Waiting on Wednesday (fan girl time)

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Bloodlines by Richelle Mead

Genre: YA urban fantasy

Publication date: August 23, 2011

Summary from Goodreads:

When alchemist Sydney is ordered into hiding to protect the life of Moroi princess Jill Dragomir, the last place she expects to be sent is a human private school in Palm Springs, California. But at their new school, the drama is only just beginning.

Populated with new faces as well as familiar ones, Bloodlines explores all the friendship, romance, battles and betrayals that made the #1 New York Times bestselling Vampire Academy series so addictive - this time in a part-vampire, part-human setting where the stakes are even higher and everyone's out for blood.


Words cannot describe how excited I am for this book. And only six more days! AHHH! I remember reading about this book about a yer ago, and thinking "WTF is that?" And then Last Sacrifice came out and this became so much more real. Still, it was always so far away. Now, only six days until I get my hands on it.

As I stated in an earlier post, the Vampire Academy series is my ultimate favorite. It changed my life. Richelle Mead is such an incredible author and I'm so glad that we are all able to dive back in to the world of Moroi and Strigoi and Dhampir. I'll miss Rose and Dimitri, but they need time to enjoy their happy ending together.

Plus, ADRIAAAAAAAANNNN!!!!!!


Sorry, there is something about Richelle's work that makes me go all fan girl!

So what are you waiting on? 

Author's news! Richelle Mead, Cassandra Clare, Zoe Marriott, and Courtney Allison Moulton.

Boy, do I have A LOT to talk about. I'll start with author's news.

Richelle Mead has released the beautiful cover to The Golden Lily this week. The Golden Lily, for those of you who don't know, is the second installment in the Bloodlines series. For those of you who don't know what Bloodlines is Richelle Mead has provided a helpful Q&A. But if you don't feel like going there, I will tell you that is a spin-off of her bestselling Vampire Academy series. It focuses on Sydney Sage, the alchemist, Jill Mastrano, the long lost Dragomir, and Adrian Ivashkov, the heart broken hottie. For more information, go to the Q&A. And for those who haven't seen the Bloodlines cover either:

There is both Bloodlines and The Golden Lily. For a close up of the The Golden Lily you can click here.

Neither Bloodlines nor The Golden Lily have been released yet. Bloodlines's release date is August 23, 2011. The Golden Lily does not have an exact date, but is set to come out in May 2012. Miss Mead is a fantastic writer (and she's fantastically pregnant!) and if you have not read her work yet, I give a strong recommendation.

In other news, Cassandra Clare has released this month's spoilers fro City of Lost Souls, which is the next installment in the bestselling Mortal Instruments series. For those teasers and the ones from previous months you can go here.

Another bonus from Miss Clare: in City of Glass Jace Wayland wrote a letter to Clary Fray that we did not get to fully read. If you would like to read that adorable letter, you can view it here! Cassandra Clare is another wonderful writer of whom I am a fan. More recommendations for her work!

Thursday was the official release date for Zoe Marriott's new book Shadows on the Moon. I've yet to read some of Miss Marriott's work, but Shadows on the Moon is definitely high on my to-read list! If you'd like to read more about this story, you can find information here, and on her blog she provides several other blogs that you can visit to read excerpts and learn more about the book.



Lastly, Courtney Allison Moulton has posted on her blog pictures of the Wings of the Wicked  ARCs and provides an email for who you can contact to get a hold on one. She has always given a form submission to fill out so that you can win some swag. I've filled it out! If you would like to do the same, it is a first come, first serve sort of thing.
For those of you who have never heard of Courtney, her debut novel was Angelfire and Wings of the Wicked is the sequel and it is being released February 14, 2012. To learn more about the books and the world they take place you can check out these links.


Well, that's all the author updates I have for now. My next post will be reviews from A LOT of books. All of which I have read since my last review post. Enjoy :)