I currently have about 15 books on pre-order for the year ( I
might remove a few..or a add a few..). These are the 10 I'm excitedly waiting
to read! You should add them to your want to read list on
Goodreads!
Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi - March 6
They killed my
mother.
They took our magic.
They tried to bury us.
Now we rise.
Zélie Adebola
remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames,
Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.
But everything
changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were
killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without hope.
Now Zélie has one
chance to bring back magic and strike against the monarchy. With the help of a
rogue princess, Zélie must outwit and outrun the crown prince, who is hell-bent
on eradicating magic for good.
Danger lurks in
Orïsha, where snow leoponaires prowl and vengeful spirits wait in the waters.
Yet the greatest danger may be Zélie herself as she struggles to control her
powers―and her growing feelings for an enemy.
Obsidio by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman - March 13
Kady, Ezra, Hanna, and Nik narrowly escaped
with their lives from the attacks on Heimdall station and now find themselves
crammed with 2,000 refugees on the container ship, Mao. With the
jump station destroyed and their resources scarce, the only option is to return
to Kerenza--but who knows what they'll find seven months after the invasion?
Meanwhile, Kady's cousin, Asha, survived the initial BeiTech assault and has
joined Kerenza's ragtag underground resistance. When Rhys--an old flame from
Asha's past--reappears on Kerenza, the two find themselves on opposite sides of
the conflict. With time running out, a final battle will be waged on land and
in space, heros will fall, and hearts will be broken.
Aru Shah and the End of Time by Roshani Chokshi - March 27
Best-selling
author Rick Riordan introduces this adventure by Roshani Chokshi about
twelve-year-old Aru Shah, who has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to
fit in at school. While her classmates are jetting off to family vacations in
exotic locales, she'll be spending her autumn break at home, in the Museum of
Ancient Indian Art and Culture, waiting for her mom to return from her latest
archeological trip. Is it any wonder that Aru makes up stories about being
royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur?
One
day, three schoolmates show up at Aru's doorstep to catch her in a lie. They
don't believe her claim that the museum's Lamp of Bharata is cursed, and they
dare Aru to prove it. Just a quick light, Aru thinks. Then she
can get herself out of this mess and never ever fib again.
But
lighting the lamp has dire consequences. She unwittingly frees the Sleeper, an
ancient demon whose duty it is to awaken the God of Destruction. Her classmates
and beloved mother are frozen in time, and it's up to Aru to save them.
The
only way to stop the demon is to find the reincarnations of the five legendary
Pandava brothers, protagonists of the Hindu epic poem, the Mahabharata,
and journey through the Kingdom of Death. But how is one girl in Spider-Man
pajamas supposed to do all that?
LIFEL1K3 by Jay Kristoff by May 29
On an island junkyard beneath a sky that glows
with radiation, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap. Seventeen-year-old
Eve isn't looking for trouble--she's too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot
gladiator she spent months building has been reduced to a smoking wreck, she's
on the local gangster's wanted list, and the only thing keeping her grandpa
alive is the money she just lost to the bookies. Worst of all, she's discovered
she can somehow destroy machines with the power of her mind, and a bunch of
puritanical fanatics are building a coffin her size because of it. If she's
ever had a worse day, Eve can't remember it. The problem is, Eve has had
a worse day--one that lingers in her nightmares and the cybernetic implant
where her memories used to be.
Her discovery of a handsome android named
Ezekiel--called a "Lifelike" because they resemble humans--will bring
her world crashing down and make her question whether her entire life is a lie.
With her best friend Lemon Fresh and her robotic sidekick Cricket in tow, Eve
will trek across deserts of glass, battle unkillable bots, and infiltrate
towering megacities to save the ones she loves...and learn the truth about the
bloody secrets of her past.
A Thousand Beginning and Endings by Ellen Oh - June 26
Star-crossed lovers, meddling immortals,
feigned identities, battles of wits, and dire warnings. These are the stuff of
fairy tale, myth, and folklore that have drawn us in for centuries.
Fifteen bestselling and acclaimed authors
reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories
that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate.
Compiled by We Need Diverse Books’s Ellen Oh and
Elsie Chapman, the authors included in this exquisite collection are: Renee
Ahdieh, Sona Charaipotra, Preeti Chhibber, Roshani Chokshi, Aliette de Bodard,
Melissa de la Cruz, Julie Kagawa, Rahul Kanakia, Lori M. Lee, E. C. Myers,
Cindy Pon, Aisha Saeed, Shveta Thakrar, and Alyssa Wong.
A mountain loses her heart. Two sisters
transform into birds to escape captivity. A young man learns the true meaning
of sacrifice. A young woman takes up her mother’s mantle and leads the dead to
their final resting place. From fantasy to science fiction to contemporary,
from romance to tales of revenge, these stories will beguile readers from start
to finish.
Estranged by Ethan M. Aldridge - Aug. 7
Debut author-illustrator Ethan M. Aldridge will
captivate readers with this full-color fantasy graphic novel that has all the
makings of a classic, about a changeling and a human child who were switched at
birth and must now work together to save both their worlds. Perfect for fans
of Amulet.
Edmund and the Childe were swapped at birth. Now
Edmund lives in secret as a changeling in the World Above, with fae powers that
make him different from everyone else—even his unwitting parents and older
sister, Alexis. The Childe lives among the fae in the World Below, where being
human makes him an oddity at the royal palace, and where his only friend is a
wax golem named Whick.
But when the cruel sorceress Hawthorne takes the
throne, the Childe and Edmund realize that the fate of both worlds may be in
their hands—even if they’re not sure which world they belong to.
The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden - Aug. 14
In the stunning conclusion to the bestselling
Winternight Trilogy, following The Bear and the Nightingale and The
Girl in the Tower, Vasya returns to save Russia and the spirit realm,
battling enemies both mortal and magic.
City of Ghosts by Victoria Schwab - Aug. 28
Cassidy Blake's parents are The Inspectres, a
(somewhat inept) ghost-hunting team. But Cass herself can REALLY see ghosts. In
fact, her best friend, Jacob, just happens to be one.When The Inspectres head
to ultra-haunted Edinburgh, Scotland, for their new TV show, Cass -- and Jacob
-- come along. In Scotland, Cass is surrounded by ghosts, not all of them
friendly. Then she meets Lara, a girl who can also see the dead. But Lara tells
Cassidy that as an In-betweener, their job is to send ghosts permanently beyond
the Veil. Cass isn't sure about her new mission, but she does know the sinister
Red Raven haunting the city doesn't belong in her world. Cassidy's powers will
draw her into an epic fight that stretches through the worlds of the living and
the dead, in order to save herself.
Vengeful by V.E Schwab - Sept 25
Sydney once had
Serena―beloved sister, betrayed enemy, powerful ally. But now she is alone,
except for her thrice-dead dog, Dol, and then there's Victor, who thinks Sydney
doesn't know about his most recent act of vengeance.
Victor himself is under the radar these
days―being buried and re-animated can strike concern even if one has superhuman
powers. But despite his own worries, his anger remains. And Eli Ever still has
yet to pay for the evil he has done.
Throne of Glass 7 by Sarah J Mass
The Final installment to the Throne of Glass
series.
Simply a girl who loves tea, blogs about her ever exciting life and wants to make her dreams come true.
