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I can't believe it's been a year since I've last posted a WoW. And I am waiting for a lot of books this 2016, obviously! I'm starting now, and for this year's first installment of Waiting on Wednesday, I am waiting for this book that sounds really amazing. Check it out below! Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: A Darkly Beating Heart by Lindsay Smith Release Date: October 25th 2016 Published by: Roaring Brook Press Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary: A time-travel story that alternates between modern day and 19th century Japan as one girl confronts the darkness lurking in her soul. No one knows what to do with Reiko. She is full of hatred. All she can think about is how to best hurt herself and the people closest to her. After a failed suicide attempt, Reiko’s parents send her from their Seattle home to spend the summer with family in Japan to learn to control her emotions. But while visiting Kuramagi, a historic village pre...

This week's WoW picks has a theme: Blue. And, well, gorgeous covers. Just check them out below! :D Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: Made You Up by Francesca Zappia Release Date: May 19th 2015 Published by: Greenwillow Books Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary: Reality, it turns out, is often not what you perceive it to be—sometimes, there really is someone out to get you. Made You Up tells the story of Alex, a high school senior unable to tell the difference between real life and delusion. This is a compelling and provoking literary debut that will appeal to fans of Wes Anderson, Silver Linings Playbook, and Liar. Alex fights a daily battle to figure out the difference between reality and delusion. Armed with a take-no-prisoners attitude, her camera, a Magic 8-Ball, and her only ally (her little sister), Alex wages a war against her schizophrenia, determined to stay sane long enough to get into college. She’s pretty optimistic about her c...

How are you all? The weather is still somewhat chilly (in the mornings, at least) which is a plus. Okay, I am not sure why I'm talking about the weather, but yeah, my 1st WoW post of the year! Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: From Where I Watch You by Shannon Grogan Release Date: August 4th 2015 Published by: Soho Teen Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary: 16-year-old Kara is on course to be a superb professional baker. Perfectly designed and piped, her cookies are masterpieces, but also her route out of the rainy streets of Seattle. Winning a prestigious culinary contest could take her away from the misery that is her home life since her widely hated big sister Kellen drowned. Now Kara's dad is gone, her mom has turned from high-powered attorney into nutty holy-rolling Christian fundamentalist who sells Soul Soup in the family café, and Kara is left with memories of better times. As Kara pieces together the events that led to Kellen...

This week's WoW picks made me go "Okay Kai, what were you thinking? It's like you're in this place one second, and then on another the next.". Yes, they're vastly different books, but they currently tickle my fancy, so I chose them. Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: The Grace of Kings (The Dandelion Dynasty #1) by Ken Liu Release Date: April 7th 2015 Published by: Simon & Schuster Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary: Wily, charming Kuni Garu, a bandit, and stern, fearless Mata Zyndu, the son of a deposed duke, seem like polar opposites. Yet, in the uprising against the emperor, the two quickly become the best of friends after a series of adventures fighting against vast conscripted armies, silk-draped airships, soaring battle kites, conspiring goddesses, underwater boats, magical books, as a streetfighter-cum-general who takes her place as the greatest tactitian of the age. Once the emperor has been overthrown, how...

Wow, it's been so long since I last made a WoW post! I miss it terribly! These books will not be released until after a good 5 to 6 months have passed, but still I am very excited to read them! Wanna know what these books are? Check out my post below! Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: Crimson Bound by Rosamund Hodge Release Date: May 5th 2015 Published by: Balzer & Bray/Harperteen Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary (from Goodreads): When Rachelle was fifteen she was good—apprenticed to her aunt and in training to protect her village from dark magic. But she was also reckless— straying from the forest path in search of a way to free her world from the threat of eternal darkness. After an illicit meeting goes dreadfully wrong, Rachelle is forced to make a terrible choice that binds her to the very evil she had hoped to defeat. Three years later, Rachelle has given her life to serving the realm, fighting deadly creatures in an effort to a...

I know, I know... 2014 is not yet over, but I am so very excited because we have some amazing 2015 books! I for one can't wait to read them, so I am highlighting two 2015 books that I would love to read! Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir Release Date: April 28th 2015 Published by: Razorbill Want? Add to your Goodreads list!   Summary (from Goodreads): Set in a terrifyingly brutal Rome-like world, An Ember in the Ashes is an epic fantasy debut about an orphan fighting for her family and a soldier fighting for his freedom. It’s a story that’s literally burning to be told. LAIA is a Scholar living under the iron-fisted rule of the Martial Empire. When her brother is arrested for treason, Laia goes undercover as a slave at the empire’s greatest military academy in exchange for assistance from rebel Scholars who claim that they will help to save her brother from execution. ELIAS is the academy’s finest soldier— ...

Still on a reading slump, but that doesn't mean I don't get excited over upcoming book releases! Check out my picks for this week! Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: Evidence of Things Not Seen by Lindsey Lane Release Date: September 16th 2014 Published by: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary (from Goodreads): When high school junior Tommy Smythe goes missing, everyone has a theory about what happened to him. Tommy was adopted, so maybe he ran away to find his birth parents. He was an odd kid, often deeply involved in his own thoughts about particle physics, so maybe he just got distracted and wandered off. He was last seen at a pull-out off the highway, so maybe someone drove up and snatched him. Or maybe he slipped into a parallel universe. Tommy believes that everything is possible, and that until something can be proven false, it is possibly true. So as long as Tommy’s whereabouts are undetermined, h...

When was the last time I posted? I've been sick for the past 5 days... it feels a bit weird to finally be back to blogging something again. Here are my WoW picks for the week! Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: The Rain by Virginia Bergin Release Date: July 17th 2014 Published by: Macmillan Children's Books Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary (from Goodreads): One minute sixteen-year-old Ruby Morris is having her first proper snog with Caspar McCloud in a hot tub, and the next she’s being bundled inside the house, dripping wet, cold and in her underwear. Not cool. As she and Caspar shiver in the kitchen, it starts to rain. They turn on the radio to hear panicked voices – ‘It’s in the rain . . . it’s in the rain . . . ' That was two weeks ago, and now Ruby is totally alone. People weren’t prepared for the rain, got caught out in it, didn’t realize that you couldn’t drink water from the taps either. Even a drip of rain would infect y...

Long time no post! A lot of things happened recently and I'm just getting my blogging groove back, so here I am showcasing two books I am looking forward to read! Check them out and tell me what you think. Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: The Aftermath by Jen Alexander Release Date: August 26th 2014 Published by: Harlequin Teen Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary (from Goodreads): Sometimes, I dream that I'm someone else. A girl with dark hair who doesn't worry about hunger or thirst or running from flesh-eaters. In her world, those sorts of things don't exist. Since the spring of 2036, when the world changed forever, Claudia and a small clan of survivors have roamed the streets of a very altered Nashville: polluted and desolate, except for the ever-present threat of cannibal Hoarders. Together they must undergo punishing tests of endurance and psychological challenge sometimes with devastating consequences all just to live a...

Gearing up for Saturday's mega fabulous signing! Haha, so forgive me if this post is a bit rushed. Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: The Walled City by Ryan Graudin Release Date: November 4th 2014 Published by: Little, Brown Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary (from Goodreads): There are three rules in the Walled City: Run fast. Trust no one. Always carry your knife. Right now, my life depends completely on the first. Run, run, run. Jin, Mei Yee, and Dai all live in the Walled City, a lawless labyrinth run by crime lords and overrun by street gangs. Teens there run drugs or work in brothels—or, like Jin, hide under the radar. But when Dai offers Jin a chance to find her lost sister, Mei Yee, she begins a breathtaking race against the clock to escape the Walled City itself. Why I'm waiting for The Walled City: Because it sounds seriously awesome. I'm not sure if it's just because the summary was written in a way that'll make...

Hi! How are y'all doing? I had to think real hard and decide which books I want to feature as my WoW picks this week, and here they are! Have you heard of these books? Let me know by leaving comments below! Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: Magnolia by Kristi Cook Release Date: August 5th 2014 Published by: Simon & Schuster Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary (from Goodreads): In Magnolia Branch, Mississippi, the Cafferty and Marsden families are southern royalty. Neighbors since the Civil War, the families have shared vacations, holidays, backyard barbecues, and the overwhelming desire to unite their two clans by marriage. So when a baby boy and girl were born to the families at the same time, the perfect opportunity seemed to have finally arrived. Jemma Cafferty and Ryder Marsden have no intention of giving in to their parents’ wishes. They’re only seventeen, for goodness’ sake, not to mention that one little problem: They hate eac...

And then I am suddenly busy, so I'm posting this a bit later than I wanted to. Anyway! Highlighting two book that I think sounds fab! They make me want to fast forward the days to release day so I can read them! Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: Mortal Danger (Immortal Game #1) by Ann Aguirre Release Date: August 5th 2014 Published by: Feiwel & Friends Want? Add to your Goodreads list! Summary (from Goodreads): Revenge is a dish best served cold. Edie Kramer has a score to settle with the beautiful people at Blackbriar Academy. Their cruelty drove her to the brink of despair, and four months ago, she couldn't imagine being strong enough to face her senior year. But thanks to a Faustian compact with the enigmatic Kian, she has the power to make the bullies pay. She's not supposed to think about Kian once the deal is done, but devastating pain burns behind his unearthly beauty, and he's impossible to forget. In one short summer, he...

Okay, both books sounds really good. What do you think? They're awesome right? Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine Title: Glory O'Brien's History of the Future by A.S. King Release Date: October 14th 2014 Published by: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Want? Add to Goodreads list! Summary (from Goodreads): WOULD YOU TRY TO CHANGE THE WORLD IF YOU THOUGHT YOU HAD NO FUTURE? Graduating from high school is a time of limitless possibilities—but not for Glory, who has no plan for what's next. Her mother committed suicide when Glory was only four years old, and she’s never stopped wondering if she will eventually go the same way...until a transformative night when she begins to experience an astonishing new power to see a person’s infinite past and future. From ancient ancestors to many generations forward, Glory is bombarded with visions—and what she sees ahead of her is terrifying. A tyrannical new leader raises an army. Women’s rights disap...