On My Wishlist (#12)

On My Wishlist is an awesome weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City that runs every Saturday.  It's a place where you can put up all the books you're desperate to read, but haven't actually bought them yet.  They can be old, new or forthcoming.    And, even better, everyone can join in with too, because there's a Mr Linky so you can put your post up.  All you have to do is click on the link below:

 

Here's my wishlist for this week.  Early for once.  I'm impressed with myself.  ;)

 

 

Shade

Series:  Shade, Book One

By: Jeri Smith-Ready

Published: 2nd September 2010

Published By: Simon & Schuster Children's Books

Found: On Sammee (I Want To Read That)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

 Best. Birthday. Ever. At least, it was supposed to be. With Logan's band playing a critical gig and Aura's plans for an intimate after-party, Aura knows it will be the most memorable night of her boyfriend's life. She never thought it would be his last.
Logan's sudden death leaves Aura devastated. He's gone.
Well, sort of.
Like everyone born after the Shift, Aura can see and hear ghosts. This mysterious ability has always been annoying, and Aura had wanted nothing more than to figure out why the Shift happened so she can undo it. But not with Logan's violet-hued spirit still hanging around. Because dead Logan is almost as real as ever. Almost.
It doesn't help that Aura's new friend Zachary is so understanding--and so very alive. His support means more to Aura than she cares to admit.
As Aura's relationships with the dead and the living grow ever complicated, so do her feelings for Logan and Zachary. Each holds a piece of Aura's heart...and clues to the secret of the Shift.

I found this on Sammee's blog, and I think it looks incredible.  The idea of the Shift is intriguing , and I want to know the secrets!

The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook

By: Jason Heller

Published: 5th May 2011

Published By: Quirk Books

Found: On Sammee (I Want to Read That)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

He’s the most popular pirate in motion picture history—and now The Captain Jack Sparrow Handbook offers his fans an insider’s guide to all the dirty tricks of the buccaneer’s trade! Complete with step-by-step instructions, helpful diagrams, and full-color photography from the Pirates of the Caribbean films, this nautical treasure trove arrrrrrrrrrrticulates such vital and colorful information as: Arriving just in time for Captain Jack's long-awaited return in the blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, this fiendishly adventurous handbook is essential reading for pirate loves, Johnny Depp fans, and all-around rogues and rapscallions of all ages.

     •  How to Sail a Ship
     •  How to Survive Being Marooned
     •  How to Break a Curse
     •  How to Fight Six Angry Men in a Tavern
     •  How to Recruit a Crew
     •  How to Cope with Mermaids
     •  And much, much more!

Call me sad, mad, weird, anything.  This looks amazing.  I love Pirates of the Caribbean, and I really want this!  Sounds like good fun!  (:

The Raising

By: Laura Kasischke

Published: 15th May 2011

Published By: Harper Perennial

Found: On Lilly Bear (Book Lungs)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Last year Godwin Honors Hall was draped in black. The university was mourning the loss of one of its own: Nicole Werner, a blond, beautiful, straight-A sorority sister tragically killed in a car accident that left her boyfriend, who was driving, remarkably—some say suspiciously—unscathed.
Although a year has passed, as winter begins and the nights darken, obsession with Nicole and her death reignites: She was so pretty. So sweet-tempered. So innocent. Too young to die.
Unless she didn’t.
Because rumor has it that she’s back.

Wow, doesn't this look great?!  I really wanna read this one.  I want to know if she's back, and how.  Yes, this looks amazing.

Minder

Series: Ganzfield, Book One

By: Kate Kaynak

Published: 18th July 201o

Published By: Spencer Hill Press

Found: On Lilly Bear (Book Lungs)'s Blog and Sammee (I Want To Read That)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Sixteen-year-old Maddie Dunn is special, but she needs to figure out how to use her new abilities before somebody else gets hurt. Ganzfield is a secret training facility full of people like her, but it's not exactly a nurturing place.
Every social interaction carries the threat of mind-control.
A stray thought can burn a building to the ground.
And people's nightmares don't always stay in their own heads. But it's still better than New Jersey. Especially once she meets the man of her dreams...

I like the look of this, and I've seen lots of positive reviews on it.  Plus, you gotta love secret training facilities.

Sisters in Sanity

By: Gayle Foreman

Published: May 2009

Published By: Harper Teen

Found: On Jessica (Thoughts At One In The Morning)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

"Where are they taking me?"
"It's for your own good, Brit," Dad said.
I was shoved into a small, stuffy room, and the door was locked behind me. I waited for my dad to realize he'd made a terrible mistake and come get me.
But he didn't.
For sixteen-year-old Brit Hemphill, it's hard to know who she can trust. Convinced she's out of control, her father has sentenced her to Red Rock: a center for supposedly rebellious teens, where the therapy consists of name-calling and the girls who get privileges are the ones who rat out their peers.

But then Brit meets V, Bebe, Martha, and Cassie—four girls who keep her from going over the edge. Together, they'll hold on to their sanity and their sisterhood despite the bleak Red Rock reality.
I loved Foreman's If I Stay, it actually one of my favourite book ever, and I've just bought the sequel Where She Went.  So when I saw she had another book out, I knew I had to add it straight onto my wishlist!  And it looks really, really good.

Well, that's my Wishlist for the week.  Nice variety there.

Anyway,

What are you wishing for?

On My Wishlist (#11)

On My Wishlist is an awesome weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City that runs every Saturday.  It's a place where you can put up all the books you're desperate to read, but haven't actually bought them yet.  They can be old, new or forthcoming.    And, even better, everyone can join in with too, because there's a Mr Linky so you can put your post up.  All you have to do is click on the link below:

Now, here's my Wishlist for the week. 

The Mockingbirds

Series: The Mockingbirds, Book One

By: Daisy Whitney

Published: 2nd December 2010

Published By: Little, Brown Young Readers

Found: On Aylee (Recovering Potter Addict)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Some schools have honor codes.
Others have handbooks.
Themis Academy has the Mockingbirds.

Themis Academy is a quiet boarding school with an exceptional student body that the administration trusts to always behave the honorable way--the Themis Way. So when Alex is date raped during her junior year, she has two options: stay silent and hope someone helps her, or enlist the Mockingbirds--a secret society of students dedicated to righting the wrongs of their fellow peers.

In this honest, page-turning account of a teen girl's struggle to stand up for herself, debut author Daisy Whitney reminds readers that if you love something or someone--especially yourself--you fight for it.

Ok, this sounds horrible, but it also looks like one of those that makes you think.  It's had lots of reviews, saying how amazing it is, how powerful.  Also, it looks like you don't have a graphic description: just bits and pieces.  A hard read, but a rewarding one.  Plus, I like the "Hush Little Students, Don't Say A Word..." on the cover.

You Killed Wesley Payne

By: Sean Beaudoin

Published: 3rd March 2011

Published By: Little, Brown Young Readers

Found: On Sammee (I Want To Read That)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

He's come to do a job.
A job that involves a body.
A body wrapped in duct tape found hanging from the goal posts at the end of the football field.
You Killed Wesley Payne is a truly original and darkly hilarious update of classic pulp-noir, in which hard-boiled seventeen year-old Dalton Rev transfers to the mean hallways of Salt River High to take on the toughest case of his life. The question isn't whether Dalton's going to get paid. He always gets paid. Or whether he's gonna get the girl. He always (sometimes) gets the girl. The real question is whether Dalton Rev can outwit crooked cops and killer cliques in time to solve the mystery of "The Body" before it solves him.
Sean Beaudoin (Going Nowhere Faster, Fade to Blue) evokes the distinctive voices of legendary crime/noir authors Dashiell Hammett and Jim Thompson with a little bit of Mean Girls and Heathers throwin in for good measure. This smart, slick, and alluring detective novel that will tease you, thrill you, and suck you in.

I saw this on Sammee's blog, and thought: whoa, now that looks amazing.  It has loads of good reviews, and sounds like my sense of humour.  Just sounds awesome!

Entwined

By: Heather Dixon

Published: 29th March 2011

Published By: Greenwillow Books

Found: On Jenny (Supernatural Snark)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it.

The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.

Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest.

But there is a cost.

The Keeper likes to keep things.

Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late.

This looks incredible.  Gotta love dancing sisters and evil keepers.  And isn't this cover gorgeous?

Well that's my wishlist!  Thanks to the people who introduced me to the books!

Whats on your wishlist?

On My Wishlist (#10)

On My Wishlist is an awesome weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City that runs every Saturday.  It's a place where you can put up all the books you're desperate to read, but haven't actually bought them yet.  They can be old, new or forthcoming.    And, even better, everyone can join in with too, because there's a Mr Linky so you can put your post up.  All you have to do is click on the link below:

 

I'm sorry this is late again!  But here is my Wishlist!

 

 

Dreaming Anastasia

Series: Dreaming Anastasia, Book One

By: Joy Preble

Published: 26th Febuary 2010

Published By: Sourcebooks

Found: On Sammee (I Want To Read That)'s Blog

 

Synopsis From Goodreads:

What really happened to Anastasia Romanov?

Anastasia Romanov thought she would never feel more alone than when the gunfire started and her family began to fall around her. Surely the bullets would come for her next. But they didn't. Instead, two gnarled old hands reached for her. When she wakes up she discovers that she is in the ancient hut of the witch Baba Yaga, and that some things are worse than being dead.

In modern-day Chicago, Anne doesn't know much about Russian history. She is more concerned about getting into a good college—until the dreams start. She is somewhere else. She is someone else. And she is sharing a small room with a very old woman. The vivid dreams startle her, but not until a handsome stranger offers to explain them does she realize her life is going to change forever. She is the only one who can save Anastasia. But, Anastasia is having her own dreams…

Ok, this looks amazing!  I love Russian history, the Romanovs in particular.  So this sounds perfect for me.  I sooo want this book!  (:  And I really want to thank Sammee for bringing this to my attention!

Wonderous Strange

Series: Wonderous Stange, Book One

By: Lesley Livingston

Published: 1st October 2009

Published By: Harper Teen
Found: On Diana (The Lovely Getaway)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Since the dawn of time, the Faerie have taken. . . .

For seventeen-year-old actress Kelley Winslow, faeries are just something from childhood stories. Then she meets Sonny Flannery, whose steel-gray eyes mask an equally steely determination to protect her.

Sonny guards the Samhain Gate, which connects the mortal realm with the Faerie's enchanted, dangerous Otherworld. Usually kept shut by order of icy King Auberon, the Gate stands open but once a year.

This year, as the time approaches when the Samhain Gate will swing wide and nightmarish Fae will fight their way into an unsuspecting human world, something different is happening . . . something wondrous and strange. And Kelley's eyes are opening not just to the Faerie that surround her but to the heritage that awaits her.

Now Kelley must navigate deadly Faerie treachery—and her growing feelings for Sonny—in this dazzling page-turner filled with luminous romance.

Wondrous Strange is a richly layered tale of love between faerie and mortal, betrayal between kings and queens, and magic . . . between author and reader.

Gotta love a bit of faerie.  This looks brilliant!  :)  Thanks Diana!

Perfect Chemistry

Series: Perfect Chemistry, Book One

By: Simone Elkeles

Published: 1st April 2010

Published By: Simon & Schuster Children's
Found: Recommended to Me By Anne Osterlund (Author of Aurelia, Exile & Academy 7) On Goodreads

Synopsis From Goodreads:

A fresh, urban twist on the classic tale of star-crossed lovers.
When Brittany Ellis walks into chemistry class on the first day of senior year, she has no clue that her carefully created “perfect” life is about to unravel before her eyes. She’s forced to be lab partners with Alex Fuentes, a gang member from the other side of town, and he is about to threaten everything she's worked so hard for—her flawless reputation, her relationship with her boyfriend, and the secret that her home life is anything but perfect. Alex is a bad boy and he knows it. So when he makes a bet with his friends to lure Brittany into his life, he thinks nothing of it. But soon Alex realizes Brittany is a real person with real problems, and suddenly the bet he made in arrogance turns into something much more.
In a passionate story about looking beneath the surface, Simone Elkeles breaks through the stereotypes and barriers that threaten to keep Brittany and Alex apart.

I love Romeo & Juliet: it's one of my favourite Shakespeare plays.  And I love Westside Story.  The whole forbidden-love thing: I love.  So this looks perfect!  Thanks for pointing it out to me Anne! :)

Candor

Series: Perfect Chemistry, Book One

By: Pam Bachorz

Published: 2nd August 2010

Published By: Egmont Books

Found: On Redhouse

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Oscar Banks has everything under control. In a town
where his father brainwashes everyone, he's found a way
to secretly fight the subliminal Messages. He's got them
all fooled: Oscar's the top student and the best-behaved
teen in town. Nobody knows he's made his own Messages
to deprogram his brain. Oscar has even found a way to
get rich. For a hefty price, he helps new kids escape
Candor, Florida before they're transformed into
cookie-cutter teens. But then Nia Silva moves to Candor,
and Oscar's carefully-controlled world crumbles. I've wanted this forever.  It looks amazing!  I'm just so annoyed I didn't get it out of Redhouse when I first saw it!

Well, that's all I can think of off the top of my head.  I'm sure there are a billion other books.  But this is all for now.

What are you wishing for?

On My Wishlist (#9)

On My Wishlist is an awesome weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City that runs every Saturday.  It's a place where you can put up all the books you're desperate to read, but haven't actually bought them yet.  They can be old, new or forthcoming.    And, even better, everyone can join in with too, because there's a Mr Linky so you can put your post up.  All you have to do is click on the link below:

I'm sorry this is late - again - but it was hectic, then I felt sick, and it was all a little crazy.  I'll try not to let anything be late again! ;)

Anyway, here's my Wishlist this week.

Shadowland & Ninth Key

Series: The Mediator, Volumer One: Books 1 & 2

By: Meg Cabot

Published: 28th December 2010

Published By: Harper Teen

Found: On Amazon

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Ghosts ruin everything, especially your love life.

Suze is a mediator—a liaison between the living and the dead. In other words, she sees dead people. And they won't leave her alone until she helps them resolve their unfinished business on earth. But after a cross-country move to sunny California, Suze is looking forward to a fresh start and a life free of spectral interventions.

Too bad Suze can't escape the undead that easily. She might not mind Jesse, the sexy ghost who haunts her bedroom, but there are plenty of other poltergeists out there with less friendly intentions. Some of them are out for revenge . . . of the murderous kind. And Suze might be the only one who can stop them.

I love Meg Cabot, but I've never actually read this one: I'd like to give it a try!  :)

The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group

By: Catherine Jinks

Published: 3rd Febuary 2011

Published By: Quercus Publishing

Found: On Megan (Read It, See It)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

I still hadn't fully absorbed the terrible possibility that I might actually be a werewolf. A werewolf. I kept stumbling over that word; it made no sense to me. How could I be a werewolf? Werewolves didn't exist.
When Tobias Richard Vandevelde wakes up in hospital with no memory of the night before, his horrified mother tells him that he was found by the police. At Featherdale Park. In a dingo pen.
As if that isn't weird enough, suddenly a very menacing looking guy and a priest show up at his door.
As the mystery unfolds, Toby finds himself keeping company with some very strange and sickly looking people - members of a suburban vampire support group. And when he's abducted in broad daylight, he will need all their help to break free ... and to come to terms with his own incredibly rare condition.

I read The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks (See On Goodreads) a year ago and loved it, and I loved the characters.  So, when I saw that Jinks had bought out a sequel-of-sorts, I grinned!  Plus, this does look very good.  :)

Montacute House

By: Lucy Jago

Published: 3rd May 2010

Paperback Come Out: 3rd May 2011

Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing

Found: On Megan (Read It, See It)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

At first a boy’s body is discovered, then John, Cess’s best friend, disappears . . . What is the mystery behind these sinister events?
Cess works caring for the chickens at Montacute House but on her thirteenth birthday everything changes. She finds a precious locket hidden in the chicken coop and is convinced someone has placed it there for her to find. But the day is overshadowed by fear as a boy’s body is found by the river, and then John disappears. Cess is determined to find him but is soon embroiled in a plot that threatens her world and forces her to draw on powers she never knew she possessed, powers that will place her life in danger if they are discovered by the villagers. Witchcraft, politics and religious ambition combine in this gripping and wonderfully realised novel set in the Somerset of the 1500s.

I love the look of this one!  "A Place Shrouded In Murder And Mystery": gotta love it! 

Prisoner of the Inquisition

By: Theresa Breslin

Published: 31st March 2011

Published By: Corgi Childrens

Found: On Amazons

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Zarita is used to basking in the pampered lifestyle being the only daughter of the town magistrate affords; she is free to roam the town as she likes, consort with the son of a nobleman and spend her days studying the arts. Saulo's family have fallen on hard times, and when his father is hanged for an assault on Zarita he did not commit and Saulo is hauled off to be a slave at sea, Saulo swears revenge. But when Zarita's mother dies in childbirth, and the formidable and frightening Inquisition arrives in the area, a curtain of suspicion and brutality comes down on her old life for good. Saulo may believe that Zarita is his sworn enemy, but in a time when the whole of Spain is in turmoil, are him and Zarita each other's only hope of survival?

Love the look of this one: I love love love historical fiction!  Plus, that little sentence: "Can She Survive This Time Of Fire And Fury" just drew me in.  Shamelessly judging by covers: gorgeous one!  Love the colours and the pose...  Gorgeous!

Chime

By: Franny Billingsley

Published: 4th April 2011

Published By: Bloomsbury Publishing

Found: On Avery (Avery's Book Nook)'s Blog

Synopsis From Amazon:

Briony knows she is a witch. She knows that she is guilty of hurting her beloved stepmother. She also knows that, now her stepmother is dead, she must look after her beautiful but complicated twin sister, Rose. Then the energetic, electric, golden-haired Eldric arrives in her home town of Swampsea, and everything that Briony thinks she knows about herself and her life is turned magically, dizzyingly, upside down.

Now, I love the look of this one.  It looks amazing: witchy and brilliant.  "The Story Of A WICKED GIRL Has No True Beginning"

Jessica's Guide To Dating On The Dark Side

Series: Jessica, Book One

By: Beth

Published: 18th January 2010

Published By: Graphia Books

Found: On Shaylene (Lost in the Pages)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

The undead can really screw up your senior year . . .
Marrying a vampire definitely doesn’t fit into Jessica Packwood’s senior year “get-a-life” plan. But then a bizarre (and incredibly hot) new exchange student named Lucius Vladescu shows up, claiming that Jessica is a Romanian vampire princess by birth—and he’s her long-lost fiancé. Armed with newfound confidence and a copy of Growing Up Undead: A Teen Vampire’s Guide to Dating, Health, and Emotions, Jessica makes a dramatic transition from average American teenager to glam European vampire princess. But when a devious cheerleader sets her sights on Lucius, Jess finds herself fighting to win back her wayward prince, stop a global vampire war — and save Lucius’s soul from eternal destruction.

Love the sound of this, even if it has very split reviews.  Just sounds awesomly brilliant!  Also, very cute cover! ;)

So, that's My - Unbelievably Late - Wishlist! 

What's on your Wishlist this week?  :)

On My Wishlist (#8)

On My Wishlist is an awesome weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City that runs every Saturday.  It's a place where you can put up all the books you're desperate to read, but haven't actually bought them yet.  They can be old, new or forthcoming.    And, even better, everyone can join in with too, because there's a Mr Linky so you can put your post up.  All you have to do is click on the link below:

 

Ok, this week I have old books and new books on my Wishlist.  Maybe you'll see something that will catch your eye too!

 

 

She's So Dead To Us

Series: The She's So Dead To Us Trilogy, Book One

By: Kieran Scott

Published: 25th May 2010

Found: On Natalie (Mindful Musings)'s Blog

 

Synopsis From Goodreads:

When having money is all that matters, what happens when you lose it all?

Perfect, picturesque Orchard Hill. It was the last thing Ally Ryan saw in the rear-view mirror as her mother drove them out of town and away from the shame of the scandal her father caused when his hedge fund went south and practically bankrupted all their friends -- friends that liked having trust funds and new cars, and that didn't like constant reminders that they had been swindled. So it was adios, Orchard Hill. Thanks for nothing.

Now, two years later, Ally's mother has landed a job back at the site of their downfall. So instead of Ally's new low-key, happy life, it'll be back into the snake pit with the likes of Shannen Moore and Hammond Ross.

But then there's Jake Graydon. Handsome, wealthy, bored Jake Graydon. He moved to town after Ally left and knows nothing of her scandal, but does know that he likes her. And she likes him. So off into the sunset they can go, right? Too bad Jake's friends have a problem with his new crush since it would make Ally happy. And if anyone deserves to be unhappy, it's Ally Ryan.

Ally was hoping to have left all the drama in the past, but some things just can't be forgotten. Isn't there more to life than money?

This sounds good, though I'm not entirely sure what to expect from it.  It's put into a 'chick-lit' and 'drama' and then a 'realistic fiction' catagory.  But it looks so good and has got some really positive reviews.

What I Saw and How I Lied

By: Judy Blundell

Published: 6th July 2009

Found: On Amazon

Synopsis From Goodreads:

When Evie's father returned home from World War II, the family fell back into its normal life pretty quickly. But Joe Spooner brought more back with him than just good war stories. When movie-star handsome Peter Coleridge, a young ex-GI who served in Joe's company in postwar Austria, shows up, Evie is suddenly caught in a complicated web of lies that she only slowly recognizes. She finds herself falling for Peter, ignoring the secrets that surround him . . . until a tragedy occurs that shatters her family and breaks her life in two.

As she begins to realize that almost everything she believed to be a truth was really a lie, Evie must get to the heart of the deceptions and choose between her loyalty to her parents and her feelings for the man she loves. Someone will have to be betrayed. The question is . . . who?

So, I was on Amazon, flicking through some of the "customers who bought this item also bought", and this popped up.  The cover and title just kind of drew me in, and the synopsis sealed the deal.  It looks amazing.

The Taker

By: Alma Katsu

Published: 14th April 2011

Found: On Sammee (I Want To Read That)'s Blog

Synopsis From Amazon:

TRUE LOVE CAN LAST AN ETERNITY ...

Have you ever loved someone so much that you'd do anything for them?

When Dr Luke Findley turns up to his hospital shift in the small town of St Andrews, Maine, he's expecting just another evening of minor injuries and domestic disputes. But instead, Lanore McIlvrae walks into his life - and changes it forever. For Lanny is a woman with a past...

Lanny McIlvrae is unlike anyone Luke has ever met. Hers is a story of love and betrayal that defies time and transcends mortality - and cannot end until Lanny's demons are finally put to rest. Her two hundred years on this earth have seen her seduced by both decadence and brutality - but through it all she has stayed true to the one true love of her life. Until now.

An unforgettable novel about the power of unrequited love to elevate and sustain, but also to blind and ultimately destroy, The Taker is an immortal love story on an epic scale...

The minute I saw this on Sammee's blog I thought: OMG, I want this!  It looks incredible.  Amazing, with a capital "ah".

Tomorrow When The War Began

Series: Tomorrow, Book One

By: John Marsden

Published: Originally: 1994

This Edition: 31st March 2011

Found: On The Wonder That Is Amazon

Synopsis From Goodreads:

When Ellie and six of her friends return home from a camping trip deep in the bush, they find things hideously wrong -- their families gone, houses empty and abandoned, pets and stock dead. Gradually they begin to comprehend that their country has been invaded and everyone in the town has been taken prisoner. As the horrible reality of the situation becomes evident they have to make a life-and-death decision: to run back into the bush and hide, to give themselves up to be with their families, or to stay and try to fight. This reveting, tautly-drawn novel seems at times to be only a step away from today's headlines.

I haven't seen the film, but this book sounds amazing.  I just love the "Where Were You When The World Changed?"  Just looks soo good! (:

Steel

By: Carrie Vaughn

Published: 15th March 2011

Found: On Jenny (Supernatural Snark)'s Blog

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Sixteen-year-old Jill has fought in dozens of fencing tournaments, but she has never held a sharpened blade. When she finds a corroded sword piece on a Caribbean beach, she is instantly intrigued and pockets it as her own personal treasure.
The broken tip holds secrets, though, and it transports Jill through time to the deck of a pirate ship. Stranded in the past and surrounded by strangers, she is forced to sign on as crew. But a pirate's life is bloody and brief, and as Jill learns about the dark magic that brought her there, she forms a desperate scheme to get home—one that risks everything in a duel to the death with a villainous pirate captain.
Time travel, swordplay, and romance combine in an original high-seas adventure from New York Times bestseller Carrie Vaughn.

Love the sound of this one.  And the cover's just really quite gorgeous.  Not that I'm judging the book by that, of course... just an observation.  (:

Thirteen Reasons Why

By: Jay Asher

Published: 6th August 2009

Found: On Amazon

Synopsis From Goodreads:

Clay Jensen returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch. Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who committed suicide two weeks earlier.
On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Clay is one of them. If he listens, he’ll find out how he made the list.
Through Hannah and Clay’s dual narratives, debut author Jay Asher weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect teen readers.

The cover of this one caught my eye.  Thirteen Reasons Why.  Because of what?  Then I saw "There Are Thirteen Reasons Why Your Friend Died.  You Are One Of Them."  And I just needed this book.  Still do.  It looks amazing. 

"The only way to learn the secret... is to press play..."

So, that's what's on my Wishlist this week.  A nice variety there.

What are you guys Wishing for?