Welcome to This Week in Books, where we share what we’ve been up to in bookland this week and look ahead to next.
Hi guys! Sorry I’ve been a bit AWOL lately. I missed this post last week because I just didn’t get the time and I also had no new answers for you anyway. And this week has been annoying because the one day I set aside to catch up, my internet went down. Rage! Anyway, I’m back, so here’s what my week has looked like…better late than never, right!?
Now: Broken Branches ~ M. Jonathan Lee
I’m about a third of the way through this intriguing and creepy book about a family curse. Liking it so far!
Then: One of Us is Lying ~ Karen McManus
This was a good, quick contemporary YA read. My review (which is late-sorry!!!!) will be up ASAP.
Next: ???
Either Fear by Dirk Kurbjuweit which is an ARC looking for early reviews as it’s not out until Janurary 2018, or something from my TBR pile – White Cat by Holly Black perhaps.
New on the Shelves
Netgalley:
This looks so good!
Music is Elijah’s life. His band plays loud and hard, and he’ll do anything to get them a big break. He needs that success to help take care of his sister, who has special needs. So he’d rather be practicing when his friends drag him to a musical in the next town…until the lead starts to sing.
Kristen dreams of a career on stage like her grandmother’s. She knows she needs an edge to get into a competitive theater program―and being the star in her high school musical isn’t going to cut it. The applause and the attention only encourage her to work harder.
Elijah can’t take his eyes off of Kristen’s performance, and his swooning face is captured on camera and posted with an out-of-context comment. It goes viral. Suddenly, Elijah and Kristen are in a new spotlight as the online backlash spins out of control. And the consequences are bigger than they both could have ever imagined because these threats don’t stay online…they follow them into real life.
I’m Waiting On…
…Jane, Unlimited because I loved Graceling so much! I’m super excited abut this one. And look at that cover…swoon!
Jane has lived an ordinary life, raised by her aunt Magnolia—an adjunct professor and deep sea photographer. Jane counted on Magnolia to make the world feel expansive and to turn life into an adventure. But Aunt Magnolia was lost a few months ago in Antarctica on one of her expeditions.
Now, with no direction, a year out of high school, and obsessed with making umbrellas that look like her own dreams (but mostly just mourning her aunt), she is easily swept away by Kiran Thrash—a glamorous, capricious acquaintance who shows up and asks Jane to accompany her to a gala at her family’s island mansion called Tu Reviens.
Jane remembers her aunt telling her: “If anyone ever invites to you to Tu Reviens, promise me that you’ll go.” With nothing but a trunkful of umbrella parts to her name, Jane ventures out to the Thrash estate. Then her story takes a turn, or rather, five turns. What Jane doesn’t know is that Tu Reviens will offer her choices that can ultimately determine the course of her untethered life. But at Tu Reviens, every choice comes with a reward, or a price.
Expected Publication: September 19th 2017 by Kathy Dawson Books
So that’s been my week in books, now why don’t you tell me about yours!? Advertisements