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Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Waiting on Wednesday

Waiting on Wednesday is a Meme hosted by Breaking the Spine. It is to spotlight books that are soon to be released that we wished would be released sooner. Here are our picks.


Kristen's Pick:
Title: The Iron Witch
Author: Karen Mahoney
Expected Publication: Jan. 20, 2011 by Flux
Description: (from Goodreads) Freak. That's what her classmates call seventeen-year-old Donna Underwood. When she was seven, a horrific fey attack killed her father and drove her mother mad. Donna's own nearly fatal injuries from the assault were fixed by magic—the iron tattoos branding her hands and arms. The child of alchemists, Donna feels cursed by the magical heritage that destroyed her parents and any chance she had for a normal life. The only thing that keeps her sane and grounded is her relationship with her best friend, Navin Sharma.

When the darkest outcasts of Faerie—the vicious wood elves—abduct Navin, Donna finally has to accept her role in the centuries old war between the humans and the fey. Assisted by Xan, a gorgeous half-fey dropout with secrets of his own, Donna races to save her friend—even if it means betraying everything her parents and the alchemist community fought to the death to protect.

April's Pick:
Title: Kindred
Author: Tammar Stein
Expected Publication: Feb. 8, 2011 by Knopf Books
Description: (from Goodreads) The first time I meet an angel, it is Raphael and I am eighteen.

Miriam is an unassuming college freshman stuck on campus after her spring break plans fall through. She's not a religious girl--when pressed she admits reluctantly to believing in a higher power. Truth be told, she's about as comfortable speaking about her faith as she is about her love life, which is to say, not at all. And then the archangel Raphael pays Miriam a visit, and she finds herself on a desperate mission to save two of her contemporaries. To top it all off, her twin brother, Mo, has also had a visitation, but from the opposite end of the good-evil spectrum, which leaves Miriam to wonder--has she been blessed and her brother cursed or vice versa? And what is the real purpose behind her mission?



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5 comments:

  1. Love good vs. evil and throwing in twins is a unique twist

    Looks like they'll both be great reads

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  2. "The Iron Witch" has a beautiful cover! Definitely something to add to Goodreads! Happy Wednesday!

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  3. Cool picks! That first cover is so striking.

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  4. Great picks! Both of these I have on my TBR list as well!

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  5. Nice choices and both with great covers. Thanks for sharing.

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