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On My Wishlist: June 19, 2010: 06/19/10

On My Wishlist is a fun weekly event hosted by Book Chick City and runs every Saturday. It's where I list all the books I desperately want but haven't actually bought yet. They can be old, new or forthcoming. It's also an event that you can join in with too - Mr Linky is always at the ready for you to link your own 'On My Wishlist' post. If you want to know more click here.

This is my first week participating in "On My Wishlist." I have 309 books on my wishlist. With skimming hundreds of book blogs, I'm adding new books to my list almost daily. Below are some of the books I added to my wishlist this week.

A Field Guide to Aliens by Johan Olander (recommended by Charlotte's Library)

GoodReads description:

A Field Guide to Aliens is the first truly comprehensive guide to Earth's extraterrestrial visitors and includes profiles of more than twenty-five previously undocumented aliens. With this essential field guide, you'll: learn about each alien's origin, diet and distinguishing features; check out their cool tech gadgets (from lasersaws to slime grenades); get the most up-to-date information on alien sightings; see the undeniable evidence of aliens on our planet (from a giant club found in the countryside to an oddly familiar helmet and mask left in a living room; and, find out how you can become an alienologist, too. Have you ever noticed strange words spelled out in the night sky? Do you know which alien can't be alone? Are you sure that a Knutt has never played a prank on you? Find out all of that and more in this delightfully eerie collection of extraterrestrial lore.

A Timely Vision (A Missing Pieces Mystery, #1) by Joyce Lavene (recommended by Not Enough Books)

GoodReads description:

Meet Dae O'Donnell, a woman with a gift for finding lost things-and the stories behind lost lives...

Dae O'Donnell is the mayor of Duck, North Carolina-and the person everyone turns to when they've lost something. One touch and Dae can find it, and missing pieces seem to find their way to her, whether she wants them to or not.

When Miss Mildred asks Dae to find her missing watch, Dae finds herself looking for more than mislaid jewelry-she must prove the town matriarch isn't a cold-blooded killer.

Retribution Falls: Tales of the Ketty Jay by Chris Wooding (recommended by Adam Whitehead)

GoodReads description:

Frey is the captain of the Ketty Jay, leader of a small and highly dysfunctional band of layabouts. An inveterate womaniser and rogue, he and his gang make a living on the wrong side of the law, avoiding the heavily armed flying frigates of the Coalition Navy. With their trio of ragged fighter craft, they run contraband, rob airships and generally make a nuisance of themselves. So a hot tip on a cargo freighter loaded with valuables seems like a great prospect for an easy heist and a fast buck. Until the heist goes wrong, and the freighter explodes. Suddenly Frey isn't just a nuisance anymore - he's public enemy number one, with the Coalition Navy on his tail and contractors hired to take him down. But Frey knows something they don't. That freighter was rigged to blow, and Frey has been framed to take the fall. If he wants to prove it, he's going to have to catch the real culprit. He must face liars and lovers, dogfights and gunfights, Dukes and daemons. It's going to take all his criminal talents to prove he's not the criminal they think he is ...

Black Lung Captain by Chris Wooding (recommended by Adam Whitehead)

GoodReads description:

Welcome to a rip-roaring action-packed story of heists, double-crosses, double-double-crosses, adventure, shoot-outs and a touch of romance along the way. In the first Ketty Jay novel, Retribution Falls, Frey and his crew were framed for murder, and had to use all their criminal talents to try to clear their names - and turn a profit! Here, in the second novel in this series of standalone adventures, they're asked to help retrieve a mysterious lost ship full of treasure, which turns out to be slightly more complicated than expected ...

When Jessie Came Across the Sea: by Amy Hest (ChoxBox)

GoodReads description:

In an inspiring pairing, Amy Hest and P.J. Lynch create an unforgettable tribute to the immigrant experience.

Jessie lives with her grandmother in a poor village in the valleys of eastern Europe. When, to everyone's surprise, young Jessie is chosen by the village rabbi to travel to America, and to leave her grandmother behind, they both feel their hearts will break.

Award-winning author Amy Hest brings her sure and inspired touch to the story of our immigrant heritage as she follows Jessie across the ocean to a new life—and a new love—in America.

Exquisitely illustrated by P.J. Lynch, with paintings that glow with warmth and carefully observed detail, WHEN JESSIE COMES ACROSS THE SEA transcends time and culture in a tribute to the courage and hope of all who seek a better life. It is destined to become a modern classic.

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Comments (12)

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Comment #1: Saturday, June, 19, 2010 at 22:22:57

Andrea

A Timely Vision sounds great! My wishlist is here.

Comment #2: Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 15:54:22

Pussreboots

Hopefully both of us will have luck reading the books on our wishlists.

Comment #3: Saturday, June, 19, 2010 at 22:43:44

Jessica Rabbit

Field Guide to Aliens looks cute.

Comment #4: Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 16:03:24

Pussreboots

My son and I enjoyed his Filed Guide to Monsters last summer. This book looks just as good.

Comment #5: Saturday, June, 19, 2010 at 23:23:59

Amy S

Thanks for visiting me today! Your wishlist looks awesome! Hope you get them!

Comment #6: Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 16:07:32

Pussreboots

You're welcome. Same to you with your wishlist!

Comment #7: Sunday, June, 20, 2010 at 01:59:00

kai charles

interesting choices i have to check a few out :) thanks for stopping by my blog! Im doing some zombie book giveaways next week

Comment #8: Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 16:10:06

Pussreboots

I'll have to check out your zombie giveaways. Thanks for the return visit.

Comment #9: Sunday, June, 20, 2010 at 02:31:50

Book Chick City

Thanks for taking part in On My Wishlist! I like the sound of Black Lung Captain - what a great title! :)

Comment #10: Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 16:14:23

Pussreboots

The title is what got my attention first.

Comment #11: Sunday, June, 20, 2010 at 03:59:20

Kah Woei

I love your choices. They all sound like books I'd like to read myself. Following you now.

Comment #12: Sunday, June 20, 2010 at 16:16:35

Pussreboots

Wonderful. Welcome to my blog.