Two of the most highly anticipated books of year are out today! Or at least two of the books I have been anticipating! Now the challenge, which one will I read first?
So, dear readers, which one are you more excited about?
I was looking at all the new books coming out in the next couple of months and THERE ARE SO MANY BOOKS THAT I WANT TO READ!! I’m already behind because The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare came out earlier this month. I have to get myself in gear. Here are just a few titles that I can’t wait to read this fall.
Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, 9/29/15
Sword of Summer (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard #1) by Rick Riordan, 10/6/15
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell, 10/6/15
The Rose Society (Young Elites #2) by Marie Lu, 10/13/15
Dark Tide (Waterfire Saga #3) by Jennifer Donnelly, 10/13/15
Good News! Well good news for me. Lair of Dreams, book two of the Diviner’s series by Libba Bray is actually going to happen! Last November, I wrote about how the publishing date kept getting pushed back but Miss Bray confirmed on her blog that, Lair of Dreams has indeed been finished and will indeed be released this year! WOOHOO! I’ll forgive that the release date is even later then the last time I checked. Now the date is August 25 instead of July but hey what’s another month when I’ve already waited 3 years?
Bask in it’s Glory!!
So why am I so excited about this book? Well, the first book, The Diviner’s was amazing! Evie O’Neill has been shipped off to New York City to live with her uncle in the middle of the Swinging Twenties. It’s supposed to be a punishment but how could living in the greatest city in the world among the speakeasies, jazz clubs and Ziegfeld follies be anything but a reward. Evie gets caught up in a strange murder, when police consult with her uncle who is an expert in the occult. Soon she is using her strange power to help solve the murder and meeting other exceptional young people with powers of their own. It kinda has a little X-men type vibe. Like any moment, they are going to ban together and use their powers to fight evil!
The setting is great. All the optimism of the twenties. The characters are all likable and real. Miss Bray doesn’t shy away from the race and social divide of the characters and make it part of the story. There is so much going on but it doesn’t feel cluttered. It also has so much to build on that I really can’t wait to see where Miss Bray takes it. So finally! Finally! I’ll get to find out! In the meant time people, Go read The Diviners before the Lair of Dreams comes out.
Controversy aside, I’m really excited to read about an adult Scout and the cover is very pretty.
HBO released a new trailer for Season 5 of Game of Thrones. Unfortunately, I can’t figure out how to embed the video (I’m sure they did that on purpose) so you are going to have to Click Here To View it.
Also exciting news, HBO has partnered up with Apple to launch their HBO Go service as a stand alone service. As of now, you have to subscribe to HBO via your cable package to got it but now, you’ll be able to get HBO and all of their movies, shows, and documentaries without having to have a cable! The service goes live on April 12. You know what also happens on April 12? The premiere of Season 5! Coincidence? I think not. Well played HBO.
Now that we have seen the trailers, what do you expect from this season? Do you think they will continue to stay faithful to the books or is this the year that they really go their own way? Sound off in the comments below.
To distract us from the fact that there will be no new book in 2015, HBO has released the first trailer for upcoming season of Game of Thrones. I have so many feels about this. Is it April yet?
I’m not normally the kind of reader (or person in general) that makes myself finish one thing before I start another thing. (Sometimes, I eat my dessert before finishing my peas.) I have no trouble starting a book right after I started a book. Back in the day, before there were ebooks and audiobooks that automatically downloaded to my fancy phone, this was easy to accomplish. I had the book on my bedside table and the book in my purse and the book in my backpack. I would read whatever was available. Now that I have ebooks and audio books (I still read physical books, though!) that will sync across platforms I don’t have the same excuse. So, now I just try to limit myself to one physical book, one ebook and one audio book at a time. Some days, it is really difficult, though.
I have the audio book of Guy Gavriel Kay’s Under Heaven checked out from the public library. I have re-checked it out once and I only have it for another 9 days and I’m more than half way done. I’m really enjoying it! Every time I think, “Meh, I can see where this is going.” I get a section from a different character’s perspective and my theories are blown! It is really good! But, I am very excited that Mime Order is out and every bone in my body wants to start listening to it. Right now. I especially want to listen to it because I know Beth has finished it and is dying to talk about it. Ah, the frustration!
Under Heaven is really good though. And, I imagine Mime Order won’t get stale waiting.
Do you read more than one book at a time? How do you manage it? Have you put a book aside to get to something exciting you’ve been waiting for?
2 Women, So Many Books 