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Waiting on Wednesday (1)

Nov 16

Grave Mercy (His Fair Assassin #1)

by Robin LaFevers

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?

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Wowza. This book sounds so amazing, I almost don’t even know how to put my excitement into words. The God of Death? A convent of pagan nuns? Intrigue and treason? An assassin and HANDMAIDEN OF DEATH?!?! Bananas. Plus, look at that ridiculous crossbow on the cover! It’s huge! She looks like such a bad ass. I can. Not. Wait to get my hands on this one. Ahh, I just got the shivers of anticipation! Love it!

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In My Mailbox (2)

Nov 13

November 13, 2011

You guys. I’m SO EXCITED about this week’s In My Mailbox. Major, huge, sloppy thank you kisses to Random House Children’s for a killer NetGalley haul this week. I actually squealed when I got these books. Out loud. Oh man, I can’t tell you how much I am looking forward to these books! Woo Hoo!! *doing an embarrassing happy dance, which is VERY embarrassing because I have no rhythm!* Let’s get down to business!

FROM NETGALLEY

Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman. Coming on July 10, 2012 from Random House Children’s (Dragons, you guys. DRAGONS).

Don’t You Wish, by Roxanne St. Claire. Coming on July 10, 2012 from Delacorte (sounds kind of Freaky Friday-ish. Definitely looking forward to this one).

The Gathering Storm: The Katerina Trilogy, book 1, by Robin Bridges. Coming on January 10, 2012 from Delacorte (SUPER excited about this one! It’s like a historical paranormal AND it features the Russian Imperial family?!? Somebody grab the smelling salts! I’m going down!)

The Prince Who Fell From the Sky, by John Claude Bemis. Coming on May 22, 2012 from Random House Children’s
(This is a middle grade title that sounds AMAZING. Dystopian Jungle Book?!? WORD).

Wanderlove, by Kirsten Hubbard. Coming March 13, 2012 from Delacorte (ROAD TRIP! I LOVE road trips).

Fury’s Fire: Siren’s Storm, book 2, by Lisa Papademetriou. Coming July 10, 2012 from Random House Children’s (I haven’t read the first book in this series yet, but they sound good).

Cross My Heart, by Sasha Gould. Coming March 13, 2012 from Delacorte (Historical Fiction! Italy! Betrayal! Secret societies! Yay!).

The Book of Blood and Shadow, by Robin Wasserman. Coming January 10, 2012 from Random House Children’s
(The Goodreads synopsis mentions murder, Prince Charming, blood trails, secret societies, the divine, Prague, and controlling the world. Sounds bananas. Can’t wait to get to this one).

BORROWED

Tempest: Tempest, book 1, by Julie Cross. Coming January 17, 2012 from St. Martin’s Griffin (Time travel fugitive. Yes!)

BOUGHT

Darker Still: Magic Most Foul, book 1, by Leanne Renee Hieber. Published on November 1, 2011 from Sourcebooks Fire (I’m hoping to read and review this one soon)

I’m so excited about the books I got this week! What book did YOU add to your piles this week that you’re most excited about?

Filed Under: In My Mailbox Tagged With: books, IMM, new releases

Tripping Over November

Nov 7

New books that are out or on their way this month! I know that this one is a *little* late, and in the future it is definitely my intent to get this post up much closer to the first of each month, but there’s still TONS of great books coming out in November! So, better late than never! As much as I would love to include all of the books coming out each month, though, I’m going to keep it to highly anticipated, buzzy, awesome-sounding titles, at least for now.

So, with the business of this post out of the way, let’s get to the books! There are truly some good ones coming your way soon (if they’re not out there already)!