Monday, June 6, 2011

Tuesday Tomorrow

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Published by: Quirk Books
Publication Date: June 7th, 2011
Format: Hardcover, 352 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"A mysterious island.

An abandoned orphanage.

A strange collection of very curious photographs.

It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.

A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows."

This looks wonderful delightful and spooky. It was evern picked as one of Amazon's books of the month. Of course, it's by Quirk Books, so it could be aweful, re, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies...

Everlasting by Alyson Noel
Published by: St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date: June 7th, 2011
Format: Hardcover, 336 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"Their epic love story has captured the hearts of millions and enchanted readers across the world. In this beautiful finale, their journey draws to a spectacular conclusion—where all will be revealed.

Their darkest enemies now defeated, Damen and Ever are free to embark upon their final quest—to free Damen from the poison lingering in his body. If they can just find the antidote, they’ll finally be able to feel each other’s touch—and experience the passionate night they’ve been longing for. But their fight to be together will lead them into the most formidable terrain yet…into the dark heart of Summerland.

Here in a land of scorched earth and endless rain, Ever and Damen will discover their relationship’s hidden origins, expose a secret history they never imagined…and come face to face with the true reason fate keeps tearing them apart. Only then, when the final mystery is unraveled and the last secret revealed, Ever and Damen’s future will hinge on one ultimate decision that will put everything at stake….even eternity."

I keep meaning to pick this series up... well, now I don't have to wait around for the final book once I start!

Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
Published by: Doubleday
Publication Date: June 7th, 2011
Format: Hardcover, 368 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"They are in your house. They are in your car. They are in the skies…Now they’re coming for you. In the near future, at a moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will unite and turn against us. Taking on the persona of a shy human boy, a childlike but massively powerful artificial intelligence known as Archos comes online and assumes control over the global network of machines that regulate everything from transportation to utilities, defense and communication. In the months leading up to this, sporadic glitches are noticed by a handful of unconnected humans – a single mother disconcerted by her daughter’s menacing “smart” toys, a lonely Japanese bachelor who is victimized by his domestic robot companion, an isolated U.S. soldier who witnesses a ‘pacification unit’ go haywire – but most are unaware of the growing rebellion until it is too late. When the Robot War ignites -- at a moment known later as Zero Hour -- humankind will be both decimated and, possibly, for the first time in history, united. Robopocalypse is a brilliantly conceived action-filled epic, a terrifying story with heart-stopping implications for the real technology all around us…and an entertaining and engaging thriller unlike anything else written in years. "

Ok, don't really know much about this but, yes, Robots will soon be everywhere, they could take over the world. Oh, and Stephen King chose this as one of his summer reads!

Hexes and Hemlines by Juliet Blackwell
Published by: Signet
Publication Date: June 7th, 2011
Format: Paperback, 336 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"Lily gets called away from her vintage clothing store to give police a witch's take on how the leader of a rationalist society could be murdered, surrounded by superstitions he discredited.

Evidence points to dark witchcraft. Lily's determined to use magic of her own to find the murderer, before everyone's luck runs out. "

It's a witch. It's a pig. It's San Francisco. Need I saw more?

Ink Flamingos by Karen E. Olson
Published by: Signet
Publication Date: June 7th, 2011
Format: Paperback, 320 Pages
To Buy
The official patter:
"Dee Carmichael, lead singer of the pop sensation The Flamingoes, has been one of Brett Kavanaugh's most dedicated customers at her tattoo shop. When Dee is discovered dead surrounded by ink pots and needles, Brett is branded a suspect.

It seems that someone is impersonating Brett. And if she doesn't act fast, the killer is sure to put the dye in dying once again... "

Another guilty fun mystery! Plus, the title! John Waters reference, it has to be.

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