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"Waiting On" Wednesday (#46) Dissonance (Dissonance #1) by Erica O'Rourke

4/02/2014

“Waiting On” Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we’re eagerly anticipating.

This week I'm picking:

Dissonance (Dissonance #1) by
Expected publication: July 22nd 2014 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers



From Goodreads: 

Delancy Sullivan has always known there’s more to reality than what people see. Every time someone makes a choice, a new, parallel world branches off from the existing one. Eating breakfast or skipping it, turning left instead of right, sneaking out instead of staying in bed ~ all of these choices create an alternate universe in which an echo self takes the road not travelled and makes the opposite decision. As a Walker, someone who can navigate between these worlds, Del’s job is to keep all of the dimensions in harmony.

Normally, Del can hear the dissonant frequency that each world emits as clear as a bell. But when a training session in an off-key world goes horribly wrong, she is forbidden from Walking by the Council. But Del’s not big on following the rules and she secretly starts to investigate these other worlds. Something strange is connecting them and it’s not just her random encounters with echo versions of the guy she likes, Simon Lane.

But Del’s decisions have unimaginable consequences and, as she begins to fall for the Echo Simons in each world, she draws closer to a truth that the Council of Walkers is trying to hide ~ a secret that threatens the fate of the entire multiverse.


Why I'm Waiting:

I love the idea of this book.  I think everyone wonders what would have happened if they had made a different life decision. Or really any decision differently at all.  The idea that these "echos" exist, is fascinating.


Top Ten Tuesday (#53) (04/01/14)

4/01/2014

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
 

Top Ten Five "Gateway" Books In My Reading Journey

This is actually a really hard topic for me.  I have always read pretty much anything and everything. That being said here are the books that had the most impact on my road to reading YA pretty much exclusively.  I know I have mentioned all of these before.


https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/231804.The_Outsiders?ac=1



https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9817161-speak




This series was the first I read once I took that class in grad school.  I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.  It really reminded me how much I loved YA, even as bad as it could be, back when I was in MS/high school.

 

This series was my ultimate gateway book, and I expect it was many adult's gateway books into YA.  I look at this series as the White Zinfandel of YA books.  Ultimately it's terrible, but it got people hooked and many adults went on to discover how amazing YA can be.

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3.Harry_Potter_and_the_Sorcerer_s_Stone

I included this series, because it was the first series that as an adult I actually felt completely normal and accepted reading.  Yes it's a children's series, but really it's for everyone.



Feature & Follow Friday (#32)

3/28/2014


The Feature & Follow is hosted by TWO hosts, Parajunkee of Parajunkee’s View and Alison of Alison Can Read.


This week's Question:

Snap it Time! A picture is worth a thousand words. Anything and anything. Just give us a pic.


Well I gave you a picture of my son last week.  He, of course, is the most important and biggest thing going on in my life right now.  So I am adding a couple more pictures of him. We are trying to promote a love of reading at an early age, so here are a couple of my husband reading to him.