Waiting on Wednesday: The Selection by Kiera Cass @kieracass @harperteen

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's pre-publication "can't-wait-to-read" selection is:

Book Description

Publication Date: April 24, 2012 | Series: Selection - Trilogy

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in a palace and compete for the heart of gorgeous Prince Maxon.
But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks.
Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself—and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined.

AAbout the Author

Kiera Cass is a graduate of Radford University and currently lives in Blacksburg, Virginia, with her family. Her fantasy novel the siren was self-published in 2009. Kiera has kissed approximately fourteen boys in her life. None of them were princes.

Details Reading level: Ages 13 and up Hardcover: 336 pages Publisher: HarperTeen (April 24, 2012) Language: English ISBN-10: 0062059939 ISBN-13: 978-0062059932 If anyone wants to trade their ARC - please let me know!

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BOOKS TO TELEVISION: The Selection by Kiera Cass @harperteen @kieracass

From GalleyCat

The CW will shoot a pilot episode for a TV adaptation of Kiera Cass‘ not-yet-published novel, The Selection. This young-adult dystopian title has been compared to The Hunger Games and will be released on April 24th.

So far, five actors have been cast: Aimee Teegarden will play lead heroine America Singer. Ethan Peck will play love interest Prince Maxon. Sean Patrick Thomas will play a royal advisor named Sylvan. Leonor Varela will play Queen Amberly. Martin Donovan will play King Clarkson.

Here’s more from Deadline: “Based on the upcoming series of books by Kiera Cass, The Selection is described as an epic romance set 300 years in the future. Written by Elizabeth Craft & Sarah Fain and directed by Mark Piznarski, it centers on America Singer (Aimee Teegarden), a poor young woman who is chosen by lottery to participate in a competition to marry Prince Maxon(Ethan Peck) and become the next queen of a war-torn nation at a crossroads.”

For thirty-five girls, the Selection is the chance of a lifetime. The opportunity to escape the life laid out for them since birth. To be swept up in a world of glittering gowns and priceless jewels. To live in the palace and compete for the heart of the gorgeous Prince Maxon. 

But for America Singer, being Selected is a nightmare. It means turning her back on her secret love with Aspen, who is a caste below her. Leaving her home to enter a fierce competition for a crown she doesn't want. Living in a palace that is constantly threatened by violent rebel attacks. 

Then America meets Prince Maxon. Gradually, she starts to question all the plans she's made for herself- and realizes that the life she's always dreamed of may not compare to a future she never imagined

Check out the author's You Tube channel -- pretty darn cool!

IN MY MAILBOX: March 11, 2012 YA

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FROM THE PUBLISHER, FOR REVIEW

BOOKS TO MOVIES The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chobsky

I loved this book and have high hopes for this adaptation.  I think Emma Watson will be stellar!  So far it has an R rating and no release date scheduled


From Next Movie


Attached: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Mae Whitman
Status: "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" was originally published by MTV, but it's the three-headed monster of Touchstone, DreamWorks and Summit that is bringing Stephen Chobsky's teen novel to the big screen. One of the most controversial books in recent memory, "Wallflower" tells the story of a high school kid (Logan Lerman, who previously headlined the adaptation of "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief) who comes out of his shell thanks to friendship, books, sex, drugs and rock & roll -- only without the rock & roll. Emma Watson has also signed on for one of her first big post-"Harry Potter" roles. Should be interesting.
Release Date/Year: 2012

GIVEAWAY! March Mystery Book

For those of you who follow my adult blog, I do a monthly giveaway of whatever arc's I have around that fit a theme.  Well, no theme here, but I do have a few books that I have read and they need a new home, so every month I will give one away....You won't know what it is until the giveaway ends.

Here is the first line of the blurb from Amazon:

High school junior Jordan MacKenzie's life was pretty typical: fractured family, new boyfriend, dead-end job. 



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