Waiting on Wednesday: Nobody But Us

Waiting On Wednesday #20!
"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming
releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
This weeks pick is:

Nobody But Us by Kristin Halbrook

Expected Publication: January 29, 2012

Synopsis:

Bonnie and Clyde meets IF I STAY in this addictively heart-wrenching story of two desperate teenagers on the run from their pasts.

They’re young. They’re in love. They’re on the run.

Zoe wants to save Will as much as Will wants to save Zoe. When Will turns eighteen, they decide to run away together. But they never expected their escape to be so fraught with danger....

When the whole world is after you, sometimes it seems like you can’t run fast enough.

Nobody But Us, told in alternating perspectives from Will and Zoe, is an unflinching novel, in turns heartbreaking and hopeful, about survival, choices, and love...and how having love doesn’t always mean that you get a happy ending. Described as “beautiful, heartbreaking, and exhilarating” by Kody Keplinger, author of The DUFF, Nobody But Us will prove irresistible to fans of Nina Lacour, Jenny Han, and Sara Zarr.

Goodreads - Amazon - B&N

This one has been on my list for a while.

With all the young love and running.

And possible danger, and stuff.

I bet it's going to be amazing :)

Is this on your to be read list?

What are you waiting on?

Walking Disaster Cover!

Look what I found today! 

The cover of Walking Disaster! 

Just in case you haven't seen it!

Here it is, in all it's glory!

And OMG! It's gorgeous!

Goodreads - Amazon - B&N

And in case you don't know what

Walking Disaster is- it's the not-

so-much-sequel/companion

novel to Beautiful Disaster by

Jamie McGuire. This one is the 

same story, but with more insight

into Travis' life and from his POV.

You can read my review for

Beautiful Disaster here.

Have you pre-ordered

your copy yet?

Beautiful Disaster Special Signed Edition

Waiting On Wednesday #14!  "Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

[Goodreads - Amazon - B&N]

I'm sure most of us know that this is not a new release, but there is something very special about this release. For one, it's hardcover, which I believe was not previously offered. And two, it's signed!! Yes, signed! The book jacket is also a little different than the original, it's pearlized and foily looking. Only 5,000 were printed and signed by Jamie McGuire. She also said on her website that they are really signed, not stamped or copied!

I already read this book and I absolutely loved it. I have recommended it to everybody I know that reads, and even some people that don't read regularly. If you haven't read it yet, you most definitely should. You can read my review for it here.

Synopsis:

INTENSE. DANGEROUS. ADDICTIVE.

Abby Abernathy is a good girl. She doesn't drink or swear, and she has the appropriate number of cardigans in her wardrobe. Abby believes she has enough distance from the darkness of her past, but when she arrives at college with her best friend, her path to a new beginning is quickly challenged by Eastern University’s Walking One-Night Stand.

Travis Maddox, lean, cut, and covered in tattoos, is exactly what Abby wants—and needs—to avoid. He spends his nights winning money in a floating fight ring, and his days as the ultimate college campus charmer. Intrigued by Abby’s resistance to his appeal, Travis tricks her into his daily life with a simple bet. If he loses, he must remain abstinent for a month. If Abby loses, she must live in Travis’s apartment for the same amount of time. Either way, Travis has no idea that he has met his match.

Tell me, what are you

waiting on this week?

Is this edition on your

to-buy list? I hope so!

Have a great day!

The Poets Korner: Untitled

UNTITLED

The first time you took mine 

and called it something else

I rejoiced in the calamity that ensued.

The destruction of my self taught nature 

the beginning of your tyrannical bliss.

a cold mistress kept blind and held

tied to the idea of you.

bound to a future with you.

And this is what I try to forget.

That I was ever something 

other than myself 

that I allowed you to take 

my youth, my health!

That me and you were wound 

inside a cocoon of lies 

and you encased my mind.

Your curious nature was an invader 

and mimicked the savior 

that I gave shelter 

in the corners of my heart. 

The Poets Korner: For You...

...For You...

Tell me love

The stars above
Do they shine, the same for you?

Are the lights just as bright?

Past oceans blue and wide…

Does the sun, heat your face,

In the same time and place?

As it does mine

And do the hours pass the same

Like visions of you held in vain.

Maybe once near and far

We’ll meet close in a bar

Breathe each other in and out

Make a map of my heart.

And in your arms I will stay

Until the dream fades away

And I wake.

Blinking slow

You and I are a

No

Never was, never will

But this dream felt so real

So I’ll wait every day

Talk to you in this artificial way

Pretend our love will go someplace

And hold you in my heart

So tell me love, does the pain

Feel intense and the same

Oceans far away

As it does

For

Me

Dead White: White Oleander

 Janet Fitch and her 1999 bestselling novel White Oleander is a must read.

It is the story of Astrid Magnussen, a twelve-year-old girl living in LA. She lives with her mother, Ingrid, a poet. Astrid's father is not involved in her life and she relies only on her mother. Because of her shaky home life she has trouble fitting in at school. Her mother Ingrid is self seduced and cold. She abides by a list of her own rules and demonstrates little interest in her struggling daughter. As a result of her mother's constant neglect, Astrid fears abandonment more than anything. After an altercation with a male friend Ingrid is imprisoned for murder and Astrid is thrust into the unpredictable and unforgiving world of foster care. Throughout her trials she makes friends, personal relationships and deals with her own battle with drug addiction.

Imaginative and eventful Fitch demonstrates the sour nature of the nation's foster system and the effects of bad parenting. Though the book is quite depressing at times and rather shocking at others, it is a testament to the unbridled girl power that girls and women must exhibit to survive in a male run world. And the struggle for us to escape our mothers, who hold such sway over our lives. Astrid decides to take hers back. 

I totally recommend this book,

it is a great read.