Monday, January 26, 2009

Forthcoming book (U.S.): A Kiss in Time

A Kiss in Time by Alex Flinn will be released on April 28, 2009 in the U.S.

Description: Think you have dating issues? Jack's seventeen, bored, and heartbroken. Talia is pushy, demanding, and selfish. She's also 316 years old - and a princess! Can a kiss transcend all - even time? A modern version of Sleeping Beauty.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): Hunger: A Gone Novel (Gone book 2)

Hunger: A Gone Novel (Gone book 2) by Michael Grant will be released on May 26, 2009 in the U.S.

Description: The food ran out weeks ago. Kids are starving, but no one wants to come up with a solution. And each day, more and more kids are evolving, developing supernatural abilities that set them apart from the kids without powers. Tension rises, and when an unthinkable tragedy occurs, chaos descends upon the town. It's the normal kids against the mutants. Each kid is out for himself, and even the good ones turn murderous. But a larger problem looms. The Darkness, a sinister creature that has lived buried deep in the hills, begins calling to some of the teens in the FAYZ. Calling to them, guiding them, manipulating them. The Darkness has awakened. And it is hungry.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): Fragile Eternity

Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr will be released on April 21, 2009 in the U.S.

Description: Seth never expected he would want to settle down with anyone—but that was before Aislinn. She is everything he'd ever dreamed of, and he wants to be with her forever. Forever takes on new meaning, though, when your girlfriend is an immortal faery queen. Aislinn never expected to rule the very creatures who'd always terrified her—but that was before Keenan. He stole her mortality to make her a monarch, and now she faces challenges and enticements beyond any she'd ever imagined. In Melissa Marr's third mesmerizing tale of Faerie, Seth and Aislinn struggle to stay true to themselves and each other in a milieu of shadowy rules and shifting allegiances, where old friends become new enemies and one wrong move could plunge the Earth into chaos.
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Forthcoming book (U.S.): The Princess and the Bear

The Princess and the Bear by Mette Ivie Harrison will be released on April 28, 2009 in the U.S.

Description: He was once a king. She was once a princess. Wary companions, they are sent back to a time when magic went terribly astray. Together, they must right the wrongs caused by this devastating power - if only they can find a way to trust each other. But even as their attraction grows, an old evil resurfaces, and they risk losing each other and destroying magic forever. Sequel to The Princess and the Hound.
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Friday, December 26, 2008

Book Review: Nation

Oops, I posted this review to the wrong blog by mistake, and now I've moved it to where it belongs. You can read the review here: Book review: Nation.

Just released (U.S.): Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Dragoneye book 1)

Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Dragoneye book 1) by Alison Goodman was just released in the U.S.

Description: Twelve energy dragons protect the land, each dragon linked to a human Dragoneye, who channels the dragon's power in exchange for giving his hua, or life energy, to the dragon. The twelve dragons represent the twelve points on the compass and the twelve animals of the zodiac. Every year, one of the twelve dragons becomes the ascendant dragon. On New Years Day, twelve boys are presented to the newly ascendant dragon as candidates; the one chosen by the dragon becomes the new Dragoneye apprentice. Eon is unusual among the candidates. Permanently crippled from a hip injury, he would normally not be eligible to be a candidate. But Eon can see the dragons - all of them - an exceedingly rare ability. Eon is unusual for another reason: Eon is really Eona, a girl. Girls are considered inferior, and not eligible to be Dragoneye candidates. If anyone were to find out that Eon is really a girl, it would mean death for her and her master, the man who discovered her and who is sponsoring her in her candidacy. But there's more at stake then Eon's own future, as she soon finds herself caught up in court intrigue and power struggles for control of the empire.
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Just released (U.S.): Wondrous Strange

Wondrous Strange by Lesley Livingston was just released in the U.S.

Description: When seventeen-year-old Kelley discovers her long-secret Faerie heritage, she is plunged into an epic battle for survival. Together with Sonny Flannery, who guards the gate between Kelley's ordinary city and the Faerie's dangerous, enchanted realm, Kelley must fight the dark forces that pursue her - while awakening to the feelings that draw her to Sonny.
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Just released (U.S.): Warriors Tigerstar and Sasha #2: Escape from the Forest (Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha book 2)

Warriors Tigerstar and Sasha #2: Escape from the Forest (Warriors: Tigerstar and Sasha book 2) by Erin Hunter was just released in the U.S.

Description: Tigerstar - the most infamous and dreaded villain in Warriors history - and his mysterious mate, Sasha, come alive in this illustrated black-and-white manga novel.
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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Just released (U.S.): Long Shadows (Warriors: Power of Three book 5)

Long Shadows (Warriors: Power of Three book 5) by Erin Hunter was just released in the U.S.

Description: The Clans are in turmoil. ShadowClan has turned its back on StarClan and pledged to follow the dark predictions of Sol, the strange cat who foretold the solar eclipse. But not all the cats have lost faith in their warrior ancestors. . . . Jaypaw is convinced that StarClan still holds an important place in the warrior code, and his search for answers leads him far back into the past, farther back than even StarClan can remember. Lionblaze, tortured by violent dreams and bloody visions, wishes he had never been prophesied to be one of the three but to turn his back on his littermates would be the ultimate betrayal. And Hollyleaf is terrified that once the Clans lose their faith, the warrior code will fall apart. She's willing to fight tooth and nail to preserve it - whatever the cost. And when murder stalks into the heart of ThunderClan, the cats realize that the darkest shadows don't always lie outside the territory.
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Monday, November 24, 2008

Forthcoming book (U.S.): Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Dragoneye book 1)

Eon: Dragoneye Reborn (Dragoneye book 1) by Alison Goodman will be released on December 26, 2008 in the U.S.

Description: Twelve energy dragons protect the land, each dragon linked to a human Dragoneye, who channels the dragon's power in exchange for giving his hua, or life energy, to the dragon. The twelve dragons represent the twelve points on the compass and the twelve animals of the zodiac. Every year, one of the twelve dragons becomes the ascendant dragon. On New Years Day, twelve boys are presented to the newly ascendant dragon as candidates; the one chosen by the dragon becomes the new Dragoneye apprentice. Eon is unusual among the candidates. Permanently crippled from a hip injury, he would normally not be eligible to be a candidate. But Eon can see the dragons - all of them - an exceedingly rare ability. Eon is unusual for another reason: Eon is really Eona, a girl. Girls are considered inferior, and not eligible to be Dragoneye candidates. If anyone were to find out that Eon is really a girl, it would mean death for her and her master, the man who discovered her and who is sponsoring her in her candidacy. But there's more at stake then Eon's own future, as she soon finds herself caught up in court intrigue and power struggles for control of the empire.
Click here for more information.