Friday Finds

I know we've been a bit slow about posting  things, but you CAN see all our updates on Goodreads. We add books we've read (or even failed-to-finish) as well as those we've stumbled across that we're hoping to read some day.

Some finds we've discovered lately: (click the title to go to the Goodreads page)

Wisdom's Kiss, by Catherine Gilbert Murdock

 YA, September, 2011

from Goodreads: Princess Wisdom, known as Dizzy, longs for a life of adventure far beyond the staid old kingdom of Montagne.
Tips, a soldier, longs to keep his true life secret from his family.
Fortitude, an orphaned maid, longs only for Tips.
These three passionate souls might just attain their dreams while preserving Montagne from certain destruction, if only they can tolerate each other long enough to come up with a plan. Tough to save the world when you can't even be in the same room together.

Wreckers, by Julie Hearn

 YA, March, 2011

from Goodreads: The lid gave, eventually, with surprisingly little noise. Nothing splintered. Nothing broke. No hinges flew, or even creaked, and for a second or two nothing happened at all. Then came the first scream. It blew out a candle, that scream ...'Shut the lid! ...SHUT THE LID!' And so the box was slammed shut, hidden away, and forgotten about. But what lay within was only dormant ...waiting for the time when it would be released, and let loose upon the world. And that time was about to come ...That time is now.

Blood Red Road, by Moira Young

YA, June, 2011

from Goodreads: Saba has spent her whole life in Silverlake, a dried-up wasteland ravaged by constant sandstorms. The Wrecker civilization has long been destroyed, leaving only landfills for Saba and her family to scavenge from. That's fine by her, as long as her beloved twin brother Lugh is around. But when a monster sandstorm arrives, along with four cloaked horsemen, Saba's world is shattered. Lugh is captured, and Saba embarks on an epic quest to get him back. 

 

Cross My Heart, by Sasha Gould

YA, April, 2011

 from Goodreads: Laura della Scala knows nothing beyond the convent walls which have trapped and bound her since she was twelve years old. A single night will change her life. She will soon learn the difference between an arranged marriage and true, reckless love. Venice is a dangerous city. Intrigue, romance and power lie at its heart and secrets run through the blood of its rulers. They call Laura 'La Muta'. The Silent One. She is about to break her silence ...but at what cost?

The Scorpio Races, by Maggie Stiefvater

YA, October, 2011

from Goodreads: ... a pair are swept up in a daring, dangerous race across a cliff--with more than just their lives at stake should they lose.