My Selection for Waiting on Wednesday: Hunger by Jackie Morse Kessler

Waiting on Wednesday is a terrific meme started by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It gives all of us a chance to see what each other are anxiously awaiting to read.

The premise of Hunger, a YA book, sounds so weird and quirky, I'm really looking forward to checking it out. It's about seventeen year-old Lisa who is anorexic. She has been appointed one of the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse (which is discussed in the book of Revelation in the bible, btw). Can you guess which one? *Hint* She's anorexic so...come on...I'll give a few more minutes for those of you who don't know the name of the four horseman...ready? Okay. Lisa is appointed to be... Famine.

I can't wait to see how the author combines the issue of eating disorders with the spiritual element that the bible prophesies is a real event, yet to come.

Hunger releases October 18th.

My Selection for Waiting on Wednesday: Dracula in Love by Karen Essex..."slurp"...

Waiting on Wednesday is a terrific meme by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It offers us the opportunity to learn what we're all looking forward to reading and get great recommendations.


Dracula in Love by Karen Essex is my pick of the week. It was released August 10th by Doubleday. It's a new take on an old classic. The story is narrated from the perspective of Mina Murray Harker, Dracula's love interest. I've heard it described as "Twilight for grown-ups". It looks dark, Gothic and full of rich atmosphere. All the new vampire stories of the YA variety, make the poor old original Dracula seem rather quaint and old-fashioned. I'm prepared to go back in the day, go retro and suck up a new point of view of the original story. It looks like something I can sink my teeth into. What about you?

Toodles!