Fall Titles we are waiting for! {Waiting on Wednesday #27}

Back to School, Back to Reality. It is all harsh and terrible and leave me alone I am drinking my coffee black at the moment…

But, lets just remember that we are book lovers, after all… so Fall also means lots of shiny new books to buy for school and maybe a few extra for fun? Tons of great releases every fall, especially in the MG and YA spectrum.

I have selected a few of the most promising titles that I have for review consideration or eARCs I have amassed recently that I am super super excited about! ^_^

Fall titles we are waiting (impatiently) for

Diamond’s Waiting for …

Magic can save you.
Magic can kill you. 

Students at the Magisterium are supposed to be safe. Under the watchful eyes of the mages, they are taught to use magic to bring order to a chaotic world.
But now the chaos is fighting back. Call, Tamara, and Aaron should be worrying about things like pop quizzes and magic contests. Instead, after the shocking death of one of their classmates, they must track down a sinister killer… and risk their own lives in the process.
As Call, Tamara, and Aaron discover, magic can only be as good as the person who wields it. In evil hands, it has the capacity to do immeasurable harm, unless it is stopped in time.


In this striking third book of Magisterium, bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare present us with a school where anything, good or evil, can happen, and the only way to unlock the truth is to risk everything to find it.

Magisterium: The Bronze Key by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare

Are you kidding me?! I can't wait to read this next installment in the series! And I love that both covers, best believe I'll be pre ordering it off The Book Depository.. :L 

Had to include the American cover too...which do you like better?

Glitter by Aprilynne Pike 

I mean okay, this one is pretty much solely cover lust in full effect... :L *dontjudgeme* *okjudgeaway*

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Aprilynne Pike comes a truly original new novel—Breaking Bad meets Marie Antoinette in a near-future world where the residents of Versailles live like it’s the eighteenth century and an almost-queen turns to drug dealing to save her own life. 
Outside the palace of Versailles, it’s modern day. Inside, the people dress, eat, and act like it’s the eighteenth century—with the added bonus of technology to make court life lavish, privileged, and frivolous. The palace has every indulgence, but for one pretty young thing, it’s about to become a very beautiful prison.
When Danica witnesses an act of murder by the young king, her mother makes a cruel power play . . . blackmailing the king into making Dani his queen. When she turns eighteen, Dani will marry the most ruthless and dangerous man of the court. She has six months to escape her terrifying destiny. Six months to raise enough money to disappear into the real world beyond the palace gates.
Her ticket out? Glitter. A drug so powerful that a tiny pinch mixed into a pot of rouge or lip gloss can make the wearer hopelessly addicted. Addicted to a drug Dani can sell for more money than she ever dreamed.
But in Versailles, secrets are impossible to keep. And the most dangerous secret—falling for a drug dealer outside the palace walls—is one risk she has to take.

Some more I'm waiting for but have to end the list sometime... ;)

Waiting on Wednesday #26

Waiting on Wednesday is a feature created by Jill @ Breaking the Spine.Alex and I do this feature as frequently or little as we see fit, based solely upon our excessive excitement that we NEED to share with you... :P

Diamond is Waiting! 

Title: The Secret Keepers

Author: Trenton Lee Stewart

Pages: 512 pages

Release Date: September 27, 2016 Little, Brown, Books for Young Readers

Genre: mystery, adventure, middle grade, childrens

Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author and E.B. White Read Aloud Award winner Trenton Lee Stewart returns with a captivating, heart-stopping adventure about thrilling secrets and dangerous mysteries--and the courage to reveal the most frightening of truths.

Eleven-year-old Reuben spends his days exploring, hiding, and practicing parkour among the abandoned buildings of the Lower Downs as a way to escape the rough times that have befallen him and his mom--but his discovery of an extraordinary antique pocket watch changes everything. When Reuben finds that the watch has the power to turn him invisible, he's propelled on the adventure of a lifetime.
Now Reuben is being pursued by a group of dangerous men called the Directions, and someone--or something--ominously called The Smoke. They all want the watch, and with the help of new friends, it's up to Reuben to unravel the mysteries surrounding it and protect the city from evil.
New York Times bestselling author Trenton Lee Stewart's latest novel will enthrall old and new fans alike with the twists and turns of an inventive and compelling adventure reminiscent of The Mysterious Benedict Society series.

Goodreads | B&N

I was just perusing Netgalley the other day and saw this gem on the front page. Of course the cute cover drew me in, along with the promise of a middle grade mystery adventure book which I soooo love and used to read all the time! I haven't read this genre in SO long and it looks so good! I know the author is famous and I feel like it'll be such a cute story :O

Waiting on Wednesday #25

Hey, look who it is! Alex and Diamond are back at it with another WoW, and it honestly feels like forever since we last did one. Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly theme that features the books that we have grabby hands for. What are you waiting for? 

Diamond's Pick

Title: Rose & Thorn
Author: Sarah Prineas
Pages: 416 pages
Release Date: September 13th, 2016 by HarperTeen
Genre: Fairytale retelling

This beauty isn’t sleeping! Discover the true story of Sleeping Beauty in Sarah Prineas’s bold YA fairy-tale retelling filled with thrilling adventure and romance, perfect for fans of The Lunar Chronicles and The Girl of Fire & Thorns trilogy.

After the spell protecting her is destroyed, Rose seeks safety in the world outside the valley she had called home. She’s been kept hidden all her life to delay the three curses she was born with—curses that will put her into her own fairy tale and a century-long slumber. Accompanied by the handsome and mysterious Watcher, Griff, and his witty and warmhearted partner, Quirk, Rose tries to escape from the ties that bind her to her story. But will the path they take lead them to freedom, or will it bring them straight into the fairy tale they are trying to avoid?

Set in the world of Sarah Prineas’s Ash & Bramble fifty years later, Rose & Thorn is a powerful retelling of the classic Sleeping Beauty tale where the characters fight to find their own Happy Ever After. 

Waiting on Wednesday #24

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme created by genius Jill @Breaking the Spine. Alex and/or Diamond (Dee) will participate in this meme when we feel especially excited for an upcoming book release! Leave a comment with your WoW link / tell us if you’re excited or what you’re excited for. :h

Diamond’s Pick

Wink Poppy Midnight 

by April Genevieve Tucholke

Length: 352 Pages

Expected Publication Date: March 22, 2016

Publisher: Dial Books

Every story needs a hero.
Every story needs a villain.
Every story needs a secret.
Wink is the odd, mysterious neighbor girl, wild red hair and freckles. Poppy is the blond bully and the beautiful, manipulative high school queen bee. Midnight is the sweet, uncertain boy caught between them. Wink. Poppy. Midnight. Two girls. One boy. Three voices that burst onto the page in short, sharp, bewitching chapters, and spiral swiftly and inexorably toward something terrible or tricky or tremendous.
What really happened?
Someone knows.
Someone is lying.

Why Dee's Waiting: 

I love this author. She writes quirky. She has a strong, unique voice. And that cover is gorgeous! I love the title, the blurb is excellent. I mean, it sounds like such a good mystery. And I don’t even read mysteries that much >.< To be honest though, all of her books are on my TBR, ever since I read and LOVED :L Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea. I can’t wait to read this one.

Are you planning to read it? Have you read her books before? Comment below! 

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Alex's Pick

This Savage Song

by Victoria Schwab

Length: 464 Pages

Expected Publication Date: June 7th, 2016 

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

The city of Verity has been overrun with monsters, born from the worst of human evil. In North Verity, the Corsai and the Malchai run free. Under the rule of Callum Harker, the monsters kill any human who has not paid for protection. In the South, Henry Flynn hunts the monsters who cross the border into his territory, aided by the most dangerous and darkest monsters of them all—the Sunai, dark creatures who use music to steal their victim’s souls.
As one of only three Sunai in existence, August Flynn has always wanted to play a bigger role in the war between the north and the south. When the chance arises to keep an eye on Kate Harker, daughter of the leader of North Verity, August jumps on it.When Kate discovers August’s secret, the pair find themselves running for their lives and battling monsters from both sides of the wall. As the city dissolves into chaos, it’s up to them to foster a peace between monsters and humans.
A unique, fast-paced adventure that looks at the monsters we face every day—including the monster within.

Why Alex is waiting:
If you're wondering why I'm waiting for this book then you probably haven't read a V.E. Schwab book before. Earlier last year I read A Darker Shade of Magic and thought it was an exceptionally well-done story with great writing and even greater characters. Her stories are also really unique. Who would have thought to write about a traveler that can travel through parallel Londons? Like Brandon Sanderson, the ideas behind the magic system are explained in full and there's barely any confusion.

If you would like to read my review it can be found here!

What books are you waiting for? Tell us! 

Top Ten Tuesday: Finished Series I have YET to finish!!

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by the ladies@ the Broke and the Bookish. It’s been around forever and it’s so much fun! Once in awhile we like to participate here and if you are also participating please be sure to link your TTT post too! :O 

 Ten Finished Series I Have YET to Finish (topic first done in 2012)

What will be hard is thinking of JUST 10 lol (amirite?) Okay here goes…

Teaser Tuesday #5

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @ Should be Reading. It's just sharing a short teaser of the book we are currently reading! Don't worry — teasers will not contain any spoilers. 

I haven't participated in Teaser Tuesday that much, and the last time was so long ago I know it's at least been a year! I thought it would be fun to bring it back this week  :L 

My Teaser

This week I'm reading Mariana by Susanna Kearsley. I was in the mood for historical fiction, with some ghostly elements and spookiness since it's been so rainy and overcast in Los Angeles lately. It's weird because it's May and usually we have summer-like weather. Anyway, onto the teaser! 

"'I went to the churchyard, to see the grave of my grandfather,' I explained, my voice absent. 'Rachel, what do you know of a man named Richard de Mornay?'  She looked up sharply, hesitating and her eyes slid past me, widening in sudden apprehension. I had not heard my uncle enter the room, but I felt him behind me before he spoke."

I haven't gotten this far yet, but it does a good job of showing the mystery of the novel. There is a lot of mysterious elements and I love how it's now switching to different time periods, yet we don't know what's going on. I really like Kearsley's books ever since I read The Winter Sea. After this I need to get to Firebird.

What are you reading right now? Have you read any of Susanna Kearsley's books? What is a good historical fiction/time traveler book? 

Weekly Wrap-Up

So for awhile now I have been doing MONTHLY wrap up posts where Alex and I include our book haul, posts, etc.

As soon as I published that April post, the very next day…and day after that…I kinda went a little crazy on EW and Netgalley :$ as well as the library bookstore and using my Barnes & Noble coupons (because they expire and then those 20% coupons will never see the light of day again…) I have been doing SO well abstaining from getting tons of review books since I don't have any reading time (seven days of working will do that).

However, the good news is this week is the first week that my schedule changes. I requested 1 day off every week (either Saturday or Sunday) and I have Weds off after 12 noon. So it's like a half day. I'm working on doing a full day off Weds so I can have two days off like a normal person, although they'll be non-consecutive.

I feel compelled to post my book haul this week, I know if I wait I will forget some and also because I AM SO EXCITED about these books guys! The sequel to Messenger of Fear, Tatooed Heart is now in my grasp I don't know how I am going to wait to read it. I also can't wait for another genie tale in A Whole New World..Aladdin retelling *yesplease* :O

The excitement over books was back in full force this week and I am more than happy to switch up the blog post norm and share my excitement with y'all. As always, I *love* your feedback! Have you read or heard of any of these upcoming releases? What are you reading or do you have a recommendation for me?

This week I'll be posting a few more of my graphic novel reviews, so keep an eye out for that. Including an actual Marvel graphic novel (who knew?!) lol. I'm currently in the middle of Nora Roberts Blood Magick, it's the 3rd book in the series with witches and yes its romance. It's really tame though. It's less hot than most of the YA books I read, but I enjoy the series and I'm so glad to add another series to my "finished series" list ;)

Dee's Book Haul

  

  

*Empire of Night borrowed from library*

Dee's Review Haul

-Diamond

How was your week? Are you enjoying your Mother's Day? What are you currently reading? 

WWW Wednesday (2)

Created by http://shouldbereading.wordpress.com

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?


I'm..

• Currently Reading: Goddess by Josephine Angelini. Really enjoying it but sad it's the end of this series. There's a lot to wrap up though and I'm wondering if and how Angelini will do it.

• Recently Finished: Of Stone & Mist by Donna Hawk. This was a spooky ghost story (review coming soon). It did feel like it took me a long time to finish though, compared to how I normally finish books faster.

• Next Read: Dance of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin. I am starting it Thursday and buddy reading it with Holly :) We read the first one a few weeks ago and I finally got my copy so we wanted to finish this series asap. It was really good and I have high hopes for the sequel. 

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Top Ten Tuesday: Top 10 Sequels I can't wait for!

Top Ten Tuesdays so created by The Broke and the Bookish

Top Ten sequels I can't wait to get my hands on!! 

10. Arcana Chronicles #3 by Kresley Cole (No Cover yet!)

Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Books for Halloween

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by @ The Broke & the Bookish. 

 Top Ten Best Books To Read For Halloween 

I picked some classically great spooky stories. I love the anthologies of Poe and Lovecraft because you can pick a story randomly and it's like 2-20 pages, some are super short. I love reading them randomly before bed and getting freaked out. Of Stone & Mist by Donna hawk is one I'm reading now that is very spooky and atmospheric with a haunted house so I had to include it. The Mummy by Anne rice is a stand alone novel that is excellent and creepy. I suggest you check it out if you like 1930s Egypt and mummies who used to be hot men! :v  

I'm having so much fun reading horror stories this month that I'm going to extend it and continue next month too! xP
I included links to some of the lesser known books if you want to read the blurbs or add them to your shelf! Just check the list under the cover photos. 

The List

1. Edgar Allen Poe's The Tell-Tale Heart and other stories 
2. Dracula by Bram Stoker
3. Of Stone &  Mist by Donna Hawk 
4. Delia's Shadow by Jaime Lee Moyer 
5. Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin 
6. The Witching Hour by Anne Rice 
7. H.P. Lovecraft's Dreams in the Witch House and other stories
8. The Madman's daughter by Meghan Shepard
9.  Gravity by Abigail Boyd 
10. The Mummy by Anne Rice