Wanting and Waiting for Wednesdays -1

Greetings! This is my first meme I have started on my own, even though I know there are tons just like this one, I haven't been able to find one exactly like this (but send me a link if you know where to find one!). It is inspired by 'Waiting on Wednesday' -started at Breaking the Spine. Every Wednesday I will post a book I am waiting for it's release in 2012 and also any books I am wanting to read but haven't had the chance yet. Then hopefully, my next IMM will have one of those books in it! (Crossing fingers). Feel free to join me in this bookish meme!

Waiting For:

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater

If you've been a follower since the very beginning, you may remember my first reviews were on 'The Wolves of Mercy Falls' books. I loved those books so much except the ending of 'Forever' left me disappointed. But I'm expecting this will be a great read! Check it out for yourself - Filled with mystery, romance, and the supernatural, The Raven Boys introduces readers to Richard “Dick” Campbell Gansey, III and Blue Sargent. Gansey has it all—family money, good looks, devoted friends—but he’s looking for much more than that. He is on the hunt to find Glendower, a vanished Welsh king. Legend has it that the first person to find him will be granted a wish—either by seeing him open his eyes, or by cutting out his heart.

Blue Sargent, the daughter of the town psychic in Henrietta, Virginia, has been told for as long as she can remember that if she ever kisses her true love, he will die. But she is too practical to believe in things like true love. Her policy is to stay away from the rich boys at the prestigious Aglionby Academy. The boys there—known as Raven Boys—can only mean trouble. When Gansey and his Raven Boy friends come into her life, Blue realizes how true this is. She never thought her fortune would be a problem. But she was wrong.

Comes out September 18th 2012! Way too long!


Wanting:

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Last week when I was at the mall, I walked by the book store and saw they has signed copies of this book. I didn't really look at it -because I was determined to find another book- until I had paid and was leaving. I had to leave by then, and so I didn't get the chance to buy a copy signed by the author. Now, it is my number one book on my list! Here's what it's about - Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love

Sounds amazing right? I'm so in love with it already! If you've read it, let me know what you think!


That's all for this week, even though there's tons more!
~Kristy

Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

Alright, I finished "Forever" last night! I'm sort of having mixed emotions about finishing the series because as much as I loved the story and the characters, "Forever" seemed to go on... FOREVER! There were some parts in it that I just couldn't get through very easily because it didn't grab me like the other two did. Did anyone else feel like that? I really did love it but it wasn't my favourite. WARNING: There will be spoilers ahead for those who have not read Linger.

In "Forever" the story revolves around Grace, Sam, Cole and Isabel again. Grace is now a wolf, so she is shifting uncontrollably. Sam and Cole are intent on finding her, Sam because... he loves her and Cole because he is trying to find a cure for the toxin. Isabel's father has gotten the state to approve an aerial hunt on the wolves after there is an attack (thanks to our dear Shelby). As the time passes, Sam, Isabel and Cole rush to either stop the hunt or move the wolves, while finding a cure. Grace has the problems of being 'missing', while Sam is the police's main suspect.

I really did enjoy this book, but it took me some time to get through it. I think my favourite book of the series was "Linger" but I don't know exactly how to classify them all into 1st, 2nd and 3rd. They were all really amazing! I'm so glad I got to read these books. The only thing I will say was that I was quite disappointed by the ending of "Forever". It feels as if there should be another book! Did anyone else feel like that as well? Let me know what you thought of the series and how you enjoyed it! I'm sad to be leaving the world of the Wolves but it's always on my book shelf when I want to immerse myself into them once again!

Does anyone else have a ton of snow!? I'll post a picture of this morning later. :)

~Kristy

Order it Online: Forever by Maggie Stiefvater

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

Hey guys! I'm almost done Forever, the third book of this trilogy but I thought it would be a good idea to do my review on Linger before I know all that happens in the end. WARNING: There may be some spoilers in this if you have not already read Shiver.

Linger was really impressive. I normally don't enjoy the 2nd book of a series for some reason, I think it's because they never really truly live up to the 1st. But Linger was so amazing, I almost loved it more than Shiver. It was a lot more suspenseful, but not in a 'scary' way. There was a lot of dramatic events that happened in this book that seemed to tie it together quite nicely considering that now we have four characters we follow, instead of just Grace and Sam. We get to see a lot more of Isabel, Jack's younger sister and we also meet Cole. Cole was one of my favourite characters in the end of this book, but it took me a while to warm up to him. Cole is one of the new wolves Beck created, but for some reason he can't seem to stay a wolf for very long, even though that's what he wants. I loved the tension between Cole and Isabel that started really fast within the novel. It was nice to have a different type of romance in the book, instead of the perfect charming romance of Grace and Sam. (I don't mean to say that their relationship is perfect, because obviously... it's not, considering the events that pass through the book.) There is A LOT of stuff happening with Grace's parents once they start to realise how serious Grace and Sam are, but they don't want to believe it. Plus, there's ever the question of why Grace isn't a wolf.

Linger was definitely great, I don't know how I'll be able to decide which of these books was my favourite! As soon as I'm done Forever I'll post how I liked it and I'll try and decide which one I liked the most! If you've read these books comment below and let me know how you liked them!

Have a great day!
~Kristy

Order it online: Linger by Maggie Stiefvater

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

I bought the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy on Boxing Day, along with a bunch of other books. I had heard a lot of good things about them and wanted to read them but because I had also grabbed two books I had been waiting for for a long time, I put them on my bookshelf and didn't look at them until after I had read the two new books plus eight others... then I was finally out of books... so trying to get out of the Vampire Academy mindset, I pulled out Shiver and IMMEDIATELY FELL IN LOVE. I cannot believe I waited to read these as long as I did. Literally, it was Wednesday night that I started Shiver and I'm now halfway through Forever, the third and final book. I'll do separate posts for each book, because they so deserve them, but honestly, it took me less than 24 hours to read these books, because I could not put them down. It's not that Shiver was entirely suspenseful but I was so enthralled in Sam and Grace's relationship. So.. that was a really long intro, but now I'll just get to the gist of it...

Sam Roth is a werewolf, but not one with silver bullets and full moons. The wolves shift in the winter time, when it becomes cold and then become humans again when it's spring. I could go on and on about the way it all works but I'd get carried away. So anyways, when his pack attacks a little girl, he saves her for a reason that can only be described as love at first sight. But the thing is, he was a wolf.. and it's not some freaky mystical werewolf like from Harry Potter or something, but a real wolf. They lose all their human feelings and inhibitions. So something about Grace made Sam become human again. But after she was bitten, she never changed. They suspect it had something to do with her father accidentally locking her in the car on the hottest day of the year shortly after the attack. So Sam then proceeds to watch her while he is a wolf, and in the summers work up the nerve to talk to her as a human. But, of course that always falls through. So one night, Grace is heading home after finding out hunters are trying to kill the wolves in the woods behind her house, she finds human Sam naked on her back porch. His eyes are what tip her off that he is her wolf. They then fall in love almost immediately, while trying to keep Sam human, since it is September and he should be a wolf according to the laws of his kind.

The entire book is really captivating if you like a great love story. The whole time I was reading it I was torn between wanting Sam to stay human for them to have a great long life together and wanting Grace to become a wolf too, as you can tell the author tips towards that angle a little bit. Of course I won't tell you the ending, because that would be rude but I will tell you that this book is incredible and I'm sure that if you like Twilight, you'll love it. If you didn't, but are still a sucker for romance then I'd suggest these anyways.

Order it online: Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater

Hope you enjoy!
~Kristy