On My Wishlist (#3)

On My Wishlist is a weekly meme hosted by Book Chick City. It allows us to share books which we want to read but haven't read/bought yet. My list is getting longer and longer everyday and today I will post about couple new additions.

Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Synopsis (B&N):

For years, Grace has watched the wolves in the woods behind her house. One yellow-eyed wolf--her wolf--is a chilling presence she can't seem to live without. Meanwhile, Sam has lived two lives: In winter, the frozen woods, the protection of the pack, and the silent company of a fearless girl. In summer, a few precious months of being human . . . until the cold makes him shift back again.

Now, Grace meets a yellow-eyed boy whose familiarity takes her breath away. It's her wolf. It has to be. But as winter nears, Sam must fight to stay human--or risk losing himself, and Grace, forever.

Probably everyone else than me has read this book! I really want to read it since the synopsis sounds great and this book has got amazing reviews. The Finnish translation will be published at February but I would really like to read this in English.

Living Death Girl by Elizabeth Scott

Synopsis (B&N):

Once upon a time, I was a little girl who disappeared.

Once upon a time, my name was not Alice.

Once upon a time, I didn't know how lucky I was.

When Alice was ten, Ray took her away from her family, her friends — her life. She learned to give up all power, to endure all pain. She waited for the nightmare to be over.

Now Alice is fifteen and Ray still has her, but he speaks more and more of her death. He does not know it is what she longs for. She does not know he has something more terrifying than death in mind for her.

This is Alice's story. It is one you have never heard, and one you will never, ever forget.

I've been wanting to read books by Elizabeth Scott for such a long time. I cannot find any of her books from the local library (not a suprise though, they do not have that much of YA books in their collection) and I even did this proposal so they could order some of her books. I need to check out the status of my proposal today. :)

Jumping Off Swings by Jo Knowles

Synopsis (B&N): One pregnancy. Four friends. It all adds up to a profound time of change in this poignant, sensitively written YA novel.

Ellie remembers how the boys kissed her. Touched her. How they
begged for more. And when she gave it to them, she felt loved. For a
while anyway. So when Josh, an eager virgin with a troubled home life, leads her from a party to the backseat of his van, Ellie follows. But their "one-time thing" is far from perfect: Ellie gets pregnant. Josh reacts with shame and heartbreak, while their confidantes, Caleb and Corinne, deal with their own complex swirl of emotions. No matter what Ellie chooses, all four teenagers will be forced to grow up a little faster as a result. Told alternately from each character’s point of view, this deeply insightful novel explores the aftershocks of the biggest decision of one fragile girl’s life — and the realities of leaving innocence behind.

What caught my eye was the cover of this book, I love it! The synopsis sounds really good too!

My books-to-buy list gets bigger and bigger every day. I am going to London later on the spring and I've been doing this list of books I want to buy from there and I think I will have to start to take books out of the list because it is already massive! I possibly can't bring all those books I would like to back home. Or maybe if I ask my friends to take the books don't fit to my bag to their bags... ;)

Okey, those 3 books will do for this week. I need to get back working with the sounds for our play. Gosh, only 17 days for the premiere! And there is some ski jumping coming from the TV, yay!