Waiting on Wednesday - Invictus by Ryan Graudin

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine,  that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating or books that are in our TBR pile.  This week’s “can’t-wait-to-read” selection is



Summary (By Goodreads)

Time flies when you're plundering history.

Farway Gaius McCarthy was born outside of time. The son of a time-traveling Recorder from 2354 AD and a gladiator living in Rome in 95 AD, Far's birth defies the laws of nature. Exploring history himself is all he's ever wanted, and after failing his final time-traveling exam, Far takes a position commanding a ship with a crew of his friends as part of a black market operation to steal valuables from the past. 

But during a heist on the sinking Titanic, Far meets a mysterious girl who always seems to be one step ahead of him. Armed with knowledge that will bring Far's very existence into question, she will lead Far and his team on a race through time to discover a frightening truth: History is not as steady as it seems.

I really like the idea of this title. Messing with time is going to have some serious consequences though!  Another thing that I really like about title is that it is a standalone title according to the author. 
- Christinabean

Waiting on Wednesday - The Big F by Maggie Ann Martin

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine,  that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating or books that are in our TBR pile.  This week’s “can’t-wait-to-read” selection is

Summary (by Goodreads)

Danielle effed up. Big time.

Danielle’s plans for the future were all figured out…until she failed senior English and her single college application was rejected. Suddenly she’s in hot water with very few options, because, honestly, who applies to a safety school when your mom is a semi-famous “college psychic”?!

Determined to get her life back on track, Danielle enrolls in her hometown community college with a plan: pass her English class and get back into Ohio State—and her mother’s good graces. Romance isn’t on her radar. That is, until she reconnects with her childhood crush and golden boy next door, Luke.

Between family drama, first love, and finding her own way, Danielle can’t help but feel a little overwhelmed. Thankfully she has her friendship with the snarky and frustratingly attractive Porter, her coworker at the campus bookstore, to push her to experience new things and help keep her afloat.

One thing’s for sure: This time, failure is not an option.

OK, I have to be totally up front here and say that the main reason why I chose this book was because of it's cover. Looks like a lot of fun, doesn't it? The Big F came out in August but I wanted to share it with my followers anyway. 

- Christinabean

Waiting on Wednesday - Black Bird of the Gallows by Meg Kassel

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine,  that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating or books that are in our TBR pile.  This week’s “can’t-wait-to-read” selection is

Summary (by Goodreads)

A simple but forgotten truth: Where harbingers of death appear, the morgues will soon be full.

Angie Dovage can tell there’s more to Reece Fernandez than just the tall, brooding athlete who has her classmates swooning, but she can’t imagine his presence signals a tragedy that will devastate her small town. When something supernatural tries to attack her, Angie is thrown into a battle between good and evil she never saw coming. Right in the center of it is Reece—and he’s not human.

What's more, she knows something most don't. That the secrets her town holds could kill them all. But that’s only half as dangerous as falling in love with a harbinger of death. 

Ahhh...the battle between  good evil with a flying omen. Who could resist such creepiness?

- Christinabean

We Know it was You by Maggie Thrash

Published: October 2016

Publisher: Simon Pulse

Pages: 352

Copy Provided by: Simon & Schuster Canada

Summary: Goodreads

Summary:

Twin Peaks meets Pretty Little Liars in acclaimed author Maggie Thrash’s new Strange Truth series.

It’s better to know the truth. At least sometimes.

Halfway through Friday night’s football game, beautiful cheerleader Brittany Montague—dressed as the giant Winship Wildcat mascot—hurls herself off a bridge into Atlanta’s surging Chattahoochee River.

Just like that, she’s gone.

Eight days later, Benny Flax and Virginia Leeds will be the only ones who know why. 

Review:

 I was so excited to receive this book. It sounded like it was right up my alley.  The mystery and some of the drama and cattiness but it was nothing like what I thought it would be. NOTHING. And unfortunately, that was a bad thing.  

It took me a very long time to get through this title.  I'm talking months and months.  I would pick it up and read a couple chapters, get bored and then put it down again.  The other day I realized that I had not read the title since around Christmas and since I was 1/2 way through, it would take no time to finish...but I was wrong.  That was sometime last week.  

The novel revolves around a very awkward mystery sleuth duo - Benny and Virginia.  Both are odd, quirky outsiders who are the members of the Mystery Club.  The ONLY members.  At first I thought their characters to be endearing, kind of cute and funny but as the book progresses, Virginia began to get on my nerves.  Her thinking process is so painful and she does many things that are either over-analytical or just down-right stupid.  I found myself having less and less interest in this particular character.  Even worse, I found myself having less and less interest in the storyline.  The novel jumps around a lot and I did not feel that much of it was connected smoothly for the reader to follow and be riveted to what was happening. 

I don't normally suggest this to my readers but I would pass on this novel - We Know it Was You.  You will find better things to do with your time....like read a different book.  I'm sorry Miss Thrash but It Wasn't You.