Can’t-Wait Wednesday is hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings. This is a weekly meme to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. The books I choose aren’t released yet and usually won’t be published for at least two or three months.
I love finding out about books which will publish in future months and I like to share my excitement about the books. I also like to find out about new books on other people’s blogs and hope they’ll sometimes find something to look forward to on my blog.
I’m excited to read . . .
Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik
Series: Unknown
Published by Del Rey
Publishing date: July 10, 2018
Genre: Fantasy
448 pages
Synopsis: Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders… but her father isn’t a very good one. Free to lend and reluctant to collect, he has loaned out most of his wife’s dowry and left the family on the edge of poverty–until Miryem steps in. Hardening her heart against her fellow villagers’ pleas, she sets out to collect what is owed–and finds herself more than up to the task. When her grandfather loans her a pouch of silver pennies, she brings it back full of gold.
But having the reputation of being able to change silver to gold can be more trouble than it’s worth–especially when her fate becomes tangled with the cold creatures that haunt the wood, and whose king has learned of her reputation and wants to exploit it for reasons Miryem cannot understand.
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I read Uprooted by Naomi Novik and loved it. Spinning Silver sounds like a similar kind of fairy tale retelling. So I’m very excited to read this book when it comes out!
I’m very excited about this book as well! I loved Uprooted, and I’m curious about how similar the covers are, almost like the stories are connected in some way.
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Yes, I noticed the style of the two covers, too, and wondered about any connection as well.
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I can’t wait to have this one on my shelves as well. Nice choice.
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Thanks, Barb!
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This sounds completely fascinating! Great pick.
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I’m really looking forward to this one!
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This sounds good. Love the cover. Good pick!
Mary
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Thanks, Mary. Really looking forward to it!
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You have an unerring instinct for sniffing out the books that have me bouncing on the edge of my seat with excitement. Uprooted was one of my favourite books of the year – I loved the way she played with our expectations and carved out her own story… So clever and well done! And she’s doing it again – yippee!
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That’s so sweet of you, Sarah. You read and review books I’ve never heard of so I’ve found lots of great picks from you! I did some jumping up and down, too, when I read this was coming out!
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