Waiting On Wednesday: Breaking the Rules by Katie McGarry

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. This weekly meme is a chance to share upcoming books that you're most excited about.

You're probably looking at the cover of Pushing the Limits and wondering what I'm thinking. Yes, Pushing the limits has already been released, but I'm waiting on Breaking the Rules which was just announced as a new book continuing the story of Noah and Echo.

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In BREAKING THE RULES, Katie McGarry continues the story of Echo Emerson and Noah Hutchinson (PUSHING THE LIMITS) as the pair set out on a road trip so Echo can chase her dream of becoming an artist and for Noah to meet his remaining blood relatives, but as the realities of the world outside the walls of high school begin to press down on Echo and Noah the couple tries to discover if their love is strong enough to survive.

BREAKING THE RULES is a full length novel that starts a month or so into the trip Echo and Noah take after they graduated from high school. The time period of this book is between PUSHING THE LIMITS and DARE YOU TO. 

BREAKING THE RULES will be released through Harlequin Teen in paperback and e-book formats on December 30, 2014 in North America. It will also be available in the United Kingdom and Australia around the same time period.
What’s even more exciting? There will be a brief teaser of BREAKING THE RULES in the back of TAKE ME ON (release date: May 27, 2014)! 

(taken from -http://www.katielmcgarry.com/blogs.aspx, read the full post and find out more at the link)

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Why I'm Waiting...

I love Katie McGarry books! Pushing the Limits was the first of her books I had read, and I loved Noah and Echo so I'm very excited to get another whole book about the two of them and see where there at. Plus, it's Katie McGarry - which pretty much means it's bound to be excellent. This will also be her third publication in 2014! It totally makes it a Katie McGarry reading year, and with the releases staggered (Red At Night on April 1st, Take Me On in May, and now Breaking the Rules in December) it means much more time to enjoy and not pine for new books. (Especially since I'm hoping the next PTL book will be an Abby book released in 2015!!)

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Please feel free to share links to your highly anticipated reads below. It's so exciting to read about everyone else's picks and find new books to add to my TBR list!

Jenn

 Tale of Two Doxies

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Top Ten Tuesday- Unique Reads

Top Ten Tuesdays is a great weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, where you get to share fun book related topic top ten lists. It is also another great meme for finding great new books, authors and blogs! 

This week is 

Top Ten Unique Books You've Read

So without further ado, and in no particular order….

The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer - What can I say: dystopian, fairy tale retellings and sic-fi all in one?! What? Awesome! And Cinderella as a Cyborg? Enough said.

 This is the first book I can remember that had a young, female thief who planned a heist with a team of other teenagers. I don't know, I just love this book and it just felt really unique and fresh and original - I still haven't come across any others that feel like this one did for me.

Ohhhh, Harry Potter. What can I say about this one - or more like, need I say more? These books (to me) really put YA on the map as books that were for EVERYONE and that could be enjoyed by everyone too. They are just perfect for me, I grew up with them and I love them. They are amazing - the end.

The premise for this one was completely new to me, I loved the touch of fairytales and folklore that's used in this series. I was just blown away by these and the two main characters and their roles - I don't want to spoil it so I won't say more, but these are great.

I've Got Your Number was such a fun, fresh and wonderful Chick Lit read. I loved it - what was unique? Well this is the first time I have come across footnotes in a fiction book that add to the story and have fun little comments. I just really loved that addition.

These two I am grouping together because they are similar in their uniqueness but still different. I loved both of these reads because they both had a unique way of telling the story. The stories are told completely through emails (though one I believe has a voicemail or two thrown in). Anyway - I loved the idea and the format - so fun!

I loved the twist on the classic Cinderella story, the kick-butt herione and her plight of obedience. This was such a fun retelling and really got me into the fairy tale retelling genre in the first place.

I loved the take on Time Travel and the whole mystery surrounding it in these books, for me this felt fresh, and new and different. It wasn't like any other books on time travel I've come across…and I of course had to show the covers because - well look! Aren't they gorgeous?

 This one came to mind because I don't think I've ever come across another series like it. This series is a spin off of Kate Brian's Private series and it follows the socio-path former rich girl socialite, who was put away for murder and escapes - bent on once again regaining her place in life. It was just - wow, I don't know how to describe it, but it was a first for me.

How about you what are your "unique" reads?

 Please feel free to comment and link up so I can visit your Top Ten!

Jenn

 Tale of Two Doxies

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My First Giveaway!!

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The above listed are some of my favorite YA series, I tried to include a variety of YA sub-genre series to choose from. The winner can choose a book from any of the books above, the book must be currently in print and from one of these series.

They are all great reads that I would highly recommend. The top row is made up of YA Contemporary reads, the second Fairy-Tale retelling types, and the third includes some contemporary world mythology and time-travel types. Sign up using rafflecopter below!

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Top Ten Tuesday "Gateway" Books and Authors (April 1)

Top Ten Tuesdays is a great weekly meme hosted by The Broke and the Bookish, where you get to share fun book related topic top ten lists. It is also another great meme for finding great new books, authors and blogs! 

This week is 

Top Ten “Gateway” Books/Authors In My Reading Journey

Early on I really came into being a reader by reading the American Girl series books and the Nancy Drew series books. I loved both of these series, and devoured all of the books. I have great memories of reading these, in fact I still own a box of all the Nancy Drew mystery books which I of course collected and read all of. 

Gail Carson Levine was also an author I found while still quite young, I can still remember reading Ella Enchanted for the first time (still have my first copy that I got through a Scholastic Book Order in fact). Love her Fairy Tale retellings and her spunky heroines! - and really miss Scholastic Book Orders, can't they make those for adults?!

      

I hope most of you will recognize the wonderful work of JK Rowling - the Harry Potter series. I loved these soooo much, still have all of my original copies - and an additional set with the new covers! Magic, mystery, lovable characters, midnight releases - these will always hold a special place in my heart as they took me from Elementary school all the way through College.

        

Tamora Pierce - love her books! I have read and reread them, the Alanna or Song of the Lioness series being my absolute favorite. These books were another that made me truly love reading, especially fantasy books.

    

Philip Pullman had two series that I loved growing up reading - the His Dark Materials series and the Sally Lockhart series. I remember both being amazing and very addicting, in fact I've been meaning to get around to rereading the Dark Materials series.

   

Ahhh Redwall, another series I need to reread and one of those series that really appeals to both male and female readers of various ages. I truly loved these as a younger reader, and spent hours devouring each new book.

   

Eileen Cook is an author I really love for both her YA and Chick Lit Fiction. I have really enjoyed everything she's written, and she is an auto-buy author for me that I still enjoy. (In fact, I just received a copy of her newest book Year of Mistaken Discoveries, a YA novel, in the mail).

   

Meg Cabot is another author I love for both her YA and Chick Lit novels. I love her Heather Wells and Boy series, and also enjoyed her YA books: Being Nicki series, Avalon, and Jinx. She's also another author that to this day is on my auto buy list and who I really enjoy rereading countless times.

   

Shannon Hale is another very talented author on my auto buy list. I have enjoyed both her YA and Adult Fiction offerings - though Goose Girl (YA) will always be my favorite. No matter how many times I read it I still love it. Dangerous is her newest offering that released.

Finally, Sarah Dessen is a YA Contemporary author that really kept me reading throughout high school and who's books I still adore. They are the perfect pick me up reads, and I always find them charming.

How about you what are your "gateway" books and authors?

 Please feel free to comment and link up so I can visit your Top Ten!

Jenn

 Tale of Two Doxies

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