Waiting on Wednesday (60)

Hosted at Breaking the Spine, spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

I am eagerly waiting for... 

The Shadow Society

Marie Rutkoski

October 16 2012

Goodreads:

Darcy Jones doesn’t remember anything before the day she was abandoned as a child outside a Chicago firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn’t have guessed that she comes from an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn’t happen and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population.

Memories begin to haunt Darcy when a new boy arrives at her high school, and he makes her feel both desire and desired in a way she hadn’t thought possible. But Conn’s interest in her is confusing. It doesn’t line up with the way he first looked at her.

As if she were his enemy.

When Conn betrays Darcy, she realizes that she can’t rely on anything—not herself, not the laws of nature, and certainly not him. Darcy decides to infiltrate the Shadow Society and uncover the Shades’ latest terrorist plot. What she finds out will change her world forever . . .

Why am I waiting for it?

Betrayal? An alternate world? I don't think I can ask for more, except for a badass heroine. Oh, wait. She infiltrates the place like a ninja >:D

Teaser Tuesday (59)

Hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading. 

Fang Girl
by Helen Keeble

~Soul Mate~

        Three words:

        My.

        Soul.

        Mate.

       All the signs pointed to it. He was the first vampire I'd ever met. He'd saved me from certain death, kind of. He had unlikely hair, an exotic history, an unbelievably sexy accent, and for God's sake, leather trousers. It was inevitable. I was going to go down there and fall madly in love.

This sucked.

Musing Mondays (50) &It's Monday! (47)

 Hosted by Should Be Reading.

 This week’s musing is…

Have you ever considered writing a book before? What genre would you write?

  Why, yes! I've known I wanted to be a writer since 1) I discovered Tamora Pierce's books, and 2) I tried my hand at writing at the age of 13. Though if you ask my mom, the need to have pencil and paper in my hand began much more before (lol). So, now, twelve years later I'm getting a MFA in Writing Popular Fiction at Seton Hill U. My thesis is a YA Paranormal Romance currently about half-way done (40k out of 80k goal). I've also started dabbling on a scifi piece on the side, though I soon realized that I needed to do a lot of research to get the hang of it (I don't read much scifi). I also have a fantasy story world created with plans for a novel, but have only done a short story in that world. Must have been a good story though, since it got me into the Seton Hill program ^___~