Fictional Distractions of the Week #46

Welcome to Fictional Distractions of the Week. It is inspired by Book Journey's It's Monday! What are you reading? and Fiktshun's My Reading Pile and it will show you what I'm planning to read during the next week.

The books I plan to read this week:

My first read for the next week will be Ironskin by Tina Connolly. I had actually hoped to start it last week, but sadly I didn't get around to that, so I'm looking forward to finally start it now. I'm still hoping that it'll be as good as it sounds to me, even though I've heard a couple of mixed things by now.

After that I'm going to be reading Lucid by P.T. Michelle for its blog tour and can't even say how excited I am for this! I absolutely loved the first book in this series, Brightest Kind of Darkness, and can't wait to see what is going to happen now!

And my third read will hopefully be Crewel by Gennifer Albin, although I'm already doubting that I'll have enough time to get to it. I fell in love with the US cover of this book, but the synopsis made me even more curious about the book. It sounds so unique!

What are your Fictional Distractions of the Week?

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New Distractions #10

New Distractions is a weekly feature on Fictional Distraction, inspired by various memes that make us share the new books we got during a week, e.g. In My Mailbox by The Story Siren, This Week in Books by Pop Culture Junkie and Stacking the Shelves by Tynga's Reviews.

The books I received this week:

Bought:

Onyx

For review:

Ironskin | The Shadow Society | Crewel

Huge thanks to Tor/Forge, Macmillan, and Faber and Faber.

I freaked out a little bit when I realized that I was sent my pre-ordered Kindle copy of Onyx last week and immediately decided to ignore my reading schedule to squeeze it in. And I really liked it even though I liked it a bit less than Obsidian, but I cannot wait for book three! And well, the other three NetGalley books I got this week all seem über-awesome and I can't wait to get to them as well. Really tried to stop myself from requesting too much and already feel bad for these three... (but all three have been past WoW picks, which is why I think it's kind of okay for me to have requested them.)

Which new books did you get this week?

Carina

Waiting on Wednesday #55

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

Crewel by Gennifer Albin
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux for YR
Expected Publication: October 16th, 2012
Pages: 368

Goodreads Summary:
Incapable. Awkward. Artless.

That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: she wants to fail.

Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen as a Spinster is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to embroider the very fabric of life. But if controlling what people eat, where they live and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested.

Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and wove a moment at testing, and they’re coming for her—tonight.

Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her Dad’s stupid jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape.

Because once you become a Spinster, there’s no turning back.

It was Crewel's gorgeous cover that pulled me in first, but the summary sounds just as fascinating and therefore I couldn't stop myself from adding this book to my to-read list. Can't wait to get a copy of this!

What are you waiting for this Wednesday?

Carina