waiting on wednesday

I haven't taken part in this meme in way too long, but I felt like posting about these two books. Hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine, Waiting on Wednesday is the meme where we post about books we're eagerly waiting to be published - and these two I've listed are two books I'm REALLY looking forward to reading...

Suzanne McLeod writes this great series about a half fae half vampire woman just trying to make a living in London - except the witches, vampires and other fae are always in her business, trying to claim her, murder her, or just impregnate her. LOL it's way more complex than that, I've simplified it quite a bit. The fourth book in the Spellcrackers.com series is titled The Shifting Price of Prey and will be released in the UK June 2012 {U.S. release date....oops, not sure} I live in the States, but I use The Book Depository.... :)

The other book I've looking forward to does not have a cover yet - or at least, there isn't one online yet. So we are going to pretend that this lolcat pic is the cover for...... Endgame by Ann Aguirre. Endgame is the final (sob) novel in the Sirantha Jax SciFi series. Endgame will be out in August of 2012. Can't wait - looking forward to not only reading the book, but seeing what the real cover will look like.

Waiting On Wednesday

I know I'm going to get tired of typing this (I'm not a very ambitious blogger, to be honest) - but...Don't forget to enter the Happy Book B-Day contest. Up for grabs is J.A. Campbell's newly released novella {Doc, The Vampire Hunting Dog - love it, a story from the dog's point of view} and Suzanne McLeod's newly U.S. released The Bitter Seed of Magic - #3 of Spellcrackers.com series {which I read already and loved very much} To enter - simply post a link to this contest and enter in the comments there.

I haven't done a Waiting On Wednesday post in like...forever, it seems. But there are a couple of books that are coming up soon that I really want to read. One is a sequel, and the other will be the fourth in a series. Waiting on Wednesday is a blogger opportunity to post a bit about books we're waiting to read and to possibly discover from other blogs other books that are soon to be released. This meme is a fun way (along with It's Monday What Are You Reading? and Teaser Tuesdays) to learn about other books you might not otherwise have noticed. Hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine, the Waiting On Wednesday meme is a weekly event {though some of us don't post quite so regularly *g* }

First up is The Shifting Price of Prey. I hear from a very good source that it's going to be a bit longer than the other three - which makes me happy. Written by Suzanne McLeod, #4 in the Spellcrackers.com series.
from the book blurb "Sometimes a bit of magical help might cost more than you bargained for . . .
London is hosting the Carnival Fantastique, and Genny's job has never been busier or more fulfilling. Only not everyone is so happy. The fae are in trouble again and Genny learns the mysterious Emperor may have the solution they need – if Genny can find him.

Genny needs help. She turns to the vampire, Malik al-Khan, only to find he’s wrestling with his own demons. Genny’s own problems are about to multiply too. An old flame arrives with a tragic situation, just as the police request her urgent assistance with a magical kidnap. Is it all unconnected, or can the Emperor help her solve more than the fae’s troubles? " oh yeah, this is going to be good. :) Coming to UK stores in June 2012 - only six more months to go. Of course the U.S. release will be later, but I rarely wait for the U.S. release (being more than happy to spoil myself *g* The Book Depository is great for those of us who don't want to wait for U.S. releases )
One of the other books I see coming out soon is The Wood Queen {Young Adult fantasy}by Karen Mahoney. I haven't visited her blog as much as I should have lately, because I've been very lazy - and game obsessed. But I see that her sequel to The Iron Witch is coming out in February 2, 2012. Blurb from her website - "To keep her best friend, Navin, from being killed at the hands of vicious wood elves, Donna Underwood stole the elixir of life. Now she’s facing an alchemist tribunal while her mother lies dying, succumbing to the elven curse that shattered her mind. In desperation, Donna seeks an audience with Aliette, the fierce and manipulative Wood Queen, who offers a deal: if Donna can use her strange and burgeoning powers to help the wood elves, Aliette will free her mother from the curse.
Along with Navin and Xan, the half-fey guy she’s falling for, Donna struggles to unlock the secrets of her iron tattoos in time to save her mother’s life. But some secrets are better left untold… " Karen Mahoney is a fairly new author in Britain. Her first published work was in an anthology titled Eternal Kiss {2009} and her story was one of the stories I liked the best. While the anthology was being published, she'd been working on The Iron Witch, which was published last year and she's been working hard ever since. She has two other books coming out in the future and I'm looking forward to reading The Wood Queen and the others.
Looking forward to seeing what everone else is waiting to read.

In the meantime, here's another New Year's LOLCatz

Happy New Years, Everyone

May we all find laughter, love and enjoyment in our daily lives. Most of all, may we all try to bring laughter, love and enjoyment to others

(within reason of course! *g*)

Waiting On Wednesday and Book B-Day coming up

I haven't posted a Waiting On Wednesday meme for quite a while...and I've been waiting for books! as always. LOL

Waiting On Wednesday is hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine. Full guidelines available at Breaking the Spine. I'm listing three books that I've been waiting for, and all three are established writers, all favorite authors. One was just released this week (getting myself to the bookstore very soon!), one comes out in November and the other one comes out

Snuff by Terry Pratchett came out in hardback October 11th. One of my rare auto in hardback buys now, as soon as I can, I'm treating myself to a copy. It's hard for me to describe just why I like Terry Pratchett's writing so much. Some of the complaints I've heard from readers are parts of the reasons I love reading his novels (varying pov, jumping from character to character and back again - love this type of writing, keeps you on your toes! and it's really not that hard to keep up.) This is one of the few series, that has over 30 books that I've enjoyed and am enjoying every single novel. This guy could keep going and going and I'd be happy. But he won't, since he's ended up with Alzheimer's which will eventually end his writing career long before it should have.

Reckoning by Lili St.Crow is another bittersweet wait - it's the final novel in the Strange Angels' series. The fifth and final. One of my rare young adult reads, I've enjoyed them since the first novel and have found it refreshingly dark, even with the inevitible teen angst. It all fits, and I enjoy the main character's attitude and teen anger. Due out October 27th, 2011.

Finally - Magic On The Line is the 7th Allie Beckstrom novel and very close to the end of this series. Smart of Devon Monk - to end the series while it's still popular. Seems like a hard call, also. On one hand, why end a good series, and on the other when do you end it, how do you tell when it might be going down hill, what if it would stay popular, etc? November 1st is the release date for this soon to end series' next novel. Bittersweet on all novels. I can honestly say that things won't seem the same without the Discworld novels, and it'll be a joyful shame to be reading the final novels of the other two series that I enjoy so much. On the other hand, with Devon Monk and Lili St.Crow always going in new directions and thinking with their writerly brains, I'm pretty sure that we're going to be treated to more from them. And then there's always my other favorite British author ....
Suzanne McLeod - who has a U.S. book b-day coming up. In December, The Bitter Seed of Magic will come out in paperback over here in the States. It's also coming out in mmppb (mass market ppb size). It's been out in the UK in hardcover - time to celebrate the ppb version! If you've been waiting for the US ppb to come out.

If you've been a fan, and have signed up for McLeod's newsletter, then you'll see that there is a special contest for newsletter subscribers. If you're not as subscriber, then you should definitely check this newsletter out ('cause the contest is very generous). It's very easy to join - just click here to sign up for her newsletter and the rest will follow. Or click here to find out more about being a part of her Spellcrackers.com Clan

Along with having book b-days and contest, Ms Suzanne is being interviewed - more information is on her blog. Seems she's sharing some interview space with Ann Rice, which is pretty cool. Hopefully Suzanne's part will survive the inevitable edits that always seem to take place with interviews, but how exciting for her.

I've just spent a very long time waiting for blogger to upload a short video of my grandchildren. I give up. It's taking so long that you're now either to be disappointed or spared (whichever you choose to be) the unbearable cuteness of my two grandchildren battling with two soft bowling pins (used them as swords). It was pretty cool, because this was from last winter, just about the time when Liliana started realizing that her cousin is pretty fun to play with. She was doing slow motion moves, he was fighting her pretty softly and waiting like a gentleman when her back was to him (could have taken her down, but he chose to wait. He's a very thoughtful, considerate opponent.) This is probably a good thing for y'all because, (snickerk shickWerk hahahaha). also had plans of sharing videos of them playing the drums, dancing in the kitchen, and in geneal being very cute, as grandchildren often are. And THEN I was going to share videos of the pets - playing, chasing the grandkids, etc.....you just barely escaped...

MWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ....(but then - of course, there's always YouTube!!! go ahead - you know you want to. click on it. good rock blues)