Waiting on Wednesday (#45)

 "Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases.

Confessions: The Paris Mysteries  by James Patterson and  Maxine Paetro

Expected publication: October 6th 2014 by Little, Brown and Company


 

 

 

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The City of Lights sets the stage for romance, drama and intrigue in the latest Confessions novel from the world's bestselling mystery writer!

After investigating multiple homicides and her family's decades-old skeletons in the closet, Tandy Angel is finally reunited with her lost love in Paris. But as he grows increasingly distant, Tandy is confronted with disturbing questions about him, as well as what really happened to her long-dead sister. With no way to tell anymore who in her life she can trust, how will Tandy ever get to the bottom of the countless secrets her parents kept from her? James Patterson leads this brilliant teenage detective through Paris on a trail of lies years in the making, with shocking revelations around every corner.
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Because I just love the series, okay? Don't look at me like that.
 

What're you waiting on?

Review: The Three

The Three
Author: Sarah Lotz

Publication Date: May 22nd 2014        

~An advanced readers copy was provided by Hodder and Stoughton in exchange for an honest review~

 

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Black Thursday. The day that will never be forgotten. The day that four passenger planes crash, at almost exactly the same moment, at four different points around the globe.

There are only four survivors. Three are children, who emerge from the wreckage seemingly unhurt. But they are not unchanged.

And the fourth is Pamela May Donald, who lives just long enough to record a voice message on her phone.

A message that will change the world.

The message is a warning.

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I didn't know what to expect from The Three, contemporary mixed in with horror? Paranormal? It's what was great about going into it, the synopsis is pretty vague and no way is it an open book. That being said, It's inevitable that when it comes to Armageddon, The Four Horsemen and the end of the world, we are, at some point, going to point straight to Religion. However, I just didn't expect The Three to rest heavily on it. And it did. For most of it.  

Review: Love Letters to the Dead

Love Letters to the Dead
Author: Ava Dellaira

Publication Date:  May 1st 2014

~A copy was provided by HotKeyBooks in exchange for an honest review~

 

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It begins as an assignment for English class: write a letter to a dead person - any dead person. Laurel chooses Kurt Cobain - he died young, and so did Laurel's sister May - so maybe he'll understand a bit of what Laurel is going through. Soon Laurel is writing letters to lots of dead people - Janis Joplin, Heath Ledger, River Phoenix, Amelia Earhart... it's like she can't stop. And she'd certainly never dream of handing them in to her teacher. She writes about what it's like going to a new high school, meeting new friends, falling in love for the first time - and how her family has shattered since May died.

But much as Laurel might find writing the letters cathartic, she can't keep real life out forever. The ghosts of her past won't be contained between the lines of a page, and she will have to come to terms with growing up, the agony of losing a beloved sister, and the realisation that only you can shape your destiny. A lyrical, haunting and stunning debut from the protégé of Stephen Chbosky (THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER).

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Love Letters to the Dead is as personal as it gets and for me I had a hard time detaching myself from it because in all retro respect, Laurel could've been me. Or you. Or everyone else. A lot of shit happens in this world, and by the synopsis, you don't even get half of it. And that was the shocking thing because while I was reading it, I picked up a few little hints here and there but I still wasn't expecting it.

Stacking the Shelves (#44) AKA, the lazy edition because I just finished We Were Liars.

Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Tynga's Reviews.

How was everybody's week? Yup, this is the lazy edition, so no links or recap because I joined the #liarsliveread and haven't long finished We Were Liars and ohhh, so many feelings. Can't. Function.

 

Bought (for the kindle)

(Because Christy @ Christy's Love of Books sold it to me)

(Because Cait @ Notebook Sisters says so)



  What did you get this week? :)

Review: Poppy

Poppy
Author: Mary Hooper

Publication Date:  May 8th 2014        

~A copy was provided by Bloomsbury Childrens in exchange for an honest review~

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England, 1914. Poppy is fifteen, beautiful and clever, but society has already carved out her destiny. There's no question of her attending the grammar school - it's too expensive and unsuitable for a girl. Instead, Poppy will become a servant at the big house. And she'll 'keep out of trouble'. But Poppy's life is about to be thrown dramatically off course. The first reason is love - with someone forbidden, who could never, ever marry a girl like her. The second reason is war. Nothing could have prepared her for that. As she experiences what people are capable of - the best of humanity and the very worst - Poppy will find an unexpected freedom and discover how to be truly her own person

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I do love Historicals, mainly because it's a way of learning without actually feeling like you're learning, because you're not reading a textbook, you're not reading information. You're reading about a life in that era, about the war and the way of treatments, you're learning while reading something you enjoy. Although it's researched, and of course, might not all be accurate, but...

We Were Liars: Read-Along #lliarsliveread

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hey, you...psst, yes, you...

 

 

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A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart.

Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE

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Have you read We Were Liars by E. Lockhart yet, or just want to read it for the second, third, fourth...time? (Come on, you know you want to.) I'm joining HotKeyBooks, other bloggers and readers in a read-along under #liarsliveread this Saturday (17th) at 1PM (BST)/ 5AM (PDT) on twitter.

So join, come say hello, laugh at our reactions (because you know, that's going to be fun). Plus, my review for it is going to mainly be a reaction review because you obviously need to read the book to understand it. So. Go. Do. It. Read. Now. (Or Saturday) ;)

So, see you there! Or read you there? I don't know, I'm leaving now.