Waiting on Wednesday (41)

"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly bookish meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where book bloggers discuss the books that they are most anxiously waiting for! (And this fabulous button was designed by my dear blogger friend Lindsay at The Violet Hour)

This week I'm waiting on...

Bliss by Kathryn Littlewood
© 14 February 2012 by Katherine Tegen Books

Rosemary Bliss’s family has a secret. It’s the Bliss Cookery Booke—an ancient, leather-bound volume of enchanted recipes like Stone Sleep Snickerdoodles and Singing Gingersnaps, all of which keep the town of Calamity Falls free from, well, calamity.

Rose can’t wait to be a magical baker just like her parents. But when Albert and Purdy Bliss leave for a week, they tell Rose and her siblings (Thyme, Sage, and Parsley) that the Cookery Booke is off-limits—and hand them a boring old cookbook instead. It seems Rose is doomed to ordinariness in every part of her life.

But then a mysterious stranger shows up. Rose is suspicious of “Aunt” Lily, and yet Lily is charismatic and glamorous and fun. Maybe if Rose experiments with just a little magic, she’ll be respected like Aunt Lily and be a pinch closer to becoming a magical baker herself. A few Love Muffins and a few dozen Cookies of Truth couldn’t cause too much trouble...could they?

Winterling by Sarah Prineas

©  3 January 2012 by  HarperCollins 

With her boundless curiosity and wild spirit, Fer has always felt that she doesn’t belong. Not when the forest is calling to her, when the rush of wind through branches feels more real than school or the quiet farms near her house. Then she saves an injured creature—he looks like a boy, but he’s really something else. He knows who Fer truly is, and invites her through the Way, a passage to a strange, dangerous land.

Fer feels an instant attachment to this realm, where magic is real and oaths forge bonds stronger than iron. But a powerful huntress named the Mor rules here, and Fer can sense that the land is perilously out of balance. Fer must unlock the secrets about the parents she never knew and claim her true place before the worlds on both sides of the Way descend into endless winter.

I'm really excited to up my MG reading next year and these are just two of the books that I'm excited to check out! I was lucky enough to actually win a copy of Winterling from Sarah and I'm super excited to read it. Bliss, well, I'll have to wait until that one comes out but it sounds like it's going to be a super fun read. :)

Also, I figured I would combine this post with W.W.W. Wednesdays...so here is some more info about my reading for this week! To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…Grab the logo...and post your link at Should Be Reading!

What are you currently reading?

(Currently listening to...)

What did you recently finish reading?

What do you think you’ll read next? 

What are YOU waiting on this week?