Most Anticipated (7)

This week My Most Anticipated Release of the Week is, Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond. I'm a huge fan of the The Hollows series by Kim Harrison. I can't wait to get my hands on this one. A collection of novellas including, Million Dollar Baby  told from Trent Kalamack's POV. Yeah, I wouldn't mind learning what's going on in his head. Hopefully these novellas will hold me over while I wait for book 11, Ever After. If not I can always re-read the series to get my fill of these amazing characters. Plus I recently learned that in the paperback edition of A Perfect Blood one of the chapters is told from Trent's POV. Let's just say I rushed out to read it immediately. The chapter gives insight into Trent thoughts about Rachel. I may have then re-read the chapter from Rachel's POV to compare. I'm not obsessed at all.

Into the Woods: Tales from the Hollows and Beyond, Kim Harrison, Expected Publication: October 9, 2012, Harper Voyager, Hardcover, 384 pgs.

Info:

A true queen of urban fantasy--the New York Times bestselling author of the wildly popular series featuring bounty hunter witch-turned-daywalking demon Rachel Morgan--the phenomenal Kim Harrison explores the Hollows more deeply than ever before in Into the Woods, her first collection of short stories. Rachel is here, as are Jenks the pixie, elven tycoon Trent Kalamack, and an unholy host of vampires, demons, shapeshifters, ghosts, and other assorted supernatural beings, friends and foes. Into the Woods combines original work, including a new Hollows novella, as well as all of Kim Harrison's previously published short fiction gathered together in one volume for the very first time. No true Hollows aficionado will want to pass this up.(Goodreads)

That's what I'm looking forward to getting my hands on this week. Are there any books coming out this week that you have to get your hands on?

Swoon Thursday (50)

The ladies at YA Bound have created a hot and fun new meme called SWOON #YABound. If you want to join in here's what you need to do.

All you need to do is pick up the book you are currently reading or just finished reading. Find what made you SWOON. What got your heart pounding and your skin tingling, and your stomach fluttering. Then shout it out on Twitter with the hashtag  #YABound, post in the comments, or grab the awesome button from YA Bound (above) share it on your blog!

My Swoon is from The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #2) by Michelle Hodkin. I have been dying to read this book ever since I read the last line of The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer. I was definitely in need of a Noah fix. Luckily, I have been able to satisfy my Noah withdrawals. Without further babbling by me here is my Swoon:

"His hands were on my hips and his mouth was on my skin and he lifted me and I wrapped myself around him. I was backed against the door and the copper buttons on Noah's jeans pressed against me and the ache was delicious and not enough, not at all. His rough check electrified the curve between my neck and shoulder and I leaned back, completely senseless. His fingers pressed into my hips and he shifted me up and then his lips brushed against mine. Soft. Tentative. Waiting for me to kiss them." SWOON#YABound

Quote taken from ARC may appear different in finished copy.

And...I'm still Swooning over this scene!! What do you think? If you have a Swoon let me know, I loved being Swooned. 

Teaser Tuesday (30)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme hosted by MizB at Should be Reading. Anyone can join in. Here's what you need to do.

♥Grab your current read.

♥Open to a random page.

♥Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page.

♥Be careful not to include spoilers! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away. You don’t want to ruin the book for others.)

♥Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

This week my teaser comes from, The Evolution of Mara Dyer. Hope you enjoy!

"Daniel would never believe that the things that were happening to me, the things I could do, were real-aside from Noah, who would?-but it was important to make sure he thought I didn't believe they were real either. I had to make sure he didn't think I believed my own fiction, or I would set off his alarms."

Michelle Hodkin, The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #2) ARC, pg 140

Quote taken from ARC may appear different in finished copy.

That's my teaser this week. Let me know what you think. Feel free to leave a link for your teaser so I can check it out:)

Most Anticipated (6)

My Most Anticipated Release of the Week is: Whispers at Moonrise (Shadow Falls #4). I have been looking forward to reading this book since the second after I finished book 3, Taken at Dusk. The ending of  Taken at Dusk left me with a ton of questions and now hopefully I will get some answers. This series has a love triangle and I am just hoping that the love issue will get resolved. I can't wait to get my hands on this book to see what happens next in Kylie's life!!

Whispers at Moonrise, C.C. Hunter, Expected Publication: October 2, 2012, St. Martin's Griffin, Paperback, 400 pgs.

Summary:

Shadow Falls Camp is back in session with the most explosive installment yet.  A shocking new threat will rock Shadow Falls—changing it forever and altering Kylie’s journey in ways she never imagined.

Even at a camp for supernatural teens, Kylie Galen has never been normal. Not only can she see ghosts, but she doesn't seem to belong to any one species—she exhibits traits from them all. As Kylie struggles to unlock the secrets of her identity, she begins to worry that Lucas will never be able to accept her for what she is, and what she isn't... a werewolf.  With his pack standing in their way, Kylie finds herself turning more and more to Derek, the only person in her life who’s willing to accept the impossible.

As if life isn't hard enough, she starts getting visits from the ghost of Holiday, her closest confidante.  Trouble is, Holiday isn't dead…not yet anyway.  Now Kylie must race to save one of her own from an unseen danger before it’s too late—all while trying to stop her relationship with Lucas from slipping away forever.   In a world of constant confusion, there’s only one thing Kylie knows for sure.  Change is inevitable and all things must come to an end…maybe even her time at Shadow Falls.(Goodreads)

That's the book I am looking forward to this week. How about you? Are there any books you have been eagerly awaiting releasing this week?