Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine in which we spotlight upcoming new releases we can't wait to add to our shelves.

This week, I'm waiting for:

The Murmurings by Carly Ann West
Release Date: March 5, 2013

A teen girl starts hearing the same voices that drove her sister to commit suicide in this creepy, suspenseful novel.

Everyone thinks Sophie’s sister, Nell, went crazy. After all, she heard strange voices that drove her to commit suicide. But Sophie doesn’t believe that Nell would take her own life, and she’s convinced that Nell’s doctor knows more than he’s letting on.

As Sophie starts to piece together Nell’s last days, every lead ends in a web of lies. And the deeper Sophie digs, the more danger she’s in—because now she’s hearing the same haunting whispers. Sophie’s starting to think she’s going crazy too. Or worse, that maybe she’s not….

They hear the most silent of footsteps.

They are faster than anything you've ever seen.

And They won't stop chasing you...until you are dead.

Amy is watching TV when it happens, when the world is attacked by Them. These vile creatures are rapidly devouring mankind. Most of the population is overtaken, but Amy manages to escape—and even rescue “Baby,” a toddler left behind in the chaos. Marooned in Amy’s house, the girls do everything they can to survive—and avoid Them at all costs.

After years of hiding, they are miraculously rescued and taken to New Hope, a colony of survivors living in a former government research compound. While at first the colony seems like a dream with plenty of food, safety, and shelter, New Hope slowly reveals that it is far from ideal. And Amy soon realizes that unless things change, she’ll lose Baby—and much more.

Rebellious, courageous, and tender, this unforgettable duo will have you on the edge of your seat as you tear through the pulse-pounding narrow escapes and horrifying twists of fate in this thrilling debut from author Demitria Lunetta.

Happy Reading Everyone :)

~ Keely ~

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine in which we showcase a book (or books) that we can't wait to get our grubby little hands on!

This week, I'm anxiously waiting for:

The Archived by Victoria Schwab
Release Date: January 22nd

Imagine a place where the dead rest on shelves like books.

Each body has a story to tell, a life seen in pictures that only Librarians can read. The dead are called Histories, and the vast realm in which they rest is the Archive.

Da first brought Mackenzie Bishop here four years ago, when she was twelve years old, frightened but determined to prove herself. Now Da is dead, and Mac has grown into what he once was, a ruthless Keeper, tasked with stopping often-violent Histories from waking up and getting out. Because of her job, she lies to the people she loves, and she knows fear for what it is: a useful tool for staying alive.

Being a Keeper isn't just dangerous-it's a constant reminder of those Mac has lost. Da's death was hard enough, but now her little brother is gone too. Mac starts to wonder about the boundary between living and dying, sleeping and waking. In the Archive, the dead must never be disturbed. And yet, someone is deliberately altering Histories, erasing essential chapters. Unless Mac can piece together what remains, the Archive itself might crumble and fall.

In this haunting, richly imagined novel, Victoria Schwab reveals the thin lines between past and present, love and pain, trust and deceit, unbearable loss and hard-won redemption.

Doesn't that just sound beautiful, frightening, and heartbreaking? I'm foaming at the mouth to read this.

AND

Spellcaster by Claudia Gray

Release Date:  March 5th 

When Nadia’s family moves to Captive’s Sound, she instantly realizes there’s more to it than meets the eye. Descended from witches, Nadia senses a dark and powerful magic at work in her new town. Mateo has lived in Captive’s Sound his entire life, trying to dodge the local legend that his family is cursed - and that curse will cause him to believe he’s seeing the future … until it drives him mad. When the strange dreams Mateo has been having of rescuing a beautiful girl—Nadia—from a car accident come true, he knows he’s doomed. 

Despite the forces pulling them apart, Nadia and Mateo must work together to break the chains of his family’s terrible curse, and to prevent a disaster that threatens the lives of everyone around them.

Sounds kind of Secret Circle-ish ~ so I can dig it. :)

What are you waiting for??

Happy Reading Everyone :)

~ Keely ~

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine in which we book lovers spotlight to-be-released books we can't wait to get our paws on.

My WoW:

Opal by Jennifer Armentrout
Release Date: December 11th, 2012

No one is like Daemon Black.

When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.

But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.

After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.

Together we’re stronger... and they know it.

mm mm mm can't wait to get some more of Daemon Black. Absolutely devoured the first two books (review here)... SO glad the wait is relatively short for the third one :).

AND...

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken

Release Date: December 18th, 2012

When Ruby wakes up on her tenth birthday, something about her has changed. Something alarming enough to make her parents lock her in the garage and call the police. Something that gets her sent to Thurmond, a brutal government "rehabilitation camp." She might have survived the mysterious disease that's killed most of America's children, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse: frightening abilities they cannot control. 

Now sixteen, Ruby is one of the dangerous ones. 

When the truth comes out, Ruby barely escapes Thurmond with her life. Now she's on the run, desperate to find the one safe haven left for kids like her--East River. She joins a group of kids who escaped their own camp. Liam, their brave leader, is falling hard for Ruby. But no matter how much she aches for him, Ruby can't risk getting close. Not after what happened to her parents. 

When they arrive at East River, nothing is as it seems, least of all its mysterious leader. But there are other forces at work, people who will stop at nothing to use Ruby in their fight against the government. Ruby will be faced with a terrible choice, one that may mean giving up her only chance at a life worth living.

What are you waiting for?


Happy Reading Everyone :)


~ Keely ~

...visualize september...

A new month equals a slew of new releases to look forward too.. What more could any book lover ask for? Take a gander at the trailers of the books kicking off the fall season ~ sit back, relax, maybe grab a tub of popcorn (yeah, seriously), because this is gunna get interesting...

The Raven Boys ~ Maggie Stiefvater

Release Date: September 18th

Carnival of Souls ~ Melissa Marr

Release Date: September 4th

Origin ~ Jessica Khoury

Release Date: September 4th

Defiance ~ C.J. Redwine

Release Date: September 6th

Cursed ~ Jennifer Armentrout

Release Date: September 18th

Fabulous, fabulous lineup so far... stay tuned ~ you know I love book trailers, so there will ... most likely... be more and more to come :)

Happy Reading Everyone :)

~ Keely ~

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine in which we book addicts talk about the books we just can't wait to get our hands on...

Here's mine this week:

Black and White by Tiffani Madison
Release Date: December 2012

Despite being jaded and disillusioned by the horrors of war, Jason Keller is profoundly grateful to be alive. After being gravely injured in the city of Ramadi, Iraq under circumstances he cannot fully remember, he is discharged from the United States Marine Corps with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Upon leaving the military hospital, Jason isolates himself in his ancestral home in Pandora, Tennessee. Far from family and friends, he undertakes recovery on his own, wanting nothing more than to be worthy of the life he has retained, working to “get right” by living a regimented routine. But his methods aren’t working, and the best he can seem to achieve is a state of numbness.

Enter Ava Taylor, a Vanderbilt college student on summer break. Born the oldest daughter to a Southern Baptist minister, she was raised in a strict religious household. Away from the academic life and close family she loves, Ava is humbly enjoying her independence. In her own way, Ava is as isolated as Jason, living as she does through her studies, with few real-life friends around.

But Pandora is a small town, and it isn’t long before Ava and Jason meet. Despite his initial attraction to her, he is determined to remain alone, and forces himself to stay away from her. She cannot stop thinking about him, but her shyness and inexperience keep her from doing anything more than that. Thrown together once more under dangerous circumstances, Jason helps Ava, to the detriment of his own resolve. She is different from anyone he has ever known and he can no longer resist or avoid her. The tentative friendship they form eases their mutual loneliness, and soon they are spending most of their free time together.

Wanting to protect Ava from the darker aspects of his past and his PTSD, Jason still keeps her at a distance; especially once he knows that what he feels for her surpasses mere friendship. Their relationship begins a path that both must equally decide to follow.

You know when you read about a book and you just get this ball of emotion in your center, and you know you have to have it? The synopsis alone gave me chills... It hits a little close to home for me as my wonderful husband served overseas in the Marine Corps.. can't wait to read it :)


AND since I can never pick just one...

Black City by Elizabeth Richards
Release Date: November 13, 2012

A dark and tender post-apocalyptic love story set in the aftermath of a bloody war.

In a city where humans and Darklings are now separated by a high wall and tensions between the two races still simmer after a terrible war, sixteen-year-olds Ash Fisher, a half-blood Darkling, and Natalie Buchanan, a human and the daughter of the Emissary, meet and do the unthinkable—they fall in love. Bonded by a mysterious connection that causes Ash’s long-dormant heart to beat, Ash and Natalie first deny and then struggle to fight their forbidden feelings for each other, knowing if they’re caught, they’ll be executed—but their feelings are too strong.

When Ash and Natalie then find themselves at the center of a deadly conspiracy that threatens to pull the humans and Darklings back into war, they must make hard choices that could result in both their deaths.

Post-apocalyptic paranormalness? Yes, please :)


What are you waiting for?


Happy Reading Everyone :)


~ Keely ~

Waiting on Wednesday

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

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

The cover is what really got me on this one.. Gorgeous! Add in the incredibly appealing synopsis, and we have a winner :)

Venom by Fiona Paul

Released Date: October 30th 2012

Cassandra Caravello is one of Renaissance Venice’s lucky elite: with elegant gowns, sparkling jewels, her own lady’s maid, and a wealthy fiancé, she has everything a girl could desire. Yet ever since her parents’ death, Cassandra has felt trapped, alone in a city of water, where the dark and labyrinthine canals whisper of escape.

When Cass stumbles upon a murdered woman—practically in her own backyard—she’s drawn into a dangerous world of courtesans, killers, and secret societies. Soon, she finds herself falling for Falco, a mysterious artist with a mischievous grin... and a spectacular skill for trouble. Can Cassandra find the murderer, before he finds her? And will she stay true to her fiancé, or succumb to her uncontrollable feelings for Falco?

Beauty, love, romance, and mystery weave together in a stunning novel that’s as seductive and surprising as the city of Venice itself.

AND...

I'm a little perturbed by the title of Hush Hush's final installment ~ I was hoping for something....more ~ It's kinda obvious, but I suppose it does fit.. I really love the black and white cover, almost as much as I love the story itself! October is going to be a good month :)


Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick
Release Date: October 23rd 2012

Nora is more certain than ever that she is in love with Patch. Fallen angel or no, he is the one for her. Her heritage and destiny may mean that they will always be enemies, but there is no turning her back on him. But now they face their biggest challenge. Can their love survive a seemingly insurmountable divide. And in the end, will there be enough trust left to rebuild what has been broken? The lines are drawn - but which sides are they on?

What are you looking forward to?


Happy Reading Everyone :)


~ Keely ~

Waiting On Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases we can't wait to get out hands on!

This month has been crazy for me in regards to books I've been waiting an *entire* year for.. All released in May! There's one more to go...

Dreamless (Starcrossed #2) by Josephine Angelini


Can true love be forgotten?
 
As the only scion who can descend into the Underworld, Helen Hamilton has been given a nearly impossible task. By night she wanders through Hades, trying to stop the endless cycle of revenge that has cursed her family. By day she struggles to overcome the fatigue that is rapidly eroding her sanity. Without Lucas by her side, Helen is not sure she has the strength to go on.


Just as Helen is pushed to her breaking point, a mysterious new Scion comes to her rescue. Funny and brave, Orion shields her from the dangers of the Underworld. But time is running out—a ruthless foe plots against them, and the Furies' cry for blood is growing louder.

As the ancient Greek world collides with the mortal one, Helen's sheltered life on Nantucket descends into chaos. But the hardest task of all will be forgetting Lucas Delos.


I fell in love with this series from day one. They mythology is rich and the setting ~ Nantucket ~ is amazing and familiar. Can't wait to turn the first page!

Happy Reading Everyone :)

~ Keely ~ 

Excited About May!

So we began the inevitable month of May a few days ago, and although I usually wrinkle my nose at the knowledge that summer's not too far away, I'm pretty pumped about this month. Here are some new releases I and many other obsessional readers have been waiting for with stretched patience for about a year::

Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris
Released: May 1st

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Released: May 1st

Darkness Before Dawn by J.A. London

Released: May 29th

Dreamless by Josephine Angelini

Released: May 29th

City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare

Released: May 8th

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

Released: May 1st

I hope you find a new series from this list! These are all fabulous stories from extremely talented writers :)

Happy Reading Everyone :)

~ Keely ~ 

Friday Finds

What great books did you hear about/discover this past week? Share with us your FRIDAY FINDS!

World War Z

Embrace

The Promise

Darkness Falls

The Haunting of Maddy Clare

Happy Reading Everyone :)

~ Keely~

March New Releases!

Holy Crap! It's March already? Sure is, and as I watch the 10-14 inches of snow we are supposed to get today pile up outside my office window, I wanted to share some new releases coming out this month:

                                     

                                   

So, I've only listed four here (click on the image to see what the book's all about), but if you want to look for something else, check out GoodReads expansive list here.

Enjoy!

Happy Reading Everyone :)

~ Keely ~