Friday, October 30, 2009

Friday Finds (Oct 30)


Friday Finds is hosted over on Should Be Reading. It's all about what great books you have heard about/discovered in the past week. Here is my entry, and head over to the Should Be Reading Blog to read others and find books to add to your TBR pile!

So here are a few of my finds:

Woundrous Strange by Lesley Livingston (found at On the Nightstand A book review blog)
17 year-old Kelly Winslow doesn’t believe in Faeries. Not unless they’re the kind that you find in a theatre, spouting Shakespeare—the kind that Kelley so desperately wishes she could be: onstage, under lights, with a pair of sparkly wings strapped to her shoulders. But as the understudy in a two-bit, hopelessly off-off-Broadway production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, wishing is probably the closest she’s going to get to becoming a Faerie Queen. At least, that’s what shethinks... In this fun, urban fantasy, Kelly's off-stage life suddenly becomes as complicated as one of Shakespeare’s plot twists when a nighttime trip to Central Park holds more than meets the mortal eye.

Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers (found at Not Enough Bookshelves Blog)

Climbing to the top of the social ladder is hard--falling from it is even harder. Regina Afton used to be a member of the Fearsome Fivesome, an all-girl clique both feared and revered by the students at Hallowell High... until vicious rumors about her and her best friend's boyfriend start going around.

Now Regina's been "frozen out" and her ex-best friends are out for revenge. If Regina was guilty, it would be one thing, but the rumors are far from the terrifying truth and the bullying is getting more intense by the day. She takes solace in the company of Michael Hayden, a misfit with a tragic past who she herself used to bully. Friendship doesn't come easily for these onetime enemies, and as Regina works hard to make amends for her past, she realizes Michael could be more than just a friend... if threats from the Fearsome Foursome don't break them both first.

Tensions grow and the abuse worsens as the final days of senior year march toward an explosive conclusion in this dark new tale from the author of Cracked Up To Be.


Don't both of these sound excellent?  What did you find this week?

9 comments:

gautami tripathy said...

Hope you enjoy these finds. Like the cover of the first book.

Friday Find: Death of a River Guide by Richard Flanagan

Mary (Bookfan) said...

Me too - the cover of the first book!

Alayne said...

Wondrous Strange sounds really cute. Here's mine:
http://thecrowdedleaf.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/friday-finds-october-30-2009/

Grain de Beaute said...

Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers seems very interesting. Its the kind of story I would enjoy reading. Please let me know what you think of that book. =)

Here are my Friday Finds for this week: Friday Finds (2)

Andrea said...

I have both of these books in my TBR pile and I can't wait to get to them!

Nikki @ Bookizzle said...

Both sound great!

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serendipity_viv said...

I do love a good faerie book, so Wondrous Strange looks like my kind of book.

Anonymous said...

Wondrous Strange is super intriguing, especially with the Shakespeare references, love it!

Stephanie said...

These look really promising! :-)

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