“Waiting On” Wednesdays: Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling

Waiting on Wednesdays is a weekly event hosted at Breaking the Spine. The purpose is to spotlight upcoming book releases that we are excited for.

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Delilah Dirk and the King’s Shilling (Delilah Dirk, #2) by Tony Cliff

Paperback, 272 pages
Publication Date: Mar. 8th, 2015
Publisher: First Second
ISBN: 9781626721555
Add it: To your TBR Pile or your “Want to Read” list on Goodreads.

Delilah Dirk and the Blades of England lands Delilah and Selim right in the middle of yet more crazy adventures. When Delilah is framed as a spy by an English army officer, her passion for revenge threatens to sever her friendship with Selim. Is she willing to lose the companionship of her only good friend in order to reclaim her reputation? Selim finally gets to see the England he has only imagined, but how will he feel when the combined strains of social conventions and Delilah’s thirst for revenge overwhelm his experience?

The first Delilah Dirk book was recommended to me by a friend and coworker. And I’m SO SO glad that she did. It’s a fantastic story about a pair of unlikely comrades and adventurers, Delilah and Selim. It was such a wonderful surprise, how much I enjoyed the story, and Cliff’s art is absolutely delightful, action-packed, and humorous. It started out as a web comic and was then turned into books. I’m really excited for this next adventure! If you haven’t seen it, I highly recommend checking it out!

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What are you waiting for this week?

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“Waiting On” Wednesdays: Last Days

Waiting on Wednesdays is a weekly event hosted at Breaking the Spine. The purpose is to spotlight upcoming book releases that we are excited for.

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Last Days (Ms. Marvel, #4) by G. Willow Wilson

Paperback, 120 pages
Publication Date: Dec. 1st, 2015
Publisher: Marvel
ISBN: 9780785197362
Add it: To your TBR Pile or your “Want to Read” list on Goodreads.

When the world is about to end, do you still keep fighting? From the moment, Kamala put on her costume, she’s been challenged, but nothing has prepared her for this: the Last Days of the Marvel Universe. Fists up, let’s do this, Jersey City. Plus a VERY special guest appearance fans have been clamoring for!

COLLECTING: MS. MARVEL #16-19, MATERIAL FROM AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7-8

I don’t know how many people who do the weekly WoW’s are comic book fans, but I have to say, I think the new Ms. Marvel is someone that all fiction readers can relate to and enjoy. Kamala Khan is the perfect heroine for our society, and I think she’s a wonderful representation of teens and Americans today. She’s got such a weight on her shoulders, yet she is written with so much grace and humor. The illustrations are phenomenal and I’m so excited to see what challenge she is going to face next. The premise gives me quite a bit of pause though… the last days of the Marvel Universe???? Noooooo, please, noooo!!! I want many more adventures with this awesome heroine! Also, that special guest… come on, it HAS to be my other girl Carol Danvers!?! Right? She’s only Kamala’s idol, and you know that’s who everyone wants it to be… You better make me happy Marvel!

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What are you waiting for this week?

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Fictional Bucket List #35

 

 

Associated Book/Series: Batman

Teaser Tuesdays: Angel & Faith and Gotham Central

It’s time for another “Teaser Tuesday!”

This feature (or meme)  is one I discovered on my friend Kim’s site Book Munchies, and is hosted by MizB of the Should Be Reading blog. For those of you who would like to play along at home (or more specifically on your homepage), here is how Teaser Tuesdays work.

– Grab (one of) your current read(s) and open it to a random page
– Share a couple “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
– BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

—> Now on to the main event!

 

Daddy Issues (Angel & Faith, #2) by Christos Gage, Rebekah Isaacs (Artist), Chris Samnee (Artist) (Created by Joss Whedon)

Paperback, 136 pages
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Release Date: November 21st, 2012
ISBN# 9781595829603
Page: 11

“One — telling the undead to die is an oxymoron. Two — I’m very much alive, no thanks to your idiocy. And three — pay bloody attention to the task, Philip!”

 

 

 

In the Line of Duty (Gotham Central, #1) by  Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Michael Lark (Illustrator), Lawrence Block

Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: DC Comics
Release Date: March 15th, 2011
ISBN# 9781401220372
Page: 50

“Whatever you do, remember that. You’re going to make a difference. A lot of times it won’t be huge, it won’t be visible, even. But it will matter just the same.”

Teaser Tuesdays: Joss Whedon: The Biography

It’s time for another “Teaser Tuesday!”

This feature (or meme)  is one I discovered on my friend Kim’s site Book Munchies, and is hosted by MizB of the Should Be Reading blog. For those of you who would like to play along at home (or more specifically on your homepage), here is how Teaser Tuesdays work.

– Grab (one of) your current read(s) and open it to a random page
– Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
– BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
– Remember to include the title & author, too, so that your followers and any Teaser Tuesday participants can add the book to their reading lists if your tease has captured their attention!

—> Now on to the main event!

 

Joss Whedon: The Biography by Amy Pascale

Hardcover, 448 pages
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date: August 1st, 2014
ISBN# 9781613741047
Page: 98

Joss had again flipped the script—it wasn’t the girl who needed saving from the lecherous boy. It was the first of many signs that while Buffy was a horror series, it would take the genre to a new level that audiences hadn’t seen before.

Fictional Bucket List #20

 

 

Associated Book/Series: Fables

“Waiting On” Wednesdays: Camelot

Waiting on Wednesdays is a weekly event hosted at Breaking the Spine. The purpose is to spotlight upcoming book releases that we are excited for.

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Fables, Vol. 20: Camelot, created by Bill Willingham

Paperback, 256 pages
Publication Date: August 27, 2014
Publisher: Vertigo
ISBN: 9781401245160
Add it: To your TBR Pile or your “Want to Read” list on Goodreads.

Rose Red takes the mantle of Paladin of Hope to rally the Fables in the tragic aftermath of “Snow White.” A new dark age calls for a new Round Table, with modern knights willing to take on a sacred quest to reassemble the shattered pieces of Fabletown. This new volume collects issues #131-136 of this multiple Eisner-Award-winning series.

Gaaaah! After reading volume 3 of the Fairest spinoff series, I’m even more excited to get my hands on this latest Fables volume. It doesn’t help that I thought it would have come out already. But since the series is counting down its final issues, I suppose I should anticipate, well, waiting. I want to know what will happen with Bigby, and I’m really curious to know what this “Paladin of Hope” role is that Rose Red will be filling. I have yet to be disappointed with anything that this series’ team comes up with, though, so I’m sure it will be amazing!

“Waiting On” Wednesdays: Sisters

Waiting on Wednesdays is a weekly event hosted at Breaking the Spine. The purpose is to spotlight upcoming book releases that we are excited for.

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Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

Hardcover, 208 pages
Publication Date: August 26, 2014
Publisher: Graphix
ISBN: 9781939392152
Add it: To your TBR Pile or your “Want to Read” list on Goodreads.

The companion to Raina Telgemeier’s #1 NEW YORK TIMES bestselling and Eisner Award-winning graphic memoir, SMILE.

Raina can’t wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren’t quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she’s also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn’t improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn’t seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all.

Raina uses her signature humor and charm in both present-day narrative and perfectly placed flashbacks to tell the story of her relationship with her sister, which unfolds during the course of a road trip from their home in San Francisco to a family reunion in Colorado.

I’m really, really excited about this sequel or companion book to Smile. I really enjoyed the first one so much, and I can only imagine how much honesty will accompany this story of siblings. As someone with a few (3) sisters myself, I hope it makes me laugh and cry and roll my eyes in appreciation and sympathy. Telgemeier really has a powerful way of telling stories, and I’m really looking forward to this next installment from her!