the bursting book shelf

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event held by Jill over at  Breaking The Spine ! It's all about those books you just can't wait for and are counting down the days till they come out. This week the book I can't seem to get out of my head is A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi. I adored her Shatter Me series and can't wait to read a new contemporary book by her! This book comes out on October 16th of this year! Finish Reading >>>>

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event held by Jill over at  Breaking The Spine ! It's all about those books you just can't wait for and are counting down the days till they come out.   This week I chose: The only thing worse than forgetting her past... is remembering it. When Freedom Airlines flight 121 went down over the Pacific Ocean, no one ever expected to find survivors. Which is why the sixteen-year-old girl discovered floating among the wreckage—alive—is making headlines across the globe. Even more strange is that her body is miraculously unharmed and she has no memories of boarding the plane. She has no memories of her life before the crash. She has no memories period. No one knows how she survived. No one knows why she wasn’t on the passenger manifest. And no one can explain why her DNA and fingerprints can’t be found in a single database in the world. Crippled by a world she doesn’t know, plagued by abilities she doesn’t understand, and haunted by a looming threat s...

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event held by Jill over at  Breaking The Spine ! It's all about those books you just can't wait for and are counting down the days till they come out.   This week I chose: Sloane knows better than to cry in front of anyone.   With suicide now an international epidemic, one outburst could land her in The Program, the only proven course of treatment. Sloane’s parents have already lost one child; Sloane knows they’ll do anything to keep her alive. She also knows that everyone who’s been through The Program returns as a blank slate. Because their depression is gone—but so are their memories. Under constant surveillance at home and at school, Sloane puts on a brave face and keeps her feelings buried as deep as she can. The only person Sloane can be herself with is James. He’s promised to keep them both safe and out of treatment, and Sloane knows their love is strong enough to withstand anything. But despite the promises they made to each other,...