Saturday 22 October 2011

On My Wishlist (2).

A Weekly Meme Hosted By Book Chick City.



                               Warped

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Published January 11 2011 By Delacorte Books For Young Readers.

Summary.

Tessa doesn't believe in magic. Or Fate. But there's something weird about the dusty unicorn tapestry she discovers in a box of old books. She finds the creature woven within it compelling and frightening. After the tapestry comes into her possession, Tessa experiences dreams of the past and scenes from a brutal hunt that she herself participated in. When she accidentally pulls a thread from the tapestry, Tessa releases a terrible centuries old secret. She also meets William de Chaucy, an irresistible 16th-century nobleman. His fate is as inextricably tied to the tapestry as Tessa's own. Together, they must correct the wrongs of the past. But then the Fates step in, making a tangled mess of Tessa's life. Now everyone she loves will be destroyed unless Tessa does their bidding and defeats a cruel and crafty ancient enemy.


                                  

Wrapped

Published May 24 2011 By Atheneum.

Summary.

Agnes Wilkins is standing in front of an Egyptian mummy, about to make the first cut into the wrappings, about to unlock ancient (and not-so-ancient) history.
Maybe you think this girl is wearing a pith helmet with antique dust swirling around her.
Maybe you think she is a young Egyptologist who has arrived in Cairo on camelback.
Maybe she would like to think that too. Agnes Wilkins dreams of adventures that reach beyond the garden walls, but reality for a seventeen-year-old debutante in 1815 London does not allow for camels—or dust, even. No, Agnes can only see a mummy when she is wearing a new silk gown and standing on the verdant lawns of Lord Showalter’s estate, with chaperones fussing about and strolling sitar players straining to create an exotic “atmosphere” for the first party of the season. An unwrapping.
This is the start of it all, Agnes’s debut season, the pretty girl parade that offers only ever-shrinking options: home, husband, and high society. It’s also the start of something else, because the mummy Agnes unwraps isn’t just a mummy. It’s a host for a secret that could unravel a new destiny—unleashing mystery, an international intrigue, and possibly a curse in the bargain.
Get wrapped up in the adventure . . . but keep your wits about you, dear Agnes.

                              

12 comments:

  1. Wrapped sounds fab - I love the setting and Egyptian theme...going on my to-read pile too!

    Great choices :)

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  2. Unicorns?! I love Warped already!

    Come check out what's on My Wishlist!

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  3. those 2 books sound pretty sweet! Don't think I'd be able to pick between the two if I had to. Ooooh you're reading Glow! I was looking at that the other day, different cover though. Hang on, is that the one where they were born on a spaceship and then meet strangers for the first time?

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  4. Yep that's definately what it's about I'm up to pge 85 and it's pretty good.

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  5. love the setting and Egyptian theme...going on my to-read pile too! Great choices :)

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  6. I love the cover for Wrapped! Awesome. :)

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  7. Great choices! They are both on my TBR list and I can't wait to get to them at some point! :)

    New follower!

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  8. Hi there! I'm a new follower from the blog hop! Would love a follow back at http://www.toeuropewithkids.com/
    Thanks!

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  9. the titles are so similar! they both look great! thanks for stopping by and following, i'm a new follower!

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  10. You had me at Egyption. Must have that book!

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  11. Great choices...I haven't heard of any of these! Love the Egyptian theme! New follower.

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  12. I had to read the titles twice to make sure they weren't the same!

    I'm wishing for the latest book by Susan Orlean. Please come see what it is.

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