"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine,
that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
Title: Reckless - Lebendige Schatten
Series: Reckless 2
Author: Cornelia Funke
English Title: Fearless
Language: German
Publisher: Dressler
Format: Hardcover
Expected Publication: September 6, 2012
Summary:
After saving his brother, Jacob Reckless faces death from the fairy's curse burnt into his heart. In search of a cure, he returns to the Mirrorworld where he is reunited with Fox, a beautiful shape-shifting girl. He has one more chance: a golden crossbow with the power to save and destroy life, buried in a dead king's tomb, beneath an invisible palace. Jacob must cross continents,face monsters and men, including a dangerous rival, and learn what it means to stay alive.
Why I am lurking on this: I'm a huge Cornelia Funke fan, at least of her mythical YA novels. Thus, I really enjoyed her first Reckless novel, and was looking forward to this since I finished that.
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Title: Earth Girl
Author: Janet Edwards
Language: German
Publisher: Rowohlt (rororo)
Format: Paperback
Expected Publication: September 1, 2012
Summary:
2788. Only the handicapped live on Earth. While everyone else portals between worlds, 18-year-old Jarra is among the one in a thousand people born with an immune system that cannot survive on other planets. Sent to Earth at birth to save her life, she has been abandoned by her parents. She can’t travel to other worlds, but she can watch their vids, and she knows all the jokes they make. She’s an ‘ape’, a ‘throwback’, but this is one ape girl who won’t give in.
Jarra invents a fake background for herself – as a normal child of Military parents – and joins a class of norms that is on Earth to excavate the ruins of the old cities. When an ancient skyscraper collapses, burying another research team, Jarra’s role in their rescue puts her in the spotlight. No hiding at back of class now. To make life more complicated, she finds herself falling in love with one of her classmates – a norm from another planet. Somehow, she has to keep the deception going.
A freak solar storm strikes the atmosphere, and the class is ordered to portal off-world for safety – no problem for a real child of military parents, but fatal for Jarra. The storm is so bad that the crews of the orbiting solar arrays have to escape to planet below: the first landing from space in 600 years. And one is on collision course with their shelter.
Why I am lurking on this: It sounds interesting, and it's gonna be German because I think my boyfriend is going to enjoy it, too.
I'm dying to get Earth Girl. It was my WOW many months ago! I love futuristic books!
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I've read and reviewed Earth Girl and it is freaking brilliant! It was one of my favourite reads this year! Reckless looks awesome too!
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Yeah I've been waiting for those books too especially earth girl. thanks for stopping by today!
Wow Earth girl sounds absolutely amazing! I can't believe I hadn't heard of it before today but I'm looking forward to it now. I'm adding it to my to-read list and I'll be expecting September 1st. Great pick! Thanks for sharing!
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Oh and I hadn't heard of Reckless before but it sound interesting as well... Great picks!
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This sounds amazing and that cover is gorgeous! Awesome choice, Caro. And thanks for sharing 🙂
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Btw I was talking about Earth girl up there. For some reason I had not seen Reckless which also has an awesome cover, hehe 🙂
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Just added bot of these to my goodreads tbr list! Thanks for the selections and for stopping by our WoW.
I think Earth Girl sounds pretty good. And I like the German cover much more than the English one 🙂 Thanks for sharing Caro! 🙂
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Adding Earth Girl to my wishlist! Great pick! 🙂
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I haven't heard of these picks but Earth Girl sounds really interesting. I might end up adding it to my own TBR list.
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