Waiting on Wednesday (#4)

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The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler

"It's 1996, and less than half of all American high school students have ever used the Internet.

Emma just got her first computer and an America Online CD-ROM.

Josh is her best friend. They power up and log on--and discover themselves on Facebook, fifteen years in the future.

Everybody wonders what their Destiny will be. Josh and Emma are about to find out"

-Goodreads

I want to read this one for many reasons. 1) It's the first book Jay Asher has written since his big success Thirteen Reasons Why. 2) How cool is it that one of the main characters has my first name. 3) It's got an interesting premise.

What books are you waiting for this week? Please comment!

Waiting on Wednesday (#3)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly book blog meme hosted by Breaking the Spine

"Trix can deal with being an orphan charity case at a snotty boarding school. She can hold her own when everyone else tells her not to dream big dreams. She can even fight back against the mysterious stranger in a silver mask who tries to steal the meteorite her parents trusted her to protect. 

But her life is about to change forever. The Circus Galacticus has come to town, bringing acts to amaze, delight, and terrify. And now the dazzling but enigmatic young Ringmaster has offered Trix the chance to be a part of it. Soon Trix discovers an entire universe full of deadly enemies and potential friends, not to mention space leeches, ancient alien artifacts, and exploding chocolate desserts. And she just might unravel the secrets of her own past—if she can survive long enough."

-Synopsis by Goodreads

A space circus? Say no more, I must read it.The book trailer is a little cheesy, but I think this book has potential. Check it out.

Waiting on Wednesday (#2)

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 "Under the bubbling hot springs and geysers of Yellowstone National Park is a supervolcano. Most people don't know it's there. The caldera is so large that it can only be seen from a plane or satellite. It just could be overdue for an eruption, which would change the landscape and climate of our planet.

Ashfall is the story of Alex, a teenage boy left alone for the weekend while his parents visit relatives. When the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts unexpectedly, Alex is determined to reach his parents. He must travel over a hundred miles in a landscape transformed by a foot of ash and the destruction of every modern convenience that he has ever known, and through a new world in which disaster has brought out both the best and worst in people desperate for food, water, and warmth. With a combination of nonstop action, a little romance, and very real science, this is a story that is difficult to stop reading and even more difficult to forget."

-picture and synopsis provided by Goodreads.com

I'm really excited for this post-apocolyptic novel. It's suposed to be published October 11th 2011 by Tanglewood Press.  I have the ARC waiting to be read, so stay tuned for the review!

Waiting on Wednesday (#1)

Waiting on Wednesday is an internet meme, hosted by Breaking the Spine.

This weeks pick is The Other Life by Susanne Winnacker  

"Sherry and her family have lived sealed in a bunker in the garden since things went wrong up above. Her grandfather has been in the freezer for the last three months, her parents are at each other’s throats and two minutes ago they ran out of food.

Sherry and her father leave the safety of the bunker and find a devastated and empty LA, smashed to pieces by bombs and haunted by ‘Weepers’ - rabid humans infected with a weaponized rabies virus.

While searching for food in a supermarket, Sherry’s father disappears and Sherry is saved by Joshua, a boy-hunter. He takes her to Safe-haven, a tumble-down vineyard in the hills outside LA, where a handful of other survivors are picking up the pieces of their ‘other lives’. As she falls in love for the first time, Sherry must save her father, stay alive and keep Joshua safe when his desire for vengeance threatens them all."

- Goodreads.com

As a lover of dystopian fiction, this one is definitely on my "to read" list. Unfortunately I can't read it until February 1st next year.  For more information on The Other Life, follow the Goodreads.com link.