rescued by Caden, the charismatic leader of an underground group of rebels. Despite Caden’s assurances that the Resistance is made up of carriers like her, Davy isn’t sure she can trust them. Then again, she doesn’t even know if she can trust herself . . . or her growing feelings for Caden. But if she doesn’t belong with Caden and his followers, is there anywhere she can call home?

I read the first book back in February right after it came out. (Review HERE). It was so good! I can’t wait to get to this one. I’m hoping I might actually use my Barnes and Noble membership to preorder this one and actually get it on the release date. Or maybe I’ll get really lucky and get it for review. But yea, anyway, read the first one! You won’t regret it! 

What book are you looking forward to?

Waiting on Wednesday #8

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

City 1 by Gregg Rosenblum

Series: Revolution 19, #3
Release Date: January 6th 2015
Publisher: HarperTeen
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Genre: Young Adult – Science Fiction
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In the explosive conclusion to the thrilling Revolution 19 series, the time has come to win the cities back from the bots—or die trying.

After finally reuniting at a rebel camp, siblings Nick, Kevin, and Cass are willing to do anything to stay together—and free their parents from bot rule. But the leader of the rebel camp has her own ideas. Cruel and determined, General Clay won’t let anything stand in the way of her plan to destroy the robots and all the brainwashed humans. This means their parents’ lives are at stake, but Nick, Kevin, and Cass can’t desert the rebels when they’re so close to freedom. How far will they go to save the world they believe in?

Created in conjunction with Alloy Entertainment; Howard Gordon, the showrunner of 24 and Showtime’s Emmy Award– and Golden Globe–winning Homeland; and James Wong, the executive producer of American Horror Story; City 1 is the gripping finale to the exhilarating Revolution 19 series.

Can’t wait for this book! I had sort of forgotten about this trilogy to be honest because it has been quite a while since I read the first two. I was lucky enough to get the second book for review, which of course meant that I had to read the first one and I really enjoyed it! I am definitely excited to see the outcome of this trilogy and I hope it doesn't disappoint!

What book are you looking forward to?

Waiting on Wednesday #7

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Shutter by Courtney Alameda

Release Date: February 3rd 2015
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Genre: Young Adult - Horror
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Horror has a new name: introducing Courtney Alameda.

Micheline Helsing is a tetrachromat—a girl who sees the auras of the undead in a prismatic spectrum. As one of the last descendants of the Van Helsing lineage, she has trained since childhood to destroy monsters both corporeal and spiritual: the corporeal undead go down by the bullet, the spiritual undead by the lens. With an analog SLR camera as her best weapon, Micheline exorcises ghosts by capturing their spiritual energy on film. She's aided by her crew: Oliver, a techno-whiz and the boy who developed her camera's technology; Jude, who can predict death; and Ryder, the boy Micheline has known and loved forever.

When a routine ghost hunt goes awry, Micheline and the boys are infected with a curse known as a soulchain. As the ghostly chains spread through their bodies, Micheline learns that if she doesn't exorcise her entity in seven days or less, she and her friends will die. Now pursued as a renegade agent by her monster-hunting father, Leonard Helsing, she must track and destroy an entity more powerful than anything she's faced before . . . or die trying.

Lock, stock, and lens, she’s in for one hell of a week.

If you saw yesterday’s top ten post then you would know that Horror/Thriller is my favorite genre to read. You would also know that I don’t think there is enough (or I haven’t found them) in Young Adult! So whenever I see a new horror book being released I get pretty excited about it. So this is definitely going on my wish list! Not to mention…. Look at that cover!

What book are you looking forward to?

Waiting on Wednesday #6

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The Rules by Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie

Release Date: June 23rd 2015
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Genre: Young Adult – Horror, Thriller
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Narrated by alternating unreliable narrators, this dark thriller will have readers on the edge of their seats. No one is safe and everyone is a suspect. It's Saw meets I Know What You Did Last Summer.

Junior Robin Brisset has no idea what she's in for when she accepts an invitation to one of Callabrese High's most exclusive parties. And when the trademark scavenger hunt begins, Robin must go against every rule she's lived by to survive.

This post is a little late going up because I wasn’t sure what book I wanted to use, then I stumbled across this book on someone else’s Waiting on Wednesday and knew that this was the one I wanted to use. I don’t think there are enough young adult thriller’s out there, or I haven’t found them, because thriller is definitely my favorite genre. Making a young adult, or new adult, is a bonus for me and I would read every single one I could get my hands on. (If you know of any good ones let me know!)

This has a very vague synopsis, which is intriguing, and it says it’s Saw meets I Know What You Did Last Summer… um yes please! I can only imagine what this book is going to turn out like.

What book are you looking forward to?

Waiting on Wednesday #5

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The Boy Who Lost Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente

Series: Fairyland, #4
Release Date: March 3rd 2015
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Genre:  Young Adult – Fantasy
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When a young troll named Hawthorn is stolen from Fairyland by the Golden Wind, he becomes a changeling – a human boy -- in the strange city of Chicago, a place no less bizarre and magical than Fairyland when seen through trollish eyes. Left with a human family, Hawthorn struggles with his troll nature and his changeling fate. But when he turns twelve, he stumbles upon a way back home, to a Fairyland much changed from the one he remembers. Hawthorn finds himself at the center of a changeling revolution--until he comes face to face with a beautiful young Scientiste with very big, very red assistant.

I CAN NOT WAIT for this book! The covers of all these books are absolutely gorgeous! I miss the long title though, that was part of the appeal of these books. This is a series that I am actually caught up on too so I don’t have to wait to read it! I can say thought that the third book in the series did get a little boring in parts so I’m hoping since this one is from a different characters pov that I might get more interested in it again. But really though… Why is March so far away!!  There is also going to be a 5th & 6th book! I can't wait to see where this is going. 

What book are you looking forward to?

Waiting on Wednesday #4

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Scott Pilgrim Vol. 5: Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe by Bryan Lee O’Malley

Series: Scott Pilgrim, #5
Release Date: August 13^th 2014
Publisher: Oni Press
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Genre:  Young Adult – Graphic novel, Fantasy,
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Scott Pilgrim just turned 24, and things couldn't possibly be better! This means things are about to get infinitely worse. Suddenly, TWO of Ramona's evil ex-boyfriends are in town, and they're playing dirty. His band is in turmoil, and his own exes aren't making things any easier. And what's up with Ramona, anyway? She's been acting kinda weird ever since they moved in together. It's the SECOND LAST VOLUME of SCOTT PILGRIM: Scott's precious little life is coming back around to bite him in the butt, and it may not be pretty!

This book has been out for a while now but I specifically am waiting for this hardcover full color edition! I own the 3^rd and 4^th volumes and read the first two at the library. I fell in love with these editions and I am determined to own them all! If you enjoy this series I highly recommend checking out the full color editions.

What book are you looking forward to?

Waiting on Wednesday #3

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The Retribution of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Series: Mara Dyer, #3
Release Date: November 4^th 2014
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 464
Genre:  Young Adult – Fantasy Paranormal
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It had to end sometime, but Mara had no idea it would end like this. Experience the mind-blowing conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Mara Dyer trilogy.

Loyalties are betrayed, guilt and innocence tangle, and fate and chance collide in this shocking conclusion to Mara Dyer’s story.

I actually haven’t read the second book in the trilogy yet but I did absolutely love the first one. I do own the second one so I plan on reading it before this one is released and then I can go straight on to this one. To be completely honest, even if I hated these books I would still probably buy them all because I love the covers!

What book are you looking forward to?

Waiting on Wednesday #2

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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han

Series: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, #1

Release Date: April 15^th 2014
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 288
Genre:  Young Adult – Contemporary Romance
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To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all.

I don’t often read contemporary romance novels but this one has caught my eye. This book sounds like there could be quite a bit of drama in it and I usually like that in a contemporary book. It seems to have a great rating on Goodreads and the people that have already gotten to read it love it. Not to mention that the girls name is Lara; that is always fun.

Have you read this book yet? What are your thoughts on it?

Waiting on Wednesday #1

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

Nearly Gone by Elle Cosimano

Release Date: March 25th 2014
Publisher: Kathy Dawson Books
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 388
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Bones meets Fringe in a big, dark, scary, brilliantly-plotted urban thriller that will leave you guessing until the very end.

Nearly Boswell knows how to keep secrets. Living in a DC trailer park, she knows better than to share anything that would make her a target with her classmates. Like her mother's job as an exotic dancer, her obsession with the personal ads, and especially the emotions she can taste when she brushes against someone's skin. But when a serial killer goes on a killing spree and starts attacking students, leaving cryptic ads in the newspaper that only Nearly can decipher, she confides in the one person she shouldn't trust: the new guy at school—a reformed bad boy working undercover for the police, doing surveillance. . . on her.

Nearly might be the one person who can put all the clues together, and if she doesn't figure it all out soon—she'll be next.

There is nothing I like more than a good mystery thriller. That is one genre that I can read whether it’s an adult, YA, NA, doesn’t matter. I love them. This one sounds so good. This comes out at the end of the month and I will definitely be buying it. Even though I have a ton of books I need to read in April.   

What are you waiting on?