AWAY cover revealed today!

Away (The Line #2) by Teri Hall

It is available for preorder now on Amazon HERE and will be released on September 15, 2011.

Goodreads summary:
Rachel’s adventure continues when she Crosses into the mysterious territory known as Away.






Away is the sequel to The Line by Teri Hall

An invisible, uncrossable physical barrier encloses the Unified States. The Line is the part of the border that lopped off part of the country, dooming the inhabitants to an unknown fate when the enemy used a banned weapon. It's said that bizarre creatures and superhumans live on the other side, in Away. Nobody except tough old Ms. Moore would ever live next to the Line.

Nobody but Rachel and her mother, who went to live there after Rachel's dad died in the last war. It's a safe, quiet life. Until Rachel finds a mysterious recorded message that can only have come from Away. The voice is asking for help.
Who sent the message? Why is her mother so protective? And to what lengths is Rachel willing to go in order to do what she thinks is right?

Friday56: Lockdown

Rules:
* Grab the book nearest you.
* Turn to page 56.
* Find any sentence that grabs you.
* Post that sentence (plus one or two others if you like) along with these instructions on your blog or if you do not have your own blog you can post on Freda's comment section.
* Post a link along with your post back to Freda's Voice

Closest Book: Lockdown

Author: by Alexander Gordon Smith

Page 56: His face was too angular, the skin pulled tight against the bone beneath like he was a skeleton dressed in someone else's flesh - flesh that looked more like leather when it caught the light.

Pick of the Month - November

Picking a favorite this month was a tough one because I enjoy all of Lee Child's Jack Reacher stories. He is one of my favorite characters along with Temperance Brennan (she was only mentioned by name in Virals by Kathy Reichs).

This month I read a lot of books with sequels and although I'm looking forward to the next installments to all of them, I decided to go with one that didn't continue with a sequel so my top pick is: Room by Emma Donoghue

This chilling story was conceived after the author heard about the Fritzl case and five-year-old Felix.
It really blew me away - I highly recommend it.

Summary by Goodreads:

To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.

Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.

Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, ROOM is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.

Books read - November

Anthem by Ayn Rand
Into the Mist (Falcon Mercenary Group, #1) by Maya Banks
Into the Lair (Falcon Mercenary Group, #2) by Maya Banks
The Iron King (Iron Fey, #1) by Julie Kagawa
The Iron Daughter (Iron Fey, #2) by Julie Kagawa
Worth Dying For (Jack Reacher Series, #15) by Lee Child
Nightshade (Nightshade, #1) by Andrea Cremer
Crescendo by Becca Fitzpatrick
The Auctioneer by Joan Samson
Manifest (Mystyx, #1) by Artist Arthur
Pegasus by Robin McKinley
The Darkest Hour (KGI, #1) by Maya Banks
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
Room by Emma Donoghue
Virals by Kathy Reichs

"Waiting On" Wednesday: Bad Taste in Boys

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

My pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Bad Taste in Boys by Carrie Harris
Published July 12th 2011

From Goodreads:
Someone's been a very bad zombie.
Kate Grable is horrified to find out that the football coach has given the team steroids. Worse yet, the steriods are having an unexpected effect, turning hot gridiron hunks into mindless flesh-eating zombies. No one is safe--not her cute crush Aaron, not her dorky brother, Jonah . . . not even Kate! She's got to find an antidote--before her entire high school ends up eating each other. So Kate, her best girlfriend, Rocky, and Aaron stage a frantic battle to save their town . . . and stay hormonally human.

WWW Wednesdays: December 1

~This meme has been discontinued~

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…
* What are you currently reading?
* What did you recently finish reading?
* What do you think you’ll read next?

What are you currently reading?

Glimmerglass (Faeriewalker #1) by Jenna Black

What did you recently finish reading?

Virals by Kathy Reichs

What do you think you’ll read next?

Lockdown by Alexander Gordon Smith

2011 Debut Author Challenge

It's time for the third annual Debut Author Challenge hosted by The Story Siren.

This will be my first year participating and my booklist will depend on which books I can get on loan from my local library.

• The objective of the DAC is to read at least twelve novels from Young Adult or Middle Grade Authors. (While twelve is the minimum there is no maximum limit.)

• Books must be a Young Adult or Middle Grade novel.

• This must be the authors debut with a release date in 2011.

• The challenge runs from January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011.