Saturday, December 3, 2011

On My Wishlist...

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Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama
tbp: Aug. 2012

Description:

Monstrous mermaids, ghosts, and a century-old curse feature in this beautifully crafted, compulsively readable thriller.

In 1872, mermaid Syrenka falls in love with a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on land, she is unaware that this decision comes with horrific and deadly consequences.

One hundred thirty years later, seventeen-year-old Hester meets a mysterious stranger and feels drawn to him in a way she can't explain or resist. For generations, love and death have been inextricably linked for the women in her family. Is it an undiagnosed genetic defect...or a curse? Hester's investigation of her family's strange, sad history leads her to the graveyard, the crypt, and the bottom of the ocean--but powerful forces will do anything to keep her from uncovering her connection to Syrenka and to the tragedy of long ago.

Mermaids! 'Nuff said... ;D

Vessel by Sarah Beth Durst
tbp: Sept. 2012

Description:
In a desert land where serpents made of unbreakable glass fly through the sky and wolves made of only sand hunt within storms, Liyana is destined to be a vessel, to sacrifice herself so that her clan's goddess can inhabit her body... but her goddess never comes.



Okay, I admit.. I was first captured by the cover... ;)

So..
What is on your wishlist this week?

20 comments:

  1. The cover for Vessel is beautiful! The synopsis sounds really cool as well - although I don't think any goddess would want my body!! :-)

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  2. the first one is very intriguing. The two covers are really nice, I would love to learn more about these two books.

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  3. I have to agree that both covers look very nice. Vessel sounds especially interestings.

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  4. Love the cover for Vessel. September 2012 is a long time to wait :-(

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  5. I'm in desperate need of Mosterous Beauty dude!!! It sounds EPIC!!!

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  6. Vessl's cover is very intriguing! I am ready to read Monstrous Beauty! Can't wait!

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  7. Monstrous Beauty looks and sounds really nice!

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  8. Monstrous Beauty sounds great. I'm wishing for a picture book. Please come see which one it is and who recommended it to me.

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  9. I totally haven't dipped my fins in the mermaid genre yet, but this post makes me want to splash around. (I should hand out crackers with this cheesy comment!) Both look interesting reads.

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  10. Ooo Vessel sure sounds promising.

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  11. Yes yes on both, but a bigger one on that last one :D

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  12. Vessel has such a dynamic, kickass cover! I hope the story lives up to it.

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  13. Not going to lie, goddess books don't typically do it for me, but I am loving the cover of Vessel!

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  14. Vessel has a mind blowing cover. I hope the story lives up to it. I've never read anything by this author but I'll definitely have my eye out for this one!

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  15. Vessel has an AMAZING COVER! It just made my TBR :)

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  16. Ha! Another fish tale. But I do love that cover, nothing monstrous about it at all. :)

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  17. Ooooo, Vessel is pertty! I've never heard of either, but I've had issues lately with mermaid books so Vessel looks like the better option, LOL! Although, both covers are quite lovely.

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  18. Both covers of both books look amazing! And both books look really good too!

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