Featuring books that I really want to read but haven't actually made it to my embarrassingly large TBR pile yet.
I really like Anne Bishop's The Others series. She's created a great world where the Others are so alien in their thinking (compared to humans) but a wild and natural part of the world. They are the things that go bump in the night, the creatures lurking in the woods, they rule the world and begrudgingly allow humans to inhabit it as well. I feel like I've been waiting FOREVER for Wild Country to come out. I haven't had a chance to get my hands on this yet, but it will be coming home soon.
Author: Anne Bishop
Release Date: March 5, 2019
There are ghost towns in the world—places where the humans were annihilated in retaliation for the slaughter of the shape-shifting Others.
One of those places is Bennett, a town at the northern end of the Elder Hills—a town surrounded by the wild country. Now efforts are being made to resettle Bennett as a community where humans and Others live and work together. A young female police officer has been hired as the deputy to a Wolfgard sheriff. A deadly type of Other wants to run a human-style saloon. And a couple with four foster children—one of whom is a blood prophet—hope to find acceptance.
But as they reopen the stores and the professional offices and start to make lives for themselves, the town of Bennett attracts the attention of other humans looking for profit. And the arrival of the Blackstone Clan, outlaws and gamblers all, will uncover secrets…or bury them.
Wild and Crooked's gorgeous cover caught my eye and I had to look into it. A story about escaping your pre-destined path is really clicking with me right now. I worry that it might get a bit melodramatic, but I'm into it.
Author: Leah Thomas
Release Date: June 4, 2019
In Samsboro, Kentucky, Kalyn Spence's name is inseparable from the brutal murder her father committed when he was a teenager. Forced to return to town, Kalyn must attend school under a pseudonym . . . or face the lingering anger of Samsboro's citizens, who refuse to forget the crime.
Gus Peake has never had the luxury of redefining himself. A Samsboro native, he's either known as the "disabled kid" because of his cerebral palsy, or as the kid whose dad was murdered. Gus just wants to be known as himself.
When Gus meets Kalyn, her frankness is refreshing, and they form a deep friendship. Until their families' pasts emerge. And when the accepted version of the truth is questioned, Kalyn and Gus are caught in the center of a national uproar. Can they break free from a legacy of inherited lies and chart their own paths forward?
I saw the cover for The Waking Forest and I instantly thought, "Don't go into the woods alone". The description reminds of Patricia McKillip or maybe the magical realism genre. Either way, you've gotten my attention Alyssa Wees, and I want to get this book.
Author: Alyssa Wees
Release Date: March 12, 2019
The waking forest has secrets. To Rhea, it appears like a mirage, dark and dense, at the very edge of her backyard. But when she reaches out to touch it, the forest vanishes. She’s desperate to know more—until she finds a peculiar boy who offers to reveal its secrets. If she plays a game.
To the Witch, the forest is her home, where she sits on her throne of carved bone, waiting for dreaming children to beg her to grant their wishes. One night, a mysterious visitor arrives and asks her what she wishes for, but the Witch sends him away. And then the uninvited guest returns.
The strangers are just the beginning. Something is stirring in the forest, and when Rhea’s and the Witch’s paths collide, a truth more treacherous and deadly than either could ever imagine surfaces. But how much are they willing to risk to survive?
What have you had your eye on but just haven't picked up yet? Right now I'm in a bit of a broody book mood. Something a little dark, a little adventurous, and hopefully, a little lyrical. That makes me think that I'm definitely in a Patricia McKillip type of mood, maybe I'll tackle the Bards of Bone Plain again. (It's been on my shelf for awhile waiting for me to finish it.)
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Release Date: March 5, 2019
There are ghost towns in the world—places where the humans were annihilated in retaliation for the slaughter of the shape-shifting Others.
One of those places is Bennett, a town at the northern end of the Elder Hills—a town surrounded by the wild country. Now efforts are being made to resettle Bennett as a community where humans and Others live and work together. A young female police officer has been hired as the deputy to a Wolfgard sheriff. A deadly type of Other wants to run a human-style saloon. And a couple with four foster children—one of whom is a blood prophet—hope to find acceptance.
But as they reopen the stores and the professional offices and start to make lives for themselves, the town of Bennett attracts the attention of other humans looking for profit. And the arrival of the Blackstone Clan, outlaws and gamblers all, will uncover secrets…or bury them.
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Wild and Crooked's gorgeous cover caught my eye and I had to look into it. A story about escaping your pre-destined path is really clicking with me right now. I worry that it might get a bit melodramatic, but I'm into it.
Release Date: June 4, 2019
In Samsboro, Kentucky, Kalyn Spence's name is inseparable from the brutal murder her father committed when he was a teenager. Forced to return to town, Kalyn must attend school under a pseudonym . . . or face the lingering anger of Samsboro's citizens, who refuse to forget the crime.
Gus Peake has never had the luxury of redefining himself. A Samsboro native, he's either known as the "disabled kid" because of his cerebral palsy, or as the kid whose dad was murdered. Gus just wants to be known as himself.
When Gus meets Kalyn, her frankness is refreshing, and they form a deep friendship. Until their families' pasts emerge. And when the accepted version of the truth is questioned, Kalyn and Gus are caught in the center of a national uproar. Can they break free from a legacy of inherited lies and chart their own paths forward?
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I saw the cover for The Waking Forest and I instantly thought, "Don't go into the woods alone". The description reminds of Patricia McKillip or maybe the magical realism genre. Either way, you've gotten my attention Alyssa Wees, and I want to get this book.
Release Date: March 12, 2019
The waking forest has secrets. To Rhea, it appears like a mirage, dark and dense, at the very edge of her backyard. But when she reaches out to touch it, the forest vanishes. She’s desperate to know more—until she finds a peculiar boy who offers to reveal its secrets. If she plays a game.
To the Witch, the forest is her home, where she sits on her throne of carved bone, waiting for dreaming children to beg her to grant their wishes. One night, a mysterious visitor arrives and asks her what she wishes for, but the Witch sends him away. And then the uninvited guest returns.
The strangers are just the beginning. Something is stirring in the forest, and when Rhea’s and the Witch’s paths collide, a truth more treacherous and deadly than either could ever imagine surfaces. But how much are they willing to risk to survive?
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What have you had your eye on but just haven't picked up yet? Right now I'm in a bit of a broody book mood. Something a little dark, a little adventurous, and hopefully, a little lyrical. That makes me think that I'm definitely in a Patricia McKillip type of mood, maybe I'll tackle the Bards of Bone Plain again. (It's been on my shelf for awhile waiting for me to finish it.)
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