Waiting on Wednesday (06-17-09 edition)

Sponsored by "Breaking the Spine". My choice for a selection that I "can't wait to read" is:

Under the Dome by Stephen King

There is no artwork or synopsis available at this time. However, from what I understand, this book is 25 years in the making. It is about a small town in Maine (where else?) that suddenly finds themselves cutoff from the rest of the world when a dome appears. Families are separated from one another, people are panicking, trying to figure out what is happening. I believe that it's due out in November 2009.

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Waiting on Wednesday

Sponsored by "Breaking the Spine". My choice for a selection that I "can't wait to read" is:

Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas.” As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes, but she survived–and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, Ben sits in prison, and troubled Libby lives off the dregs of a trust created by well-wishers who’ve long forgotten her.

The Kill Club is a macabre secret society obsessed with notorious crimes. When they locate Libby and pump her for details–proof they hope may free Ben–Libby hatches a plan to profit off her tragic history. For a fee, she’ll reconnect with the players from that night and report her findings to the club . . . and maybe she’ll admit her testimony wasn’t so solid after all.

As Libby’s search takes her from shabby Missouri strip clubs to abandoned Oklahoma tourist towns, the narrative flashes back to January 2, 1985. The events of that day are relayed through the eyes of Libby’s doomed family members–including Ben, a loner whose rage over his shiftless father and their failing farm have driven him into a disturbing friendship with the new girl in town. Piece by piece, the unimaginable truth emerges, and Libby finds herself right back where she started–on the run from a killer.

Dark and creepy-- like me! (Just kidding! Really I'm not. Really...)