
I've come across a wealth of new book titles to check out from a variety of sources. The
Cybils finalists were announced on January 1st, so a big chunk of my library queue was suddenly overtaken by many of the books listed there. And many book publishing or blogging sites have listed or asked for lists of readers' favorites from 2010 or
even from the previous decade.
The stack of books beside me as a type includes
YA:
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else
by Erin McCahan (finished just this morning; a well written, emotionally engaging story, IMO)
Some Girls Are
by Courtney Summers (read this afternoon; not my usual fare--disturbing story of high school "mean girl"; hard to feel sympathy for protagonist)
Ship Breaker
by Paolo Bacigalupi
Guardian of the Dead
by Karen Healy
Plain Kate
by Erin Bow
The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove
by Lauren Kate (author of
Fallen
and
Torment
)
Middle grade:
The Emerald Tablet
by P.J. Hoover
The Shadow Hunt
by Katherine Langrish
The Kneebone Boy
by Ellen Potter
The Dead Boys
by Royce Buckingham
The Magnificent 12 - The Call
by Michael Grant
Crunch
by Leslie Connor
Mystery:
The Weed that Strings the Hangman's Bag
by Alan Bradley
The Sting of Justice - a Mystery of Medieval Ireland
by Cora Harrison
In my queue but not on hand yet:
The Wind-Up Girl
by Paolo Bacigalupi
Doctor Who: The Clockwise Man 
by Justin Richards
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell
by Susanna Clarke (wow, is this ever a tome--782 pages!)
The Strange Case of Origami Yoda
by Tom Angleberger
The Shadows
by Jacqueline West
Fever Crumb
by Philip Reeve
Seeking Peace: Chronicles of the Worst Buddhist in the World
by Mary Pipher
A Red Herring without Mustard
by Alan Bradley (pub. date: February 8)
Next on my list of things-to-do-that-might-actually-result-in-a-blog-post: go through my reading history in my library account and pull out *my* favorite reads from the past year.
Happy reading!
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