Happy Turkey month, everybody! It's a brand new month and the start of the holiday season that brings us to the end of the year. That means there are brand new books to look forward to! Well, ok, there's brand new books to look forward to all the time but I'm one for the big picture and what's bigger than a month (I know, I know, a year, a decade, a millenium but I can only handle so much)? So, on a small scale, I love being prepared (no, was never a boy scout) and this lets me compile a list of what I can look forward to in the exciting world of YA literature for the coming month. And I'm here to share my preparedness with you. Each title is linked to goodreads.com.
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Crossed (Matched #2) by Ally Condie
Playground by Fifty Cent
Dark Eden by Patrick Carman
Last Breath (Morganville Vampires #11) by Rachel Caine
Reckoning (Strange Angels #5) by Lili St. Crow
The Outcasts (Brotherband Chronicles #1) by John Flanagan
Tiger's Voyage (Tiger Saga #3) by Colleen Houck
Darker Still (Magic Most Foul #1) by Leanna Renee Heiber
Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon
Liar's Moon (Thief Errant #2) by Elizabeth C. Bunce
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The Daughters Join the Party (Daughters #4) by Joanna Philbin
08
Inheritance (Inheritance #4) by Christopher Paolini
Faking Faith by Josie Bloss
Little Women and Me by Lauren Baratz-Logsted
Prized (Birthmarked #2) by Caragh M. O'Brien
The Sharp Time by Mary O'Connell
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Also Known as Rowan Pohi by Ralph Fletcher
Shatter Me (Shatter Me #1) by Tahereh Mafil
Wherever You Go by Heather Davis
The Space Between by Brenna Yovanoff
The Pledge (The Pledge #1) by Kimberly Derting
Lightbringer by K. D. McEntire
Death Watch (The Undertaken #1) by Ari Berk
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The Future of Us by Jay Asher and Carolyn Mackler
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Legend (Legend #1) by Marie Hu
Kiss of Frost (Mythos Academy #2) by Jennifer Estep
Happy Fall, everybody! It's a brand new month and a brand new season (a nice chilly one perfect for getting cozy by the fire with a nice, new book). That means there are brand new books to look forward to! Well, ok, there's brand new books to look forward to all the time but I'm one for the big picture and what's bigger than a month (I know, I know, a year, a decade, a millenium but I can only handle so much)? So, on a small scale, I love being prepared (no, was never a boy scout) and this lets me compile a list of what I can look forward to in the exciting world of YA literature for the coming month. And I'm here to share my preparedness with you. Each title is linked to goodreads.com.
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Bleeding Hearts (The Drake Chronicles #4) by Alyxandra Harvey
Everybody Sees the Ants by A.S. King
Palace of the Damned (The Saga of Larten Crepsley #3) by Darren Shan
Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer (Gossip Girl #13) by Cecily von Ziegesar
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The Lost Stories (Ranger's Apprentice #11) by John Flanagan
The Mark of the Golden Dragon: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of Jacky Faber, Jewel of the East, Vexation of the West, and Pearl of the South China Sea (Bloody Jack Adventures #9) by Louis A. Meyer
Eve (Eve Trilogy #1) by Anna Carey
Variant by Robison Wells
Silence (Hush, Hush #3) by Becca Fitzpatrick
Carrier of the Mark (Carrier Trilogy #1) by Leigh Fallon
The Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus #2) by Rick Riordan
Past Perfect by Leila Sales
Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver
A Beautiful Friendship (Stephanie Harrington #1) by David Weber
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Mercy Lily by Lisa Albert
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Bunheads by Sophie Flack
11
The Goblin War (Goblin Wood #3) by Hilari Bell
David by Mary Hoffman
Frost (Stork #2) by Wendy Delsol
Life: An Exploded Diagram by Mal Peet
Devoted (Elixir #2) by Hilary Duff
The Watch That Ends the Night: Voices from the Titanic by Allan Wolf
Deadly Cool by Gemma Halliday
Stick by Andrew Smith
Tris and Izzie by Mette Ivie Harrison
The Death Cure (Maze Runner #3) by James Dashner
Awake at Dawn (Shadow Falls #2) by C.C. Hunter
Unforsaken (Banished #2) by Sophie Littlefield
Without Tess by Marcella Pixley
Just Your Average Princess by Kristina Springer
The Survival Kit by Donna Freitas
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Girls Don't Fly by Kristen Chandler
Audition by Stasia Ward Kehoe
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Swear (Swoon #2) by Nina Malkin
The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater
Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez
Seizure (Virals #2) by Kathy Reichs and Brendan Reichs
How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr
Beautiful Chaos (Beautiful Creatures #3) by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl
Half-Blood (Covenant #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Dearly, Departed (Dearly #1) by Lia Habel
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On The Fringe by Courtney King Walker
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Between the Sea and Sky by Jaclyn Dolamore
Straw House, Wood House, Brick House, Blow: Four Novellas by Daniel Nayeri
Battle Fatigue by Mark Kurlansky
Mastiff (Legend of Beka Cooper #3) by Tamora Pierce
Nightshade (The Poison Diaires #2) by Maryrose Wood and The Duchess of Northumberland
Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber
Caleb's Wars by David L. Dudley
Crave by Melissa Darnell
Phantom (The Vampire Diaries: The Hunters #1) by L. J. Smith
Destined (House of Night #9) by P. C. Cast and Kristin Cast
The Iron Knight (Iron Fey #4) by Julie Kagawa
Amplified by Tara Kelly
Desert Angel by Charlie Price
Scored by Lauren McLaughlin
You Are My Only by Beth Kephart
Wisdom's Kiss by Catherine Gilbert Murdock
The Scoop:
Fortitude (known as Trudy) and Tomas (known as Tips) grew up together as orphans in the town of Bacio in the kingdom of Lax. Before they had quite finished growing up a man known as Felis el Gato (or the Booted Maestro) happened upon Tips performing one of his daring feats upon the water mill at the mill house where he was raised. Trudy, having been blessed with the gift of a seer, knew that apprenticing with Felis el Gato for what she thought would be a life of soldiering would be a better life for him than being the go-fer for his over-bearing and lazy brothers who had inherited the mill. Trudy became a kitchen maid in the local inn that her mother worked in before she died.
Wisdom (known as Dizzy), her grandmother, Dowager Queen Benevolence (known as Ben) and sister, Queen Temperance (known as Temperance) live in Montagne in the kindom of Lax. Duke Roger of Farina had come to Montagne with the expressed intent to offer marriage to Queen Temperance but found younger sister Dizzy much more to his liking. Once Dizzy accepted they all (except for Temperance) set off for Farina to meet with Roger's mother, the most deliciously evil and status-grubbing Wilhelmina, Duchess of Farina and plan for the wedding.
All of these main characters ultimately end up in the same town--Farina--with Trudy joining the royal entourage as a lady-in-waiting and Tips and Felis already in Farina. They determine that Roger and Wilhelmina have a nefarious plot planned to take over the ruling title of Montagne and the rest of them have to find a way to stop it. Told by 8 different narrators by way of a play, encyclopedia entries, diaries, memoirs and letters we follow these citizens of Lax in their quest to save their nation by way of magic, insight and sheer will and talent.
It's a brand new month and that means there are brand new books to look forward to! Well, ok, there's brand new books to look forward to all the time but I'm one for the big picture and what's bigger than a month? Ok, I know a year is bigger but that's way too ambitious for me. So, on a small scale, I love being prepared (no, was never a boy scout) and this lets me compile a list of what I can look forward to in the exciting world of YA literature for the coming month. And I'm here to share my preparedness with you. Each title is linked to goodreads.com.
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"Waiting on Wednesday" is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It lets us all gush about what soon-to-be released books we are barely able to restrain our ethusiasm for.
My pick this week is Crossed by Ally Condie due out November 1, 2011 by Dutton Juvenile.
From Goodreads.com:
In search of a future that may not exist and faced with the decision of who to share it with, Cassia journeys to the Outer Provinces in pursuit of Ky - taken by the Society to his certain death - only to find that he has escaped, leaving a series of clues in his wake.
Cassia's quest leads her to question much of what she holds dear, even as she finds glimmers of a different life across the border. But as Cassia nears resolve and certainty about her future with Ky, an invitation for rebellion, an unexpected betrayal, and a surprise visit from Xander - who may hold the key to the uprising and, still, to Cassia's heart - change the game once again. Nothing is as expected on the edge of Society, where crosses and double crosses make the path more twisted than ever.
My Thoughts:
While touted as the next "Hunger Games," for me the first book got off to a slow start with Cassia living by the rules of the Society instead of being a rebel right off the bat like Katniss was. However, once I got into the story and the conflict that Cassia feels when she gets more than one option in her Marriage choice. I started to feel that she was more rebellious when she started following her own instincts instead of what the Society wanted her to do. I'm looking forward to seeing how far she goes and what she does to get there.
Playground by Fifty Cent
Also Known as Rowan Pohi by Ralph Fletcher
