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BLOOD RED ROAD is one of my most favorite book ever and I can't tell you how much I anticipate this sequel. I was surprised and shocked (in a very good way) when I saw the cover of Dust Lands #2 and isn't it enticing? Jack is on the cover! Wohoo! =) If you enjoyed (devoured) and loved Hunger Games, Maze Runner, and other dystopian books but yet to read Blood Red Road by Moira Young, I urge you to do so. It's an awesome book! You can read my review here >> Blood Red Road (only if you want to, but I hope you will =).

Rebel Heart (Dust Lands #2)

Author: Moira Young

Publication Date: October 30th 2012

Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry

Summary on Goodreads:
The Tonton have been defeated. Lugh has been rescued.
The heartstone has brought Saba and Jack together
Now, Saba and her family head west to meet him and start a new life. All should be well.
But shadows of the dead are stalking Saba.
And another kind of shadow is creeping over the dustlands.
Then a messenger shows up.
With news of Jack.
Add to TBR.

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This is one of my most FAVORITE series of all time...

The Mortal Instruments, Book 5 by Cassandra Clare

CITY OF LOST SOULS

May 8th 2012

In Book 5: City of Lost Souls, the Shadowhunters struggle to piece together their shattered world after a betrayal by one of their own leaves them reeling.

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This is the first WOW for 2012 and I'm excited to post about this book. I so love love love Anna and the French Kiss, and eversince I read that book, I've been craving for more delicious contemporary romance novels. I am a huge fan of Stephanie Perkins and I love Lola and the Boy Next Door too! I also became a fan of Sarah Dessen and Jenifer Echols and now I want to try this book by Melissa Jensen.

The Fine Art of Truth Or Dare
Author: Melissa Jensen
Publication Date: February 16th 2012
Publisher: Speak
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Romance, Chick-lit

Summary in Goodreads:

Pretty in Pink meets Anna and the French Kiss in this charming romantic comedy

Ella is nearly invisible at the Willing School, and that's just fine by her. She's got her friends - the fabulous Frankie and their sweet cohort Sadie. She's got her art - and her idol, the unappreciated 19th-century painter Edward Willing. Still, it's hard being a nobody and having a crush on the biggest somebody in the school: Alex Bainbridge. Especially when he is your French tutor, and lessons have started becoming, well, certainly more interesting than French ever has been before. But can the invisible girl actually end up with a happily ever after with the golden boy, when no one even knows they're dating? And is Ella going to dare to be that girl? Add to TBR

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Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1)

Author: R.L. LaFevers

Publication Date: April 3rd 2012

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Historical

Summary on Goodreads:

Why be the sheep, when you can be the wolf? 

 
Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others.
 
Ismae's most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart? Add to your TBR

I'm not much into Historical Fiction, but when blended with Paranormal or Fantasy, and even Romance, how can I resist? 

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Touching the Surface
Author: Kimberly Sabatini
Publication Date: September 4th 2012
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal

Summary on Goodreads:
Life altering mistakes are meant to alter lives…

When Elliot dies for the third time, she knows this is her last shot. There are no fourth-timers in this afterlife, so one more chance is all she has to get things right. But before she can move on to her next life, Elliot will be forced to face her past and delve into the painful memories she’d rather keep buried. Memories of people she’s hurt, people she’s betrayed…and people she’s killed.

As she pieces together the mistakes of her past, Elliot must earn the forgiveness of her best friend and reveal the truth about herself to the two boys she loves…even if it means losing them both forever. (Add this on your TBR)

Isn't the cover gorgeous? 

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Devine Intervention

Author: Martha Brockenbrough

Published Date: June 1st 2012

Published By: Arthur A. Levine Books

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance

Summary from Goodreads:

Heavenly writing, earthy characters, and humor that is wicked as hell.

Heidi is sixteen. Insecure. Unkissed. Unremarkable, she thinks, in every way but one: She has a guardian angel, Jerome, who whispers in her ear all day long, amusing her, confusing her, but hardly ever saying anything that might help her discover who she's meant to be.

Jerome is seventeen (for the seventeenth year in a row.) There is only one thing he needs to do to graduate from heaven's soul rehabilitation program for wayward teenagers: Follow the 10 Commandments for the Dead, and in doing so, keep Heidi safe.

Instead, he accidentally lets her drown.

Plucked from her body before she ever truly lives, Heidi wants more than anything to say goodbye to her family and best friend. Jerome, afraid he's going to be sent to the lowest level of Hell, wants to sneak her into heaven before he gets caught.

Neither realizes that Heidi has only 24 hours before her soul dissolves forever. And that might not be enough time for them to figure out how they were meant to live.

I saw this book last week and I immediately added it to my TBR pile (good luck to my growing list). I love love the cover! Look at the arrow in the guy's head! Lol! I want this book already!

What's on your WOW post today?

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Shine (Shade #3)

Author: Jeri Smith-Ready

Published Date: May 1st 2012

Published By: 

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance

Summary from Goodreads:

Life can change in an instant, and no one understands that better than Aura. It’s been almost a year since her boyfriend tragically died. She’s finally letting go of Logan’s violet-hued ghost, but not her search to uncover the truth about her past.As the first in a generation that can see ghosts, Aura is convinced that she has a connection to the Shift. She’s trusted Zachary, ever patient and ever by her side, with all that she knows. But when the government threatens his life in an attempt to learn Aura’s secrets, she will stop at nothing to protect herself and the one she loves...even if that means betraying her own heart.

Shade and Shift are both heart-breakingly beautiful and I can't wait to read the third book Shine. I love love love this series and I know that Author Jeri Smith-Ready is working so hard on it. I'm sure that this book is worth waiting for!

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Undeadly (The Reaper Diaries #1)

Author: Michele Vail

Published Date: February 28th 2012 

Published By: Harlequin Teen 

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal Romance

Summary from Goodreads:

The day I turned 16, my boyfriend-to-be died. I brought him back to life. Then things got a little weird... 

Molly Bartolucci wants to blend in, date hottie Rick and keep her zombie-raising abilities on the down-low. Then the god Anubis chooses her to become a reaper—and she accidentally undoes the work of another reaper, Rath. 

Within days, she’s shipped off to the Nekyia Academy, an elite school that trains the best necromancers in the world. And her personal reaping tutor? Rath. Who seems to hate her guts. 

Rath will be watching closely to be sure she completes her first assignment-reaping Rick, the boy who should have died. The boy she still wants to be with. 

To make matters worse, students at the academy start turning up catatonic, and accusations fly—against Molly. The only way out of this mess? To go through hell. Literally.

Thanks to my friend Lis of Nox-Invictus for recommending this book.

How about you? What are the books you anticipate most today?

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I have so many reasons to be excited about especially on the month of April. It's my birthday month, and I'm so excited for the new books that will come out! Yay!

Ok, look at this stunning cover! I love dystopian novels and this one is so irresistible! The Selection is the first book in The Selection Trilogy by Author Kiera Cass (You can visit her web site here and follow her on Twitter @kieracass) The first time a friend of mine share and posted this book cover on Facebook, I immediately checked it out and add it to my ever-growing TBR List! I can't wait to grab and read it once it's out! 

The Selection (The Selection #1)

Author: Kiera Cass

Published Date: April 24, 2012

Published By: HarperTeen

Genre: Young Adult, Dystopian

Summary from Goodreads:

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in the palace and compete for the heart of the gorgeous Prince Maxon.

But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself- and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.

So what are you waiting for this Wednesday? I'm excited to know! Leave your link in the comments below so I can drop by =) Have a lovely week!

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As you all know, I always enjoy post-apocalyptic novels but no to horror! I've been excited for this one ever since I saw the book cover and read the summary and I didn't know (until today) that it's about Zombies! Oh well, good luck to me then! *wink!

This Is Not A Test

Author: Courtney Summers

Publication Date: June 19, 2012

Publisher:St. Martin's Griffin

Genre/Category: Young Adult, Dystopian, Horror

Summary on Goodreads:

It’s the end of the world. Six students have taken cover in Cortege High but shelter is little comfort when the dead outside won’t stop pounding on the doors. One bite is all it takes to kill a person and bring them back as a monstrous version of their former self. To Sloane Price, that doesn’t sound so bad. Six months ago, her world collapsed and since then, she’s failed to find a reason to keep going. Now seems like the perfect time to give up.

As Sloane eagerly waits for the barricades to fall, she’s forced to witness the apocalypse through the eyes of five people who actually want to live. But as the days crawl by, everyone’s motivations to survive begin to change in startling ways and soon the group’s fate is determined less and less by what’s happening outside and more and more by the unpredictable and violent bids for life–and death–inside.

When everything is gone, what do you hold on to?

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Obsidian (Lux #1)

Author: Jennifer Armentrout

Publication Date: December 6, 2011

Publisher: Entangled Publishing

Genre/Category: Young Adult, Fantasy

Summary on Goodreads:

Starting over sucks.

When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I’d pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring…. until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something…unexpected happens.

The hot alien living next door marks me.

You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon’s touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I’m getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.

If I don’t kill him first, that is.

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I just discovered this book a few days ago while browsing my book recommendations from Goodreads. It has an enticing cover and the premise is really good. I can't wait to get my hands on it!

When the Sea is Rising Red

Author: Cat Hellisen

Publication Date: February 28, 2012

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Genre/Category: Young Adult, Fantasy

Summary on Goodreads:

In sixteen-year-old Felicita’s world, magic is strictly controlled—or so those in power like to believe. After her dearest friend, Ilven, kills herself to escape an arranged marriage, Felicita chooses freedom over privilege. She fakes her own death and leaves her sheltered life as one of Pelimburg’s magical elite behind. Living in the slums, scrubbing dishes for a living, she falls for charismatic Dash while also becoming fascinated with vampire Jannik. Then something shocking washes up on the beach: Ilven’s death has called out of the sea a dangerous, wild magic. Felicita must decide whether her loyalties lie with the family she abandoned . . . or with those who would twist this dark power to destroy Pelimburg’s caste system, and the whole city along with it.

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Hello my fellow readers and bloggers! Happy Waiting On Wednesday! The book I am eagerly anticipating is one by Author Julianna Baggott. I am even thrilled to know that Fox Entertainment has acquired the film rights for this book. This is so exciting!

If you want to learn more about Pure, be sure to visit Pure Official Site. You can read the opening pages that is available in the site. You can also pre-order the book at Amazon, Barnes & Noble and IndieBound.

Pure (Pure #1)

Author: Julianna Baggott

Publication Date: February 8, 2012

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Genre/Category: Young Adult, Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic

Summary on Goodreads:

We know you are here, our brothers and sisters . . . 
Pressia barely remembers the Detonations or much about life during the Before. In her sleeping cabinet behind the rubble of an old barbershop where she lives with her grandfather, she thinks about what is lost-how the world went from amusement parks, movie theaters, birthday parties, fathers and mothers . . . to ash and dust, scars, permanent burns, and fused, damaged bodies. And now, at an age when everyone is required to turn themselves over to the militia to either be trained as a soldier or, if they are too damaged and weak, to be used as live targets, Pressia can no longer pretend to be small. Pressia is on the run.

Burn a Pure and Breathe the Ash . . . 
There are those who escaped the apocalypse unmarked. Pures. They are tucked safely inside the Dome that protects their healthy, superior bodies. Yet Partridge, whose father is one of the most influential men in the Dome, feels isolated and lonely. Different. He thinks about loss-maybe just because his family is broken; his father is emotionally distant; his brother killed himself; and his mother never made it inside their shelter. Or maybe it's his claustrophobia: his feeling that this Dome has become a swaddling of intensely rigid order. So when a slipped phrase suggests his mother might still be alive, Partridge risks his life to leave the Dome to find her.

When Pressia meets Partridge, their worlds shatter all over again.

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My pick for today's WOW is Kiss Crush Collide by Christina Meredith. I remember seeing this book from a fellow blogger's post, weeks or maybe months ago. I instantly added it to my TBRL. I don't know what to expect from it, but I am eagerly anticipating for its release on December. Since it usually takes a month or so before I receive any books I ordered, I would probably get my copy some time in February 2012. I can't wait to get my hand on it! =}

Kiss Crush Collide

Author: Christina Meredith

Publication Date: December 27, 2011

Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Summary on Goodreads:

Leah has the life most high school girls would kill for—popularity, glowing grades, a rich, athletic boyfriend. So why does she feel like she can’t breathe? And why can’t she stop thinking about the boy from the country club? The one who isn’t her boyfriend, the one that her mother would never, ever approve of, the one that her perfect older sisters would never, ever look at twice. The one who is always looking back at her. Irresistible attraction, smoldering glances, the bad boy and the good girl—Kiss Crush Collide has everything that a steamy forbidden romance should, and then some.

With graceful and honest writing and an electric love story, this is a book about growing into your own skin. For fans of Perfect Chemistry, Sarah Dessen, and John Green.

What book do you eagerly anticipate today? I'm excited to know! Don't forget to leave your comment and link so we can hop by to your post. Have fun waiting! =)

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My WOW for today is none other than the most anticipated sequel of DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth. Now who wouldn't be excited for this book?

INSURGENT (Divergent, Book 2)

By Veronica Roth

May 28, 2012

HarperCollins

Summary on Goodreads:

One choice can transform you--or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves--and herself--while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable--and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so. 

Which book do you anticipate the most today?