Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking The Spine where you can spotlight a book you're giddy with excitement to read so other people can be giddy with excitement too :)
Author: Gina Rosati
Release Date: August 7th 2012
Publisher: Roaring Book Press
Add it: Goodreads
On the surface, there’s nothing remarkable about Anna Rogan: She gets average grades, she’s not especially fashionable, she spends most of her time just hanging out with her best friend Rei. But Anna does have a remarkable secret: she has the ability to do astral projection. She uses her out-of-body experiences to explore the universe, until one day when there’s an accident at school and her classmate Taylor gets into her body. Now Taylor’s using her new identity to accuse an innocent boy of murder and she shows no signs of leaving Anna’s body. The only person who knows Anna’s secret is Rei, and as her feelings for Rei grow she must face a future where they can never touch...unless they can get find a way to get Taylor out of Anna’s body, stop the murder trial, and discover the true nature of Anna’s power.
Author: Sarah Beth Durst
Release Date: Septemebr 11th 2012
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Add it: Goodreads
In a desert land where serpents made of unbreakable glass fly through the sky and wolves made of only sand hunt within storms, Liyana is destined to be a vessel, to sacrifice herself so that her clan's goddess can inhabit her body... but her goddess never comes.
Auracle: This sounds incredible! I've always been fascinated by astral projection, so it really excites me to see this element used in a YA novel. I'm curious to see how the narration will work, as Taylor is trapped inside Anna's body.... using it for means none too good. We have a murder mystery, astral projection and a complicated romance? I love.
Vessel: I have one of Sarah's novel, Drink Slay Love, which I'll be reading soon, but I'm SUPER excited for her second YA fantasy! Wow, Vessel sounds fascinating. Serpants made of unbreakable glass? That can fly? And wolves made of sand? I am... intrigued. There's not a whole lot to go on with the synopsis, but it's enough to peak my interest and really, anything with gods or goddesses and I'm hooked.
What are you waiting on?
Auracle sounds awesome. I really liked Drink Slay Love so I will probably read Vessel on that alone. Great selections as well. Always so unique!
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ReplyDeleteCan't wait for these books! Gah! So many great reads coming our way next year! :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you know that Sarah Beth Durst has published novels before DRINK SLAY LOVE, like ICE and ENCHANTED IVY. Thanks for featuring VESSEL though - it's been flying under my radar all this time. It's the first time I've seen it!
ReplyDeleteAnd, of course, AURACLE. Yeah, the cover is just GORGEOUS, and I love the premise so much! I love mysteries with supernatural elements and all of that stuff. It's all good, you know?
I just saw Vessel on Goodreads and can I just say WOAH! awesome picks as usual, Brodie!
ReplyDeleteVessel and Auracle have such gorgeous covers! :)
ReplyDeletewhoa! vessel sounds amazing
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#FAILBRODIE. Thanks, Cass! I'm aware of Ice and Enchanted Ivy, but it stupidly didn't click that she was the author. I fixed up my post now :)
ReplyDeleteAuracle and Vessel sound wonderful!
ReplyDeleteMy WOW:http://mochalattereads.blogspot.com/2011/11/waiting-on-wednesday32.html
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Auracle is definitely my kind of read. Definitely a must have for my growing reading list. The cover for Vessel is gorgeous and sounds very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteBoth books sound very good. I will have to look for them when they come out. =]
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Holy cr-! I love the look and sound of Vessel. Thank YOU once again for sharing your brilliant discoveries with us. I don't get to surf the net that much anymore so it really helps! :) We're both looking forward to Auracle! <3 the vibe it's giving off! Great picks, Brodie!
ReplyDeleteOk SERIOUSLY, how do you keep coming up with books that I've never heard of before? I don't understand!
ReplyDeleteAnd both of these look AMAZING, as usual. The astral projection thing sounds aweeeeesome. So are Anna and Taylor BOTH in her body? Reminds me a little of the Host in that sense. Can't wait!
And oh my, Vessel! Between that description and the cover, I'm salivating! It sounds fantastic.
Excellent choices, Brodie!!
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Auracle sounds very good! I like the cover. Great pick! Thank you for sharing!
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Sam
Books For All Seasons
Auracle COVER love!!
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Krazyyme @ Young Readers
Okay so I am IN LOVE with Vessel. The cover is amazing, the story line is amazing. This seems like a book I would preorder!
ReplyDeleteAuracle sounds awesome! I love the cover!
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I've already added Auracle to my to-read list, but I haven't heard of Vessel before. But it sounds awesome! Totally adding it to my to-read list right now. Thanks for sharing!
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Oh my wow, I love the cover of VESSEL! I've never seen it before. You're so great at putting new books on my radar, Brodie :D
ReplyDeleteFab picks this week! I'm hard-pressed to choose a favorite out of the two. Thanks for sharing!
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First time seeing both books! totally adding them on my reading pile :)
ReplyDeleteAwesome picks!
Here's my Waiting on Wednesday post
Both of these books sound awesome!
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Two great choices!
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Once again awed by your ability to pick amazing books Brodie!! Hadn't heard of either of these before and love the sound of both of them!! Great choices
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Gah! I want Vessel! I just finished Drink Slay Love which was so funny and great. This sounds totally different!! Love when an author can do that.
ReplyDeleteSo looking forward to Auracle, it sounds amazing :). And love the cover of Vessel! Really liked Drink, Slay, Love - so very intrigued. Great picks! :)
ReplyDeleteAhh yes, Auracle looks so awesome!!! I love that cover!! Great pick!
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Auracle was one of my WoW picks last week! Love the cover and I'm interested to see how the premise is handled. Astral projection isn't something that's been done much in YA so that'll be different. And Vessel I just found out about the other day - I have to say I really love that cover! The colour combinations are unusual for a YA cover but so warm and rich.
ReplyDeleteI was saying I needed to find a YA novel about astral projection like last month and now I find this! :) Can't wait!
ReplyDeleteVessel sounds fantaaaastic, and even though DSL is obviously a different tone, I liked Sarah's writing style. I hope I don't learn anything else about the book until I read it! I prefer to be kept mostly in the dark when it comes to fantasy. Also, how gorgeous is that cover?
HOW do you find all these without me knowing?!!? The eff?! You always find bomb books! <3
ReplyDeleteI'm OBSESSED with reading about astral projection! That is seriously awesome!! I can not wait for this to be relased yayyyy! I also already have Vessel in my TBR list and it comes out on my Dad's birthday! Hahaha wowww "HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD" "What is this?" "Oh? You don't like it? That's too bad...."
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