Waiting On Wednesday

So, I've begun following ARC blogs, and one thing I stumbled across is Waiting On Wednesday, hosted by Breaking the Spine (click the 'Waiting on Wednesday' picture to go to Breaking the Spine), in which you post a book you're anxiously awaiting the release of.
My book for this Wednesday is a little goofy, because when I went to find it, I realized it was being released today!! So... what I'm really 'waiting' for is to get the heck out of work and go buy it!

The book I'm awaiting?

Spy Glass by Maria V. Snyder:

The third in the Opal series, set in the same world as the Poison Study/Yelena series... which I have already reviewed here. A seriously wonderful set of books.

Troll's-Eye View (Book of Short Stories)

This is a collection of stories that would be perfect bedtime material... each story being only about 3-4 pages long, they could easily be read from start to finish to any child while they lay all snuggled safe under their covers. Mostly the stories tell the tale of the villians of old fairytales.

I really enjoy the reimagining from the villian's perspective too, especially in the case of Jack & The Beanstalk, Rapunzel and Hansel & Gretel... in fact, the Hansel and Gretel story might be my favorite one in there... it's haunting.

I recommend picking this up for a quick, fun read... and it features some of the best in the field... Jane Yolen, Neil Gaimen, Holly Black, Peter S. Beagle, Michael Cadnum, Nancy Farmer, Wendy Froud, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Ellen Kushner, Kelly Link, Garth Nix, Delia Sherman, Midori Snyder, Joseph Stanton and Catherynne M. Valente.