Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Waiting On Wednesday (14) : 2011 Fourth Quarter MEGA Edition

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine.  It is a great way to draw attention to those books not yet released but well awaited.

Here is my fourteenth Edition of Waiting on Wednesday!  This is something I decided to do only every other Wednesday to make room for my new feature Whatcha Think About Wednesday.  Because of this, I have decided to give each WOW a theme and to show you at least two books... apparently more this week.



Waiting On Wednesday: 2011 Fourth Quarter MEGA Edition
These are books we'll be waiting on... for quite a while.



Eve By Anna Carey
Release Date: October 04, 2011
Published By: Harper Collins Publisher



The year is 2032, sixteen years after a deadly virus—and the vaccine intended to protect against it—wiped out most of the earth’s population. Wildlife has grown over once recognizable landmarks, and the New America is ruled by a controlling King who will stop at nothing to rebuild the nation—including enslaving its boys and turning its girls into broodmares. 
The Eve Trilogy is a breathlessly told story with an unforgettable heroine. Anna Carey has imagined a remarkable and unique world, and brings a compelling new voice to the dystopian genre. Eve offers a haunting glimpse of the global pandemic some scientists say is inevitable, and a world forever altered by its aftermath. Fans of Twilight and The Hunger Games will revel in this epic story of forbidden love, and an unforgettable heroine’s extraordinary adventure.  Goodreads




Audtion by Stasia Ward Kehoe
Release Date: October 13, 2011
Published by: Viking Juvenile

Seventeen-year-old Sara's dream of becoming a star ballerina is challenged when she falls for Remington, an older choreographer. Instead of success onstage, she becomes Rem's muse, which is a future she never considered--and one that threatens to break her heart.  Goodreads.


Wherever You Go by Heather Davis

Release Date: November 14, 2011
Published By: Harcourt Children's Books


Seventeen-year-old Holly Mullen has felt lost and lonely ever since her boyfriend, Rob, died in a tragic accident. The fact that she has to spend most of her free time caring for her little sister and Alzheimer’s-stricken grandfather doesn’t help. But Holly has no idea that as she goes about her days, Rob’s ghost is watching over her. He isn’t happy when he sees his best friend, Jason, reach out to help Holly with her grandfather—but as a ghost, he can do nothing to stop it. Is his best friend really falling for his girlfriend? As Holly wonders whether to open her heart to Jason, the past comes back to haunt her. Her grandfather claims to be communicating with the ghost of Rob. Could the messages he has for Holly be real? And if so, how can the loved ones Rob left behind help his tortured soul make it to the other side? Told from the perspectives of Holly, Jason, and Rob, Wherever You Go is is a poignant story about making peace with the past, opening your heart to love, and finding the courage to move forward into the light.  Goodreads. 



The Pledge by Kimberly Derting
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Published By: Margaret K McElderry



Words are the most dangerous weapon of all. 
In the violent country of Ludania, the classes are strictly divided by the language they speak. The smallest transgression, like looking a member of a higher class in the eye while they are speaking their native tongue, results in immediate execution. Seventeen-year-old Charlaina has always been able to understand the languages of all classes, and she’s spent her life trying to hide her secret. The only place she can really be free is the drug-fueled underground clubs where people go to shake off the oppressive rules of the world they live in. It's there that she meets a beautiful and mysterious boy named Max who speaks a language she's never heard before . . . and her secret is almost exposed. 
Charlie is intensely attracted to Max, even though she can’t be sure where his real loyalties lie. As the emergency drills give way to real crisis and the violence escalates, it becomes clear that Charlie is the key to something much bigger: her country’s only chance for freedom from the terrible power of a deadly regime.  Goodreads.




Still Waters by Emma Carlson Berne
Release Date: December 20, 2011
Published By: Simon Pulse



Hannah and Colin seem to have the perfect relationship, but as her second-to-last year of school draws to a close and Colin prepares to head off to college, Hannah feels he might be slipping away. She knows they need some real quality time alone if she’s going to hold on to him. So when she finds pictures of his old family lake house, she secretly schemes to get him there. But when they arrive, he’s not thrilled. Actually, he’s totally freaked out. And though she gets him to relax, his behavior become stranger by the day: he disappears for long stretches of the night, has a bizarre breakdown in a nearby diner, and when the car stops running, he seems completely unconcerned about fixing it. The lake house holds secrets, and what Hannah doesn’t know and Colin can’t remember just might kill them both.  Goodreads
 
Now that is a MEGA Edition!  What are you waiting on?


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10 comments:

  1. You have some crazy good picks this week! I haven't heard of a few of them, but now I want to read them :)

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  2. Wow great selection! Still Water and The Pledge are on my TBR already but I will also be adding Eve :).

    Sandy
    My WoW

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  3. Wow great picks this week. I'm looking forward to all of these but Wherever You Go most of all because it sounds like an awesome read.
    Sally.
    http://theelifylop.blogspot.com/2011/03/waiting-on-wednesday-11.html

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  4. Lots of great titles here! I'm really looking forward to EVE, as well!

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  5. Okay, the Pledge sounds AMAZING. I'm definitely adding this to my tbr pile!


    This Week's Waiting on Wednesday: Don't Breathe A Word

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  6. These all sound like great picks! I've already added Eve and The Pledge to my wishlist.

    My WoW is ENCLAVE

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  7. Wow, great picks! I really want to read ALL of these books! Happy Reading! Here's my WoW!

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  8. Oh yeah, I am totally looking forward to several of these! Eve and The Pledge both look like very promising dystopian reads, and Still Waters sounds kinda creepy and mysterious...great picks!

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