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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme by Breaking the Spine that allows us bloggers a chance to spotlight upcoming books that we are dying to read!
Rie’s Pick:
November 8th 2011, Sourcebooks Fire
320 pages, Paperback
First in Magic Most Foul Series
Young Adult Fiction
The Picture of Dorian Gray meets Pride and Prejudice, with a dash of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
New York City, 1882. Seventeen-year-old Natalie Stewart's latest obsession is a painting of the handsome British Lord Denbury. Something in his striking blue eyes calls to her. As his incredibly life-like gaze seems to follow her, Natalie gets the uneasy feeling that details of the painting keep changing...
Jonathan Denbury's soul is trapped in the gilded painting by dark magic while his possessed body commits unspeakable crimes in the city slums. He must lure Natalie into the painting, for only together can they reverse the curse and free his damaged soul.
Why I can’t wait:
This sounds so dark and I’m not sure if we should trust Jonathan. Mysterious!
Pabkins’ Pick:
January 5th 2012, Headline Book Publishing
320 pages, Paperback
Adult Fiction
Sadie Walker fights for survival as the dead close in...In the months since The Outbreak, Seattle has become a walled citadel - the Infected are kept at bay but the city is rife with kidnappings, religious cults and black-market dealings. And things are about to get much, much worse. A group of frustrated religious fanatics, the 'Repopulationists', destroy part of the wall and zombies swarm the city. Devastated by the brutal kidnapping of her nephew, illustrator Sadie Walker flees Seattle with her best friend Andrea and secures passage on a boat with no destination. The ragtag bunch aboard the ship are thrown ashore by a storm and stumble across what appears to be a thriving survivors camp. The shipwrecked group, relived to find food, shelter and friendship, relax into the rhythm of the community's existence. But then people start to disappear...
Why I can’t wait:
I know some of you are going to think - "Come on ANOTHER zombie book?" Seriously though, I read Allison Hewitt is Trapped also by the same author and I thoroughly enjoyed that story. What I like about this unreleased book - is its obviously the same world - but its not the same characters. (I'm a bit burnt out on series books currently though I still can't stop myself from reading them). So you needn't have read the first one to read this one. I have it on my wishlist and am eagerly awaiting when I can get it in my little zombie grubby hands. For those of you who want to know why I like Madeleine Roux's writing so much - you will find out soon as my review of her first book will be going up soon. Plus -that book had blogging in it folks and you know how much all of you love that! *evil laughter*
Categories: Waiting on Wednesday
Both books sound great! nice picks..
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Definitely excited about Darker Still. Great pick!
ReplyDeleteThose are great choices! I am definitely interested. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHere's mine: http://thebookishbabes.blogspot.com/2011/10/waiting-on-wednesday.html
I haven't heard of either of those books, but they sound interesting.
ReplyDeleteMy pick this week is Drink Deep by Chloe Neill, and I'm giving away an early copy here if you are interested. (Ends Tonight)
Those are both great picks! I keep hearing about Darker Still, it sounds fascinating. I usually don't read zombie books but this one sounds pretty exciting! Thanks for stopping by!!
ReplyDeleteYay Darker Still! I'm really excited for that one too, I loved her Percy Parker series. And after reading this one I can tell I'm going to look at paintings and wonder if someone might be stuck in there:)
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of the second book before (sounds good, and the cover is great), but I have Darker Still on my TBR list.
ReplyDeleteThat Darker Still cover is gorgeous, and the girl looks like Pabkins!!! That's a win-win if you ask me. :)
ReplyDeleteDarker Still looks so awesome - I can't wait to get my hands on it!
ReplyDeleteDarker Still looks great, doesn't it? And another zombie book -- yahoo!
ReplyDeleteDarker Still sounds great! I love all the classics mentioned in the blurb so I can't wait! I agree that I'm not sure if we can trust Jonathan.
ReplyDeleteoh disappear into a painting combination's of Pride and Prejudice and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! Interesting!!
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