Friday 56:Variant

Variant
by Robison Wells
Releases 10.4.2011
HarperCollins
Hardbound: 384 pgs

Description:


Friday 56: ARC Edition

".. But more disturbing is the continued actions of Curtis Shaw and Caroline Flynn. While their actions do not constitute a legitimate escape attempt, and they will therefore not receive detention, their repeated disregard for the rules will not be tolerated."

Book Description:

Benson Fisher thought that a scholarship to Maxfield Academy would be the ticket out of his dead-end life.
He was wrong.
Now he’s trapped in a school that’s surrounded by a razor-wire fence. A school where video cameras monitor his every move. Where there are no adults. Where the kids have split into groups in order to survive.
Where breaking the rules equals death.
But when Benson stumbles upon the school’s real secret, he realizes that playing by the rules could spell a fate worse than death, and that escape—his only real hope for survival—may be impossible.

Waiting on Wednesday:

Waiting on Wednesday this week:
Goliath
by Scott Westerfeld
Releases 9.20.2011
by Simon Pulse
Hardbound: 560 pgs
Leviathan Series #3

I cannot wait to get my hands on a copy of Goliath by Scott Westerfeld.
Goliath will take us back to the ship Leviathan for the conclusion of an amazing series. I bought the audiobook of the first two books to take with me on a massive road trip this summer and I was amazed at this riveting tale of airships and of friendships. What will happen as so many of the secrets that the characters hold come to light? Yes Mr. Westerfeld do tell.

Teaser Tuesday: The Fox Inheritance

The Fox Inheritance
by Mary Pearson
Released August 2011

Description:

Once there were three. Three friends who loved each other—Jenna, Locke, and Kara. And after a terrible accident destroyed their bodies, their three minds were kept alive, spinning in a digital netherworld. Even in that disembodied nightmare, they were still together. At least at first. When Jenna disappeared, Locke and Kara had to go on without her. Decades passed, and then centuries.

Two-hundred-and-sixty years later, they have been released at last. Given new, perfect bodies, Locke and Kara awaken to a world they know nothing about, where everyone they once knew and loved is long dead.

Everyone except Jenna Fox.

Teaser:

Now what? I've solved us right into a corner. And I'm starving.

ARC p.110

yes, right?1 What a tease.

I love this series. It reminds me of the Wired series by Robin Wasserman in a way, but with this great trio of characters. At first there was Jenna, and now the tale continues with Locke and Kara.

I was on a major hiatus! I am back.

Having massive family circumstances I had to pull away from the internet for awhile, yes *gasp* but I have been reading like wild. I hope to have the blog back up and running ASAP!