I’m hoping September slows down a little for me. I’m getting a little pickier about signing up for blog tours because I have soooo many books that are very high on my TBR pile and I’d LOVE to re-read a few books this Fall in anticipation of their upcoming companion novels…. BUT, there are always books coming out & September has got a bunch of great ones ❤
So, as the weather cools down and the leaves start to think about changing colors, I’ll start digging around in my closet for comfy sweaters and I’ll be reading….
WILDCARD By Marie Lu
Emika Chen barely made it out of the Warcross Championships alive. Now that she knows the truth behind Hideo’s new NeuroLink algorithm, she can no longer trust the one person she’s always looked up to, who she once thought was on her side.
Determined to put a stop to Hideo’s grim plans, Emika and the Phoenix Riders band together, only to find a new threat lurking on the neon-lit streets of Tokyo. Someone’s put a bounty on Emika’s head, and her sole chance for survival lies with Zero and the Blackcoats, his ruthless crew. But Emika soon learns that Zero isn’t all that he seems–and his protection comes at a price.
Caught in a web of betrayal, with the future of free will at risk, just how far will Emika go to take down the man she loves?
THE CLOCKMAKER’S DAUGHTER By Kate Morton
In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor on the banks of the Upper Thames. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing, and Edward Radcliffe’s life is in ruins.
Over one hundred and fifty years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist in London, uncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items: a sepia photograph of an arresting-looking woman in Victorian clothing, and an artist’s sketchbook containing a drawing of a twin-gabled house on the bend of a river.
Why does Birchwood Manor feel so familiar to Elodie? And who is the beautiful woman in the photograph? Will she ever give up her secrets?
Told by multiple voices across time, The Clockmaker’s Daughter is a story of murder, mystery, and thievery, of art, love, and loss. And flowing through its pages like a river is the voice of a woman who stands outside time, whose name has been forgotten by history, but who has watched it all unfold: Birdie Bell, the clockmaker’s daughter.
THE DARK DESCENT OF ELIZABETH FRANKENSTEIN By Kiersten White
Elizabeth Lavenza hasn’t had a proper meal in weeks. Her thin arms are covered with bruises from her “caregiver,” and she is on the verge of being thrown into the streets . . . until she is brought to the home of Victor Frankenstein, an unsmiling, solitary boy who has everything–except a friend.
Victor is her escape from misery. Elizabeth does everything she can to make herself indispensable–and it works. She is taken in by the Frankenstein family and rewarded with a warm bed, delicious food, and dresses of the finest silk. Soon she and Victor are inseparable.
But her new life comes at a price. As the years pass, Elizabeth’s survival depends on managing Victor’s dangerous temper and entertaining his every whim, no matter how depraved. Behind her blue eyes and sweet smile lies the calculating heart of a girl determined to stay alive no matter the cost . . . as the world she knows is consumed by darkness.
SEA PRAYER By Khaled Hossieni
A short, powerful, illustrated book written by beloved novelist Khaled Hosseini in response to the current refugee crisis, Sea Prayer is composed in the form of a letter, from a father to his son, on the eve of their journey. Watching over his sleeping son, the father reflects on the dangerous sea-crossing that lies before them. It is also a vivid portrait of their life in Homs, Syria, before the war, and of that city’s swift transformation from a home into a deadly war zone.
Impelled to write this story by the haunting image of young Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy whose body washed upon the beach in Turkey in September 2015, Hosseini hopes to pay tribute to the millions of families, like Kurdi’s, who have been splintered and forced from home by war and persecution, and he will donate author proceeds from this book to the UNHCR (the UN Refugee Agency) and The Khaled Hosseini Foundation to help fund lifesaving relief efforts to help refugees around the globe.
Khaled Hosseini is one of the most widely read writers in the world, with more than fifty-five million copies of his novels sold worldwide in more than seventy countries. Hosseini is also a Goodwill Envoy to the UNHCR, and the founder of The Khaled Hosseini Foundation, a nonprofit that provides humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan.
AN ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE THING By Hand Green
The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and craftsmanship–like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a suit of samurai armor–April and her friend Andy make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the world–everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires–and April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an intense international media spotlight.
Now April has to deal with the pressure on her relationships, her identity, and her safety that this new position brings, all while being on the front lines of the quest to find out not just what the Carls are, but what they want from us.
Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric, and radicalization; how our culture deals with fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration spring from the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public eye.
Great list!! Wildcard is high on my TBR too! Happy reading, hope your August read is even more awesome!
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I just finished reading Warcross again ❤ I've been waiting for Wildcard forever it seems like.
Thanks!! Hope your September reading pile is awesome too ❤
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OH MY GOD! I can’t wait to add all of those to my list!
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Hahaha…. this is exactly why reading blogs always sets me back. Too many new books and then I see fantastic reviews and my TBR pile grows 😀 Happy Reading!!
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I have most of these on my TBR too! September and October are torturing my TBR!
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Some of these I feel like I’ve been waiting forever for!! ❤ Good luck getting through your piles and piles of awesome novels!! Can't wait to hear what you think 😀
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I am so excited for Wildcard!!!!!
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Eeeeeeee!!! Right?! I just finished re-reading Warcross in preparation! 😀
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I must know what happens with Heido!!
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Every time, I think I’m making a dent there’s a ton more books coming out. Never ending story. lol. I really can’t wait for Wildcard! I also can’t wait for Kingdom of Ash!!
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Oh Kingdom of Ash – that’s right! Unfortunately, I’m embarrassed to admit to you that I am quite behind on my Throne of Glass TBR …. I’m two books behind. I keep thinking that I’ll be able to catch up quickly because I can read a Maas book in only a couple days 😀
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Two books isn’t bad! You still got a little while before it releases or whenever you plan to get to it! It’s easy to read her books quickly. 😊
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Yeah – I feel like two Maas books is a long weekend. lol.
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Oh yeah, for sure!
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I’ve not heard of these but The Clockmaker’s Daughter looks very much up my street!! The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein also looks good. I’m going to have to add those to my TBR!
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Kate Morton is one of my favs! I’ve actually got an ARC of that one so I’ll let you know if it is any good 😀 Happy happy happy reading!!
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Awesome choices, Becky! The Clockmaker’s Daughter looks so good! I’ve been debating whether or not to request the ARC…*stares at my toppling pile of unread ARCs*
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I’m anticipating The Lanterns Ember
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Oh yeah! And that cover is preeeettttyyy ❤
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I love your list! Hopefully, Wildcard is just as great as Warcross.
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I know!! Fingers crossed!
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