"Waiting on" Wednesday is a weekly event courtesy of Breaking the Spine

that showcases much anticipated upcoming releases.

(goodreads 05/28/2012):

One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love.

Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable horrors. War now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. And in times of war, sides must be chosen, secrets will emerge, and choices will become even more irrevocable—and even more powerful. Transformed by her own decisions but also by haunting grief and guilt, radical new discoveries, and shifting relationships, Tris must fully embrace her Divergence, even if she does not know what she may lose by doing so. 

I'm pretty sure that this is one that I've been patiently waiting for ever since I finished Divergent. I absolutely loved that book and so to figure out where things go from here as far as the factions are concerned, and getting to find out just what happened to create the situation is going to fabulous. To be fair, I was going to list this one as soon as the blurb for it came out on Goodreads, but the page count erroneously said something like 200 or so pages, which seemed rather unbelievable given the size of Divergent. I'm happy to note now that they quote about 500 pages again which makes me deliriously excited - another book I can sink my brain into. This one is going to be the end of the semester present to myself!

You may or may not know how much I absolutely adore Veronica Roth's Divergent, and so when it came out that today would be big cover reveal for Insurgent I was...well, excited is putting it a tad mildly.

Guys. This is it. This cover is absolutely gorgeous for reasons I'm going to gush about. First of all, aside from the colors being two of my favorites (blue and silver) they do a great job of casting a sort of muted, melancholy overtone that pairs so well with the title. My favorite thing, however, is the tree. I'm reading the picture as the leaves of the tree being a mix of all of the factions, and given everything that happened in Divergent, the leaves are falling off and coming together, wilting, changing.

I'm so incredibly looking forward to this book. And while I'm not big on seeing the Times author bit on books, I'm so proud and happy for Veronica to have that here. Divergent more than deserved its place on that list. Is it 2012 yet?

I feel like a lot of my 'waiting for' posts have either mentioned or touched upon Divergent, mainly because this is a book I've been insanely excited for since sometime last year and having the chance to walk into a bookstore and have it in my hands was fabulous! I can only imagine what it must be like for Miss Veronica Roth, so many many congratulations to her.

There will be a review, but probably not for a few days as I'd like to do maybe a double-review for Uglies & Pretties beforehand.

So since this is a book blog that just happens to be written by yours truly...I'd like to say...

I LOVED DIVERGENT! If I have dreams about faction initiation tonight I won't be surprised.

Anyone else excited? Did you run to the bookstore on your lunch break like I did? (I also picked up The Goddess Test, since it's not available, oddly enough, in my library system.) Let me know - I'm curious! Does that mean I can't be Abnegation...? :)