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Wed, May 8, 2013

Waiting on This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine to shine a spotlight on upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

This Song Will Save Your Life
By Leila Sales
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), 288 pages
To be released Sept. 17, 2013

Making friends has never been Elise Dembowski’s strong suit. All throughout her life, she’s been the butt of every joke and the outsider in every conversation. When a final attempt at popularity fails, Elise nearly gives up. Then she stumbles upon a warehouse party where she meets Vicky, a girl in a band who accepts her; Char, a cute, yet mysterious disc jockey; Pippa, a carefree spirit from England; and most importantly, a love for DJing.

Told in a refreshingly genuine and laugh-out-loud funny voice, THIS SONG WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE is an exuberant novel about identity, friendship, and the power of music to bring people together.

— Goodreads.com description

1. Gorgeous cover
2. Leila Sales
3. Outsider girl
4. Warehouse parties!
5. Music

Um, what isn’t there to like about about this book description?!

Wed, May 1, 2013

Waiting on Tandem by Anna Jarzab

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine to shine a spotlight on upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

Tandem
By Anna Jarzab
Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 448 pages
To be released Oct. 8, 2013

Everything repeats.
You. Your best friend. Every person you know.
Many worlds. Many lives–infinite possibilities.
Welcome to the multiverse.

Sixteen-year-old Sasha Lawson has only ever known one small, ordinary life. When she was young, she loved her grandfather’s stories of parallel worlds inhabited by girls who looked like her but led totally different lives. Sasha never believed such worlds were real–until now, when she finds herself thrust into one against her will.

To prevent imminent war, Sasha must slip into the life of an alternate version of herself, a princess who has vanished on the eve of her arranged marriage. If Sasha succeeds in fooling everyone, she will be returned home; if she fails, she’ll be trapped in another girl’s life forever. As time runs out, Sasha finds herself torn between two worlds, two lives, and two young men vying for her love–one who knows her secret, and one who thinks she’s someone she’s not.

The first book in the Many-Worlds Trilogy, Tandem is a riveting saga of love and betrayal set in parallel universes in which nothing–and no one–is what it seems.

— Goodreads.com description

Whoa, trippy. Looking forward to this one because, although I haven’t read any of them yet, I know Anna Jarzab’s previous books were very well-reviewed. Also: It’s high time I started a new well, what would you call this? Dystopian? Sci fi? Fantasy? Sci fi, I think. Either way: Yay new series!

Wed, April 24, 2013

Waiting on Leap of Faith by Jamie Blair

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine to shine a spotlight on upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

Leap of Faith
By Jamie Blair
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 256 pages
To be released Sept. 3, 2013

Now that Leah Kurtz has a place to call home, there’s no way she can tell the truth.

That her name is Faith, not Leah.

That she’s seventeen, not nineteen.

That the baby isn’t hers—she kidnapped her.

She had to kidnap Addy though. She couldn’t let her newborn sister grow up like she did, with parties where the drugs flow all night and an empty refrigerator in the kitchen holding nothing but pickle juice and ketchup packets inside.

She can’t risk losing Chris—the only guy she’s ever given herself to completely—by telling him she’s been lying. He’s the most generous person she’s ever known, and he’s already suffered the tragic deaths of his mom and infant sister.

But being on the run with a newborn catches up with her when a cop starts asking questions, and Chris’s aunt finds a newspaper article about Faith and a missing baby. Faith knows it’s time to run again—from Chris and the only place that’s ever felt like home.

— Goodreads.com description

Okay, this one has the potential for some SERIOUS drama. But secrets + being on the run always = a compelling read for me. Love the description!

Wed, April 17, 2013

Waiting on All of Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine to shine a spotlight on upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

All of Our Yesterdays
By Cristin Terrill
Disney Hyperion, 368 pages
To be released Sept. 3, 2013

Marina has everything. She’s got money, popularity, and a bright future. Plus, she’s best friends with the boy next door, who happens to be a gorgeous prodigy from one of America’s most famous families.

Em has nothing. Imprisoned in a small white cell in the heart of a secret military base, all she has is the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain.

But Marina and Em have one big thing in common: they’re the same person.

Now Em must travel back four years in time in order to avert the terrible future from which she’s fled, and there’s only one way to do it. She must kill the person who invented the time machine in the first place: someone from her past. A person she loved.

But Marina won’t let them go without a fight.

— Goodreads.com description

I can’t help it: I’m a sucker for all things time travel. I blame my mom: Time travel books are her absolute, all-time favorite!

Wed, April 10, 2013

Waiting on OCD Love Story by Corey Ann Haydu

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine to shine a spotlight on upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

OCD Love Story
By Corey Ann Haydu
Simon Pulse, 352 pages
To be released July 23, 2013

When Bea meets Beck, she knows instantly that he’s her kind of crazy. Sweet, strong, kinda-messed-up Beck understands her like no one else can. He makes her feel almost normal. He makes her feel like she could fall in love again.

But despite her feelings for Beck, Bea can’t stop thinking about someone else: a guy who is gorgeous and magnetic… and has no idea Bea even exists. But Bea knows a ton about him. She spends a lot of time watching him. She has a journal full of notes. Some might even say she’s obsessed.

Bea tells herself she’s got it all under control, but this isn’t a choice, it’s a compulsion. The truth is, she’s breaking down… and she might end up breaking her own heart.

— Goodreads.com description

As someone who has a little itsy bit of OCD, this one sounds intriguing. Of course, it never caused me to obsess over a boy, thank goodness. But, then again, who hasn’t obsessed over a boy to some extent? I mean, honestly. Sounds good — like one of those books that takes an extreme condition and makes it something that everyone can relate to in some way.