Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday participants choose a book that they are "waiting on" or hasn't been released yet. This week I'm waiting for some awesome fantasy:

Perfect Ruin by Lauren DeStefano

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Younger Readers 
Publication Date: October 1, 2013
Pages: 368
PerOrder It: Amazon

On Internment, the floating island in the clouds where 16-year-old Morgan Stockhour lives, getting too close to the edge can lead to madness. Even though Morgan's older brother, Lex, was a Jumper, Morgan vows never to end up like him. She tries her best not to mind that her life is orderly and boring, and if she ever wonders about the ground, and why it is forbidden, she takes solace in best friend Pen and her betrothed, Basil.
Then a murder, the first in a generation, rocks the city. With whispers swirling and fear on the wind, Morgan can no longer stop herself from investigating, especially when she meets Judas. He is the boy being blamed for the murder — betrothed to the victim — but Morgan is convinced of his innocence. Secrets lay at the heart of Internment, but nothing can prepare Morgan for what she will find — or who she will lose.-- Goodreads

This book sounds awesome!  Perfect Ruin has a touch of fantasy, mystery, and dystopia all rolled up into one.  I love these new intergenre books.  Plus, the book sounds like it could be pretty cool with this forbidden relationship with a possible killer.  Yeah, this is my kind of book, how about yours?  Can't wait until October for this release!

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday participants choose a book that they are "waiting on" or hasn't been released yet. This week I'm waiting for time travel:

Infinityglass by Myra McEntire

Publisher: EgmontUSA
Publication Date: August 6, 2013
Pages: 336
PreOrder It: Amazon

The stakes have risen even higher in this third book in the Hourglass series.
The Hourglass is a secret organization focused on the study of manipulating time, and its members — many of them teenagers -­have uncanny abilities to make time work for them in mysterious ways. Inherent in these powers is a responsibility to take great care, because altering one small moment can have devastating consequences for the past, present, and future. But some time trav­elers are not exactly honorable, and sometimes unsavory deals must be struck to maintain order.
With the Infinityglass (central to understanding and harnessing the time gene) at large, the hunt is on to find it before someone else does.
But the Hourglass has an advantage. Lily, who has the ability to locate anything lost, has determined that the Infinityglass isn't an object. It's a person. And the Hourglass must find him or her first. But where do you start searching for the very key to time when every second could be the last? --Goodreads

I just finished reading Timepiece recently and I can't wait to figure out where this book is going to go.  Who is going to be narrating this time?  Plus, the cover is as gorgeous as ever.  It may be my favorite out of all three.  Does anyone know if this is the conclusion of the series or are there going to more books?  I'm loving this series!

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday participants choose a book that they are "waiting on" or hasn't been released yet. This week I'm waiting for some rich kids:

The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Date: July 2, 2013
Pages: 320
PerOrder It: Amazon

Seventeen-year-old Caymen Meyers studies the rich like her own personal science experiment, and after years of observation she’s pretty sure they’re only good for one thing—spending money on useless stuff, like the porcelain dolls in her mother’s shop.
So when Xander Spence walks into the store to pick up a doll for his grandmother, it only takes one glance for Caymen to figure out he’s oozing rich. Despite his charming ways and that he’s one of the first people who actually gets her, she’s smart enough to know his interest won’t last. Because if there’s one thing she’s learned from her mother’s warnings, it’s that the rich have a short attention span. But Xander keeps coming around, despite her best efforts to scare him off. And much to her dismay, she's beginning to enjoy his company.
She knows her mom can’t find out—she wouldn’t approve. She’d much rather Caymen hang out with the local rocker who hasn’t been raised by money. But just when Xander’s attention and loyalty are about to convince Caymen that being rich isn’t a character flaw, she finds out that money is a much bigger part of their relationship than she’d ever realized. And that Xander’s not the only one she should’ve been worried about.--Goodreads

I am not usually into reading books about rich kids.  They tend to feel really cliche and I like to stay away from cliches as much as possible.  However, this particular book sounds promising.  Plus, I love the font used on the cover.  It seems very retro and original.  Not only does this sound like a forbidden love story but it also feels like something deeper is going on.  Very excited for this book to release!  How about you?  Will you be reading this when it comes out?

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday participants choose a book that they are "waiting on" or hasn't been released yet. This week I'm waiting for some sci-fi magic:

Mila 2.0 by Debra Driza

Mila 2.0 is the first book in an electrifying sci-fi thriller series about a teenage girl who discovers that she is an experiment in artificial intelligence.
Mila was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was a girl living with her mother in a small Minnesota town. She was supposed to forget her past —that she was built in a secret computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.
Now she has no choice but to run—from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology. However, what Mila’s becoming is beyond anyone’s imagination, including her own, and it just might save her life.
Mila 2.0 is Debra Driza’s bold debut and the first book in a Bourne Identity–style trilogy that combines heart-pounding action with a riveting exploration of what it really means to be human. Fans of I Am Number Four will love Mila for who she is and what she longs to be—and a cliffhanger ending will leave them breathlessly awaiting the sequel.--Goodreads

This one sounds good, doesn't it?  I love the Bourne movies and Mila 2.0 sounds a bit similar.  She finds out who she is and what they made her do.  What did they make her do- they never really say.  I'm thinking something along the lines of assassinate people but I'm not sure.  There are a lot of things that real people would never do so it's very vague.  I guess, we shall just have to read to find out.  I was not, however, a huge fan of I Am Number Four (which they mention above) but I'm putting this one on my to-read list.  I hope you will too.

 

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday participants choose a book that they are "waiting on" or hasn't been released yet. This week I'm waiting for some retellings:

The Madman's Daughter by Megan Shepherd

Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Publication Date: January 29, 2013
Pages: 368
PerOrder It: Amazon

London, 1894. Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself—working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. After all, no one ever proved the rumors about her father’s gruesome experiments. But when she learns her father is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island, she is determined to find out if the accusations were true. 
Juliet is accompanied by the doctor’s handsome young assistant and an enigmatic castaway, who both attract Juliet for very different reasons. They travel to the island only to discover the depths of her father’s madness: he has created animals that have been vivisected to resemble, speak, and behave as humans. Worse, one of the creatures has turned violent and is killing the island’s inhabitants. Juliet knows she must end her father’s dangerous experiments and escape the island, even though her horror is mixed with her own scientific curiosity. As the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her father’s genius—and madness—in her own blood.--Goodreads

This book has just been brought to my attention and I discovered that this is not just a book of a daughter who is haunted by her father's mistakes, but also a retelling of The Island of Dr. Moreau.  I read the classic last year for a class that I was taking and the novel was okay.  It wasn't great but after reading this summary, I want to read this one.  I love retellings and would love to hear this new spin on the classic.  Who is excited for this one?  I know I am.

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday participants choose a book that they are "waiting on" or hasn't been released yet. This week I'm waiting for some on-the-run loving:

Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook

Publisher: HarperTeen
Publication Date: January 29, 2013
Pages: 272
PerOrder It: Amazon

Bonnie and Clyde meets Simone Elkeles in this addictively heart-wrenching story of two desperate teenagers on the run from their pasts.
They’re young. They’re in love. They’re on the run.
Zoe wants to save Will as much as Will wants to save Zoe. When Will turns eighteen, they decide to run away together. But they never expected their escape to be so fraught with danger....
When the whole world is after you, sometimes it seems like you can’t run fast enough.
Nobody But Us, told in alternating perspectives from Will and Zoe, is an unflinching novel, in turns heartbreaking and hopeful, about survival, choices, and love...and how having love doesn’t always mean that you get a happy ending. Described as “beautiful, heartbreaking, and exhilarating” by Kody Keplinger, author of The DUFF, Nobody But Us will prove irresistible to fans of Nina Lacour, Jenny Han, and Sara Zarr.--Goodreads

Oh my gosh, this sounds so good!  It sounds like one of those novels that you want to read but you know it is going to turn out sad so you don't really want to read it but you're going to anyway.  That's how I feel about this one.  It has a gorgeous cover; I love all the colors and the texture on the boy's shirt is shown through the title which I love.  And what's so bad about their pasts that they are on the run from it?  And is the whole world really after them or is that just them being over dramatic?  I guess we will have to wait to know the answers.  We have a while until January though.

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday participants choose a book that they are "waiting on" or hasn't been released yet. This week I'm waiting for some time traveling:

Time Between Us by Tamara Ireland Stone

Publisher: Hyperion
Publication Date: October 9, 2012
Pages: 384
PerOrder It: Amazon

Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet: she lives in 1995 Chicago and he lives in 2012 San Francisco. But Bennett’s unique ability to travel through time and space brings him into Anna’s life, and with him, a new world of adventure and possibility. 
As their relationship deepens, they face the reality that time might knock Bennett back where he belongs, even as a devastating crisis throws everything they believe into question. Against a ticking clock, Anna and Bennett are forced to ask themselves how far they can push the bounds of fate—and what consequences they can bear in order to stay together.
Fresh, exciting, and deeply romantic, TIME BETWEEN US is a stunning and spellbinding debut from an extraordinary new talent in YA fiction. --Goodreads

This book sounds fantastic.  It seemed to get a lot of hype at BEA in June and I wasn't able to snag a copy but I wanted to.  Time Between Us sounds like it is going to great and I can't wait until October so I can read it!  The summary reminds me a bit about the Time Traveler's Wife but even more so interesting.  I am desperately waiting for this one, but for those of you who snagged a copy and read it already, how was it?

Doesn't this book sounds great? What are you waiting for, this fine Wednesday?    

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday participants choose a book that they are "waiting on" or hasn't been released yet. This week I'm waiting for some steampunk:


Clockwork Princess by Cassandra Clare


Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Publication Date: March 19, 2013
Pages: 496
PerOrder It: Amazon

In Clockwork Princess, Tessa and her companions travel all over the world as they race to stop the clockwork army before it’s too late. As Jem’s health worsens alarmingly and his friends search desperately for a cure, can Tessa choose between the two boys she loves—even if it means never seeing the other one again? --Goodreads

I had just finished Clockwork Prince a few weeks ago and I am still reeling about what is happening.  A lot of people think this whole love triangle is very predictable but as it stands right now, I am not so sure. If you had asked me who was going to win before the end of book two, I would have definitely said Will but now it doesn't look that way.  So it stands as a mystery of whom Tessa will choose and I would love to know already.  March 2013... so long to wait.


What are you waiting for, this fine Wednesday?

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday participants choose a book that they are "waiting on" or hasn't been released yet. This week I'm waiting for some contemps:

OCD Love Story by Corey Haydu

Publisher: Simon Pulse
Publication Date: 2013 

Corey Haydu’s young adult OCD LOVE STORY, in which a girl with OCD bonds with a boy from her group therapy program only to push their budding relationship beyond it limits when her further descent into Obsessive Compulsive Disorder leads her to stalk the objects of her obsession, and she must choose: confront her past or forever be controlled by it. --Goodreads

Wow, is that cover really yellow.  The huge thing that brought me to this book was surprisingly not the cover, but the storyline.  I have a cousin who suffers from OCD and as much as a range of disorders are highlighted in today's YA genre, I don't think OCD is one of them.  I have not read many books with characters with the disorder and I think it would be interesting to see how severe the disorder is in the book and how she deals with it.  I look forward to reading this novel, even though the publication date is very far off.

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday participants choose a book that they are "waiting on" or hasn't been released yet. This week I'm waiting for some retellings:


Catherine by April Lindner


Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Publication Date: January 2, 2013
Pages: 320
PerOrder It: Amazon

True love never dies in this modern retelling of one of literature’s most haunting star-crossed romances, Wuthering Heights.
Catherine is tired of struggling musicians befriending her just so they can get a gig at her Dad’s famous Manhattan club, The Underground. Then she meets mysterious Hence, an unbelievably passionate and talented musician on the brink of success. As their relationship grows, both are swept away in a fiery romance. But when their love is tested by a cruel whim of fate, will pride keep them apart?
Chelsea has always believed that her mom died of a brief illness, until she finds a letter her dad has kept from her for years—a letter from her mom, Catherine, who didn’t die: She disappeared. Driven by unanswered questions, Chelsea sets out to look for her—starting with the return address on the letter: The Underground.
Told in two voices, twenty years apart, Catherine interweaves a timeless forbidden romance with a compelling modern mystery. --Goodreads

I was looking for fairy-tale retellings one day and discovered this awesome read.  I know Lindner is known for her Jane Eyre retelling but a Wuthering Heights retelling.  Yes, this is going to be fantastic!  I can't wait until this one comes out.  The cover looks so... independent like that girl on the front is just giving out confidence whoever is walking past.  It is going to be awesome and hearing a new take on this old tale, modern even, is going to be great!  I just have to wait til January.

What are you waiting for, this fine Wednesday?  

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday participants choose a book that they are "waiting on" or hasn't been released yet. This week I'm waiting for some demons:

Velveteen by Daniel Marks

Publication Date: October 9, 2012
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Pages: 464
PreOrder It: Amazon

Velveteen Monroe is dead. At 16, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that's not the problem.
The problem is she landed in purgatory. And while it's not a fiery inferno, it's certainly no heaven. It's gray, ashen, and crumbling more and more by the day, and everyone has a job to do. Which doesn't leave Velveteen much time to do anything about what's really on her mind.
Bonesaw.
Velveteen aches to deliver the bloody punishment her killer deserves. And she's figured out just how to do it. She'll haunt him for the rest of his days.
It'll be brutal . . . and awesome.
But crossing the divide between the living and the dead has devastating consequences. Velveteen's obsessive haunting cracks the foundations of purgatory and jeopardizes her very soul. A risk she's willing to take—except fate has just given her reason to stick around: an unreasonably hot and completely off-limits coworker.
Velveteen can't help herself when it comes to breaking rules . . . or getting revenge. And she just might be angry enough to take everyone down with her. --Goodreads

This book looks fantastic!  I am not quite sure what to make of it.  The names are what caught me at first: Velveteen and Bonesaw?  Sounds creepy and awesome!  Plus, the cover gives me the creeps which always makes me want to know more.  How about you?  Are you as creeped out about this book as I am?  It sounds fantastic!  Can't wait until this one releases!

Reminder: On Sunday, I will be posting a contest, giving away some awesome things, including books and earrings, for the Fallen Book Discussion that is starting, officially, on April 3.  Come join me and my two friends, Emma and Jackie, as we discuss the novel, Fallen by Lauren Kate (we'll be discussing everything from food to boys to graveyards).  You definitely do not want to miss it!