Waiting on Wednesday 08/12/15
“Waiting On Wednesday” is a weekly meme hosted by Breaking the Spine that lets us feature upcoming releases that we can’t wait to get our hands on!
Mogsy’s Pick:
The Hanging Tree by Ben Aaronovitch: November 19, 2015 (Gollancz)
Ben Aaronovitch’s Peter Grant is one of my favorite Urban Fantasy series. In the past, the books have been released in the UK first, with the US getting them a few months to a year later. The last couple of years I’ve waited for the US release, though this year, I doubt I will have the patience. The last book in this series was just so damn awesome, I just don’t think I can stand to wait until this next one hits stateside, and may just end up buying it as soon as it’s available. So, come November it looks like I may be paying a visit to my good old friend the Book Depository…
And check out that cover. I adore the cover artwork for these books; all these map illustrations are always so quirky and full of personality. Pink. Who’d have thought pink?
“Another gripping and hilarious adventure through the secret streets of London. A tour of what remains and an insight into what once was with a liberal sprinkling of folklore, myth and violent crime. Each of Ben Aaronovitch’s previous Peter Grant novels have been Sunday Times Top Ten HB bestsellers and The Hanging Tree looks set to repeat the feat.
The Hanging Tree was the Tyburn gallows which stood where Marble Arch stands today. Oxford Street was the last trip of the condemned. Some things don’t change. The place has a bloody and haunted legacy and now blood has returned to the empty Mayfair mansions of the world’s super-rich. And blood mixed with magic is a job for Peter Grant.
Peter Grant is back as are Nightingale et al. at the Folly and the various river gods, ghosts and spirits who attach themselves to England’s last wizard and the Met’s reluctant investigator of all things supernatural.”
The BiblioSanctum 
I hope it’s another good one 🙂
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Me too!
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OOh nice! that’s a new to me one! Hope you enjoy it as well!
Here’s my WoW
Have a GREAT day!
Old Follower 🙂
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His series has caught my eye a few times, but I’ve yet to give it a read. Hopefully you can land a UK edition and avoid the wait. 🙂
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Oh, I think I will. And maybe pick up a few other UK releases at Book Depository while I’m at it 🙂
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Gah!! Another series I want to read. Why can’t I read faster?? *weep*
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The colors on the cover remind me of cotton candy 😛 Hope this one will be as good as the previous novel.
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It’s…an interesting choice of color, that’s for sure! Oh, Foxglove Summer will be hard to beat, but I’m hopeful too 🙂 Didn’t know that you follow this series too, or more likely I just forgot – stupid brain!
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Oops. I meant, I hope you’ll think this one will be as good as the previous. This is the first time I’ve seen this series. I just think it has a yummy cover 😛
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Nice! This one’s new to me, but I’ll be checking out the first book in the series as soon as I leave here. I LOVE the cover, the colours are gorgeous ♥ I hope that you’ll love this one too^^ xx
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After reading the first book, I definitely wouldn’t have thought ‘pink’ for the cover art…but it looks very cool! I’m going to commit to this series after I’ve finished at least a few of my other UF series.
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I hope you do continue! Like a lot of UF we’ve talked about, the series does get a lot better with each book 🙂
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I’ve been meaning to read this series! I actually started book one once but for some reason for distracted. (It was one of those start all the book slumps.) That stinks that the US has to wait. I don’t blame you for not having patience.
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Yeah, different publishers, different process, different dates. Good thing for international book sellers 🙂
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This is another series that I just haven’t gotten to yet.
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Thank goodness for The Book Depository right? I just heard about this series last week and it sounds great. I need to add the first to my wishlist ASAP.
-lauren
My WOW: http://letsgetbeyondtolerance.blogspot.com/2015/08/waiting-on-wednesday-symptoms-of-being.html
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Haven’t read this but I saw a box set at the local bookstore today and was sorely tempted, I’m off to read your review of the first book!
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