Waiting on Wednesday 02/10/16
“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!
Wendy’s Pick
The Obelisk Gate by N.K. Jemisin (Orbit: August 16th 2016)
I’m writing this WoW before even finishing the first book in the series, The Fifth Season, but I am so in love with Jemisin’s work (even the ones I don’t like so much) that I’m confident that I’ll be buying this one as soon as it’s available. In fact, I already have a space for it on my bookshelf. In fact in fact, let me just go place my pre-order now…
“THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS… FOR THE LAST TIME.
The season of endings grows darker as civilization fades into the long cold night. Alabaster Tenring – madman, world-crusher, savior – has returned with a mission: to train his successor, Essun, and thus seal the fate of the Stillness forever.
It continues with a lost daughter, found by the enemy.
It continues with the obelisks, and an ancient mystery converging on answers at last.
The Stillness is the wall which stands against the flow of tradition, the spark of hope long buried under the thickening ashfall. And it will not be broken.”
Mogsy’s Pick:
Four Roads Cross by Max Gladstone: July 26, 2016 (Tor)
Speaking of making space on the shelf, I already have a spot ready and waiting on mine for the fifth book of The Craft Sequence. Though I have to say I am also with Wendy in pining for The Obelisk Gate. This summer is going to be great, I can’t wait.
“The great city of Alt Coulumb is in crisis. The moon goddess Seril, long thought dead, is back—and the people of Alt Coulumb aren’t happy. Protests rock the city, and Kos Everburning’s creditors attempt a hostile takeover of the fire god’s church. Tara Abernathy, the god’s in-house Craftswoman, must defend the church against the world’s fiercest necromantic firm—and against her old classmate, a rising star in the Craftwork world.
As if that weren’t enough, Cat and Raz, supporting characters from Three Parts Dead, are back too, fighting monster pirates; skeleton kings drink frozen cocktails, defying several principles of anatomy; jails, hospitals, and temples are broken into and out of; choirs of flame sing over Alt Coulumb; demons pose significant problems; a farmers’ market proves more important to world affairs than seems likely; doctors of theology strike back; Monk-Technician Abelard performs several miracles; The Rats! play Walsh’s Place; and dragons give almost-helpful counsel.”
The BiblioSanctum 
I haven’t read the last gladstone but I really like his series!
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Good thing that all the books in the series are stand alones!
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I am so glad to see Tara back. And Cat. But most especially hot vampire pirate….
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Agreed, especially Tara. We got Cat more recently, but I do miss Tara 🙂
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I can’t wait for The Obelisk Gate, too!!! The Fifth Season was far and away my favorite book of last year, and I can’t wait to see what happens next. 😀 I love the cover’s color scheme, too.
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I love the gorgeous pink and purple colors too – not a combination you see on a lot of covers. But this one pulls it off and still keeps the “serious” vibe.
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Hell yeah to both of these! I’m beyond excited for The Obelisk Gate, and Max is my go to guy for world building. Although I still haven’t read Last First Snow! It started out so slow that I gave up. (Although I will go back at some point and try again)
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Yeah, LFS was slow to start. I love it still, but it’s probably the weakest of the books so far, for me.
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Oh I just saw Cat and Raz are back!!
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I’m excited for both of these titles, too! Although in both cases, I need to speed read in order to catch up. I really love Max Gladstone’s writing and I’ve heard nothing but praise for N.K. Jemisin’s work.
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I hope this next Craft Sequence novel can be read as a standalone too…it’s what I love about these books.
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I still need to start on Craft Sequence AND now apparently start The Fifth Season LOL! I have to say though, both sound completely up my alley 😀 As usual, thanks for the recs girls and happy hump day!
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Hope you get to check them out! You can’t go wrong with either! 🙂
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Need to start of The Fifth Season soon! The second book looks more promising than the first one… And the covers are gorgeous and intriguing!
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I’m really looking forward to the sequel to The Fifth Season as well – hope you can start the first book soon. You won’t be disappointed 🙂
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I loved the Fifth Season, I can’t wait for the Obelisk Gate. I pre-ordered the second it was available! 😀
I really need to start the Craft Sequence, I have the first four books on my Kindle so I have no excuse!
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The Craft Sequence books are really something else! Never have I seen such amazing world building. I hope you enjoy them 🙂
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I’m hoping to get The Fifth Season read in time, but I know it’ll take me a while longer to get caught up with The Craft Sequence.
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The good news is you can read each book of the Craft Sequence as a stand alone – though I understand the desire to read everything in order. Stand alone or not, I don’t like jumping in mid-series if I can help it.
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Could be good 😀
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Both of them 😀
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Definitely looking forward to Obelisk Gate!
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Haha, I think EVERYONE is looking forward to the Obelisk Gate…
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I so need to catch up! I read the first two Gladstone as part of a readalong but couldn’t carry on due to other clashes and now I’ve fallen behind – which kind of makes me go into a little trauma and then I throw my hands up in the air and give up!
The Nemisin book – I’ve only read the first of her Kingdom books which I did really enjoy – again, I’m behind with this! *throw your hands in the air…..* I actually do care and I want to catch up though 😦
Lynn 😀
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Haha, I think it was thanks to that readalong that I’m even caught up with The Craft Sequence. It was really fun! As I recall, I couldn’t take part in the question/answer session for Last First Snow because of time constraints, but it did get me motivated to read the book with everyone during that month.
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