Top Ten Tuesday

This week's topic is:

Top Ten beach reads...

Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison (my review)
A hilarious  and fun book. Definitely my first choice.

Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty by Jody Gehrman (my review)
This was a really fun book too and it will make you glad to be at the beach and not crammed in this tiny workplace.

The Boy Book by e. Lockhart (my review)
A really great series. This is book two, which I just now noticed, but regardless read them all at the beach.

The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin (my review)
I think this has enough in it to keep you at the beach long enough to get a fantastic tan.

The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making by Cathrynne M. Valente (my review)
Love this story and it's perfect for the outside.

Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi (my review)
Another book with a lot going on that will keep you engrossed.

And Then Things Fall Apart by Arlaina Tibensky (my review)
A fun, but semi-serious read. Something a little bit heartier.

A Midsummer's Nightmare by Kody Keplinger (my review)
Really, any of Kody's books would work. This one takes place during the summer though.

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (my review)
Deserted Island = great beach read, right?!

The Jumbee by Pamela Keyes (my review)
This is another amazing novel and it takes place in the Caribbean, so...yeah. 

The Broke and the Bookish is a group of college aged and twenty somethings that have an unhealthy obsession with reading and would spend every last penny on books even if it meant skipping a few meals. We are the people  who lurk in the library, buy handbags based on how many books can be stashed in them, and who refer to characters in books as if they are personal friends.

We sought after other bookish college students to share in our love for reading and were brought together by the College Students group on Goodreads that was created in September 2008. Our desire to share great books with each other in and our tendency to be opinionated and passionate about all things book related naturally led to the birth of The Broke and the Bookish in June 2010.

Top Ten Tuesday

This week's topic is:

Top Ten Books when you need something light & fun

Georgia Nicolson (series) - Louise Rennison (my review)

Babe in Boyland - Jody Gehrman (my review)

Scott Pilgrim (series) - Bryan Lee O'Malley (my review)

The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - E. Lockhart (my review)

The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place (series) - Maryrose Wood (my review)

43 Old Cemetery Road (series) - Kate & Sarah Klise (my review)

Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins (my review)

The DUFF - Kody Keplinger (my review)

Sparks - S.J. Adams (my review)

Bloodthirsty - Flynn Meaney (my review)

The Broke and the Bookish is a group of college aged and twenty somethings that have an unhealthy obsession with reading and would spend every last penny on books even if it meant skipping a few meals. We are the people  who lurk in the library, buy handbags based on how many books can be stashed in them, and who refer to characters in books as if they are personal friends.

We sought after other bookish college students to share in our love for reading and were brought together by the College Students group on Goodreads that was created in September 2008. Our desire to share great books with each other in and our tendency to be opinionated and passionate about all things book related naturally led to the birth of The Broke and the Bookish in June 2010.

Top Ten Tuesday

This week's topic is:

Top Ten auto-buy authors

Elizabeth Scott - I haven't loved everything by her, but she is a strong writer. She changes genres a lot so I never know what type of book to expect and I like that.
Tahereh Mafi - She only has the Shatter Me books thus far, but they are beautiful. She has a storyline that kicks and writing that is just so lyrical.
John Green - It's John Fucking Green.
Louise Rennison - Loved the Georgia Nicolson series and don't mind Tallulah. Can't wait for more.
David Levithan - Probably one of my longest standing favorites. I remember the first time I read Boy Meets Boy it was wonderful. Everything he touches is perfect.

Hannah Moskowitz - Ever since I read Invisible Summer, Hannah has been on my list to auto-buy.
Kody Keplinger - She blows my mind. Her books are just fantastic. They are so realistic it's like she's telling a story about some friends you both know.
Laini Taylor - Some more beautiful writing. The worlds she creates are marvelous.
Libba Bray - Another author who changes up her genres often and it always works.
Emma Carlson Berne - She's pretty new to the scene but her books are fantastic. Edge of your seat suspense. MUST BUY!

I didn't include her above, because I don't always auto-buy, it's more of an auto read. Francesca Lia Block. I don't auto-buy because sometimes I am very disappointed in her books (The Frenzy and Pretty Dead) and they are also so short it's hard to justify the hardcover price. When she's good she's good though. And I do love reading her stories. 

The Broke and the Bookish is a group of college aged and twenty somethings that have an unhealthy obsession with reading and would spend every last penny on books even if it meant skipping a few meals. We are the people  who lurk in the library, buy handbags based on how many books can be stashed in them, and who refer to characters in books as if they are personal friends.

We sought after other bookish college students to share in our love for reading and were brought together by the College Students group on Goodreads that was created in September 2008. Our desire to share great books with each other in and our tendency to be opinionated and passionate about all things book related naturally led to the birth of The Broke and the Bookish in June 2010.

Stuff I Got This Week

Bought and Won:

Shut Out - Kody Keplinger (my review)

A Midsummer's Nightmare - Kody Keplinger (my review)

Both signed by the author. I won these when Kody did a live lounge discussion awhile back. 

Thanks Kody!

I bought some Fairy Tale cookie cutters for a program I'm doing next month at the library. There are some really cute ones in there.

Fairy Tales - Hans Christian Andersen

This was a beautiful copy and I couldn't resist.

Fight Club on blu-ray 

I owned it on DVD, but I just bought a new TV (see above) and I thought I should upgrade.

So that's what I got this week. What did you all get?

First Novel Tips

Here are some articles that might be of interest to aspiring authors.

Justine Larbalestier wrote about First Novel Advances a few years ago here.

Over at Grammar Girl, there's so tips on how to write your first novel. You can check out other similar articles here and here and here. Then you can check out author Jodi Meadows post about writing a first draft.

Maureen Johnson has quite a few posts on becoming a writer, like How Can You Afford to be a Writer and The Curse of the Similar Thing. I highly recommend reading her Auntie MJ posts, because she answers a great variety of questions about the writing process.

Here's a little snippet of and inteview of Nova Ren Suma over on Joëlle Anthony's blog where she talks a bit about her selling Dani Noir without an agent.
"What’s the coolest writing-thing that’s happened to you since you sold your first book?
 I sold DANI NOIR, my first book, on my own without an agent—by choice. Honestly, since I’d already gone through the whole agent-search thing with a previous literary fiction manuscript for adults, and got a few of those heartbreaking too-close-but-no-cigar phone calls that seemed to hurt worse than the little paper slips, I’d told myself I did not need an agent… EVER. That I’d be perfectly fine living my whole life without a literary agent and so there. Of course that was all a lie because I really, really wanted one. So the coolest writing thing that happened to me since selling DANI NOIR was when I got up the courage to start querying agents with my next manuscript, a YA novel this time, called IMAGINARY GIRLS… and I actually got some yeses. It felt like a dream. I ended up not just with a real-live literary agent but with the exact right agent for me, which goes to show that timing is everything and sometimes it’s worth it to wait till the perfect moment—and the perfect manuscript. And since you and I share the same stellar agent, you know how worthwhile the wait was!"

I also love Tamora Pierce's FAQ page where she answered a lot of questions about writing and finding an agent and stuff like that.

Jackson Pearce has a bunch of Youtube novels about writing, which you can check out some (outlining), (writing a book), (naming book characters) and more!

If you have more questions, might I suggest checking out Jackson Pearce's Liveshow on Tuesdays at 8pm est. She will often answer questions about writing and publishing and all that groovy stuff.

"Writing is an art, publishing is a business." Elizabeth Scott to Kody Keplinger

Top Ten Tuesday: Beach Reads

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. This week is "Top Ten Books I'd Recommend as Good Beach Reads". Each week they will post a new top ten list that one of our bloggers at The Broke and the Bookish will answer. Everyone is welcome to join. All they ask is that you link back to The Broke and the Bookish on your own Top Ten Tuesday post and add your name to the Linky widget so that everyone can check out other bloggers lists. If you don't have a blog, just post your answers as a comment. Have fun with it! It's a fun way to get to know your fellow bloggers.

I wish I had more time to read at the beach, but it's a little bit of a drive. Here are some of my favorite summer reads though :)

1. Life as a Poser - Beth Killian

When she is invited to visit her super-cool aunt in Los Angeles, a young girl searches for fame--and her long lost mom--in the glamorous world of Hollywood.
2. A Midsummer's Nightmare - Kody Keplinger
 (my review)
3. The Statistical Probability of Love at First - Jennifer E. Smith
 (my review)
4. Still Waters - Emma Carlson Berne
 (my review)


5. Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging - Louise Rennison
 (my review)
6. Beauty Queens - Libba Bray
 (my review)
7. Invincible Summer - Hannah Moskowitz
 (my review)
8. Amy & Roger's Epic Detour - Morgan Matson
 (my review)
9. The Beach - Alex Garland 
After discovering a seemingly Edenic paradise on an island in a Thai national park, Richard soon finds that since civilized behavior tends to dissolve without external restraints, the utopia is hard to maintain. 
10. Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins
 (my review)


What are some of your suggestions for beach reads?

Review: A Midsummer's Nightmare - Kody Keplinger

Where I got it: ARC for review from publisher
Rating: 5 stars  

Cover Rating: 3 stars (Meh.)
Genre: Young Adult

Publication Date: June 5, 2012

Publisher: Poppy

Page Count: 291 p.

Buy it: Book Depository / Amazon
Add it: Goodreads

Whitley Johnson has finally graduated high school. Though she is glad to be rid of that place she can't help but attend the big bash at some guy's house. She graduated with at least a thousand kids so it's not like she knows everyone. She ends the night in a boy's bed, the host apparently. He wants them to keep in touch, but Whitley wants to be rid of this one night stand and get on with her new life. This summer was supposed to be like all the other ones with her father. They were supposed to chill buy the condo's pool and talk about college, since Whitley is attending her father's alma mater. Unfortunately, Whitley's dad has other plans. In the car her dad tells her that he doesn't have the condo anymore but a house. He doesn't have some flimsy girlfriend, but a fiancée and she has two kids. Whitley doesn't think this summer could get any worse, and then she meets her soon-to-be stepbrother. She's trying to make the best out of the situation at hand, but she ends up getting out of hand. Whitley just wanted things to be like they always were, but maybe it's time things change.

Awesome. This is Kody Keplinger's third book and she has not lost any steam. This book was just so fantastic. A few weeks ago I reviewed Jackson Pearce's Purity and mentioned that I had a hard time relating to that father/daughter relationship; I had no problem relating to this one. Whitley's father is more of a buddy than a father, and has a hard time making time for her. Whitley is drunk so often that she doesn't even seem to realize how much this is true. She puts him up on a pedestal which puts a strain on her relationship with her mother. It was a bit depressing watching her father ignore her and then her finding out some unfavorable things about him. He sort of is a giant jerk though at least his wife-to-be is a good person.

It was interesting reading about a character with zero friends. Whitley didn't seem to even have casual acquaintances, though she went to all the parties. It was good to see Whitley's character change throughout the course of this novel, while still remaining the same girl at the core. She grew a lot having a real family around and that means something. There was a cameo in here of a couple of other Kody characters you might recognize. It was a nice surprise.Whitley does end up finding a friend in Harrison, though she fights it every bit of the way. She also has a friend in Nathan, whether she likes it or not. I loved both of these characters. Harrison was just completely fabulous, forcing Whitley to befriend him despite her desire for friendship. Then Nathan was just great because he kept calling her Whit, even though she despised it.

If you have not read a Kody Keplinger book it is because either a.) you don't like good books or b.) you're crazy (can't be that you don't like realistic fiction). Check this book out this summer, it is a definite hit!

First Line:
"Hangovers are a bitch."

Favorite Lines:
"I spent the next several days avoiding Nathan as much as was humanly possible. This involved lots of the silent treatment and cold-shouldering, mixed with a little bit of immature 'Did you hear something? Must have been the wind,' whenever he tried to get my attention in the presence of others."

Let's Talk: Favorite Authors

Let's Talk is a weekly feature at i swim for oceans.


Question: Who are your favourite authors of all time?

This is a tricky one to narrow down to just a few. It's hard if an author only has one novel to say that they are a favorite author.
In middle school and high school it was 100% Francesca Lia Block. I devoured her books over and again. He style snuck it's way into many of the things I wrote. I still hold a special place in my heart for her and all of her wonderful novels. She's just wonderful. I have expanded a bit now though.
I really love Etgar Keret, who writes these profound short stories. They are so perfect for being so short.
David Leviathan is definitely up there in the tops list. I mean, he's brilliant. Everything he writes is perfect.
Brian Selznick. Not only is he an incredible author but his illustrations are so powerful. I mean he tells some incredible stories with only pictures, and they are so moving.
Also, Hannah Moskowitz and Kody Keplinger. Both of these lovely ladies are younger than I am, and every time I finish one of their novels, I can not believe it. They are both fantastic and thoughtful authors. They provoke so much emotion and have totally relatable characters.
Then on the other end of things we have Louise Rennison, who I also loved in middle and high school. I loved Gerorgia Nicolson. I think that is the book series I have reread the most times. They are just fantabulous and funny. So, I guess those are my tried and true favorites.
There are other authors that I imagine I will be able to add to this list once they write more books. There's Tahereh Mafi, Arlaina Tibensky, Jandy Nelson and probably many more that I can't think of right now.

Who are some of your favorite authors?

In My Mailbox #117

In My Mailbox brought to you by The Story Siren

For Review:
Thanks to HarperCollins and Penguin and Little, Brown

Spin - Catherine McKenzie

A Midsummer's Nightmare - Kody Keplinger

Revived - Cat Patrick

The Storm Makers - Jennifer E. Smith

Purity - Jackson Pearce

The Drowned Cities - Paolo Bacigalupi

The Difference Between You and Me - Madeline George

Bought:

Wicked Bugs - Amy Stewart

Wicked Plants - Amy Stewart

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS - JOHN GREEN 

(also got a copy for a friend)

I also bought four art prints from DeviantArt.com Any look familiar?

Won: 

from Michelle Hodkin

I won a Who is Mara Dyer? tee and a print of the photo used for her book cover!

Review: Shut Out - Kody Keplinger

Where I got it: Library

Rating: 4.5 stars  

Cover Rating: 4 stars (Awesome.)  

Genre: Young Adult

Publication Date: September 5, 2011

Publisher: Poppy

Page Count: 273 p.

Buy it: Book Depository / Amazon

At Hamilton High, the soccer and football teams have always been in an intense rivalry. Most of the boys now, don't even know what it was started over, they just carry on the tradition of torture. The boys love it, their girlfriends though, don't. The girls are fed up with the rivalry always getting in the way of their relationships, and they want it to stop once and for all. Lissa decides she will lead the girls to victory, all they need to do is go on a sex strike. As long as they can hold out longer than the boys, they figure they will win without a problem. What they and Lissa don't count on though, is the boys fighting back. Can Lissa and the girls keep their hormones in check to put an end to the rivalry, or will the boys triumph?

Kody Keplinger's Sophomore novel does not disappoint. A lot less tame in some ways than The DUFF, it still was pretty intense at points. Keplinger knows how to write a steamy scene. It did seem a bit odd to me that Lissa had two boys fighting over her. I mean she seemed okay, but she wasn't really extraordinary. Then again, Randy was a jerk, so he probably only went back to her to have a constant. Cash, oh Cash...he does seem the easy to swoon for type. There was just something about him that did make him seem irresistible. It could be the fact that he is sort of a bookish type, even though he plays soccer too. I loved that Lissa worked at the library, I love the library and it is a great high school job for someone who is a bit of an OCD headcase. Lissa was quite clueless at times, but I think she was just so caught up in everything she missed the little details—it's a good thing she had friends to help her out. I loved Chloe, she was a loud and fabulous character and I could see myself getting along with her just fine.  If you haven't read this one, make sure you pick it up soon. It is awesome.

First Line:
"There is nothing more humiliating than being topless in the backseat of your boyfriend's car when someone decides to throw an egg at the windshield."


Favorite Line:

"A few girls made excuses not to come because, well, they couldn't stand Kelsey and didn't want to be anywhere near he 'fortress of evil.'"

In My Mailbox #97

In My Mailbox brought to you by The Story Siren

 For Review:

Thanks Chicken House, Atria and Point

Ravenwood - Andrew Peters

Triangles - Ellen Hopkins

Dark Souls - Paula Morris

Bought/Swapped:

Fool - Christopher Moore

Break - Hannah Moskowitz

Ender's Game - Orson Scott Card

Siren - Tricia Rayburn

The DUFF - Kody Keplinger (my review)

The Monsters of Templeton - Lauren Groff

Tell-All - Chuck Palahniuk

Pygmy - Chuck Palhniuk

The Ivy: Secrets - Lauren Kunze and Rina Onur

Alice I Have Been - Melanie Benjamin

The Girl in the Steel Corset - Kady Cross

The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep and Never Had To - DC Pierson

The Prestige - Christopher Priest

Neverwhere - Neil Gaiman

The Sweet Far Thing - Libba Bray

The Chaos - Rachel Ward

I'm Not Her - Janet Gurtler

Smack - Melvin Burgess

So that is four weeks of IMM. I'm back to blogging now that things have calmed down a bit IRL. What did you all get?

In My Mailbox #68

In My Mailbox brought to you by The Story Siren

For Review:

 So Shelly - Ty Roth (From Princess Bookie's Around the World Tours)

Awakened - P.C. Cast + Kristin Cast 

(This was a surprise from St. Martin's Thanks! I've only read the first book in this series so far though. They did include a little cheat sheet though, which gives you a brief summary of what happened in each of the books. I may just read through the whole series though...  

Tell me what you think I should to in the comments!)

Won: From Kody Keplinger THANKS!

 Dead Beautiful (ARC) - Yvonne Woon

The Mockingbirds (ARC) - Daisy Whitney (My Review)

Halo (audiobook) - Alexandra Adornetto

The DUFF (audiobook) - Kody Keplinger (my review of the book)

Bought/Swapped: (I bought way too many book this week)

Just in Case - Meg Rosoff

Love is Hell - Melissa Marr, Scott Westerfeld, Justine Larbalestier, Gabrielle Zevin, Laurie Faria Stolarz

Somebody Else's Daughter - Elizabeth Brundage

The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove - Lauren Kate

(My Review)

Shadow Kiss - Richelle Mead

Blood Promise - Richelle Mead

Bad Apple - Laura Ruby

Vinyl Princess - Yvonne Prinz

Crescendo - Becca Fitzpatrick 

(My Review)

Wish - Alexandra Bullen

Wolves, Boys, and Other Things that Might Kill Me - Kristen Chandler

Vixen - Jillian Larkin

Immortal Beloved - Cate Tiernan

Reckless - Cornelia Funke

Forget-Her-Nots - Amy Brecount White

Psych Major Syndrome - Alicia Thompson

Stork - Wendy Delsol (My Review)

So that's the loads of stuff I got this week. I bought waaaaay too many books, but they all sounded so fantastic I couldn't resist! What did you all get this week? Also if you don't mind, don't forget to weigh in with a comment about whether you think I should speed read-through book 2-7 of House of Night or just read the summaries then read and review book 8. Thanks!

Review: The DUFF - Kody Keplinger

Where I got it: Library
Rating: 5 stars 
Cover Rating: 5 stars (Pretty freakin' fantastic) 
Genre: Young Adult 
Publication Date: September 7, 2010
Publisher: Poppy
Page Count: 277 p.

After Wesley Rush, Womanizer extraordinaire, calls Bianca a DUFF she realizes how fitting it is to her. The word starts to haunt her and she starts looking at other people a little differently, spotting the DUFF in other groups of friends. Although Wesley is the boy who labeled her as the "designated ugly fat friend" he is exactly who she turns to for distraction when her home life starts going downhill. After sleeping with him for awhile Bianca starts to realize that they have quite a few problems in common. Maybe Wesley isn't such a bad guy after all, he's just looking for a distraction too.

This book was fantastic. I can't even tell you how much I loved this book. Bianca was sassy and fierce. Everything about Bianca was just fantastic. I loved how easily the characters flowed and you could completely picture them rolling their eyes and cocking their heads to the side. Kody Keplinger shines with this debut abut how everyone sometimes feels like the ugly friend. Bianca and Wesley's relationship was hilarious. Watching how rude they were to each other and how flirty they were without entirely realizing it made me chuckle. They were very realistic characters. There was a lot of sex in this book, but I think a lot of people in high school have a lot of sex. Heck, a lot of people in middle school have a lot of sex. I think the use of sex as a distraction was portrayed nicely in this novel and the consequences of characters' actions were reflected on in a realistic and teenaged way. I think this is another one of my favorite books for the year. I just loved how bold Bianca was and how her and her friends fit together. I'm glad Kody touched on some really big issues but never once did the book feel overwhelmingly depressing. Issues were brought up, the characters handled them the only way they could think of, but they learned from it all. I checked out Kody's website and saw that she would cast Ellen Page as Bianca, and I totally have to agree. Ellen's fierce nonchalance is exactly Bianca's voice. Kody Keplinger is an author to look out for and I look forward to reading her next novel A Midsummer's Nightmare. I would recommend this book to everyone who loves YA realistic fiction, it was just too fabulous for you to pass up.

First Line:
"This was getting old."

Favorite Lines:
"I realized I'd been biting my lip a little too hard as the metallic taste of blood touched the tip of my tongue."

"I could look like a gorilla, and he still wouldn't hesitate to fuck me, but dating is a totally different situation."

Teaser Tuesday #40

This week's Teaser Tuesday is from The DUFF - Kody Keplinger

(page: 46)

"When the Friday of our Girls' Night In finally rolled around, I was more than ready for a nice, relaxing evening with my best friends--and the wonderfully Scottish James McAvoy, of course. I'd shoved the copy of Becoming Jane that Jessica had given me for Christmas, a pair of barely used pajamas (yeah, I sleep naked at home--so what?), and my toothbrush into my backpack."

Teaser Tuesday is brought to us by Should be Reading.
Rules:
1) Grab your current read
2) Open to a random page
3) Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
4) BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
5) Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

2010 Author Challenge

What is the 2010 Debut Author Challenge?

• The objective is to read a set number of YA (Young Adult) or MG (Middle Grade) novels from debut authors published this year.* I'm going to challenge everyone to read at least 12 debut novels! I’m hoping to read at least 30! You don’t have to list your choices right away, but if you do feel free to change them throughout the year. I will also be focusing on mostly Young Adult novels.
• Anyone can join, you don’t need a blog to participate. If you don’t have a blog you can always share your views by posting a review on Amazon.com/BarnesandNoble.com/GoodReads/Shelfari, or any other bookish site.
• The challenge will run from January 1, 2010- December 31, 2010. You can join at anytime!

* I would like to limit the novels to those released in 2010.

You’ll have to do all the research to make sure a novel meets the criteria for the challenge. I do have a few sites that can help with your search; 2010: A Book Odyssey, AuthorsNow & The Class of 2k10 (website to be launched).
There is more information here and you can sign up by visiting this post.

So I will most certainly be participating in The Story Siren's 2010 Debut Author Challenge. So here's my list currently. Changes may be made as I see fit. I am hoping to read at least 20 books. Current status 27 read.

1. The Mark - Jen Nadol
2. Shadow Hills -Anastasia Hopcus
3. The Line - Teri Hall*
4. Dirty Little Secrets - C.J. Omulolu
5. The Secret Year - Jennifer Hubbard*
6. The Body Finder - Kimberly Derting
7. Before I Fall - Lauren Oliver
8. Bleeding Violet - Dia Reeves
9. The Naughty List - Suzanne Young
10. Sea - Heidi R. Kling
11. The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin - Josh Berk
12. Plain Kate - Erin Bow
13.  Nightshade - Andrea Cremer*
14. The Good Girl's Guide to Getting Kidnapped - Yxta Maya Murray*
15. All Unquiet Things - Anna Jarzab*
16. Nevermore - Kelly Creagh
17. The Mockingbirds - Daisy Whitney*
18. Numbers - Rachel Ward*
19. Magic Under the Glass - Jaclyn Dolamore
20. Hex Hall - Rachel Hawkins*
21. Brightly Woven - Alexandra Bracken*
22. The Iron King - Julie Kagawa
23. Other - Karen Kincy
24. Mistwood - Leah Cypress
25. Guardian of the Dead - Karen Healey*
26. The Rise of Renegade X - Chelsea Campbell
27.  The Replacement - Brenna Yovanoff*
28. Whisper - Phoebe Kitanidis
29. Party - Tom Leveen
30. Thirteen Teasures - Michelle Harrison *
31. The Agency : A Spy in the House - Y.S. Lee
32. Paranormalcy - Kiersten White
33. Ship Breakers - Paolo Bacigalupi*
34. Girl Parts - John M. Cusick
35. No and Me - Delphine De Vigan
36. Prince of Mist - Carlos Ruiz Zafón*
37. Faithful - Janet Fox*
38. Wolves, Boys and Other Things That Might Kill Me - Kristen Chandler*
39. Wish - Alexandra Bullen*
40. The DUFF - Kody Keplinger
41. Glimmerglass - Jenna Black
42. Ninth Ward - Jewell Parker Rhodes*
43. The Thirteenth Chime - Emma Michaels
44.  Infinite Days - Rebecca Maizel*
45. The Best and Hardest Thing - Pat Brisson*
46. Girl Saves Boy - Steph Bowe
47. The Ivy - Lauren Kunze and Rina Onur*
48. The Secret Society of the Pink Crystal Ball - Risa Green

*books I own
linked to review