Saturday 15 January 2011

On My Wishlist #6

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday. Each week I'm going to choose 3 of the books on my wishlist that I am dying to get my hands on but haven't bought yet.  These will be a mixture of released, unreleased, old and new.


My wishlist currently stands at over 1,000 books which is ridiculous I know but there are always so many amazing books being published and I have very varied tastes that I'm forever adding titles.  I really need to stop adding more until I've got it down to a reasonable number!!



DIE FOR ME is the first of three books about Kate, a sixteen-year-old American who moves to Paris after the death of her parents. She finds herself falling for Vincent, who she discovers is not the typical French teenager he appears: he is something else entirely.

DIE FOR ME presents a new supernatural mythology presented in a city where dreams are sometimes the same as reality

This is one of my most anticipated books of the year.  I've been hearing about it for a while now and with that cover I don't know how anyone could possibly resist. It's published by ATOM (who seem to be releasing a lot of the best titles at the moment) on 10th May 2011. 



Lady Victoria Mansfield, youngest daughter of the Earl and Countess of Fairmount, is destined for a charmed life. Soon she will be presented during the London season, where she can choose a mate worthy of her status.

Yet Tory has a shameful secret—a secret so powerful that, if exposed, it could strip her of her position and disgrace her family forever. Tory’s blood is tainted…by magic. When a shocking accident forces Tory to demonstrate her despised skill, the secret she’s fought so hard to hide is revealed for all to see. She is immediately exiled to Lackland Abbey, a reform school for young men and women in her position. There she will learn to suppress her deplorable talents and maybe, if she’s one of the lucky ones, be able to return to society.

But Tory’s life is about to change forever. All that she’s ever known or considered important will be challenged. What lies ahead is only the beginning of a strange and wonderful journey into a world where destiny and magic come together, where true love and friendship find her, and where courage and strength of character are the only things that determine a young girl’s worth. 

I'm a big fan of historical fiction and I'm hoping to get hold of this one to read for the Historical Fiction Challenge that I'm participating in this year.  I'm not aware of a UK release for it yet but it's published in the US on 1st March 2011 by St. Martin's Griffin.



This debut, the first novel in a trilogy, is achingly romantic, terrifying, and filled with blistering action.

When seventeen-year-old Ellie starts seeing reapers - monstrous creatures who devour humans and send their souls to Hell - she finds herself on the front lines of a supernatural war between archangels and the Fallen and faced with the possible destruction of her soul.

A mysterious boy named Will reveals she is the reincarnation of an ancient warrior, the only one capable of wielding swords of angelfire to fight the reapers, and he is an immortal sworn to protect her in battle. Now that Ellie's powers have been awakened, a powerful reaper called Bastian has come forward to challenge her. He has employed a fierce assassin to eliminate her - an assassin who has already killed her once.

While balancing her dwindling social life and reaper-hunting duties, she and Will discover Bastian is searching for a dormant creature believed to be a true soul reaper. Bastian plans to use this weapon to ignite the End of Days and to destroy Ellie's soul, ending her rebirth cycle forever. Now, she must face an army of Bastian's most frightening reapers, prevent the soul reaper from consuming her soul, and uncover the secrets of her past lives - including truths that may be too frightening to remember.

Ooh, this one sounds really good.  I've read some reviews from people who have been a little disappointed with this book but it hasn't put me off wanting to try it.  I like stories which combine healthy doses of romance and adventure!  It's published by HarperCollins on 15th February 2011.

8 comments:

  1. I hope you get your books soon and that they are everything you hope them to be. Wanna see what is On My Wishlist?

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  2. I can't wait for Die For Me...it sounds fantastic!

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  3. Dark Mirror sounds brilliant, have just added it to my wishlist :)

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  4. I want all these books too especially Angelfire.

    Hope you get to read them soon and Happy Weekend!

    On My Wishlist

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  5. All of these books sound really good! Great choices!

    Kat

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  6. Ten new wishes added to my wishlist. Some of them are belated Christmas wishes.

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  7. I think I have most of those on my wishlist too :-D

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  8. I think I should probably add all three of these books to my wishlist. They sound so good and I love the covers!

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