Waiting on Wednesday (4)…Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon

Waiting on Wednesday is a blog post hosted by Breaking The Spine in which bloggers post about up-coming releases they’re dying to read.

My Pick:

The Carrier of the Mark by Leigh Fallon

(Publication: October 4th 2011)

I love the cover from this book! Plus, it’s set in Ireland and as I’m about to travel there this coming week I’m super excited for all things Ireland related. A destiny revealed, some paranormal-ness, and a cute guy. Sign. Me. Up.

P.S. Did I mention Ireland? Hello, that in itself is enough for me 😉

Summary from Goodreads

A move to Ireland is about to introduce Megan to her destiny, her real destiny, can she embrace it and will she survive it? 

A tragedy in Megan’s past set her on a predetermined course. A chain of events has been set in motion that brings Megan to Kinsale, a small town in the south of Ireland where her destiny awaits her. Her life starts to fall into place as she makes new friends and settles into her new school. However, the reclusive and distant Adam DeRís calls to her body and soul.

She finds herself increasingly drawn to Adam and his strange family. Adam knows a secret from her past and he and his family hold the key to her future. A future that binds her to Adam and his world, a world of power, mystery and ancient orders. A world that unbeknownst to her, she very much belongs in.

What are you Waiting On this Wednesday?

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Waiting on Wednesday (3) The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin

Waiting on Wednesday is a blog post hosted by Breaking The Spine in which bloggers post about up-coming releases they’re dying to read.

My Pick:

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

(Publication: September 27th 2011)

Soo, I know everyone has done this book…but I’m gonna list it too! For a few reasons: First off, I’m at the beach this week and I’m too lazy and too consumed by the stock pile of TBR on my nook to think harder about what I don’t have (may have over-stocked the nook for vacation…eek!). Second, it just sounds awesome, the “WTFery” about alligators in the last part of the book has me more intrigued than I’ve been in awhile…I mean come on…alligators…out of nowhere…you know you need to find out what that’s all about! And if I haven’t convinced you, and the cover isn’t pulling you in, here are a list of reviews bound to peak your interest:

The Perpetual Page Turner, Anna Reads, Good Books and Good Wine, That Cover Girl (such a cool post about the cover art!)

P.S. If anyone has the ARC and would like to help a blogger out, I’d love to read it before September…I promise to return it un-harmed, un-dogeared, and un-spine cracked with cookies 😉 I make really good cookies, lol.

Summary from Goodreads

Mara Dyer doesn’t think life can get any stranger than waking up in a hospital with no memory of how she got there.

It can.

She believes there must be more to the accident she can’t remember that killed her friends and left her mysteriously unharmed.

There is.

She doesn’t believe that after everything she’s been through, she can fall in love.

She’s wrong.

What are you Waiting On this Wednesday?

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Waiting on Wednesday (2) The Fox Inheritance by Mary E. Pearson

Waiting on Wednesday is a blog post hosted by Breaking The Spine in which bloggers post about up-coming releases they’re dying to read.

My Pick:

The Fox Inheritance (Publication Date: August 30, 2011)

I loved The Adoration of Jenna Fox. It is one of my favorite YA books, and my students devour this book like none other…I had students fighting over this title. And I hate to admit this…but…until recently I had no idea Pearson was turning her story into a series. Word on the street is that Inheritance can stand on it’s own. And luckily, so can Adoration. Stand-alone appeal aside, I loved the first so much I’ll definitely be picking up the second.

Summary from GoodReads

Once there were three. Three friends who loved each other—Jenna, Locke, and Kara. And after a terrible accident destroyed their bodies, their three minds were kept alive, spinning in a digital netherworld. Even in that disembodied nightmare, they were still together. At least at first. When Jenna disappeared, Locke and Kara had to go on without her. Decades passed, and then centuries.

Two-hundred-and-sixty years later, they have been released at last. Given new, perfect bodies, Locke and Kara awaken to a world they know nothing about, where everyone they once knew and loved is long dead.

Everyone except Jenna Fox.

What’s your “Waiting” pick this week?

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Waiting on Wednesday (1) The Wild Rose by Jennifer Donnelly

Waiting on Wednesday is a blog post hosted by Breaking The Spine in which bloggers post about up-coming releases they’re dying to read.

My Pick:

The Wild Rose (publication date: August 2, 2011)

I simply devoured Donnelly’s first two…The Tea Rose and The Winter Rose…and am currently waiting very impatiently for August to come…

Summary From Library Journal:

As in Donnelly’s The Tea Rose and The Winter Rose, a pair of lovers must survive misunderstandings, betrayals, physical dangers, and emotional upheavals before they find happiness. After a climbing mishap on Kilimanjaro, Seamus Finnegan manages to save Willa Alden’s life, but she loses one of her legs. Embittered and despairing, Willa seeks refuge in Tibet, while Seamus gains fame through polar expeditions. When the novel opens eight years later, in 1914, Europe is poised on the brink of war. Amid social and political ferment, Seamus marries Jennie Wilcott, pregnant with his child. Willa’s return for her father’s funeral results in a passionate affair that ends abruptly when Willa’s brother confronts her. By 1918, Willa is using her photography skills in Arabia to support Tom (T.E.) Lawrence’s spy network, while Seamus commands a navy ship in the Mediterranean. Their paths converge at several points as they survive disasters such as a plane crash, a submarine attack, imprisonment, and torture. Familiar characters from the earlier novels also reappear. VERDICT Donnelly skillfully integrates historical detail while entwining multiple plotlines in a fast-paced narrative. Readers of the earlier books will be especially eager for this volume, which should also earn the author new fans.

What’s your “waiting on” pick this week?

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