Waiting on Wednesday - The Lost Symbol

I'm so excited that Dan Brown has written another book! Today, for Waiting on Wednesday, I can't wait for The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown. It has been a very long time since Dan Brown released a book. It's about time! Here's a description from Amazon:

"THE LOST SYMBOL will have a first printing of 5 million copies, and it will once again feature Dan Brown’s unforgettable protagonist, Robert Langdon. Brown’s longtime editor, Jason Kaufman, Vice President and Executive Editor at Doubleday said, "Nothing ever is as it first appears in a Dan Brown novel. This book’s narrative takes place in a twelve-hour period, and from the first page, Dan’s readers will feel the thrill of discovery as they follow Robert Langdon through a masterful and unexpected new landscape. THE LOST SYMBOL is full of surprises."

The book is being released on September 15. I can't wait! I've read all of Dan Brown's books and I loved them all.

Well, I guess I missed Waiting on Wednesday...

I just now realized that today is Thursday. I totally missed Waiting on Wednesday. I was all ready to write it when I looked at the calendar and saw that it's Thursday. Apparently, my brain isn't working today. My sister-in-law and niece are visiting this week, so I won't have much time for reading or posting.

I was going to post about The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley for Waiting on Wednesday. I actually won this book from GoodReads.com. I'm really excited to get it! Here's a description of the book from Amazon:

"It's the beginning of a lazy summer in 1950 at the sleepy English village of Bishop's Lacey. Up at the great house of Buckshaw, aspiring chemist Flavia de Luce passes the time tinkering in the laboratory she's inherited from her deceased mother and an eccentric great uncle. When Flavia discovers a murdered stranger in the cucumber patch outside her bedroom window early one morning, she decides to leave aside her flasks and Bunsen burners to solve the crime herself, much to the chagrin of the local authorities. But who can blame her? What else does an eleven-year-old science prodigy have to do when left to her own devices? With her widowed father and two older sisters far too preoccupied with their own pursuits and passions—stamp collecting, adventure novels, and boys respectively—Flavia takes off on her trusty bicycle Gladys to catch a murderer."

I think it sounds like it will be cute. I was so surprised to find the email that said I won the book. I'm still kind of shocked. I will start reading it as soon as I get it, but it said it can take up to a few weeks. The book will be released on April 28, 2009.

Waiting on Wednesday - Bundle of Trouble

At the Fiction Writing Seminar I attended last month one of the women on the panel talked about a new mystery series written by Diana Orgain. The first book, Bundle of Trouble, will be released on August 4, 2009.

Here's a description from Amazon.com:

"Kate Connelly may have found the perfect work-from-home Mommy job: private investigator. After all, the hours are flexible, she can bring the baby along on stake-outs, and if you’re going to be up all night anyway, you might as well solve some crimes. But when a body is pulled from San Francisco Bay that may be her brother-in-law, Kate must crack the case faster than you can say “diaper rash” in order to keep her family together."

I'm really looking forward to this book. It sounds really cute. It almost sounds Stephanie Plum-ish for moms. Apparently, the book was originally going to be called Postpartum Detective, but it was changed to Bundle of Trouble. Personally, I think the original name was really cute, but oh well.

Waiting on Wednesday (oops, Thursday) - Vamped

So I just found out about "Waiting on Wednesday" and decided to join in on the fun. Sadly, I decided one day late (Thursday), but I really wanted to mention the book Vamped by Lucienne Diver.

Lucienne was one of the women on the panel at the Fiction Writing Seminar I went to. She is a literary agent and author. She has a new young adult book coming out on May 1 called Vamped. It's the first in a series, apparently.

Here is some info about it from Lucienne's website:

"Because I'm terrible with synopses, I'll let my protagonist (heroine might be pushing it just a bit), tell you all about it in her own words:

Hey, all, it's me… Gina Covello, fashionista of the damned. Yeah, I know, I managed to get almost all the way through high school without cracking a book and now here I am immortalized in one. Well, actually, the immortalization process might have started a bit earlier, like in the broom closet at the after-prom-party, somewhere around the time Bobby-freakin'-Delvecchio started gnawing on my neck. Anyway, this is one book I'd maybe even phone a friend about, since it covers all my adventures going from chic to eek. Because, let me tell you, eternity without a mirror or tanning options—totally uncool. And they don't tell you in, like, Vampirism 101 about crazy conspiracies, psycho-psychics and other hazards of unlife. But I will, so stay tuned."

I think it sounds like it will be a cute series. Lucienne was very nice and gave us a lot of great information about writing and ultimately getting published. I will definitely give Vamped a shot. I'm looking forward to reading it.

I will probably continue to do "Waiting on Wednesday" (on Wednesday) from now on. It's fun.