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"Waiting On" Wednesday (#47) Zac and Mia by A.J. Betts

4/09/2014

“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:

Zac and Mia by
Expected publication: September 2nd 2014 by HMH Books for Young Readers

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20256715-zac-and-mia

From Goodreads: 

The last person Zac expects in the room next door is a girl like Mia, angry and feisty with questionable taste in music. In the real world, he wouldn’t—couldn’t—be friends with her. In hospital different rules apply, and what begins as a knock on the wall leads to a note—then a friendship neither of them sees coming.

You need courage to be in hospital; different courage to be back in the real world. In one of these worlds Zac needs Mia. And in the other Mia needs Zac. Or maybe they both need each other, always.


Why I'm Waiting:

This Aussie import has me intrigued.  They are billing this as Eleanor & Park meets The Fault in Our Stars.  At first glance it does look a bit like a TFiOS rip-off, but I have had some great luck with other Aussie contemporaries.  Either way, it looks beautiful and has really good ratings.


Top Ten Tuesday (#54) (04/08/14)

4/08/2014

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

Top Ten Most Unique Books I've Read

This is more of a list of the Top Ten most Unique or Bizarre books I've read.  Sadly for me, the books that I would consider bizarre were not my favorites.  However, they were all unique.










 The blending of the creepy photographs with the story make this book one of a kind.



I am adding this book, not for the story itself, which is awesome, but not necessarily unique, but for the writing.  The way external dialogs are represented is just so unique. 










This is another book that stayed with me because of how unique it was.  It really made me imagine if there were such a being that was in charge of helping me sleep.  If this could be real, I would have to say that my Sandman is totally failing at their job.



This book also falls into the bizzare/unique.  After I finished my immediate reaction was "WTF".  I will say it stuck with me because it was so different from anything else I've ever read.  If there is anything out there even remotely like this book, I would be interested to know about it.


It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? 04/07/14

4/07/2014


This weekly recap is hosted by Shelia of Book Journeys and the kidlit version is hosted by Jen from Teach Mentor Texts and Kellee from Unleashing Readers. Each week we recap what we’ve read and look at what’s coming up this week.

This was a good reading week for me.  It's probably the most I have read in six months.

Finished Reading:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17428880-when-i-was-the-greatest?ac=1 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16281004-invisible https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17735600-the-geography-of-you-and-me
When I Was the Greatest by
Invisible (Smith High #2) by
The Geography of You and Me by


Currently Reading:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8475505-rebel-belle
Rebel Belle (Rebel Belle #1) by


What I'm Reading Next:

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18038539-this-side-of-salvation
This Side of Salvation by