Interesting Books
(Descriptions
from Goodreads)
The
Legend of Ellie Quin by Alex Scarrow,
review at Stainless
Steel Droppings
Welcome
to a universe as you've never seen it before;- genetically engineered pocket
pets, plant life with a crabby attitude, soda pops that fight back...and
revoltingly slimy junk food.
Ellie
Quin's just an ordinary young girl. Bored with her life on a remote farm,
staring up at the stars at night and wishing she was far away on another more
exciting planet.
She thought she was ordinary. Turns out she couldn't have been
more wrong. It turns out she's the most valuable, the most dangerous, the most
sought-after human in the universe... and there are people already zeroing in
on her.
Splintered
by A.G. Howard, reviews at Doodle’s
Book Blog & Fiktshun
This
stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well
as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the
whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in
a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her
ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s
Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it
together. For now.
When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse,
Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality.
The real Wonderland is a place far darker and more twisted than Lewis Carroll
ever let on. There, Alyssa must pass a series of tests, including draining an
ocean of Alice’s tears, waking the slumbering tea party, and subduing a vicious
bandersnatch, to fix Alice’s mistakes and save her family. She must also decide
whom to trust: Jeb, her gorgeous best friend and secret crush, or the sexy but
suspicious Morpheus, her guide through Wonderland, who may have dark motives of
his own.
I have
listed these titles in earlier SSS posts: check out my SSS
Books Page for links to more reviews:
The
Explorer by James Smythe, review at My
Bookish Ways
Anticipation for 2013
The
Ranting Dragon offers up their Top
Twenty Most Anticipated Novels of January 2013.
Thanks for the suggestion! :) I'm enjoying the second Ellie Quin book now.
ReplyDeleteLove that cover for Splintered. Already on my list for a favorite for next year's post.
I'm reading The Explorer now too after seeing so many interesting reviews. So far, so good.
I have Splintered sitting in my Kindle. I can't wait to read it. :-)
ReplyDeleteEllie Quin looks really unusual, which is what caught my eye . . . and I am starting to think that we have similar tastes, so . . . :)
ReplyDeleteI look forward to reading what you think of it. :)
ReplyDeleteWell if that is the case I sincerely apologize... ;) Just kidding of course. I like my own taste...would be weird if I didn't, eh?
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