Saturday, June 23, 2012

I'm Back!!!!!



I know I've been away for a bit but May & June is my busy time at the day job. I'm usually exhausted by the time I get home. I'm happy to say that now that it is behind me, I will get back to reading & blogging. I'm on vacation this week, so expect reviews again starting in July!

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday {16}: Origin


Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Today I'm featuring Origin by Jessica Khoury.
 
 
Origin
 
 
Synopsis from Goodreads:  Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home—and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life.

Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia’s origin—a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever.

Origin is a beautifully told, shocking new way to look at an age-old desire: to live forever, no matter the cost. This is a supremely compelling debut novel that blends the awakening romance of Matched with the mystery and jungle conspiracy of Lost.
 

Origin will be released by Razorbill on 9/4/2012.
 
 
Okay, so that's mine. What's your WOW pick this week? Also, if you want to participate, head on over to Breaking the Spine and link up!!

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday: Blind Spot


Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Today I'm featuring Blind Spot by Laura Ellen.
 
Blind Spot
 
 
Synopsis from Goodreads: There’s none so blind as they that won’t see.
Seventeen-year-old Tricia Farni’s body floated to the surface of Alaska’s Birch River six months after the night she disappeared. The night Roz Hart had a fight with her. The night Roz can’t remember. Roz, who struggles with macular degeneration, is used to assembling fragments to make sense of the world around her. But this time it’s her memory that needs piecing together—to clear her name . . . to find a murderer.
 
This unflinchingly emotional novel is written in the powerful first-person voice of a legally blind teen who just wants to be like everyone else.
 

Blind Spot will be released by Harcourt Children's Books on 10/23/2012.
 
 
Okay, so that's mine. What's your WOW pick this week? Also, if you want to participate, head on over to Breaking the Spine and link up!!

Monday, June 11, 2012

Stacking the Shelves {3}

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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga's Reviews and is a way to showcase the books we've received for review or purchased, borrowed, etc. If you'd like to participate please check out Tynga's website for more information.

It's been a while since I've blogged so the books below reflect all the books that I received/purchased in May.

Purchased:

The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy, #1)
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (The Inheritance Trilogy #1), N.K. Jemisin
Release Date: 2/25/10, Orbit

The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, Stephen Chbosky
Release Date: 2/1/99, MTV Books


For Review:

Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone
Amelia Anne is Dead & Gone, Kat Rosenfield
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date: 7/5/12, Dutton Juvenile

City of Women
City of Women, David R. Gillham
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date: 8/7/12, Amy Einhorn Books (Putnam)
I read this one already (I couldn't resist the pretty cover). It was great!

The Kissing List
The Kissing List, Stephanie Reents
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date: 5/22/12, Hogarth

The Watch: A Novel
The Watch, Joydeep Roy-Bhattacharya
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date: 6/5/12, Hogarth

The Dead Do Not Improve
The Dead Do Not Improve, Jay Caspian Kang
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date: 8/7/12, Hogarth

I am Forbidden
I Am Forbidden, Anouk Markovits
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date: 5/8/12, Hogarth

The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Rachel Joyce
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date: 7/24/12, Random House

Niceville
Niceville: A Novel, Carsten Stroud
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date: 6/12/12, Knopf Doubleday

A Hundred Flowers: A Novel
A Hundred Flowers, Gail Tsukiyama
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date:

The Sandcastle Girls: A Novel
The Sandcastle Girls, Chris Bohjalian
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date: 7/17/12, Knopf Doubleday

A Once Crowded Sky: A Novel
A Once Crowded Sky, Tom King
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date: 7/10/12, Touchstone

The pleasures of men
The Pleasures of Men, Kate Williams
Source: ARC from publisher
Release Date: 8/7/12, Voice



A HUGE thank you to all the publishers and Netgalley. That's it for me this week. Leave me a link to your mailbox post and I'll be sure to check it out!!

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Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday {14}: Smashed


Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. Today I'm featuring Smashed by Lisa Luedeke.

Smashed

Synopsis from Goodreads: A field hockey star grapples with addiction in this riveting debut that will appeal to fans of Laurie Halse Anderson’s Speak.

Stay out of trouble for one more year, and Katie Martin can leave her small town loneliness behind forever. She is a field hockey star on the fast track to a college scholarship, but her relationship with alcohol has always been a little questionable. Then trouble finds her. Alec is the most popular guy in school, and also the biggest bully—with his sights set firmly on Katie. When Alec turns on the charm, Katie thinks she must have been wrong about him.

Except that she wasn’t. On a rain-soaked, alcohol-drenched night, one impulsive decision leaves Katie indebted to Alec in the worst possible way. This debut novel is a fast-paced and compelling story of addiction, heartbreak, and redemption.


Smashed will be released by Margaret K. McElderry Books on 8/21/2012.
Okay, so that's mine. What's your WOW pick this week? Also, if you want to participate, head on over to Breaking the Spine and link up!!