Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Waiting on Wednesday: Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover


This is my first Waiting on Wednesday, but I've always loved reading them on other people's pages. So hopefully I can keep up with the demand of consistent postage.

Call me lame, but I love a good spy book. I was the first person in my town to pick up I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You. By the end of the summer people were running away in case I were to thrust another book in their arms and beg them to take it out of the library. I'm an Alex Rider fan girl, I demolished the entire Cherub series in a week, my cousin shipped in the newest Young Bond from the UK and I slipped it inconspicuosly into my bag after a family dinner. I'm sure you understand.

So the third book in the Gallagher Girls series comes out June 9th! That is! So soon!
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When Cammie "the Chameleon" Morgan visits her roommate Macey in Boston, she thinks she's in for an exciting end to her summer break. After all, she's there to watch Macey's father accept a nomination for vice president of the United States. But when you go to the world's best school (for spies), "exciting" and "deadly" are never far apart. Cammie and Macey soon find themselves trapped in a kidnapper's dangerous plot, with only their espionage skills to save them.

As her Junior year begins, Cammie can't shake the memory of what happened in Boston, and even the Gallagher Academy for Exceptional Young Women doesn't feel like the safe haven it once did. Shocking secrets and old flames seem to lurk around every one of the mansion's corners as Cammie and her friends struggle to answer the questions, Who is after Macey? And how can they keep her safe?

Soon Cammie is joining Bex and Liz as Macey's private security team on the campaign trail. The girls must use their spy training at every turn as the stakes are raised, and Cammie gets closer and closer to the shocking truth...
(From Ally Carter's Website. Linked Above)

Is anyone else excited for this? And if you wouldn't mind leaving nods to upcoming books. I'd love to check them out.

-- Leigh


Sunday, May 24, 2009

It Goes Hand-In-Hand

Today I was noticing a trend. Is it just me, or since the release of the ever-so-memorable Twilight cover, have there been more and more books in the newly formed tradition of unfocused backgrounds and hands that hold things in the foreground, especially in fantasy. I guess the only way to really make this clear is to give examples. And there are plenty of them.




All the same, I am loving the cover of The Awakening. The colors are beautiful, especially with that blue jewel right in the middle. In other cover news, I was stunned by the sheer creativity and difference between the covers of the latest Gone book (Hunger) by Michael Grant and the previous title in the series. That was sarcasm. Sorry. I think I'll have to work on that.













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Deep. All the same, I'm still looking forward to reading Hunger. I really liked the first one, nothing deep, but a solid and fun adventureish read. Has anyone else noticed any trends in cover-dom?
-Leigh