On My Wishlist (Feb. 27th, 2010)

On My Wishlist is a weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City. It allows us to share the books we haven’t bought yet but are waiting to be bought and devoured. (This post was inspired by the fab In My Mailbox by Kristi at The Story Siren).

Sins & Shadows by Lyn Benedict
This looks like a really great UF read – and has some fab quotes from both Carrie Vaughn and Kat Richardson on the cover!

Sylvie Lightner is no ordinary P.I. She specializes in cases involving the unusual, in a world where magic is real – and where death isn’t the worst thing that can happen to you.

But when an employee is murdered in front of her, Sylvie has had enough. After years of confounding the dark forces of the Magicus Mundi, she’s closing up shop – until a man claiming to be the God of Justice wants Sylvie to find his lost lover.

And he won’t take no for an answer.

“Full of big adventure, big action, and weird magic.”
– Carrie Vaughn

“Dark and fascinating.”
– Kat Richardson

Spiral Hunt by Margaret Ronald
This one does not have the most inviting of covers – but seems to have a killer plot. Also, the Boston setting is brilliant – I am a big fan!

Some people have the Sight. Genevieve Scelan has the Scent.

They call her “Hound,” and with her unique supernatural sense Evie can track nearly anything – lost keys, vanished family heirlooms . . . even missing people. And though she knows to stay out of the magical undercurrent that runs beneath Boston’s historic streets, a midnight phone call from a long-vanished lover will destroy the careful boundaries she has drawn. Now, to pay a years-old debt, Evie must venture into the shadowy world that lies between myth and reality, where she will find betrayal, conspiracies, and revelations that will shatter all she believes about herself and the city she claims as home.

When the Hunt is on, the Hound must run . . .

Waiting on Wednesday – The Mage in Black (Sabina Kane, #2) by Jaye Wells

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that are being eagerly anticipated.

The Mage in Black (Sabina Kane, #2) by Jaye WellsThe Mage in Black (Sabina Kane, #2) by Jaye Wells
Urban Fantasy – April 1st 2010 by Orbit – Goodreads
Sabina Kane doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to family. After all, her own grandmother, leader of the vampire race, wants her dead. So when she arrives in New York to meet her mage relatives, the reunion puts the fun in dysfunctional.

Not only is mage culture completely bizarre, but everyone seems to think she’s some kind of ‘Chosen’ who’ll unite the dark races. Sabina doesn’t care who chose her, she’s not into destiny. But the mages aren’t Sabina’s only problem. In New York’s Black Light District, she has run-ins with fighting demons, hostile werewolves and an opportunistic old flame. Sabina thought she’d take a bite out of the Big Apple – but it looks like it wants to bite back.

I just finished the first book in this series last week, and was head-over-heels. I cannot wait to see how Jaye Wells continues the series… and I’m hoping for a bit of action between her and the hot mancy Adam! *sighs* Can. Not. Wait!

What are you reading on Monday? – (Feb. 22nd, 2010)

It’s Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event now hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss our week of reading!

Books I am currently reading:

Books I finished this week:
Up next from the TBR pile:

On My Wishlist (Feb. 20th, 2010)

On My Wishlist is a weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City. It allows us to share the books we haven’t bought yet but are waiting to be bought and devoured. (This post was inspired by the fab In My Mailbox by Kristi at The Story Siren).

Heart of Stone (The Negotiator, Book 1) by C.E. Murphy
Librarything / Goodreads
C.E. Murphy has had some great reviews for her PNR Walker Papers Series( which starts with Urban Shaman) – but for some reason this is the book I am lusting after. Is it the gargoyle idea or the fantastic cover? Hmm.

WHAT SECRETS LIE SHROUDED IN DARKNESS?

Okay, so jogging through Central Park after midnight wasn’t a bright idea. But Margrit Knight never thought she’d encounter a dark new world filled with magical beings — not to mention a dying woman and a mysterious stranger with blood on his hands. Her logical lawyer instincts told her it couldn’t all be real — but she could hardly deny what she’d seen…and touched.

The mystery man, Alban, was a gargoyle. One of the fabled Old Races who had hidden their existence for centuries. Now he was a murder suspect, and he needed Margrit’s help to take the heat off him and find the real killer. And as the dead pile up, it’s a race against the sunrise to clear Alban’s name and keep them both alive…

The Stone Child by Dan Poblocki
LibraryThing / GoodReads
This book has two things that make my heart skip a beat: a cover that reminds be of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (*sighs*), and is about a book within the book! Really want this one.

What if the monsters from your favorite horror books were real?

Eddie Fennicks has always been a loner, content to lose himself in a mystery novel by his favorite author, Nathaniel Olmstead. That’s why moving to the small town of Gatesweed becomes a dream come true when Eddie discovers that Olmstead lived there before mysteriously disappearing thirteen years ago. Even better, Eddie finds a handwritten, never-before-seen Nathaniel Olmstead book printed in code and befriends Harris, who’s as much an Olmsteady as he is. But then the frightening creatures of Olmstead’s books begin to show up in real life, and Eddie’s dream turns into a nightmare.

Eddie, Harris, and their new friend, Maggie, must break Olmstead’s code, banish all gremlins and monster lake-dogs from the town of Gatesweed, and solve the mystery of the missing author, all before Eddie’s mom finishes writing her own tale of terror and brings to life the scariest creature of all.

Waiting on Wednesday – Split by Stefan Petrucha

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that are being eagerly anticipated.

Split by Stefan Petrucha
Young Adult – March 16th 2010 by Walker Books for Young Readers 

Sliding Doors meets Fight Club, when one teen’s life is split in two very different directions.
Wade Jackson has always felt split, his love for playing and writing music competing with his ambition to do well in school. But when his mother dies, this need for order competes with his desire to leave it all behind. What follows is a split in his consciousness that takes him to two very different worlds.

Told in alternating chapters that together form one cohesive story, Split follows both Wades as they pursue what they think is the correct path. One Wade continues working hard in school, pulling all-nighters towrite a computer code he believes will save the world. The other Wade pursues the dream of being a dive-bar singer, pulling all-nighters to party, gamble, and live on the edge. But when these two worlds begin to collide, each Wade will need to find a balance between control and abandon, order and chaos, lifemissed and life lost, in order to save himself.

I absolutely love the concept of getting to watch the same character making different choices. It is something we all wonder about, and I love the idea of being able to actually explore both! And, hey!, a male protagonist for a change! Y’all didn’t think I was getting sexist on ya?

What are you reading on Monday? – (Feb. 15th, 2010)

It’s Monday! What are you reading this week? is a weekly event now hosted by One Persons Journey Through a World Of Books where we discuss our week of reading!

Books I am currently reading:

Books I finished this week:
    Up next from the TBR pile: