Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Waiting on Wednesday (176)

"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly meme to discuss upcoming books we can't wait to get our hands on. Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

This week, I'm waiting on:

The Only Thing Worse Than Me Is You by Lily Anderson
Release date: May 17, 2016

Trixie Watson has two very important goals for senior year: to finally save enough to buy the set of Dr. Who figurines at the local comic books store, and to place third in her class and knock Ben West--and his horrendous new mustache that he spent all summer growing--down to number four.

Trixie will do anything to get her name ranked over Ben's, including give up sleep and comic books--well, maybe not comic books--but definitely sleep. After all, the war of Watson v. West is as vicious as the Doctor v. Daleks and Browncoats v. Alliance combined, and it goes all the way back to the infamous monkey bars incident in the first grade. Over a decade later, it's time to declare a champion once and for all.

The war is Trixie's for the winning, until her best friend starts dating Ben's best friend and the two are unceremoniously dumped together and told to play nice. Finding common ground is odious and tooth-pullingly-painful, but Trixie and Ben's cautious truce slowly transforms into a fandom-based tentative friendship. When Trixie's best friend gets expelled for cheating and Trixie cries foul play, however, they have to choose who to believe and which side they're on--and they might not pick the same side.

I love Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and this looks like it will be a fun and creative YA contemporary retelling.






6 comments:

  1. I enjoyed Much Ado About Nothing as well...sounds like a fun retelling. I will have to check this one out. Great pick!

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  2. Ohh this sounds amazing! I can't believe I've never heard of this one before. Thank you so much for sharing, definitely adding this to my TBR right now. Hope you enjoy!
    here's my WoW!

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  3. How have I not heard of this book?! I love Much Ado About Nothing and anything remotely related to Shakespeare. I'll definitely check this one out. Thanks for putting it on my radar, Christina!

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  4. This does sound fun, and I like that the MC's are apparently comic book geeks and into various fandoms. I had not heard of this one but it looks like one to keep an eye on. Great pick!

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  5. This sounds like something I would like. Thanks for spotting it!
    Here is my WoW: http://wp.me/p76RED-4B

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  6. This does looks like a fun read and I love the comic-book style cover! Thanks for sharing about this one!

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