This is me growing frustrated because I haven't received the packages I'm expecting to get since last week. It's like the post office is holding my books as hostages, which sucks in all levels.
*sigh*
Anyway, here's my WoW for this week.
Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine
Title: Divergent by Veronica Roth
Release Date: 3rd May 2011
Summary (From Goodreads):
In Beatrice Prior’s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can’t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.
During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris, and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made. Together, they must undergo extreme physical tests of endurance and intense psychological simulations, some with devastating consequences. As initiation transforms them all, Tris must determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes-fascinating, sometimes-exasperating boy fits into the life she’s chosen.
But Tris also has a secret: one she’s kept hidden from everyone, because she’s been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers unrest and growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly-perfect society, she also learns that her secret might be what helps her save those she loves . . . or it might be what destroys her.
Title: The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab
Release Date: 02 August 2011
Summary (From Goodreads):
The Near Witch is only an old story told to frighten children.
If the wind calls at night, you must not listen. The wind is lonely, and always looking for company.
There are no strangers in the town of Near.
These are the truths that Lexi has heard all her life. But when an actual stranger—a boy who seems to fade like smoke—appears outside her home on the moor at night, she knows that at least one of these sayings is no longer true.
The next night, the children of Near start disappearing from their beds, and the mysterious boy falls under suspicion. Still, he insists on helping Lexi search for them. Something tells her she can trust him.
As the hunt for the children intensifies, so does Lexi’s need to know—about the witch that just might be more than a bedtime story, about the wind that seems to speak through the walls at night, and about the history of this nameless boy.
Part fairy tale, part love story, Victoria Schwab’s debut novel is entirely original yet achingly familiar: a song you heard long ago, a whisper carried by the wind, and a dream you won’t soon forget.
I am so looking forward to reading another dystopian novel. Divergent sounds so good! And even though August is so far away (even the book cover isn't final yet), I am also very excited and looking forward to reading The Near Witch!
So what are your WoW picks for this week? Please share them! ;)
Or maybe the mailman got lost. loljk. Great books anyway!
ReplyDeleteGreat choices, I'm looking forward to these two also!!
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of Divergent and am so into dystopian societies so I am waiting for this too, but the Near Witch is a new title for me and it sounds awesome too. Great picks!
ReplyDeleteThese two are on my list too! They sound great! =)
ReplyDeleteOh these sound like such good reads and I'm putting them on my TBR list. Thanks for the great WOW recommends this week. Happy reading !
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I'm really interested in Divergent. One, because I LOVE Chicago, and two, because I quite enjoy this type of book. It looks like a lot of fun to read, and it's always interesting to see what the social commentary is :)
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The Near Witch sounds like its going to be a great read. I haven't heard of it yet so thanks for the great pick! I just put it on my tbr list!
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Oh yes, I am really looking forward to both of these! Divergent just sounds like such a fabulous dystopian premise, and the Near Witch combination of ghost story and fairy tale really has me intrigued.
ReplyDeleteI'm dying to get my hands on both of those books. They both look incredible. Awesome picks this week!
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I've been wanting Divergent for a couple of weeks now, but I've never heard of Near Witch. It sounds pretty interesting as well.
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Two great picks!
ReplyDeleteThis is what I'm waiting on this week.