Waiting on Wednesday - I'll Give You the Sun By: Jandy Nelson + The Iron Trial By: Holly Black & Cassandra Clare (220)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is an event hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. The purpose of this weekly event is to spotlight a soon-to-be-released book that you are very much anticipating. "Waiting On" Wednesday will also give bloggers an opportunity to share ideas for our TBR lists.

Title: I'll Give You the Sun
Author: Jandy Nelson
Publisher: Dial Books for Young Readers, 384 Pages (September 16th, 2014)
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Synopsis: A brilliant, luminous story of first love, family, loss, and betrayal for fans of John Green, David Levithan, and Rainbow Rowell

Jude and her brother, Noah, are incredibly close twins. At thirteen, isolated Noah draws constantly and is falling in love with the charismatic boy next door, while daredevil Jude surfs and cliff-dives and wears red-red lipstick and does the talking for both of them. But three years later, Jude and Noah are barely speaking. Something has happened to wreck the twins in different and divisive ways . . . until Jude meets a cocky, broken, beautiful boy, as well as an unpredictable new mentor. The early years are Noah's story to tell. The later years are Jude's. What the twins don't realize is that they each have only half the story, and if they could just find their way back to one another, they’d have a chance to remake their world.

This radiant, fully alive, sometimes very funny novel from the critically acclaimed author of The Sky Is Everywhere will leave you breathless and teary and laughing—often all at once.

Title: The Iron Trial (Magisterium #1)
Author: Holly Black, Cassandra Clare
Publisher: Doubleday Children's Books, 295 Pages (September 9th, 2014)
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Synopsis: From NEW YORK TIMES bestselling authors Holly Black and Cassandra Clare comes a riveting new series that defies what you think you know about the world of magic.

From two bestselling superstars, a dazzling and magical middle-grade collaboration centering on the students of the Magisterium, an academy for those with a propensity toward magic. In this first book, a new student comes to the Magisterium against his will -- is it because he is destined to be a powerful magician, or is the truth more twisted than that? It's a journey that will thrill you, surprise you, and make you wonder about the clear-cut distinction usually made between good and evil.

Two books this week and both are no brainers for me. Thankfully I have copies of BOTH books that I was able to get while at ALA in June so I'll be reading this soon. 

If you haven't read The Sky Is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson, you don't know what you're missing. It's one of my all time favorite books and I've reread it numerous times. Everyone should read it!

What do YOU think of my picks this week? And what are YOU looking forward to being released?

*covers are always subject to change.