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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Waiting on Wednesday (25) -



Waiting on Wednesday is a feature hosted by Jill @ Breaking the Spine that shares the upcoming releases we bloggers are on the edge of our seats about!


(The Finishing School #1)
Gail Carriger
Release date: February 13, 2013


It's one thing to learn to curtsy properly. It's quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. Welcome to finishing school.

Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is the bane of her mother's existence. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper etiquette at tea--and god forbid anyone see her atrocious curtsy. Mrs. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. She enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.

But little do Sophronia or her mother know that this is a school where ingenious young girls learn to finish, all right--but it's a different kind of finishing. Mademoiselle Geraldine's certainly trains young ladies in the finer arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but also in the other kinds of finishing: the fine arts of death, diversion, deceit, espionage, and the modern weaponries. Sophronia and her friends are going to have a rousing first year at school.

First in a four book YA series set 25 years before the Parasol Protectorate but in the same universe.


Talk about a gorgeous and fun cover! I LOVE her scissors! This seems like it will be a good one, too bad we have to wait SO long!!!


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11 comments:

  1. DannyMay 23, 2012 at 12:54 AM

    Ohh that sound like so much fun and awesome!!! Great Pick, this book is totally new to me!

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  2. MariyaMay 23, 2012 at 1:00 AM

    Always picking books I haven't heard of lately. Haha! Great pick though. I'll have to check out more steampunk :)

    My WOW Post
    Mystifying Paranormal Reviews

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  3. Wendy LohrMay 23, 2012 at 8:49 AM

    I love Gail Carriger! It just sucks we have to wait that long...lol. I've got this on my TBR list and can't wait until it finally releases. I guess I have the rest of the Parasol Protectorate series to read between now and then. :)

    Here's my WoW!

    Wendy @ Escape Into Fiction

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  4. starryeyedjenMay 23, 2012 at 9:23 AM

    Haven't read anything by Carriger yet, but I've been meaning to. :P Maybe this will be my first by her. Great pick...it definitely sounds like my kind of book. :)

    Here’s my WoW post. Happy Wednesday! :D

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  5. Tammy SparksMay 23, 2012 at 11:12 AM

    I love Gail Carriger! Really looking forward to this book. Here's my WOW,

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  6. AlexaMay 23, 2012 at 12:31 PM

    I have yet to read anything by this author but a lot of people really like her books so I must give them a try.
    I hope her newest YA try goes over well.

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  7. AriannaMay 23, 2012 at 12:42 PM

    SO EXCITED! It doesn't come out for so long though! I have no doubt it will be awesome. Please check out my WoW!

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  8. JenniferMay 23, 2012 at 8:30 PM

    I love Gail Carriger and the Parasol Protectorate! Can't wait to read this!

    Jennifer @ Feminist Fairy Tale Reviews
    http://feministfairytalereviews.blogspot.com/2012/05/waiting-on-wednesday-18-fever-moon-fear.html

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  9. Sara Kovach / Dare to be Different - Teach!May 23, 2012 at 8:50 PM

    I had totally forgotten about this one. Thanks for the reminder. I need to add this one to my list.

    My WoW: http://sosimplesara.blogspot.com/2012/05/waiting-on-wednesday-17.html

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  10. Madigan MirzaMay 23, 2012 at 10:35 PM

    I am really excited about this book. It's at the bottom of my TBR list... but only because I know it's going to be such a long wait.

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  11. UnknownMay 24, 2012 at 4:27 PM

    We are waiting for this book as well.

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