Waiting on Wednesday ALA 2011 Edition

The ALA 2011 Edition

The following books will force me to beg, borrow or bribe for at the ALA2011 --- watch out people I might bite (shameless reference to a twitter rumor about BEA)

Speaking of rumors, I've heard that these book might be at ALA11, can you say drool???



The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater

With her trademark lyricism, Maggie Stiefvater turns to a new world, where a pair are swept up in a daring, dangerous race across a cliff--with more than just their lives at stake should they lose.

Glow (Sky Chasers) by Amy Kathleen Ryan 

If a violent battle destroyed the only world you’ve ever known, would you be brave enough to save who was left? Would love be strong enough to survive the fight? Either way, there’s no turning back.

 The Taker by Alma Katsu

Part historical novel, part supernatural page-turner, The Taker is an unforgettable tale about the power of unrequited love not only to elevate and sustain, but also to blind and ultimately destroy, and how each of us is responsible for finding our own path to redemption. 

 The Rook: A Novel by Dan O'Malley

"The body you are wearing used to be mine." So begins the letter Myfanwy Thomas is holding when she awakes in a London park surrounded by bodies all wearing latex gloves. With no recollection of who she is, Myfanwy must follow the instructions her former self left behind to discover her identity and track down the agents who want to destroy her.

Are you going to ALA11 in New Orleans? We have planned a meet-up! Check it out.

WOW: City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

I'm counting down the days until Cassandra Clare’s City of Fallen Angels hits stores on April 5, 2011, probably along with everyone else that loves YA. Who wants more Jace?? ZOMG right?

Here is the fun countdown widget:



What does everyone think is going to happen in the series? This is what the blurb says:

City of Fallen Angels

Who will fall in love, and who will find their relationship torn apart?

Who will betray everything they ever believed in?


Love. Blood. Betrayal. Revenge.

In the heart-pounding fourth installment of the Mortal Instruments series, the stakes are higher than ever.

Do you think they are really going to rip Clary and Jace apart again, from what the synopsis implies, or maybe Simon'll find love? Isabel? Who do you want to see have an HEA?

What do you think of the cover? Is that what you think Clary looks like? Her eyes kind of freak me out, LOL.

Waiting on Wednesday: Hexed

My selection for this Wednesday is an anthology. I love anthologies because you get tidbits from authors you really like and intros to authors you've never read before. This one looks like a great mix!

Magic Dreams by Ilona Andrews

Old legends and frightening nightmares came to life in Magic Dreams. The shapeshifting Tigress Dali Harimau finds herself in deep water when she must challenge a dark being to a battle of wits, or risk losing the man she secretly longs for.

Ice Shards by Yasmine Galenorn

Iris Kuusi, a Finnish house sprite who lives with the D'Artigo sisters, must journey to the frozen Northlands to confront the crazed shadow of her former lover she's accused of murdering, so she can break the curse keeping her from marrying the man she loves.

Double Hexed by Allyson James

It starts, innocently enough, with a leaky faucet. Janet calls her plumber, Fremont, to help fix a faucet in a guest room, when all hell breaks loose—literally. Blood sprays from the faucets and a message appears on the mirror in blood: “You are doomed.”

Janet and her friends find themselves locked in her hotel, victims of a hex cast by a very powerful sorcerer. Cassandra, Janet’s Wiccan hotel manager, believes the sorcerer is one she’s come to Magellan to hide from, and he’s one of the most powerful entities in the world.

As Janet and her friends frantically work to release the spell before the sorcerer kills them all, they realize that their worst enemies might just be themselves.

Blood Debt by Jeanne C. Stein

Bounty-hunter-turned vampire Anna Strong is visited by three witches who ask her to right an old magical wrong. Anna will have to live up to her name to make it through alive...

Title: Hexed
Anthology

Author(s):Ilona Andrews, Yasmine Galenorn, Allyson James, Jeanne C. Stein

Release Date:   June 7th 2011

Publisher: Berkley

Waiting on Wednesday: Eternal Rider by Larissa Ione

My selection for this Wednesday is an author I've actually never read before (I think maybe a short at most), can you believe it? *ducks* So I figure this is a good place to start...

They are here.
They ride.
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

His name is Ares, and the fate of mankind rests on his powerful shoulders. If he falls to the forces of evil, the world falls too. As one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, he is far stronger than any mortal, but even he cannot fight his destiny forever. Not when his own brother plots against him.

Yet there is one last hope. Gifted in a way other humans can't-or won't-understand, Cara Thornhart is the key to both this Horseman's safety and his doom. But involving Cara will prove treacherous, even beyond the maddening, dangerous desire that seizes them the moment they meet. For staving off eternal darkness could have a staggering cost: Cara's life.

Title: Eternal Rider
Series: Lords of Deliverance

Author: Larissa Ione

Release Date:  March 29, 2011

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Waiting on Wednesday: Black Wings By Christina Henry

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly Meme started by Breaking the Spine. It is a feature that  spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

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

Black Wings By Christina Henry

Release Date: November 30, 2010

Escorting souls into the afterlife leaves Maddy little time for socializing-until devilishly handsome Gabriel Angeloscuro agrees to rent the empty apartment in her building. But when demons start appearing on Maddy’s front lawn, she realizes there’s more to her new tenant than meets the eye.

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Waiting on Wednesday: Game Over by Taylor Keating

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly Meme started by Breaking the Spine. It is a feature that  spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

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

Game Over by Taylor Keating

Release Date: November 2, 2010

Video game designer River Weston is ready to sell her soul to smooth out the glitches in her latest project. When she unwittingly taps into a parallel dimension via cutting-edge technology, a Dark Lord is quick to take her up on her inadvertent offer. Trapped in the world she thought she’d created for her game, River finds herself in a very real alternate dimension that she must escape from before her soul can be used to unleash evil—upon this dimension and many others.

River’s only ally is the sexy and mysterious Chase Hawkins. A prisoner of the Dark Lord, Hawk is a man adrift—literally. His body safe at home under the watchful care of the Guardians’ scientists, his astral-traveling spirit has been enslaved by his people’s worst enemy, the Dark Lord. Clinging desperately to his sense of self, Hawk is determined to turn the tables on his captor before the connection to his body is lost. When the beautiful, achingly familiar River enters the picture, he vows he will do everything he can to save her from her bleak fate.

Drawn together with an inescapable force, Hawk and River must wrest her soul from the Dark Lord’s grasp before it’s too late.

Waiting on Wednesday: Alien Tango by Gini Koch

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly Meme started by Breaking the Spine. It is a feature that  spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. After the intensity that was the Alien Collective Trash Talking fiesta on Gini Koch's blog I'm hot in the pants for her next novel...I just "can't wait to read" Alien Tango. I lurved Touched by an Alien when I read it for Blogwithbite.com...I'm very sure Alien Tango will not disappoint!

Alien Tango By Gini Koch

Release Date: December 7, 2010

It's been five months since marketing manager Katherine "Kitty" Katt started working with the aliens from Alpha Centauri, and she and Jeff Martini are getting closer. But when an experimental spacecraft is mysteriously returned to the Kennedy Space Center, Kitty and the rest of her team are called in to investigate. Now the team must survive murderous attacks, remove a space entity from a group of astronauts, and avoid an unhinged woman with a serious crush on Kitty's high school boyfriend. And that's all before evil masterminds decide Kitty's extermination is vital.

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Dark Ink Chronicles: Afterlight By Elle Jasper

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly Meme started by Breaking the Spine. It is a feature that  spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. I have a total cover crush on this one.

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

The Dark Ink Chronicles: Afterlight By Elle Jasper

Release Date: November 2, 2010

Blood is thicker than ink.

There is a reason we fear the night…

As Savannah's most unconventional tattoo artist, Riley Poe is quite familiar with the local underground scene. She lives and works on the edge of it every day.

Now, she's about to step over the edge.

When her younger brother is taken by a sinister cult led by centuries-old vampires, Riley discovers a world of shadows and blood--and those who exist there. 

Her ally is the hot-tempered vampire Eli Dupre, who is attracted both to Riley's beauty as well as her one-of-a-kind blood type. A blood type he is not alone in craving.

To save her brother from certain un-death, Riley will face dangers she's never dreamed of, ruthless bloodthirsty enemies, and an evil of endless hunger that wants to devour all in its vile grasp.

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