Waiting on Wednesday: The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pick is: 

The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon

To be published on November 1, 2016 by Delacorte Press

Natasha: I’m a girl who believes in science and facts. Not fate. Not destiny. Or dreams that will never come true. I’m definitely not the kind of girl who meets a cute boy on a crowded New York City street and falls in love with him. Not when my family is twelve hours away from being deported to Jamaica. Falling in love with him won’t be my story.

Daniel: I’ve always been the good son, the good student, living up to my parents’ high expectations. Never the poet. Or the dreamer. But when I see her, I forget about all that. Something about Natasha makes me think that fate has something much more extraordinary in store—for both of us.

The Universe: Every moment in our lives has brought us to this single moment. A million futures lie before us. Which one will come true?

Why I'm waiting:

• I've been wanting to read Nicola Yoon's debut novel Everything, everything since it's release but I got spoiled about the ending and I'm not sure how I would react to it reading the novel so I've been pushing it, but now I have a new chance to read a story by her, I just hope I get to it before spoilers come my way. 

Are you waiting this book too? Have you read it yet? Let me know!

Waiting on Wednesday: Journey's End by Rachel Hawkins

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pick is: 

Journey's End by Rachel Hawkins 

To be published on October 25, 2016 by G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers

The town of Journey's End may not literally be at the end of the world, but it sure feels like it to Nolie Stanhope. Spending the summer with her scientist father in the tiny Scottish village isn't exactly Nolie's idea of a good time, but she soon finds a friend: native Journey's Ender Bel McKissick.

While Nolie's father came to Journey's End to study the Boundary--a mysterious fog bank offshore--Bel's family can’t afford to consider it a threat. The McKissick’s livelihood depends on the tourists drawn by legends of a curse. Still, whether you believe in magic or science, going into the Boundary means you'll never come back.

…Unless you do. Albert Etheridge, a boy who disappeared into the Boundary in 1914, suddenly returns--without having aged a day and with no memory of the past hundred years. Then the Boundary starts creeping closer to the town, threatening to consume everyone within.

While Nolie's father wants to have the village evacuated, Bel's parents lead the charge to stay in Journey's End. Meanwhile, Albert and the girls look for ways to stop the encroaching boundary, coming across an ancient Scottish spell that requires magic, a quest, and a sacrifice.

Why I'm waiting:

• Ever since reading, and loving, Rebel Belle I've been wanting to read more Rachel Hawkins, I've start Hex Hall but I don't cont that because I barely remember anything (it was audiobook, while traveling, very distracted) so now is a perfect chance to remedy that. 
• I want to branch out my reading to outside of YA and when I used to read middle grade my favorites were always fantasy, so I can't wait!

Are you waiting this book too? Have you read it yet? Let me know!

Waiting on Wednesday: Gemina (The Illuminae Files #2) by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pick is: 

Gemina by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Series: The Illuminae Files #2

To be published on October 18, 2016 by Knopf Books for Young Readers

The highly anticipated sequel to the instant New York Times bestseller that critics are calling “out-of-this-world awesome.”

Moving to a space station at the edge of the galaxy was always going to be the death of Hanna’s social life. Nobody said it might actually get her killed.

The sci-fi saga that began with the breakout bestseller Illuminae continues on board the Jump Station Heimdall, where two new characters will confront the next wave of the BeiTech assault.

Hanna is the station captain’s pampered daughter; Nik the reluctant member of a notorious crime family. But while the pair are struggling with the realities of life aboard the galaxy’s most boring space station, little do they know that Kady Grant and the Hypatia are headed right toward Heimdall, carrying news of the Kerenza invasion.

When an elite BeiTech strike team invades the station, Hanna and Nik are thrown together to defend their home. But alien predators are picking off the station residents one by one, and a malfunction in the station’s wormhole means the space-time continuum might be ripped in two before dinner. Soon Hanna and Nik aren’t just fighting for their own survival; the fate of everyone on the Hypatia—and possibly the known universe—is in their hands.

But relax. They’ve totally got this. They hope.

Once again told through a compelling dossier of emails, IMs, classified files, transcripts, and schematics, Gemina raises the stakes of the Illuminae Files, hurling readers into an enthralling new story that will leave them breathless.

Why I'm waiting:

• I !!! CAN'T !!! BELIEVE !!! IS FINALLY !!! ONLY ONE WEEK AWAY !!!! I've been dying to read this book since I finished Illuminae, last August, it's been a torture (maybe even more than the torture of actually reading the book), I can't wait to finally dive right into this one, bring it one Kaufman & Kristoff I'm ready for all the pain no I'm not

Are you waiting this book too? Are you a masochist as myself? Have you read it yet? WHY DIDN'T YOU SHARE YOUR COPY WITH ME??? Let me know!

Waiting on Wednesday: Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pick is: 

Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil by Melina Marchetta

To be published on October 11, 2016 by Mulholland Books

Bashir “Bish” Ortley is a London desk cop. Almost over it. Still not dealing with the death of his son years ago, as well as the break-up of his marriage.

Across the channel, a summer bus tour, carrying a group of English teenagers is subject to a deadly bomb attack, killing four of the passengers and injuring a handful of others. Bish’s daughter is one of those on board.

The suspect is 17 year old Violette LeBrac whose grandfather was responsible for a bombing that claimed the lives of dozens of people fourteen years ago; and whose mother, Noor, has been serving a life sentence for the part she was supposed to have played in the attack.

As Bish is dragged into the search for the missing Violette, he finds himself reluctantly working with Noor LeBrac and her younger brother, Jimmy Sarraf.

And the more he delves into the lives of the family he helped put away, the more Bish realizes that they may have got it wrong all those years ago, and that truth wears many colours. Especially when it comes to the teenagers on board the recent bus bombing. Including his daughter.

Tell the truth. Shame the devil. Bish can’t get Violette LeBrac’s words out of his head. But what he may get is some sort of peace with his own past as the worlds of those involved in two bombings, years apart, collide into the journey of his life.

Why I'm waiting:

• New Melina Marchetta book!!!
• It's a mystery, sort of detective, despite being adult (which I don't normally read) I'm definitely reading it ASAP.

Are you waiting for this book too? Have you read it yet? Let me know!

Get to Know Me Uncomfortably Well - Final Part

81. CAN YOU ROLL YOUR Rs?

Yep and in english a bit too much because of my native language, it's really annoying.

82. HOW FAST CAN YOU TYPE?

Average I think, I never counted it I guess? But in my cell phone I'm pretty slow in comparison to my friends.

83. HOW FAST CAN YOU RUN?

Not fast at all, I can't even walk fast, I'm short and fat so it's pretty hard to keep up with anyone when walking in groups and it's pretty impossible to me to run after a bus for example, really annoying thing too. I guess I could change this by becoming more active and loosing weight but nah, it's easier to just sit down and watch tv (and also study, so much study I need to do).

84. WHAT COLOUR IS YOUR HAIR?

It's brown, but has some natural highlights that are blond and in the sun it may appear to be red, so I guess it's a bit auburn depending on the light, but mostly brown and the rest is wishful thinking.

85. WHAT COLOUR ARE YOUR EYES?

Hmm... In my country we call this sort of colour honey, and it's kind of the colour of honey and if I stay too much in the pool it looks a bit orange. Yep, weird.

86. WHAT ARE YOU ALLERGIC TO?

Almost every insect, it's really annoying too since it means I'm always with allergies in the summer and a bit from pets hair and dust, I also have rinite so I'm basically always with some allergy.

87. DO YOU KEEP A JOURNAL?

Nope, I did when I was like 10 but then found out my mom was reading it and never got one, ever again, I was pretty horrified with this situation I mean, imagine someone reading your super secretive pre-teen thoughts.

88. WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS DO?

My dad works for the electric energy state company and my mom doesn't work.

89. DO YOU LIKE YOUR AGE?

Sure, I don't have anything against my age, just wish I was doing something different with this age.

90. WHAT MAKES YOU ANGRY?

A lot of stuff, today a nightmare made me angry, I was fighting with my mom in it, it was pretty upsetting, I woke up crying because of how angry I was and them needed to remind myself it was just a dream.

91. DO YOU LIKE YOUR OWN NAME?

Yes, I quite like it.

92. HAVE YOU ALREADY THOUGHT OF BABY NAMES,  AND IF SO, WHAT ARE THEY?

I usually find pretty names from books, which are usually written in english so the names are unpronounceable (at least in a correct form) in my country, so no, no baby names.

93. DO YOU WANT A BOY OR A GIRL FOR A CHILD?

I don't really think this is a choice kind of thing and it's obvs it doesn't matter.

94. WHAT ARE YOUR STRENGTHS?

What an entire season of a tv show in one day, not mattering what I need to do that day and/or the length of the season, read an entire book in a day, again not mattering the responsibilities and length, eat everything that has cheese or chocolate in it, sleep for 12 hours straight.

95. WHAT ARE YOUR WEAKNESSES?

Fear. Of failure, of getting out of the house, of the unknown, of social situations, of romantic involvements, of emotional repercussions, of making decisions, of regret.

96. HOW DID YOU GET YOUR NAME?

My parents had three names selected (Bruna Fernanda, Thais Celina e Deyse Mara) and when I was born and they saw me, they decided on my name (Deyse Mara).

97. WERE YOUR ANCESTORS ROYALTY?

Nope, the only royalty of my country still caries it in its names and titles. But there was some slaves.

98. Repeat.

99. COLOUR OF YOUR BEDSPREAD?

Right now is violet, and it usually is violet actually, I like to alternate between a Tinkerbell blanket and a violet wool blanket (which is the one I'm using right now, and it's so fluffy, ily).

100. COLOUR OF YOUR ROOM?

In my mom's is pink, thanks to my 10 years old self and in my dad's is blue, thanks to the person who used to live there.

Well, that's it for me guys, fell free to answer these questions too and link to me in the comments!

Waiting on Wednesday: This Adventure Ends by Emma Mills

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating. This week's pick is: 

This adventure ends by Emma Mills

To be published on October 4, 2016 by Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)

Sloane isn't expecting to fall in with a group of friends when she moves from New York to Florida—especially not a group of friends so intense, so in love, so all-consuming. Yet that's exactly what happens.

Sloane becomes closest to Vera, a social-media star who lights up any room, and Gabe, Vera's twin brother and the most serious person Sloane's ever met. When a beloved painting by the twins' late mother goes missing, Sloane takes on the responsibility of tracking it down, a journey that takes her across state lines—and ever deeper into the twins' lives.

Filled with intense and important friendships, a wonderful warts-and-all family, shiveringly good romantic developments, and sharp, witty dialogue, this story is about finding the people you never knew you needed.

Why I'm waiting:

• I absolutely loved First & Then, the debut of Mills, it was fluffy heaven and so fun to read, I can't wait to read more things from her!
• This cover is so so so beautiful, def one of my favorites of 2016 (yep, I'm shallow af)

Are you waiting this book? Have you read it yet? Let me know!

Get to Know Me Uncomfortably Well - Part 2

41. ARE YOU A GOOD LIAR?

I would like to think that I'm but it really depends, sometimes I can lie without thinking but other times I give myself away right from the bat.

42. ARE YOU A GOOD JUDGE OF CHARACTER?

I think so, I like to think of myself as an observer and that with this I can make good judgment of other people personalities.

43. CAN YOU DO ANY ACCENTS OTHER THAN YOUR OWN?

First of all I don't have an accent *coughcough* but no, I can't do any accents, even thought Portuguese has a shit ton of accents to try.

44. DO YOU HAVE A STRONG ACCENT?

Well, as I said above, I don't really think I have one, but to people of other parts of Brazil they usually can instantly say from where I'm so, I guess I do.

45. WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE ACCENT?

Bennedict Cumberbatch.

46. WHAT IS YOUR PERSONALITY TYPE?

Quiet, terrible with people and socializing, often comes out as cold and/or bitch-y but is actually clueless, extrovert when drunk and with the right people, intense procrastinator (like, should be studying right now and not answering these stupid questions).

47. WHAT IS YOUR MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF CLOTHING?

Do glasses count as clothing? Nah? Okay, I don't really spend much on clothes, like at all, my most expensive thing is my wool coat.

48. CAN YOU CURL YOUR TONGUE?

Yep.

49. ARE YOU AN INNIE OR AN OUTIE?

I actually got scared of this question because I had to google what it was and the first definition of Urban Dictionary is about vaginas. But yeah, innie.

50. LEFT OR RIGHT HANDED?

Right handed, I'm a walking cliche.

51. ARE YOU SCARED OF SPIDERS?

I don't particularly like then, since I'm allergic to most of the things that can bite me but not like super scared either.

52. FAVOURITE FOOD?

HOW, HOW CAN I CHOOSE??? Probably french fries, milkshake and milka chocolate (omg, this is the best chocolate ever, I need one rn).

53. FAVOURITE FOREIGN FOOD?

I'm pretty bad in trying new foods, but probably yakisoba, spring rolls and guacamole (not together).

54. ARE YOU A CLEAN OR MESSY PERSON?

Messy, all the way, my dad's apartment is like a bachelors apartment, only worse because most of the guys I know are much better at organizing and cleaning than I'm.

55. MOST USED PHRASE?

Idk, I don't really use trade mark phrases in my daily life, probably anything by Ines Brasil.

56. MOST USED WORD?

Miga (translation would be something around gurl).

57. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FOR YOU TO GET READY?

Around 40 minutes every morning, with eating and everything else.

58. DO YOU HAVE MUCH OF AN EGO?

Nah, I pretty much don't even know what ego means.

59. DO YOU SUCK OR BITE LOLLIPOPS?

This is so dirt. Anyway, who bites lollipops??? Is like, you end with the fun so much sooner, why?? So, yeah, suck.

60. DO YOU TALK TO YOURSELF?

I'm always talking to myself in my mind and having passionate discussions and sometimes I end up letting some escape, but I don't do this nearly as much as my mom, who is literally always talking.

61. DO YOU SIGN TO YOURSELF?

I'm extremely self conscious and in my mom's house you can hear everything, and I mean EVERYTHING, there is very little privacy so I rarely sign out loud, not even in the shower to not be listened but I'm trying to work a bit on this and in my dad's I expend the entire afternoon alone, so maybe I'll improve on this.

62. ARE YOU A GOOD SINGER?

God, no, I'm terrible.

63. BIGGEST FEAR?

Fail and not finding a meaning to my life.

64. ARE YOU A GOSSIP?

I don't think so, at least I try not to be.

65. BEST DRAMATIC MOVIE YOU'VE SEEN?

Hmm, it's on my favorite movies, I think Little Miss Sunshine is drama? Idk, but pretty good and for me it's.

66. DO YOU LIKE SHORT OR LONG HAIR?

Idk, for me I think long but I don't really have a definitive preference.

67. CAN YOU NAME ALL 50 STATES OF AMERICA?

Nope, I can name all states of my country but yeah, of america let me see how many I can name... 26 at the top of my head and now I'm lost to geography games...

68. FAVOURITE SCHOOL SUBJECT?

Biology, history, human geography, parts of chemistry, literature.

69. EXTROVERT OR INTROVERT?

Introvert.

70. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN SCUBA-DIVING?

Kinda, I went but at the time I got scared and only went like 1 m bellow water so yeah, lame :/

71. WHAT MAKES YOU NERVOUS?

The fear of failing and setting myself to failure by wanting too much/things that are not for me.

72. ARE YOU SCARED OF THE DARK?

Not really, I mean street dark yes, but not my house in the dark during the night.

73. DO YOU CORRECT PEOPLE WHEN THEY MAKE MISTAKES?

I try not to, since I make a shit ton of mistakes too - in pronunciation and school mistakes.

74. ARE YOU TICKLISH?

Sorta, not too much like people can't touch me but a bit.

75. HAVE YOU EVER STARTED A RUMOR?

Oh, yes, definitely I was such a bitch in elementary school/junior high, I seriously needed to have know feminism sooner.

76. HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A POSITION OF AUTHORITY?

Well, in one debate a teacher put me as the referee so I would judge the arguments of the colleges, that was pretty cool and I basically destroyed their thesis. Okay, so I was still a bitch in high school.

77. HAVE YOU EVER DRANK UNDERAGE?

Oh, yes, I dare say most of the times I drank was when I was underage, I was much more into parties when I was like 16/17 than when I actually could legally enter those places and drink.

78. HAVE YOU EVER DONE DRUGS?

Nothing illegal.

79. WHO WAS YOUR FIRST REAL CRUSH?

Oh, well, it was over a boy that I only knew from the internet, when I was like 14, pretty much crushed my soul and everything until I rebounded with a girl that I also met over the internet, and got my soul crushed all over again.

80. HOW MANY PIERCINGS DO YOU HAVE?

Only my earrings.