Anxiously Waiting: 2012 & 2013 Releases

What'cha waiting for???

I've compiled a short list of titles I'm anxiously waiting for release either sometime the end of this year or sometime early next year. I really should compile a list of books ALREADY released that I haven't gotten around to reading just yet.

Author's Book Blurb:

Lizzie and her beautiful sister Ninna are forced to work in a huge Manor and on a steamship to support their family. 

They are caught up in several mysteries:

The squire’s oldest son cannot leave the attic

An old typewriter seems to move time and space

A passenger hides in a secret cabin

A beautiful visitor is plotting against them

And Lizzie discovers that she has a strange, new ability.

She and her sister must discover the secrets of The Lamplighter’s Special before their enemy catches up with them.

Expected release date: 2012

Author's Book Blurb:

She lost her sight and her family. He lost his hearing and all hope for happiness. Shunned from a society which once embraced them, Elizabeth and Thomas struggle to find purpose and strength each day. 

Held captive by a man whose name she doesn't even know, Elizabeth lacks the courage to break away from the misery that defines her daily life. 

Constantly humiliated, lonely, and confused, Thomas shuffles through a life he no longer controls. A life he prays will end each day. 

A chance meeting brings them together, but can they overcome the barriers of communication that exist between them and learn to live… and love again?

Expected release date: September 2012

Author's Book Blurb:

Gwen’s life has been a rollercoaster since she discovered she was the Ruby, the final member of the secret time-traveling Circle of Twelve. In between searching through history for the other time-travelers and asking for a bit of their blood (gross!), she’s been trying to figure out what all the mysteries and prophecies surrounding the Circle really mean.

 

At least Gwen has plenty of help. Her best friend Lesley follows every lead diligently on the Internet. James the ghost teaches Gwen how to fit in at an eighteenth century party. And Xemerius, the gargoyle demon who has been following Gwen since he caught her kissing Gideon in a church, offers advice on everything. Oh, yes. And of course there is Gideon, the Diamond. One minute he’s very warm indeed; the next he’s freezing cold. Gwen’s not sure what’s going on there, but she’s pretty much destined to find out.

Expected release date: October 2012

Author's Book Blurb:

This book will feature Cinder and Little Red Riding Hood and will take place in France.

Cinder returns in the second thrilling installment of the New York Times-bestselling Lunar Chronicles. She’s trying to break out of prison—even though if she succeeds, she’ll be the Commonwealth’s most wanted fugitive.

Halfway around the world, Scarlet Benoit’s grandmother is missing. It turns out there are many things Scarlet doesn’t know about her grandmother and the grave danger she has lived in her whole life. When Scarlet encounters Wolf, a street fighter who may have information as to her grandmother’s whereabouts, she has no choice but to trust him, though he clearly has a few dark secrets of his own.

As Scarlet and Wolf work to unravel one mystery, they find another when they cross paths with Cinder. Together, they must stay one step ahead of the vicious Lunar Queen who will do anything to make Prince Kai her husband, her king, her prisoner.

Expected release date: February 2013

Author's Book Blurb:

In Clockwork Princess, Tessa and her companions travel all over the world as they race to stop the clockwork army before it’s too late. As Jem’s health worsens alarmingly and his friends search desperately for a cure, can Tessa choose between the two boys she loves—even if it means never seeing the other one again?

Expected release date: March 2013

I'm also excited and looking forward to reading Alan Bradley's new installment in the Flavia de Luce mystery series! This will be the 5th in the series with the title Seeds of Antiquity. I do not have a cover to share as there is not one showing on his site, however there is a tentative date of early 2013. So I'm keeping my fingers crossed!