Waiting on Wednesday

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. It's based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by the fabulous Jill at Breaking the Spine. 

A dazzling new edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, fully illustrated in brilliant color and featuring exclusive interactive paper craft elements, including a foldout Hogwarts letter and more!

 
In this stunning new edition of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, experience the story as never before. J.K. Rowling's complete and unabridged text is accompanied by full-color illustrations on nearly every page and eight exclusive, interactive paper craft elements: Readers will open Harry's Hogwarts letter, reveal the magical entryway to Diagon Alley, make a sumptuous feast appear in the Great Hall, and more.

Designed and illustrated by award-winning design studio MinaLima -- best known for establishing the visual graphic style of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films -- this edition is sure to be a keepsake for Harry Potter fans, a beautiful addition to any collector's bookshelf, and an enchanting way to introduce the first book in this beloved series to a new generation of readers.

Can you IMAGINE what this series will look like with Minalima adding the super cool features?! Omg I am so excited! I might not buy the entire series...yet...I don't know. I only bought the first book illustrated, and in the UK anniversary hardcover editions, and the 10th anniversary US side...so I might stick with book 1 for this format too! Lol. Yeah...I buy a lot of books!

TITLE: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

AUTHOR: J.K. Rowling

ILLUSTRATOR: Minalima

PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc

GENRE: MG Fantasy

RELEASE DATE: October 20, 2020

In near-future New Orleans, Draugar, again-walkers, are faster and stronger than most humans, but not venomous until they are a century old. Until then, they shamble and bite. Since not everyone wants to see their relatives end up that way, Geneviève Crowe makes her living beheading the dead.

But now, her magic’s gone sideways, and the only person strong enough to help her is the one man who could tempt her to think about picket fences: Eli Stonecroft, a faery who chose to be a bar-owner in New Orleans rather than live in Elphame.

Then human businessmen start turning up as draugar.

Suddenly, the queen of the again-walkers and the wealthy son of one of the victims, both hire Geneviève to figure it out. She works to keep her magic in check, the dead from crawling out of their graves, and enough money for a future that might be a lot longer than she’d like. Neither her heart nor her life are safe now that she’s juggling a faery prince, murder, and magic.

I only just found out about this book a few weeks ago as I was writing this post in advance! I just ordered a backtitle from Melissa (from earlier in the year) and then I find out she's got a new series starting! SWEET!

TITLE: The Wicked & the Dead

AUTHOR: Melissa Marr
PUBLISHER: MM Ink
GENRE: Modern Fantasy
RELEASE DATE: September 2, 2020