Waiting on Wednesday (8)

What's happened last week (16-22 Sep)?
- I'm currently reading Stork by Wendy Delsol
- The contest for Nightshade by Andrea Cremer is ending! Well, by the time you read this, you may already be too late. :/ Good luck all who entered!! Hosting for Squeaky Books!
- Another giveaway for SWAG!! 2 winners, international. Ends 1st of October.
- Last giveaway of September, for The Dead by David Gatward (ARC) + The Crescent signed bookmark. International. Ends 1st of October, too.
- I'm taking part of the ARC Tour for Daughter of Xanadu {link}, Nightshade {link}, Secondhand Charm {link}, Aces Up {link}, Confessions of the Sullivan Sisters {link}, Fixing Delilah Hanniford {link} thanks to Good Golly Miss Holly ARC Tours!, as well as A Blue so Dark {link} thanks to International Book Tours
- Review: One Night that Changes Everything by Lauren Barnholdt {link}
- Check out my 19 book intake for the week! {IMM}
- Teaser Tuesday: Stork by Wendy Delsol {link}

Anyway...

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

For this week, I am swooning over Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys, which is due for release on March 2011! It's a YA debut historical novel; one with heart and truth, sadness and despair of the Soviet union Nazi uproar of the 1940s.

Why I'm Waiting on Between Shades of Gray:

Look at the beautiful, simple, symbolic and so so suitable cover? It takes a little bit of close examination to full appreciate it in its simplicity. There is a pretty cool author video which explores all, or a lot, of the inner-workings of the novel. There are really heartfelt stories of people who have had to experience these events first-hand, and you must watch the video, and read the book. It sounds like my kind of book--historical, drama, tear-shedding, war & destruction, more tears...I hope the novel ends on a hopeful note.

Synopsis (Goodreads):

In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author’s family, includes a historical note.

Links:
Goodreads page


Thanks for visiting my weekly WoW post. 2011 is continuing to look like a promising year in the YA book department. ♥

What are you waiting on this week?