Waiting on Wednesday: WALK THE EDGE by Katie McGarry

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

WALK THE EDGE

Thunder Road #2

by Katie McGarry

Publication Date March 29, 2016
Published by Harlequin TEEN

384 Pages

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One moment of recklessness will change their worlds 

Smart. Responsible. That's seventeen-year-old Breanna's role in her large family, and heaven forbid she put a toe out of line. Until one night of shockingly un-Breanna-like behavior puts her into a vicious cyber-bully's line of fire—and brings fellow senior Thomas "Razor" Turner into her life. 

Razor lives for the Reign of Terror motorcycle club, and good girls like Breanna just don't belong. But when he learns she's being blackmailed over a compromising picture of the two of them—a picture that turns one unexpected and beautiful moment into ugliness—he knows it's time to step outside the rules. 

And so they make a pact: he'll help her track down her blackmailer, and in return she'll help him seek answers to the mystery that's haunted him—one that not even his club brothers have been willing to discuss. But the more time they spend together, the more their feelings grow. And suddenly they're both walking the edge of discovering who they really are, what they want, and where they're going from here.

WHY I'M WAITING

• I held off on reading all of Katie's published books, but I finally read Nowhere But Here. (I didn't want to have that long of a wait until Walk the Edge came out). I've pre-ordered my copy of WTE. So now all I can do is wait (or reread).
• Katie's said that Razor is the sexiest guy she's written yet. She's written some captivating male characters and I can't find out how Razor compares/measures up. :)
• I loved Oz so much, and enjoyed Chevy and Violet in NBH, I hope they make some appearances.

What are you waiting on this week?

From My Shelf Giveaway (1): TRIAL BY FIRE by Josephine Angelini

From My Shelf Giveaway

I'm clearing books from my shelves and giving them away!
(Because there is such a thing as too many books)

 TRIAL by Fire by Josephine Angelini

The exhilaratingly seductive new series from the author of the bestselling Starcrossed series

Love burns. Worlds collide. Magic reigns.

This world is trying to kill Lily Proctor. Her life-threatening allergies keep her from enjoying many of the experiences that other teenagers take for granted...which is why she is determined to enjoy her first (and perhaps only) high-school party. But Lily's life never goes according to plan, and after a humiliating incident in front of half her graduating class Lily wishes she could just disappear.

Suddenly Lily is in a different Salem - one overrun with horrifying creatures and ruled by powerful women called Crucibles. Strongest and cruellest of all the Crucibles is Lillian . . . Lily's identical other self in this alternate universe. This new version of her world is terrifyingly sensual, and Lily is soon overwhelmed by new experiences.

Lily realizes that what makes her weak at home is exactly what makes her extraordinary in New Salem. It also puts her life in danger. Thrown into a world she doesn't understand, Lily is torn between responsibilities she can't hope to shoulder alone, and a love she never expected.

But how can Lily be the saviour of this world when she is literally her own worst enemy? 

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Top 10 (wait, 13) Tuesday: 2015 Releases I Meant To Get To But Didn't

Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This meme was created because they are particularly fond of lists. I am too so that is why I am participating this week.

Top 13 2015 Releases I Meant To Get To But Didn't

Everything Everything by Nicola Yoon

Never Always Sometimes by Adi Alsaid
Emmy and Oliver by Robin Benway
99 Days by Katie Cotugno

P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han

I Was Here by Gayle Forman
Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry
Truest by Sommers
Joyride by Anna Banks

November 9 by Colleen Hoover

And how could I forget

Dumplin' by Julie Murphy
The Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

I'm currently participating in the Clean Slate Read-a-thon to remedy this oversight.

Clean Slate Read-a-thon

I'm joining the Clean Slate Read-a-thon!! The main goal is to read books published in 2015 and I have PLENTY of unread books so this is a perfect read-a-thon for me to join.

http://novelinkblog.com/clean-slate-read-a-thon/

 Hosted by Novel Ink, Latte Nights Reviews, and Lost in Lit 

Details From Novel Ink Blog:

-The Clean Slate Read-A-Thon will be held from Sunday, January 10 at 12am (EST) till Sunday, January 17 at 11:59pm (EST).
-We will be having mini-games along the way Novel Ink (Tuesday, January 12), Latte Nights Reviews (Thursday, January 14) and Lost in Lit (Saturday, January 16). You can join in on these if you want to, but they are not mandatory. You will get extra entries in the giveaway, though.
-More details of the mini-games will be posted on the kick-off post, January 10.
-There will be one big giveaway for those who participate. We also will be holding smaller giveaways for those who participate in the mini-games.
-Sign up at Latte Nights Reviews, Novel Ink or Lost in Lit. You may join whenever you’d like, but to be eligible for the giveaway you have to be signed up by January 12.
-Make a sign-up post and add your URL to the linky below! You can put your goals and progress (will be required for final giveaway) in your sign-up post.
-If you want to follow along on Twitter or Instagram, use the #CleanSlateReadathon hashtag.

Books in my TBR Pile

My goal is to read 3 books from this pile and finish up 2 in-progress books: The Air He Breathes and Library of Souls (not pictured).

I'll post my updates here:

Day 1 - Sunday, January 10th
Current Read: The Air He Breathes by Brittainy Cherry
Pages Read: 20
Total Pages Read: 20
Books Completed:

Day 2 - Monday, January 11th
Current Read: The Air He Breathes by Brittainy Cherry and Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Pages Read: 130
Total Pages Read: 150
Books Completed:

Day 3 - Tuesday, January 12th
Current Read: Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Pages Read: 204
Total Pages Read: 354
Books Completed: The Air He Breathes by Brittainy Cherry

Day 4 - Wednesday, January 13th
Current Read: Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs
Pages Read: 260
Total Pages Read: 614
Books Completed: The Air He Breathes by Brittainy Cherry

Day 5 - Thursday, January 14th
Current Read: Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry
Pages Read: 51
Total Pages Read: 665
Books Completed: The Air He Breathes by Brittainy Cherry, Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Day 6 - Friday, January 15th
Current Read: Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry
Pages Read: 21 (a super-light reading day)
Total Pages Read: 686
Books Completed: The Air He Breathes by Brittainy Cherry, Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

Day 7 - Saturday, January 16th
Current Read: Nowhere But Here by Katie McGarry
Pages Read: 53 (and still reading)
Total Pages Read: 686+
Books Completed: The Air He Breathes by Brittainy Cherry, Library of Souls by Ransom Riggs

THIS SONG IS (NOT) FOR YOU by Laura Nowlin - Excerpt and Giveaway

This Song is Not For You

By Laura Nowlin

Release Date: January 5^th, 2016

Publishers: Sourcebooks Fire

Summary:

Ramona fell for Sam the moment she met him. It was like she had known him forever. He’s one of the few constants in her life, and their friendship is just too important to risk for a kiss. Though she really wants to kiss him…

Sam loves Ramona, but he would never expect her to feel the same way—she’s too quirky and cool for someone like him. Still, they complement each other perfectly, both as best friends and as a band.

Then they meet Tom. Tom makes music too, and he’s the band’s missing piece. The three quickly become inseparable. Except Ramona’s falling in love with Tom. But she hasn’t fallen out of love with Sam either.  How can she be true to her feelings without breaking up the band?

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About the Author:

Laura Nowlin holds a B.A. in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing from Missouri State University. When she isn’t at home agonizing over her own novels, Laura works at the public library, where the patrons give her plenty of inspiration for her writing.  She lives in St. Louis with her musician husband, neurotic dog, and psychotic cat.

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Excerpt from This Song is Not For You:

SAM

Tom was plugging in what looked like a set of guitar pedals without a guitar. He looked up at Ramona and then at me.

“You know that video you guys posted last week?” he said. “I came up with something that I think would sound cool with that, if you wanna mess around with it.”

I shrugged.

“Sure,” Ramona said. She played a drumroll and I headed over to my guitar and put it back on. I turned my back to them and strummed the high E string. Behind me I heard Ramona start to swing into the song’s tempo.

I try as hard as I can to not watch Ramona when she’s playing. I mean, it’s not possible to never look at her, because so much of playing together is about communicating without talking. But I try to look at Ramona as little as I can.

Ramona is really talented. And determined.

She doesn’t care when playing makes her sweaty and messes up her hair.

And she makes these faces.

I was saved from remembering some specific times I’ve seen Ramona during practice by a noise behind me. It was like wind chimes. Alien wind chimes from a robot planet. I looked over my shoulder. Tom was bent over the pedals and the chaos something. He was making this haunting electronic sound. I could hear where my guitar would fit in. I started the opening chords for the song. I closed my eyes and focused on Ramona’s drumming. My body began to move with the time she set. The sound of her stick striking the tom hit my back again and again.

Ramona.

***

Whenever Ramona eats candy, she arranges it by color first. It’s not like an obsessive--compulsive thing. She just thinks it’s fun. She usually doesn’t like anything orange, so she often gives those to me. Greens are her favorites.

Her sneeze is really weird. She scrunches up her face and makes a noise like a tiny snort. It’s like she’s trying to stop the sneeze from getting away.

Ramona’s mother started giving her piano lessons when she was four. She died when Ramona was nine, and her father hired someone from the academy to give her lessons after that. She still has private lessons, and she never talks about her mother.

We like to watch really bad shows together so we can make fun of the dialogue. Shows about psychics solving crimes are the most fun. Ramona is really good at predicting what the psychics will say next.

Ramona can’t stand people who put up a false front. “Poseur” is her darkest insult.

She’s fun, and she’s real.

Ramona’s an assertive girl, and if she was into me as more than a friend, she would have just said so a long time ago. She’s trusted me with her friendship, and I’m not going to ever put that at risk.

***

I turned around.

From over her kit, Ramona met my eyes. She grinned and bit her lip. We sounded good. Tom filled out the song without drowning either of us out. I could tell the guy knows what he’s doing. Ramona played a fill, closed her eyes, and threw her head back.

I turned away again.

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Snowed In? So Read Giveaway Hop

There is nothing better than reading a great book when you're snowed in. We haven't had too many snow days in my part of the country, but I'm looking forward to a snow day so I can read stay snuggled under a cozy blanket with a cup of cocoa and a book. (But, really, I don't need a snow day to do that.)

For this giveaway, I'm giving a book by one of my most read authors of 2015 - Katie McGarry. 

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