Waiting On Wednesday: The List

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

The List
Siobhan Vivian
Young Adult
April 1 2012

An intense look at the rules of high school attraction -- and the price that's paid for them.

It happens every year. A list is posted, and one girl from each grade is chosen as the prettiest, and another is chosen as the ugliest. Nobody knows who makes the list. It almost doesn't matter. The damage is done the minute it goes up.

This is the story of eight girls, freshman to senior, "pretty" and "ugly." And it's also the story of how we see ourselves, and how other people see us, and the tangled connection of the two.

Teaser Tuesday (32)

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!

MY TEASER:

"What was your favorite thing at school today?" she asked Marc Antonio first.

"I caught a ladybug."

"Tell what you did with it," Gian Luca said, smug.

"I ate it. Tastes just like chicken."

"Marc Antonio is the chef in the family," Nicky explained. "He'll eat anything once."

~ p92., “Rose Bush” by Michele Jaffe

Waiting On Wednesday: Life Is But A Dream

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

Life Is But A Dream
Brian James
Young Adult

 March 27 2012

Sabrina, an artist, is diagnosed with schizophrenia, and her parents check her into the Wellness Center. There she meets Alec, who is convinced it's the world that's crazy, not the two of them. They are meant to be together; they are special. But when Alec starts to convince Sabrina that her treatment will wipe out everything that makes her creative, she worries that she'll lose hold of her dreams and herself. Should she listen to her doctor? Her decision may have fatal consequences. 

Teaser Tuesday (31)

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!

MY TEASER:
"Hi, Max. It's Clary-Jace's sister. Remember?"
Max brightened. "You showed me how to read Naruto," he said, holding out his book to her.

~ p117., “City Of Glass” by Cassandra Clare

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may the luck be with you.

Waiting On Wednesday: Dark Eyes

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

Dark Eyes
William Richter
Young Adult

 March 15 2012

Get ready for the vigilante girl detective of the next generation.

Wally was adopted from a Russian orphanage as a child and grew up in a wealthy New York City family. At fifteen, her obsessive need to rebel led her to life on the streets.

Now the sixteen-year-old is beautiful and hardened, and shes just stumbled across the possibility of discovering who she really is. She’ll stop at nothing to find her birth mother before Klesko—her darkeyed father—finds her. Because Klesko will stop at nothing to reclaim the fortune Wally’s mother stole from him long ago. Even if that means murdering his own blood. But Wallys had her own killer training, and she's hungry for justice.

Teaser Tuesday (30)

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!

MY TEASER:

"If you're texting magnus to say 'I think u r kewl,' I'm going to kill you."

"Who's magnus?" Max inquired.

"He's a warlock," said Alec.

"A sexy, sexy warlock," Isabelle told Max, ignoring Alec's look of total fury.

"But warlock are bad," protested Max, looking baffled.

"Exactly," said Isabelle.

~ p329-330., “City Of Ashes” by Cassandra Clare

In My Mailbox (14)

In My Mailbox is a weekly post created by The Story Siren. That spotlights upcoming releases that everone's excited.

The book i bought today are:

summ:

THE TRUTH IS LIKE A ROSE:
BEAUTIFUL, BUT WATCH OUT
FOR THE THORNS.

Jane wakes up tangled in a rosebush, pierced by hundreds of tiny thorns, paralyzed, and unable to remember a single detail form the night before.
Her mother and her friends say the hit-and-run was an accident, but jane knows the truth. Someone tried to kill her. The sighs add up-the drink, the slammed door, the kiss, the car, the ring-but with no memory, it's impossible for Jane to tell the difference between what really happened and what everyone wants her to believe.
The doctors won't let Jane leave the hospital until she's fully recovered. But as she lies in her bed, long-buried memories begin to resurface, and jane is fored to question everything she thought she knew about love, friendship, and loyalty.
Her friends come and go, each with a different version of what happened that night. Now, Jane must use the clues they leave behind to figure out who's really on her side-before the killer strikes again.
But whose memory can she trust, when she can't even trust her own?

summ:

His eyes. Katsa had never seen such eyes. One was silver, and the other, glod. They glowed in his sun-darkened face, uneven, and strange. She was surprised that they hadn't shone in the darkness of their first meeting. They didn't seem human....
Then he raised his eyebrows a hair, and his mouth shifted into the hint of a smirk. He nodded at her, just barely, and it released her from her spell.
Cocky, she thought. Cocky and arrogant, this one, and that was all there was to make of him. Whatever game he was playing, if he expected her to join him he would be disappointed.

In a world where people born with an extreme skill-called a Grace-are feared and exploited,Katsa carries the burden of a skill even she despises: the Grace of killing. She lives under the command of her uncle Randa, King of the middluns, and is expected to execute his dirty work, punishing and torturing anyone who displeases him.
When she first meets Prince Po, who is Graced with combat skills, Katsa has no hint of how her life is about to change.
She never expects to become po's friend.
she never expects to learn a new truth about her own Grace-or about a terrible secret that lies hidden far away...a secret that could destroy all seven kingdoms with words alone.

So what did you get in your mailbox?

Waiting On Wednesday: Katana

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

Katana
Cole Gibsen
Young Adult

March 8 2012

Rileigh Martin would love to believe that adrenaline had given her the uncanny courage and strength to fend off three muggers. But it doesn't explain her dreams of 15th-century Japan, the incredible fighting skills she suddenly possesses, or the strange voice giving her battle tips and danger warnings.

While worrying that she's going crazy (always a reputation ruiner), Rileigh gets a visit from Kim, a handsome martial arts instructor, who tells Rileigh she's harboring the spirit of a five-hundred-year-old samurai warrior.

Relentlessly attacked by ninjas, Rileigh has no choice but to master the katana—a deadly Japanese sword that's also the key to her past. As the spirit grows stronger and her feelings for Kim intensify, Rileigh is torn between continuing as the girl she's always been and embracing the warrior inside her.

Teaser Tuesday (29)

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!

MY TEASER:

"Is this Clarissa Fray?" The voice on the other end of the phone sounded familiar, though not immediately identifiable.

Clary twirled the phone cord nervously around her finger.

"Yeees?"

"Hi, I'm one of the knife-carrying hooligans you met last night in pandemonium? I'm afraid I made a bad impression and was hoping you'd give me a chance to make it up to-"

"SIMON!" Clary held the phone away from her ear as he cracked up laughing. "That is so not funny!"

"Sure it is. You just don't see the humor."

"Jerk." Clary sighed, leaning up against the wall.

~ p19., “City Of Bones” by Cassandra Clare