You know the story. This is a meme created by Breaking the Spine and every week we pick books we're waiting for. Here are our picks for this week.
Glass's pick:
Twenty-one year-old Maddie Asherford is haunted by a past she can’t remember. When she was fifteen years old, there was a tragic accident and she was left with amnesia.
In the aftermath, Maddie’s left struggling with who she is—the forgotten girl she was six years ago or the Maddie she is now. Sometimes it even feels like she might be two different people completely—the good Maddie and the bad one.
Good Maddie goes to therapy, spends time with her family, and works on healing herself. Bad Maddie rebels and has dark thoughts of hurting people and sometimes even killing them.
Maddie manages to keep her twisted thoughts hidden for the most part. That is until she starts having blackouts. Each time she wakes up from one, she’s near a murder scene with no recollection of what happened the night before and this helpless feeling like she’s losing control of her life. Maddie doesn’t want to believe she’s a killer, but she begins to question who she really was in her past. If she was bad Maddie all along and that maybe she was a killer.
Expected publication date: May 13th, 2014.
Tanja's pick:
The capital has fallen. The Darkling rules Ravka from his shadow throne.
Now the nation's fate rests with a broken Sun Summoner, a disgraced tracker, and the shattered remnants of a once-great magical army.
Deep in an ancient network of tunnels and caverns, a weakened Alina must submit to the dubious protection of the Apparat and the zealots who worship her as a Saint. Yet her plans lie elsewhere, with the hunt for the elusive firebird and the hope that an outlaw prince still survives.
Alina will have to forge new alliances and put aside old rivalries as she and Mal race to find the last of Morozova's amplifiers. But as she begins to unravel the Darkling's secrets, she reveals a past that will forever alter her understanding of the bond they share and the power she wields. The firebird is the one thing that stands between Ravka and destruction—and claiming it could cost Alina the very future she’s fighting for.
Expected publication date: June 17th, 2014.
We'd love to see your picks so feel free to link them up.
Until the next time,
I didn't know the first one but I heard great things about the second series. I should try it one day.
OdgovoriIzbrišiI really hope you will! :) Thanks Melliane :)
IzbrišiSo excited for Ruin & Rising! And the author is coming here for the book tour which I am super excited about!
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I'm so happy for you! :) I hope you'll share some pics with us! :)
IzbrišiGlass-- I'm not a huge fan of Sorensen, but that cover. So creepy. I love it!
OdgovoriIzbrišiTanja-- Of course. I still haven't read book 2, but Shadow & Bone was pretty interesting, so I'll continue the series once this is out. =)
Awesome picks girls!
I love the cover for the first book as well. I hope you'll enjoy it. Thanks Aimee :)
IzbrišiSorensen's novels are totally hit or miss for me, but this one sounds really interesting. I still need to read Bardugo's series. One of these days I'll get around to doing it!
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I really hope you'll enjoy both books then! Thanks Kim :)
IzbrišiVery exciting to see the last book in Legih Bardugo's series. So many people have been raving about this series. I must read it.
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I hope you will. Thanks :)
IzbrišiGreat picks! I hadn't heard of the Forgotten Girl but it definitely sounds like something I would like! I think everyone is waiting for your second choice, I know I am!
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I cannot wait the day we all get it. Thanks :)
IzbrišiI know that Rachel is a fan of Sorensen's books, so I definitely need to give one of her books a go soon! Also Tanja I can't wait to read Ruin & Rising. I hope that it lives up to our expectations! :) Great pick lovelies!
OdgovoriIzbrišiI need to give her books a chance too! Thanks Jasprit! :)
IzbrišiI don't think I've heard much about the Sorensen, but I CANNOT wait for Ruin and Rising! I'm going to be so sad when it's over . . .
OdgovoriIzbrišiI think we all will. Thanks Jessica :)
IzbrišiYes! Both of these are on my list too for books I want to check out and read!
OdgovoriIzbrišiI hope you'll enjoy them. Thanks, Ali :)
IzbrišiBoth sound good and hope you get to read soon, but I haven't read the first Bardugo book yet.
OdgovoriIzbrišiI hope you will. Thanks Brandi :)
IzbrišiRUIN AND RISING!!!!! I cannot wait for that book! I need to know what happens with Alina and Mal and THE DARKLING!!! Yesssss:)
OdgovoriIzbrišiAnd I've heard good things about Jessica Sorensen's books, she's yet another author I need to try!
I hope you'll be happy with the ending, Jenny ;) Thanks :)
IzbrišiI hope you will. Thanks :)
OdgovoriIzbrišiThese both sound pretty good, but The Forgotten Girl especially sounds kinda dark and suspenseful. I like stories w/ amnesia sometimes too. :)
OdgovoriIzbrišiI'm glad you like it :)
IzbrišiJessica Sorensen is a no-go for me, but I hope you enjoy this one, Glass :) Tanja, I still haven't read Shadow & Bone, but I have the gorgeous paperback and have the sequel paperback pre-ordered so yes, I will get to this series :D I hope you enjoy this the finale :)
OdgovoriIzbrišiI hope you'll enjoy it! :) Thanks, Siiri :)
IzbrišiSo excited for Ruin and Rising! The Forgotten Girl sounds intriguing as well though.
OdgovoriIzbrišiThe Forgotten Girl sounds interesting. Almost sort of Jeckyl and Hyde-ish. Ruin and Rising sound awesome but I need to still read the first book in the series. Great picks!
OdgovoriIzbrišiI hope you'll get to read both :) Thanks :)
IzbrišiI hope you'll enjoy it :)
OdgovoriIzbrišiI finally have the first book to Ruin and Rising so I'm excited that I can now check out the series :) Great picks and thanks for stopping by My WoW!
OdgovoriIzbrišiGreat picks! I really want to read both of them, but especially Ruin and Rising. :) Thanks for stopping by my WoW earlier. :)
OdgovoriIzbrišiTanja, I am SO EXCITED for Ruin & Rising! Seriously, I'm dying to know how this trilogy ends and though I'm unbearably nervous too, I'm keeping my fingers crossed it stuns and delights, just as I hope. Wonderful pick, dear!
OdgovoriIzbrišiNice picks! I've heard such good things about Bardugo, and Sorenson's sounds interesting.
OdgovoriIzbrišiThanks for sharing!
The both sound interesting. If I have to pick just one, though, I'll choose the first one. Thanks for stopping by!
OdgovoriIzbrišiI'm so incredibly excited to read Ruin & Rising when it comes out! I hadn't heard of The Forgotten Girl, but it sounds amazing! Thank you for putting it on my radar :-)
OdgovoriIzbrišiThe Forgotten Girl sounds really good. I haven't read any of The Grisha series. I hope both of you enjoy reading your picks this week.
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The Forgotten Girl sounds so interesting! I have got to catch up on Jessica Sorensen's books. Great picks ladies! :)
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Ruin and Rising needs to be mine! And I think The Forgotten Girl is new to me but I'll be adding it to my TBR. I really like the cover. :)
OdgovoriIzbrišiThe Forgotten Girl sounds awesome. I hadn't heard of it before.
OdgovoriIzbrišiDo I see a Jessica Sorensen book Glass?? I can't wait to see what you think about it! And I really have to read Leigh's books! Great picks girls!
OdgovoriIzbrišiawesome selection!
OdgovoriIzbrišiRuin & Rising, of course! I'm waiting for that one so anxiously sometimes I forget I'm waiting ;) Soooo excited! Haven't heard of the first book but the synopsis sounds promising!
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