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As you can see, I have created a brand new Header for Cover Crazy Monday! ^^ I think its schnazzy! This will be the first of many posts as I am returning, so I thought I would cut the grand re-opening red tape with some great upcoming cover releases! Enjoy:
Title: Glass SwordAuthor: Victoria AveyardGenre: YA High FantasyNumber of Pages: 448Release Date: February 9th 2016 by HarperTeenI'm about to read the first one!Blurb:
The thrilling second book in the #1 New York Times bestselling Red Queen trilogy follows Mare Barrow on her mission to defeat the traitorous Maven.Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control.The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness of her own heart.
Title: The Forbidden OrchidAuthor: Sharon Biggs WallerGenre: YA Historical FictionNumber of Pages: 432Release Date: February 2nd 2016 by VikingSo pretty! And I love the setting and main character's first name of this book!Blurb:Staid, responsible Elodie Buchanan is the eldest of ten sisters living in a small English market town in 1861. The girls' father is a plant hunter, usually off adventuring through the jungles of China.Then disaster strikes: Mr. Buchanan fails to collect an extremely rare and valuable orchid, meaning that he will be thrown into debtors' prison and the girls will be sent to the orphanage or the poorhouse. Elodie's father has one last chance to return to China, find the orchid, and save the family--and this time, thanks to an unforeseen twist of fate, Elodie is going with him. Elodie has never before left her village, but what starts as fear turns to wonder as she adapts to seafaring life aboard the tea clipper The Osprey, and later to the new sights, dangers, and romance of China.But even if she can find the orchid, how can she find herself now that staid, responsible Elodie has seen how much the world has to offer?
Title: Tragedy GirlAuthor: Christine Hurley DerisoGenre: YA Contemporary MysteryNumber of Pages: 240Release Date: April 8th 2016 by FluxI'm a sucker for a good mystery.Blurb:Of course Anne would be drawn to Blake. He’s good looking, he’s friendly, and they both bring sob stories to the table: her parents died in a car wreck, his girlfriend, Cara, drowned. Of course Blake would understand what she’s gone through. And of course they can help each other work through the pain. It’s like it was meant to be.But just as Anne starts to feel she’s finally found something good in all the tragedy, she can’t ignore signs that something’s off. Her friends rarely let her be alone with Blake. Even those closest to Blake seem uneasy around him. And then there are the rumors about the death of Cara, whose body was never recovered. Rumors that suggest Blake’s pain is hiding something darker than Anne can even begin to comprehend . . .Any of these spark your interest? -
Each Thursday, The Witch Snitch will host the follow Meme - "Glinda the Good, Asks What if you Could?"What: A new question book, movie, or tv-related will be asked for you to answer! You'll respond with what you would do in that situation, context, or role.Who: Everyone can participate in this Meme! Just please use the picture beside here and include in your post "MeMe courtesy of The Witch Snitch", and include a link to my page! Also, leave a link to your post in the comments on my post so we can all see each other's answers!When: Here are the questions for the next ten Thursdays.Want to participate? See how here.
If you could change one major decision of one of your favorite book characters, what would it be?Title: The Lovely BonesAuthor: Alice SeboldGenre: Adult Crime DramaNumber of Pages: 328Release Date: September 1st 2006 by Little, Brown and Company
Blurb:The Lovely Bones is the story of a family devastated by a gruesome murder -- a murder recounted by the teenage victim. Upsetting, you say? Remarkably, first-time novelist Alice Sebold takes this difficult material and delivers a compelling and accomplished exploration of a fractured family's need for peace and closure.
The details of the crime are laid out in the first few pages: from her vantage point in heaven, Susie Salmon describes how she was confronted by the murderer one December afternoon on her way home from school. Lured into an underground hiding place, she was raped and killed. But what the reader knows, her family does not. Anxiously, we keep vigil with Susie, aching for her grieving family, desperate for the killer to be found and punished.
Sebold creates a heaven that's calm and comforting, a place whose residents can have whatever they enjoyed when they were alive -- and then some. But Susie isn't ready to release her hold on life just yet, and she intensely watches her family and friends as they struggle to cope with a reality in which she is no longer a part. To her great credit, Sebold has shaped one of the most loving and sympathetic fathers in contemporary literature.This story will always haunt me. The scene in the beginning where Susie loses her life to the nightmarish man haunts you for the rest of the book and after. Needing him to get caught isn't enough. Calling this a crime-mystery novel isn't enough. The sorrow of Susie's loss and of the beyond horrible actions of the killer is written in a way that can only be called a tragedy.The decision I would change? I would keep Susie from that underground hiding place. Hopefully then that would change Susie's story. -
Top Ten Books I'd Love To See As Movies/Tv Shows
I love this week’s Top Ten. Hopefully all of our posts will give a nudge to Hollywood.
Number #10
Title: Article 5 (#1)
Author: Kristen Simmons
Genre: YA Dystopian
Number of Pages: 362
Release Date: January 1st, 2012 by Tor Teen
This story would make a gritty, realistically violent movie or television series. The world is vast and over controlled by the new America that replaces the Bill of Rights with the Moral Statutes. I’d love to watch the romance between Ember and Chase. The book is perfect blend of action and little moments that make you swoon.
Number #9
Title: Under the Never Sky
Author: Veronica Rossi
Genre: YA Dystopian
Number of Pages: 374
Release Date: January 3rd, 2012 by HarperCollins
PLEASE OH PLEASE make this a movie. I will beg on my hands and knees. This is seriously one of my all-time favorite series with a perfect example of a swoon-worthy romance. Perry is my numero uno book boyfriend. You can’t have him.
Number #8
Title: Dorothy Must Die (#1)
Author: Danielle Paige
Genre: YA Retelling
Number of Pages: 452
Release Date: April 1st, 2014 by HarperCollins
Need I explain. Wizard of Oz. Retelling. There, explained.
Number #7
Title: Cinder (The Lunar Chronicles #1)
Author: Marissa Meyer
Genre: YA Retelling/Science Fiction
Number of Pages: 390
Release Date: January 3rd, 2012 by Feiwel & Friends
This tale is amazingly descriptive with a world I feel like I MUST see. I would love to see the words reimagined and shown on screen.
Number #6
Title: Thirteen Reasons Why
Author: Jay Asher
Genre: YA Contemporary
Number of Pages: 304
Release Date: October 18th, 2007 by Razorbill
Hauntingly beautiful and true to the realistic troubles that young people face, this is a story that needs to be told. If not by someone reading Jay Asher’s eloquent words, then by a big screen.
Number #5
Title: Redeeming Love
Author: Francine Rivers
Genre: Historical Fiction
Number of Pages: 464
Release Date: May 9th, 2005 by Multnomah Books
Truthfully, I don’t usually read Christian fiction, which is what this book is filed under, but this is a story that anyone can enjoy and take a great deal from. It tells the tale of a young girl that is sold to prostitution, and slowly learns what real love and healing means. I cried many, many times while reading.
Number #4
Title: The Crucible
Author: Arthur Miller, Christopher Bigsby
Genre: YA Historical Fiction
Number of Pages: 143
Release Date: March 25th, 2004 by Penguin Classics
I know this has already been made into a movie, but I would love to see this as a television series. This was a mournful time in our history, that can be mirrored to judgments we place on others today.
Number #3
Title: Bunnicula
Author: James Howe, Deborah Howe
Genre: YA Horror
Number of Pages: 128
Release Date: August 8th, 2006 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers (First published in 1979).
Laugh it up, because I would too. I’m actually not sure if it was ever made into a movie, but even so I’d love a remake. This is a comedic horror story about a vampire bunny. Oh, the nostalgia.
Number #2
Title: Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick
Author: Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
Genre: Romance/Comedic Graphic Novel
Number of Pages: 128
Release Date: April 29th, 2014 by Image Comics
This would make for one freaking hilarious (and rated R at least) movie. The art and little things you see in the background make this graphic novel an awesome ride start to finish. And it’s not just a story about sex. It has plot!
Number #1
Title: The Dead House
Author: Dawn Kurtagich
Genre: YA Thriller/Horror
Number of Pages: 440
Release Date: August 6th, 2015 by Orion Children’s Books
I haven’t even read this yet, and I already want to see the movie.
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