Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.
I am combining CWW with Books From the Backlog hosted by Carole at Carole's Random Life in Books. This will allow me to feature some newly "rediscovered" books, which I plan on reading, alongside a new release.
This week I can't wait for:
Ngozi Ukazu
Series: Check, Please!
Age/Genre: Young Adult, Graphic Novel
Publisher: First Second
Release Date: April 7, 2020
Goodreads
Eric Bittle is heading into his junior year at Samwell University, and not only does he have new teammates―he has a brand new boyfriend! Bitty and Jack must navigate their new, secret, long-distance relationship, and decide how to reveal their relationship to friends and teammates. And on top of that, Bitty's time at Samwell is quickly coming to an end...It's two full hockey seasons packed with big wins and high stakes!Why I want to read this book
A collection of the second half of the mega-popular webcomic series of the same name, Check, Please!: Sticks and Scones is the last in a hilarious and stirring two-volume coming-of-age story about hockey, bros, and trying to find yourself during the best four years of your life.
I fell so in love with Bitty in the first book, and I cannot wait to be there as he navigates his Junior year and a long distance romance. Oh, and that romance was so precious! More hockey, more baking, more romance, and maybe I will even get a peek at what the future holds for Bitty.
Katrina Leno
Age/Genre: Young Adult,
Publisher: HarperTeen
Release Date: July 5, 2016
Goodreads
A charming and imaginative new novel about getting lost before you can be found.Why I want to read this book
LOST:
Frannie and Louis met in an online support group when they were both younger. They have never met face-to-face. They don’t even know each other’s real names. All they know is that they both have a mysterious tendency to lose things. Well, not lose them, exactly. Things just seem to…disappear.
FOUND:
They each receive news in the mail that sets them off on a road trip to Austin, Texas, looking for answers—and each other. Along the way, each one begins to find, as if by magic, important things the other has lost. And by the time they finally meet in person, they realize that the things you lose might be things you weren’t meant to have at all, and that you never know what you might find if you just take a chance.
The Lost & Found is a bighearted novel about connections (missed and found), family (the kind you’re born with and the kind you make for yourself), and unexpected journeys (on the road, and of the heart), from an author who Publishers Weekly called “a fierce new presence.”
It was love at first book for me with Leno. I first experienced the brilliance that is Katrina Leno via Everything All at Once back in 2017, and I ran out, and purchased her backlist. I then went on to read more of her ARCs, while her backlist wasted away, unread. I am looking forward to reading this book, because I want to see these two online friends meet in real life. I am always up for a road trop, and Leno always sprinkles a little magic into her stories, which I always look forward to.
What are you waiting on?
Any backlog books you want to read soon?
Let us know in the comments!
Any backlog books you want to read soon?
Let us know in the comments!
the cover for ChecK please just made me smile so much, and the blurb just made it wider. It's so adorable! The Lost and Found is such a unique premise -- I hope this title is as amazing as Leno's previous ones.
ReplyDeleteMy face hurt as I read the first Check, Please! So sweet and charming and adorable. I loved it! Fingers crossed Leno wows me with The Lost & Found. I am looking forward to reading it
DeleteI have been enjoying graphic novels more and more these days. I will have to give this Check Please books a try. I hope that you love both of these. :)
ReplyDeleteI don't read many, because I prefer to read electronically, and graphic novels are a nightmare for me on a kindle (way too small), but I am glad I gave Check, Please! a look, because it really was as wonderful as everyone said.
DeleteThe Lost & Found sounds like something I would really be interested in, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteI am starting it on the train in a little bit. So, I will let you know in the Sunday post how it went
Deletehope you enjoy them
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
I've got the Check Please book in my library for my students, will have to get book 2 now! Hope you get it soon!
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If the kids enjoyed the first book, I can't imagine them not wanting to see where is all goes. I know I want to see Biddy graduate
DeleteI haven't read a Leno book, but that sounds interesting. Hope you enjoy them both!
ReplyDeleteHer books are always really good, and I love the touch of magic to puts in all her stories
DeleteI got the first graphic novel last year in an arc box but I wasn't really a reader of them at the time. But baking?? Yes, please lol
ReplyDeleteKaren @ For What It's worth
You should give it a look. Biddy is a fantastic character, and watching him stress bake was fun
DeleteI only recently heard of Check Please and thought it sounded all kinds of cute. Everything about it is screaming "read me!" I'm definitely checking my library for the first book.
ReplyDeleteI think as a Wesmie fan, you would appreciate the story
DeleteOoh nice picks! Both are new to me ones but I hope you love them both once you get to read them!
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DeleteFun ones this week. That graphic novel looks like such fun.
ReplyDeleteIt really is, and I love the illustrations too
DeleteI've never read anything by Leno but the book you've spotlighted sounds wonderful. I hope you love it!
ReplyDeleteI loved this book so much. It was emotional without being draining, and I loved the magical bits. So glad I finally read it
DeleteI have heard very good things about Check Please! So I should probably be checking those out. Also, I admire how much you follow up on authors you like. If you liked someone's previous books you keep an eye on them to see if they release anything more!
ReplyDeleteI like to take chances when I read, but if I find success with an author, I will seek out their other books, and hope that those books are just as successful for me (which they usually are)
DeleteThese are both completely new to me but they both sound like books I would read. I don't know how many backlist books I have bought only to ignore and focus on ARCs because they have a deadline. I hope you enjoy both of these!
ReplyDeleteI am guilty as well. I have been so good this year with limiting my ARC requests, and to be honest, I am really enjoying reading some older books. The Lost & Found was really wonderful, and I gave it 5-stars. Another gem, just sitting on the shelf
DeleteAhh, I really want to read Lost & Found as well. I loved Katrina Leno's summer of salt and have been looking forward to reading more from her! :D
ReplyDeleteLost & Found was so wonderful! I was lost in the story, and loved it so much.
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