Waiting on Wednesday #29

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted by Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating.

This week's cannot-wait book is:

The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness!

 

The Rest of Us Just Live Here

by Patrick Ness

Published by Walker Books

Expected Publication: August 27th 2015

 

What if you aren’t the Chosen One?

The one who’s supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death?

What if you’re like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again.

Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s end of the world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your ordinary life.

Even if your best friend is worshiped by mountain lions.

Award-winning writer Patrick Ness’s bold and irreverent novel powerfully reminds us that there are many different types of remarkable.

 

First of all: this is pretty much everything I've ever hoped for. I mean, a book about someone that isn't the Chosen One in YA genre? Yes please, I've wished for that for years. Second of all: I never thought I'd see my name on a character in a book that's written by someone who isn't from Finland. I really really really need this book, immediately.