March 13, 2013

Wishlist Wednesday #12


Welcome to my twelfth Wishlist Wednesday post for the awesome blog hop hosted by Dani at Pen to Paper 

This week my WW book is The Uninvited by Liz Jensen

A seven-year-old girl puts a nail-gun to her grandmother's neck and fires. An isolated incident, say the experts. The experts are wrong. Across the world, children are killing their families. Is violence contagious?As chilling murders by children grip the country, anthropologist Hesketh Lock has his own mystery to solve: a bizarre scandal in the Taiwan timber industry. Hesketh has never been good at relationships: Asperger's Syndrome has seen to that. But he does have a talent for spotting behavioural patterns, and an outsider's fascination with group dynamics. Nothing obvious connects Hesketh's Southeast Asian case with the atrocities back home. Or with the increasingly odd behaviour of his beloved step-son, Freddy. But when Hesketh's Taiwan contact dies shockingly and more acts of sabotage and child violence sweep the globe, he is forced to acknowledge possibilities that defy the rational principles on which he has staked his life, his career and, most devastatingly of all, his role as a father.Part psychological thriller, part dystopian nightmare, The Uninvited is a powerful and viscerally unsettling portrait of apocalypse in embryo.

Why have I added this to my WW? The eagle-eyed among you might notice that I had a book by this author on my WW last week but when looking into The Ninth Life Of Louis Drax I found myself looking the other books Liz Jensen has written. Some didn't really appeal to me but this one definitely stood out! The Uninvited seems more of a mix of styles, venturing off into dystopian which isn't my usual genre but I really like the sound of it and think it could be a good step into reading more dystopia books.

Want to join in??
  • Follow Pen to Paper as the host
  • Pick a book from your wishlist that you are dying to get your hands on and read
  • Wrote a post telling your readers about the book and why it's on your wishlist
  • Add your blog to the linky at the bottom of her post
  • Put a link back to Pen to Paper somewhere on your post with a note about the host
  • Visit the other blogs, follow and enjoy :)
What's on your wishlist this week? Comment below and share or share a link to your post :)

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12 comments:

  1. CiskaMarch 13, 2013 at 2:29 AM

    This sounds scary. Hope you get to read it soon . Am curious how the book works out :)

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  2. UlaMarch 13, 2013 at 6:50 AM

    Love the cover, looks great! Hope you get it soon! I'm off to check it out.

    Happy reading!

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  3. Synchronized ReadingMarch 13, 2013 at 7:31 AM

    This sounds really interesting :) Never heard of it, but I'd like to check it out!

    Janina
    My WW!

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  4. ElisaMarch 13, 2013 at 8:10 AM

    Wow, sounds really scary, but really intriguing and interesting as well.
    Great pick! I hope you'll get it very soon =)

    My WW : http://ellegoesnerd.blogspot.com/2013/03/wishlist-wednesday-25.html

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  5. UnknownMarch 13, 2013 at 9:21 AM

    This book sounded so good but unfortunately I couldn't finish it. I read about 15% (I know, not a lot). I had to put it down. It just kept going on and on and nothing was happening.

    If you get it I hope you enjoy it more than I did!

    Here's my WW!

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  6. Lisa @ Bookshelf FantasiesMarch 13, 2013 at 9:25 AM

    I keep hearing about this one. Sounds creepy but good! I'd love to hear what you think if you get it.

    Lisa

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  7. UnknownMarch 13, 2013 at 5:10 PM

    Wow this sounds very interesting. Super creepy but, it sounds good! When kids are involved its always creepy haha. Great choice for this week!
    Brittany @ Spare Time Book blog
    My WW: http://sparetimebookblog.blogspot.com/2013/03/wishlist-wednesday-38.html

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  8. AngieMarch 13, 2013 at 6:41 PM

    I hadn't heard of this one, but it certainly does seem to have a interesting premise!

    Here's Mine @ Pinkindle Reads & Reviews

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  9. UnknownMarch 14, 2013 at 2:08 PM

    Hi! New follower here! Stopping by from the Thursday Bloglovin Collective! Love a follow back! http://www.bloglovin.com/feed/blog/3983701 Bullock's Buzz.

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  10. HodsonMarch 14, 2013 at 4:46 PM

    Thanks again, Shona, for linking up on my Bloglovin' Hop! Now following you back via GFC and Bloglovin. Have a great day!

    Meg
    Happy Kids, Inc

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  11. Mandy @HKCHICMarch 15, 2013 at 2:01 PM

    Hi hi thank you for stopping by my humble blog @ hkchic.blogspot.com.

    I think u really should go into sewing, just think of all the possibilities. I have only been sewing less than 3 years and if I could do this so can you.

    And think of all those useless clothes or jeans you can turn them into awesome things!

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  12. Megan TenneyMarch 16, 2013 at 12:10 AM

    Hi Shona, I'm trying to give you information on my upcoming Bloglovin/Google Plus hop, but I can't find an email address for you. Please let me know how I can get in touch- thanks!

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