With Bated Breath: August New Releases
20August 1, 2012 by Heidi
Are you all ready for August?! This month we have:
- Two Ugly Duckling retellings in The Ugly Duchess and The Sweetest Spell.
- Two highly anticipated sophomore sequels in Girl of Nightmares (sequel to Kendare Blake’s debut Anna Dressed in Blood) and Embers and Echoes (sequel to Karsten Knight’s debut Wildefire).
- Two new books by Newberry winners in Splendors and Gloom (Laura Amy Schlitz won the Newberry in 2008 for Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village) and Liar & Spy (Rebecca Stead won the Newberry in 2010 for When You Reach Me).
- One amazing looking anthology in Under My Hat which includes stories by Neil Gaiman, Holly Black, Diana Peterfreund, Margo Lanagan, Peter S. Beagle, and Garth Nix. Did you see that list?!
- One of my most highly anticipated Middle Grade reads for 2012 in The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
- Plus heaps more!
August 1st/2nd/7th
Skylark by Meagan Spooner | Goodreads|Amazon
Survive by Alex Morel | Goodreads|Amazon
Auracle by Gina Rosati | Goodreads|Amazon
August 7th
Girl of Nightmares by Kendare Blake | Goodreads|Amazon
Liar & Spy by Rebecca Stead | Goodreads|Amazon
The Black Isle by Sandi Tan | Goodreads|Amazon
August 7th/14th
Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas | Goodreads|Amazon|My Review
Touched by Cyn Balog | Goodreads|Amazon
The Wednesdays by Julie Bourbeau | Goodreads|Amazon
August 14th
Narc by Crissa-Jean Chappell | Goodreads|Amazon
Jump into the Sky by Shelley Pearsall | Goodreads|Amazon
False Memory by Dan Krokos | Goodreads|Amazon
The Kill Order by James Dashner | Goodreads|Amazon
Counting Backwards by Laura Lascarso | Goodreads|Amazon
Kissing Shakespeare by Pamela Mingle | Goodreads|Amazon
August 16th/21st
Earth Girl by Janet Edwards | Goodreads
The Treachery of Beautiful Things by Ruth Frances Long | Goodreads|Amazon
Princess Academy: Palace of Stone by Shannon Hale | Goodreads|Amazon
The Sweetest Spell by Suzanne Selfors | Goodreads|Amazon
The Raft by S.A. Bodeen | Goodreads|Amazon
The Sinister Sweetness of Splendid Academy by Nikki Loftin | Goodreads|Amazon|My Review
August 21st/28th
Handbook for Hot Witches by Dam Darcy | Goodreads|Amazon
Enshadowed by Kelly Creagh | Goodreads|Amazon
The Lost Girl by Sangu Mandanna | Goodreads|Amazon
August 28th
UnWholly by Neal Shusterman | Goodreads|Amazon
The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls by Claire Legrand | Goodreads|Amazon
The Stone Girl by Alyssa B. Sheinmel | Goodreads|Amazon
Under My Hat: Tales from the Cauldron ed. by John Strahan | Goodreads|Amazon
Splendors and Glooms by Laura Amy Schlitz | Goodreads|Amazon
The Corpse-Rat King by Lee Battersby | Goodreads|Amazon
Don’t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon | Goodreads|Amazon
Defiance by C.J. Redwine | Goodreads|Amazon
Erasing Time by C.J. Hill | Goodreads|Amazon
The Ugly Duchess by Eloisa James | Goodreads|Amazon
Embers and Echoes by Karsten Knight | Goodreads|Amazon
What August releases are you most anticipating? Let me know which ones I’ve overlooked that I’ll love.
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I’m starting out the month reading Lilith Saintcrow’s “The Iron Wyrm Affair.” It’s a steampunk mystery that’s got a bit of a Sherlock Holmes influence, and so far I’m enjoying it.
“Splendors & Grooms” is on my to-read list for this month.
Oooh, interested to hear what you think of The Iron Wyrm Affair. I’m always hesitant of steampunk because I feel like so much of it fails, but when it works, it WORKS.
Holy cripes, soooo many good books coming out this money! My wallet may be a little lighter after this month… Thanks for sharing! Found some new good ones in there as well
Glad you found some new ones! And yeah, there’s a few MUST reads for me this month, topped with a lot I’d really like to read…so it’s going to be buy the most necessary, hope to find the rest at the library for me. =)
Ooo, so awesome. I usually don’t do romance novels but I like Eloisa James and I will try out this one simply because it seems awesomelike. And several other titles weren’t even on my radar but now they are, thanks to you!
I haven’t read Eloisa James yet, but she had a couple of books at BEA which I read about (but didn’t have the chance to pick up) which got me interested.
Glad you found some new ones for your radar, Nafiza!
First, look at your pretty little picture!! Second, why do I want all of these books? There are seriously so many and I am a little overwhelmed. I need Girl of Nightmares and The Black Isle pronto. Touched also looks pretty nifty!! I could go on and on so let’s just stop there
Touched DOES look good. It’s one of those I had to restrain myself from requesting when it was on NetGalley, but if I hear good things I’ll be tracking it down! Hopefully I’ll get to Girl of Nightmares in the next week, and as soon as I’m done I’ll send it your way!
Why did you have to remind me? I just bought like a zillion more books and my TBR SHELVES HAVE STARTED TO SAG. But I must have (OR DIE) Girl of Nightmares and The Ugly Duchess. I just adore Eloisa James.
….and I want all of those other books as well.
I haven’t read any Eloisa James, but I think I might really like her! I need to try one of them. And yeah, I know, it’s terrible. My TBR is out of control.
I LOVE these posts, so many books on here that are new to me! I’m probably most excited for UnWholly and The Cavendish Home for Girls and Boys, but thank you for the heads up on Liar and Spy, The Wednesdays, The Black Isle, The Corpse-Rat King and Under My Hat (Peter Beagle! He’s still around? AWESOME!)
I had the same thought about Peter S. Beagle! Lol, we’re terrible. I haven’t read Unwind yet, but I really need to get on it already.
So many amazing titles this month, I don’t even know where to start. But Touched by Cyn Balog is definitely not worth your time, trust me on that one.
Fellow Kate Daniels fan, are you reading Gunmetal Magic anytime soon? I finished last night, absolutely loved it and reviewed right away. Go read so we can compare notes.
Good to know you vote down Touched, that makes me feel good about not having requested it.
I JUST finished Magic Slays last night, so I’m all caught up and ready for Gunmetal Magic! I’m trying to resist buying it right away because I have a stack of borrowed books I need to get through, but we’ll see how long that resolve lasts. I need to read your review!
I hadn’t heard of The Wednesdays, but I’m feeling the cover so I’ll definitely be checking that on on Goodreads.
I’m glad you put the trailer for Narc up here. I have no intentions of reading the book, but that was a pretty fantastic trailer!
The Kill Order! GFHEAIUGDSV 3T8HJGEWAFHVN,RGH9!!! I love the Maze Runner series and I’m really interested to see the “before” story of it all.
Enshadowed makes me want to key smash all over again
I haven’t really heard anything about Erasing Time, but I’m looking forward to that one as well :]
The Wednesdays looks like a fun MG! Isn’t the trailer for Narc fantastic? I love it. Best trailer of the month, for sure.
I love Maze Runner too, but I’m still not sure how I feel about The Kill Order. I’m not desperately excited for it. Maybe because I was a bit let down by the final book in the trilogy? Going to wait to see reviews before I pick it up.
Wow, looks like a lot of good books out this month! Most of these I’ve never heard of so I think I’ll be spending some time adding these to Goodreads!
I have 12 of these on my TBR! Ahhhh. August is going to be a busy month, but nothing compared to September, ha ha.
Oh goodness, I know! My piles for September and October are absolutely ridiculous!
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