Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Waiting on Wednesday (9)

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly meme, hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we "can't-wait-to-read".


Lost For Words by Alice Kuipers
Release date: May 1st 2010
Summary : (taken from Amazon)

My New Year's resolution: I'm moving on from everything that's happened. I'm not going to talk about it, think about it, let the memory pounce upon me like a waiting tiger, nothing.

All Sophie wants to do is forget. But it's not easy now that everything's changed. The house feels too big, school drags on for too long, lights are too bright, the room spins, and her hands get sweaty for no reason. And she can't remember why she was ever best friends with Abigail, who is obsessed with parties and boys. Only the new girl, Rosa-Leigh, with her prose poems and utter confidence, might understand. But talking to her seems impossible. 

Lost in memories of the life she once had, Sophie retreats into herself. But there's only so long she can keep everything bottled up inside before she explodes. Maybe by confronting the tragedy of her past she'll figure out how to fix her future.

I looked up more about the book and discovered it was mostly about Sophie dealing with her sister's death from a London bombing. I read a wonderful review about this book already and that alone almost drove me to tears.  It really affected the reader and made her appreciate her siblings more. AND it's written in journal entries, which I love! So yeah I think this is going to be awesome :)

11 comments:

Tales of Whimsy said...

Cool choice.

Here is my WOW :)

Raíla said...

Aw, it sounds really really nice! I will keep my eye on this! :-) Thanks!

Christina T said...

This does sound like a fantastic book. I will have to add it to my TBR list.

Girl on a Mission said...

I saw this one around but I never knew what it was about. Thanks for sharing. I'll have to look out for it.

Alayne said...

Aww great pick! Thanks for sharing. Mine is at The Crowded Leaf.

Unknown said...

This looks like such a good read I love heart felt stories Thanxs for the post ;)

Emidy @ Une Parole said...

Fabulous pick! I love books that are written in journal entries as well.

Just Your Typical Book Blog said...

Great choice! I've seen this around a few blogs. It sounds really interesting :)

Ky said...

Wow. This sounds REALLY good. Nice pick! :D

Little Miss Becky :) said...

Great pick, this one looks really touching. I'll have to keep an eye out for it. Thanks for coming by my blog! :)

Christina / Book Addict said...

Wow! This does sound like an amazing book. I haven't heard of it until now so thanks for sharing! :) Good pick!