Waiting On Wednesday #8 - Lovely, Dark & Deep

Waiting On Wednesday, where we put the spotlight on upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating, is hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine

This week it's the turn of Lovely, Deep and Dark by Amy McNamara. Isn't this cover amazing?

 Since the night of the crash, Wren Wells has been running away. Though she lived through the accident that killed her boyfriend Patrick, the girl she used to be didn’t survive. Instead of heading off to college as planned, Wren retreats to her father’s studio in the far-north woods of Maine. Somehwere she can be alone.

Then she meets Cal Owen. Dealing with his own troubles, Cal’s hiding out too. When the chemistry between them threatens to pull Wren from her hard-won isolation, Wren has to choose: risk opening her broken heart to the world again, or join the ghosts who haunt her. - Goodreads

Lovely, Dark and Deep
Amy McNamara
Simon & Schuster Children's
ISBN - 978-1442434256
Expected pub. date - October 23 2012

What are you waiting for this week?

Teaser Tuesday #7

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

Today's teaser is from Blood Magic by Tessa Gratton, published in 2011 by Random House Childrens.

"My blood rushed and throbbed in my fingers and toes, and the grass prickled at my skin. Squeezing my eyes closed, I breathed in and out, concentrating on the motion of my diaphragm." - Pg. 136

Share your teasers! 
 

Reading RoundUp #8

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

Finished

Started

Up next

Reviews coming

666 Park Avenue

Girl Of Nightmares

Bad Faith

The Grimm Legacy

The Devouring

What did you read this week?

In My Mailbox #8

IMM is hosted by Kristi at The Story Siren and gives everyone an opportunity to showcase new books received during the week, whether they're bought or borrowed.

A good week for me in terms of books! I only bought three but it was library week so a bumper pile got picked up!

Bought

Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson (read this a while ago but wanted my own copy)

The Folding Knife - K. J. Parker (this one and the Spirit Thief were both bargains, I figured if I don't like them it hasn't cost me a fortune!)

The Spirit Thief - Rachel Aaron

From the library

Fated - Alyson Noel

Juliet Immortal - Stacey Jay

Abused Werewolf Rescue Group - Catherine Jinks

Our Tragic Universe - Scarlett Thomas

Blood Magic - Tessa Gratton

Uninvited - Liz Jensen

Butterfly Summer - Anne-Marie Conway

Immortal - Gillian Shields

Cloaked - Alex Flinn

Fly By Night - Frances Hardinge

The Devouring - Simon Holt

Unwind - Neal Shusterman

Not a bad haul and I didn't break the bank! What did you get this week?

Don't forget to enter the August New Release giveaway which finishes in a few days and look out for reviews this week of Girl Of Nightmares, The Grimm Legacy, Bad Faith and 666 Park Avenue!

Waiting On Wednesday #7 - Dodger

Waiting On Wednesday, where we put the spotlight on upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating, is hosted by Jill at Breaking The Spine

This week it's the turn of possibly one of the best fantasy authors of the last three decades (in my opinion anyway), Sir Terry Pratchett!

Dodger comes out September 13 in both the UK - published by Transworld, and the US - published by HarperCollins.

 Dodger - UK cover

Dodger - US cover

















"A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's... Dodger!" - Goodreads

I'm desperately waiting on this one, inspired by the Artful Dodger and Charles Dickens, because quite frankly I'm making the most of any new books that Sir Terry publishes. As we all know he has Alzheimers and he's not going to be able to write forever but until that point I will still buy his books. I've heard good things and bad things about it but as usual I'm ignoring everyone's opinion except my own! 

What are you waiting for this week?

Teaser Tuesday #6

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. 

Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

This week's teaser is from The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman which was first published in paperback last year. I bought a copy as you all are probably getting to know the fact that I love fairy tales, retellings and anything with a pretty cover! Then I discovered that it was going to be released again on September 6 with yet another gorgeous cover, I gave my original copy to a friend who has similar reading tastes and promptly ordered this one which arrived on Friday -

"There was something almost gothic about this place, with the mysterious collection Anjali and Marc wouldn't tell me about and now a disappearing page. I was less scared than intrigued." 

- Pg. 28, The Grimm Legacy - Polly Shulman, published by Oxford University Press, UK - 978-0192793102



 

Reading RoundUp #7

It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is hosted by Sheila at Book Journey This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well… you never know where that next “must read” book will come from!

Finished

Started

Up next

Still reading

Shadow Of Night - Deborah Harkness

Seraphina - Rachel Hartman

I really, really don't want to give up on Shadow Of Night because I loved A Discovery Of Witches so much. I've hit a brick wall with SoN though that I just can't get past so maybe I should put it aside for a few weeks. I'm loving Seraphina but I stupidly left it in my sister's car so can't finish it until I collect it!

How was your reading week?