Waiting on Wednesday! (9)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event that spotlights upcoming releases that we can't wait to get our hands on...hosted by:

Jill at Breaking the Spine

 

Origin
by Jessica Khoury

Publisher: Penguin Group

Publication date: 9/4/2012

From Barnes & Noble :

An electrifying action-romance that's as thoughtful as it is tragic

Pia has grown up in a secret laboratory hidden deep in the Amazon rain forest. She was raised by a team of scientists who have created her to be the start of a new immortal race. But on the night of her seventeenth birthday, Pia discovers a hole in the electric fence that surrounds her sterile home—and sneaks outside the compound for the first time in her life.

Free in the jungle, Pia meets Eio, a boy from a nearby village. Together, they embark on a race against time to discover the truth about Pia's origin—a truth with deadly consequences that will change their lives forever.

Origin is a beautifully told, shocking new way to look at an age-old desire: to live forever, no matter the cost. This is a supremely compelling debut novel that blends the awakening romance of Matched with the mystery and jungle conspiracy of Lost.

Giveaway: No Strings Attached

No Strings Attached
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April 17th-22nd, 2012

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A New Hardcover of the book Purity by Jackson Pearce 

being released 04/24/2012

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Waiting on Wednesday! (8)

 

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event that spotlights upcoming releases that we can't wait to get our hands on...hosted by: 

Jill at Breaking the Spine

This book sounds like a great adventure of ups and downs of friendship. Can't wait to get my hands on this. I think it will be a fabulous Summer read.

Reunited
by Hilary Weisman Graham
Release Date: June 12, 2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers

From Barnes & Noble:

1 concert. 2000 miles. 3 ex-best friends.

Alice, Summer, and Tiernan used to be best friends—as well as the self-proclaimed biggest fans of the band Level3. But when the band broke up, so did their friendship.

Now, four years later, they’ve just graduated from high school. When Level3 announces a one-time reunion show in Texas, Alice impulsively buys tickets and invites her two former friends along for the trip. Reluctant at first, both girls agree to go, each with her own ulterior motive. But old resentments and other roadblocks—from unintended detours to lost concert tickets—keep getting in the girls’ way. Will their friendship get an encore, or is the show really over?

Tea Time!

I found this cute gadget at Cracker Barrel this week. It is a tea infuser that floats in the mug. You just fill the mesh basket with any loose tea of your choice, twist and lock the basket under the Duckie and then place the floating Duckie in a mug with boiled water and brew to taste. There is even a little holder for when you take it out of the tea.

Waiting on Wednesday! (7)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event that spotlights upcoming releases that we can't wait to get our hands on...hosted by: 

Jill at Breaking the Spine

This story may sound a little simple to some but I love a good book that I can relate to. Can't wait to dig into this one!

Ten Miles Past Normal
by Frances O'Roark Dowell
Release Date: 05/22/2012
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers

From Barnes & Noble:

Janie Gorman is smart and creative and a little bit funky…but what she really wants to be is normal. Because living on an isolated farm with her modern-hippy parents is decidedly not normal, no matter how delicious the goat cheese. High school gives Janie the chance to prove to her suburban peers that she’s just like them, but before long she realizes normal is completely overrated, and pretty dull.

If she’s going to learn how to live large (and forget the haters), Janie will have to give up the quest and make room in her life for things from the fringe—like jam band, righteous chocolate, small acts of great bravery, and a boy named Monster.

Ten Miles Past Normal is a quirky road map for life—and also a reminder that detours are not about missing out, but about finding a new way home.