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I LOVE book covers. Love, love love them. So I decided to make it a regular post - each post featuring a cover I love.



There is something really eye catching about this cover. I loved Wake by Lisa McMann so maybe that helps but there is just something about it.  It's as if I'm waiting for him to open his eyes...

Dead To You by Lisa McMann

From Goodreads: Ethan was abducted from his front yard when he was just seven years old. Now, at sixteen, he has returned to his family. It's a miracle... at first. Then the tensions start to build. His reintroduction to his old life isn't going smoothly, and his family is tearing apart all over again. If only Ethan could remember something, anything, about his life before, he'd be able to put the pieces back together. But there's something that's keeping his memory blocked. Something unspeakable...

Book Trailer of the Month: January

Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann

I've been wanting to read this one for a while and the trailer makes me really want to read it!  It makes it look like it could be a bit creepy!




What do you think?

I want to read that...

Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann

From Goodreads: The small town of Cryer's Cross is rocked by tragedy when an unassuming freshman disappears without a trace. Kendall Fletcher wasn’t that friendly with the missing girl, but the angst wreaks havoc on her OCD-addled brain.

When a second student goes missing - someone close to Kendall's heart - the community is in an uproar. Caught in a downward spiral of fear and anxiety, Kendall¹s not sure she can hold it together. When she starts hearing the voices of the missing, calling out to her and pleading for help, she fears she’s losing her grip on reality. But when she finds messages scratched in a desk at school - messages that could only be from the missing student who used to sit there - Kendall decides that crazy or not, she’d never forgive herself if she didn’t act on her suspicions.

Something's not right in Cryer’s Cross - and Kendall’s about to find out just how far the townspeople will go to keep their secrets buried.

Yep! I'm sold. Can't wait for this one - it's published Feb 2011 (US)

Wake by Lisa McMann

From Amazon: For seventeen-year-old Janie, getting sucked into other people's dreams at any given moment is getting tired. Especially the falling dreams, and the standing-in-front-of-the-class-naked ones. But then there are the nightmares, the ones that chill her to the bone...like the one where she is in a strange house...in a dirty kitchen...and a sinister monster that edges ever closer. This is the nightmare that she keeps falling into, the one where, for the first time, Janie is more than a witness to someone else's twisted psyche. She is a participant...

I was really intrigued by this. I really liked the idea behind it, had read some great reviews so was really excited to read it. The writing style threw me somewhat - I usually prefer first person narrative so to read a narrative in the third person and present tense was a bit weird - but I soon became so engrossed in the story I didn't care. In fact I really liked after a while and think it helps 'Wake' stand out as something different.

While I liked the whole dreamcatching premise - it was an interesting idea and felt really original - I have to be honest and say the main hook for me was the relationship between Janie and Cabel. I loved both characters - Cabel was really sweet and caring, Janie really likeable with great inner strength - and I really enjoyed seeing their relationship progress. I still smile when I think about the skateboard ride:)

There seemed to be a lot going on for such a quick read - which was good - and I was surprised by how dark it was - there are some very adult themes in the book including abuse and alcoholism - but I thought they were handled well.

Overall, this was a great start to the series and I look forward to spending more time with Janie and Cabel.