Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine that highlights books that haven’t yet been released. For my Waiting on Wednesday pick this week, I chose The Island, by Elin Hilderbrand.
The summary, via Borders:
Four women head to Tuckernuck for a retreat, hoping to escape their troubles. Intead, they find only drama, secrets, and life-changing revelations.
In both setting and substance, it reminds me of The Lace Reader–in a good way: remote island, family secrets, strong women. I found this one thanks to Jill at Breaking the Spine, as well as a few other blogs that have highlighted it in the past few weeks. The Island comes out on July 6, 2010.
For WWW Wednesday this week, hosted by MizB at Should Be Reading, my answers are below:
What are you currently reading? I started Pete Hamill’s Forever a few days ago, and am using it to fulfill the awesome Fizzy Thoughts New York Challenge. The first 60 or so pages were slow going for me, but now I’m getting to the really good bits and flying through it.
What did you recently finish reading? The Commoner, by John Burnham Schwartz. It’s about the first “commoner” to be married into Japan’s royal family, who were viewed as gods by the public. Review coming soon, I promise!
What do you think you’ll read next?
I’ve got a ton of unread books on my shelves right now. (I seem to go through droughts of new books, and then overcompensate and get 10 new ones…and feel guilty that they’re just sitting there, waiting for me.) But I’m thinking perhaps Perfume, by Patrick Suskind.
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Sounds like this should be good; I’ve enjoyed several of her books in the past.
Here is my WOW pick:
http://bibliophilebythesea.blogspot.com/2010/03/waiting-on-wednesday-language-of-sand.html
That’s good to hear! She’s a new author for me. 🙂
Forever is a great book! I loved all the NY history that was included in the story. Looking forward to your review!
I may also be reading a Pete Hamill book for the NY challenge.
It really is great, and I’m thankful for all of the positive reviews of it that I saw around the blog books! The New York City part has really drawn me in.
Looking forward to YOUR review! 🙂
Ooh The Island sounds really good. My WOW is similar, up at The Crowded Leaf.
Yours looks good too! Thanks for visiting! :3
The Island sounds great! Also, I hope you’ll enjoy the others 😉
Happy reading! 😀
Thanks Aleksandra, I really am! I’ve been lucky so far in March and have been enjoying everything I’ve read.
I hope that you will enjoy your book.Here’s mine
Thanks Lori, I hope so too! Heading over to check out your WoW right now! Sorry to be so late. 🙂
I will be interested in your thoughts on Perfume. (I am thinking of adding it to my read-book-see-movie list)
I’m excited to start it–it’s been on my TBR list for a while, and then I came across it by chance at a little secondhand bookstore in Boston! Lucky me 🙂
I didn’t even know it had been made into a movie! (Shows how much I know.)
I’ve been out of town, so I just got a chance to visit this week. Glad I helped put this one on your radar…I love all of her books!