Waiting on Wednesday | Grimm Fairy Tales: Oz by Joe Brusha

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Grimm Fairy Tales: Oz by Joe Brusha

Release Date: March 18th, 2014 by Zenescope Entertainment

S u m m a r y :

The world faces a gathering storm that threatens to drown it in darkness. The only hope to stop the coming evil rests on an unlikely hero: a Kansas farm girl named Dorothy Gale.

Unbeknownst to Dorothy, highborn blood flows through her veins and with it, the power to save Earth and the realms of power that surround it. But Dorothy must first learn to use her unharnessed abilities before the witches of Oz destroy her and everyone else that stands in their way.

Zenescope Entertainment presents another incredible tale of adventure and fantasy with this mesmerizing and epic re-imagining of a classic!

[ via Goodreads ]

Reason for waiting:

I mean... it's a retelling of Oz... do I really have to say anything else? :P

What are you waiting for this week?

Waiting on Wednesday | Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern

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Say What You Will by Cammie McGovern

Release Date: June 3rd, 2014 from HarperTeen

S u m m a r y :

I want someone who will talk to me honestly about things. You're the only person who ever has. Maybe you don't know this, but when you're disabled almost no one tells you the truth. They feel too awkward because the truth seems too sad, I guess. You were very brave to walk up to the crippled girl and say, essentially, wipe that sunny expression off your face and look at reality. That's what I want you to do next year. Tell me the truth. That's all.

Amy and Matthew didn't know each other, really. They weren't friends. Matthew remembered her, sure, but he remembered a lot of people from elementary school that he wasn't friends with now.

Matthew never planned to tell Amy what he thought of her cheerful facade, but after he does, Amy realizes she needs someone like him in her life.

As they begin to spend more time with each other, Amy learns that Matthew has his own secrets and she decides to try to help him in the same way he's helped her. And when what started out as a friendship turns into something neither of them expected, they realize that they tell each other everything—except the one thing that matters most.

 [ via Goodreads ]

Reason for waiting:

That's a pretty vague summary, right? But it sounds so interesting! And I love the cover. Really excited to see what this one's about!

What are you waiting for this week?

Waiting on Wednesday | It felt Like A Kiss by Sarra Manning

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It Felt Like A Kiss by Sarra Manning

Release Date: February 13th 2014 from Corgi

S u m m a r y :

Meet Ellie Cohen, one of the most perfect girls in London.

Ellie manages a swank Mayfair gallery, but it’s her life that’s a real work of art. Great job, really good hair, loyal friends, loving family. It’s only her succession of lame duck boyfriends that ruin the picture.

Oh, and the world-famous rock-star father she’s never met, who won’t even acknowledge her existence.

Then Ellie’s perfect life is smashed to pieces when her secret is sold to the highest bidder and her name, face (and pictures of her bottom) are splashed across the tabloids. Suddenly everyone thinks she’s a gold-digging, sex-crazy, famewhore.

Enter David Gold. Charming and handsome David Gold. On paper he’s even more perfect than Ellie, if only he wasn’t her father’s ruthlessly ambitious lawyer whose job is to manage the crisis – and her. He certainly doesn’t think that Ellie’s the innocent party and she doesn’t trust him at all. So why is it that every time they’re alone together, damage limitation is the last thing on their minds?

 [ via Goodreads ]

Reason for waiting:

I'm a sucker for chick lit based in London and for books with pretty colorful covers! This sounds so good and I'm so sad that it's an international title that I don't know how to get a hold of! Ah, I guess I'll be refreshing BookDepo until it's in stock.

What are you waiting for this week?

Waiting on Wednesday | Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

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Dorothy Must Die (Dorothy Must Die #1) by Danielle Paige

Release Date: April 1st 2014 from HarperTeen

S u m m a r y :

I didn't ask for any of this. I didn't ask to be some kind of hero.
But when your whole life gets swept up by a tornado—taking you with it—you have no choice but to go along, you know?

Sure, I've read the books. I've seen the movies. I know the song about the rainbow and the happy little blue birds. But I never expected Oz to look like this. To be a place where Good Witches can't be trusted, Wicked Witches may just be the good guys, and winged monkeys can be executed for acts of rebellion. There's still the yellow brick road, though—but even that's crumbling.
What happened?
Dorothy. They say she found a way to come back to Oz. They say she seized power and the power went to her head. And now no one is safe.

My name is Amy Gumm—and I'm the other girl from Kansas.
I've been recruited by the Revolutionary Order of the Wicked.
I've been trained to fight.
And I have a mission:
Remove the Tin Woodman's heart.
Steal the Scarecrow's brain.
Take the Lion's courage.
Then and only then—Dorothy must die!

 [ via Goodreads ]

Reason for waiting:

If you know me AT ALL you know I don't have to say anything about why I chose this title for Waiting on Wednesday. YA hasn't seen a Wizard of Oz retelling in... well, ever so this is pretty exciting! I'm totally excited for this to release!

What are you waiting for this week?

Waiting on Wednesday | How to Love by Katie Cotugno

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How to Love by Katie Cotugno

Release Date: October 1st, 2013 by Balzer + Bray

S u m m a r y :

Before: Reena Montero has loved Sawyer LeGrande for as long as she can remember: as natural as breathing, as endless as time. But he’s never seemed to notice that Reena even exists…until one day, impossibly, he does. Reena and Sawyer fall in messy, complicated love. But then Sawyer disappears from their humid Florida town without a word, leaving a devastated—and pregnant—Reena behind.

After: Almost three years have passed, and there’s a new love in Reena’s life: her daughter, Hannah. Reena’s gotten used to being without Sawyer, and she’s finally getting the hang of this strange, unexpected life. But just as swiftly and suddenly as he disappeared, Sawyer turns up again. Reena doesn’t want anything to do with him, though she’d be lying if she said Sawyer’s being back wasn’t stirring something in her. After everything that’s happened, can Reena really let herself love Sawyer LeGrande again?

In this breathtaking debut, Katie Cotugno weaves together the story of one couple falling in love—twice.

[ via Goodreads ]

Reason for waiting:

Can we just talk admire this eye catching cover really quick?

Okay. 

Now hol up Reena this boy done left you while you were pregnant and just walks back in and you're ready to forgive him?! I hope there's more to it than that. I hope he at least contacted her in those three years or something! 

I guess I'll just have to wait until Oct 1st to find out!

What are you waiting for this week?