Diary Entry #0051: New Year, New Books a.k.a. My Most Anticipated 2016 Releases (Part 1)

It's a new year and I thought I should do something new in my bookworm diary, too. I remember planning to post something about my most anticipated 2016 book releases before last year ended and now it's the second day of 2016 already, but I think it's not inexcusable to enjoy the new year via food coma and watching (again and again and again) Taylor Swift's #OOTWMusicVideo, right?

Right.

Anyway, I still thought of posting such diary entry, but there were some problems with that. The biggest one is that some books that are scheduled to be released later this year still don't have covers and some, like the third book of Marie Lu's The Young Elites, still don't have exact release dates. Since I have a mild case of OCD, I didn't want my post to be incomplete and not uniform. I've thought about doing it monthly, too, but the post would be too short and will probably not be worth your time reading. So, I've decided that I'm going to do it quarterly.

Yes, here I am presenting to you my most anticipated books coming out in the next three months!

Truthwitch (The Witchlands, #1) 
by Susan Dennard

Date of Publication: January 5th 2016

Synopsis:

On a continent ruled by three empires, some are born with a “witchery”, a magical skill that sets them apart from others.

In the Witchlands, there are almost as many types of magic as there are ways to get in trouble—as two desperate young women know all too well.

Safiya is a Truthwitch, able to discern truth from lie. It’s a powerful magic that many would kill to have on their side, especially amongst the nobility to which Safi was born. So Safi must keep her gift hidden, lest she be used as a pawn in the struggle between empires.

Iseult, a Threadwitch, can see the invisible ties that bind and entangle the lives around her—but she cannot see the bonds that touch her own heart. Her unlikely friendship with Safi has taken her from life as an outcast into one of reckless adventure, where she is a cool, wary balance to Safi’s hotheaded impulsiveness.

Safi and Iseult just want to be free to live their own lives, but war is coming to the Witchlands. With the help of the cunning Prince Merik (a Windwitch and ship’s captain) and the hindrance of a Bloodwitch bent on revenge, the friends must fight emperors, princes, and mercenaries alike, who will stop at nothing to get their hands on a Truthwitch.