In My Mailbox (23)

Bought:

Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has survived the Hunger Games twice.  But now that she's made it out of the bloody arena alive, she's still not safe.  The Capitol is angry.  The Capitol wants revenge.  Who do they think should pay for the unrest?  Katniss.  And what's worse, President Snow has made it clear that no one else is safe either.  Not Katniss's family, not her friends, not the people of District 12.

From NetGalley:

The Vespertine
by Saundra Mitchell

The summer of 1889 is the one between childhood and womanhood for Amelia van den Broek — and thankfully, she’s not spending it at home in rural Maine.  She’s been sent to Baltimore to stay with her stylish cousin, Zora, who will show her all the pleasures of city life and help her find a suitable man to marry.

With diversions ranging from archery in the park to dazzling balls and hints of forbidden romance, Victorian Baltimore is more exciting than Amelia imagined.  But her gaiety is interrupted by disturbing, dreamlike visions she has only at sunset — visions that offer glimpses of the future.  Soon, friends and strangers alike call on Amelia to hear her prophecies.  Newly dubbed "Maine’s Own Mystic", Amelia is suddenly quite in demand.

However, her attraction to Nathaniel, an artist who is decidedly outside of Zora's circle, threatens the new life Amelia is building in Baltimore.  This enigmatic young man is keeping secrets of his own — still, Amelia finds herself irrepressibly drawn to him.  And while she has no trouble seeing the futures of others, she cannot predict whether Nathaniel will remain in hers.

When one of her darkest visions comes to pass, Amelia's world is thrown into chaos.  And those around her begin to wonder if she’s not the seer of dark portents, but the cause.

I finally got Mockingjay!  Now I just have to get a chance to read it.  And doesn't The Vespertine sound cool?  I can't wait to read that one.



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In My Mailbox was started by Kristi of The Story Siren.