Book Blitz #3 - Super Freak by Vanessa Barger

ABOUT SUPER FREAK:

Super Freak by Vanessa Barger

Publication Date: October 13, 2015

Publisher: Tantrum Books

Genre: MG, Fantasy

Thirteen-year-old Caroline is a freak. Her parents have uprooted her to a town full of Supernaturals. You’d think she’d be thrilled. But, with someone without a magical bone in her body, this daughter of tree sprites feels like even more of an outcast than she has ever before.

To make matters worse, her new home is cursed. But when Caroline takes to investigating the mysterious and strange happenings of Harridan House, her BFF goes missing. Seems someone doesn’t want Caroline sticking her non-magical nose where it most certainly does not belong. Determined to prove herself, Caroline uncovers a plot to destroy her new hometown.

Undeterred, Caroline can’t give up. But what’s a human without magical powers to do? Caroline better figure it out fast, before she loses everything she has ever loved and the whispers she’s heard all her life prove true: Caroline is a useless superfreak.

Waiting on Wednesday #3 - The Rosemary Spell

Waiting on Wednesday

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases we can't wait to get our hands on.

This week's pick is:

Title: The Rosemary Spell
Author: Virginia Zimmerman
ISBN: 9780544445376
Publisher: Clarion Books
Publication Date: December 1, 2015

From Goodreads:

Part mystery, part literary puzzle, part life-and-death quest, and chillingly magical, this novel has plenty of suspense for adventure fans and is a treat for readers who love books, words, and clues. Best friends Rosie and Adam find an old book with blank pages that fill with handwriting before their eyes. Something about this magical book has the power to make people vanish, even from memory. The power lies in a poem—a spell. When Adam's older sister, Shelby, disappears, they struggle to retain their memories of her as they race against time to bring her back from the void, risking their own lives in the process.

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Why this is on my list:

I love books, as if you couldn't tell, and a book which incorporates a magical, people erasing book as a pivotal part of the plot?  Sign me up!  I'm super excited to hit bookstores in December and nab me a copy of The Rosemary Spell to read.


What are you waiting on?

Review: The Inn Between - Marina Cohen

"Welcome to Inn Between," said a woman in a chirpy voice..."We've been expecting you."

Title: The Inn Between

Author: Marina Cohen

ISBN: 9781626722026

Publication Date: March 22, 2016

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press

Source: edelwiess

Eleven-year-old Quinn has had a rough time lately.  She was caught cheating in school, and then her little sister Emma disappears while walking home from school.

On a last road trip with her best friend Kara before she moves away, Quinn instantly gets the creeps from the Victoria inn they stop at for the night.  When Kara's parents, and then brother, vanish without a trace, the girls are stranded in a hotel full of strange guests, hallways that twist back in on themselves, and a particularly nasty surprise lurking beneath the floorboards.  Will Quinn and Kara be able to solve the mystery of what happened to Kara's family before it's too late.

To Be Read Pile: September

Since August went so well, I'm doing it again.  

What follows are the titles I hope to get through during the course of the month of September:

Picture Books

Chapter Books

Middle Grade Books

Young Adult

New Adult

Adult

Non-Fiction

Review: Took - Mary Downing Hahn

"Folks say Old Auntie takes a girl and keeps her fifty years - then lets her go and takes another one."

Title: Took

Author: Mary Downing Hahn

ISBN: 9780544551534

Publication Date: September 15, 2015

Publisher: Clarion Books

Source: NetGalley

A witch called Old Auntie is lurking near Dan's family's new home. He doesn't believe in her at first, but is forced to accept that she is real and take action when his little sister, Erica, is "took" to become Auntie's slave for the next fifty years.

Review: A Curious Tale of the In-Between - Lauren DeStefano

"Pram died just before she was born."

Title: A Curious Tale of the In-Between

Author: Lauren DeStefano

ISBN: 9781619636002

Publication Date: September 1, 2015

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children

Source: NetGalley

Pram Bellamy is special - she can talk to ghosts.  She doesn't have too many friends amongst the living, but that's all right.  She has her books, her aunts, and her bets friend, the ghostly Felix.

Then Pram meets Clarence, a boy from school who has also lost a parent and is looking for answers.  Together they arrive at the door of the mysterious Lady Savant, who promises to help.  But the spiritualist knows the true nature of Pram's power, and what she has planned is more terrifying than any ghost.