HAPPY NEW YEAR!

I haven't decided what book start to kick off the new year but maybe one of your picks can inspire me...

I am reading  Masque of the Red Death :: Bethany Griffin for Shronda's YA game. It is quite good. I have looked at it on my shelf for a while. now. Well written. Beautiful cover art too. I sucker for good cover art.

I can use it for the either the paranormal challenge or YA challenge. Such a choice!!

Oh that is a great book, Alice....  I cannot wait for the sequel...  so much that I preordered it already!

I am still reading Grace Doll and it is QUITE GOOD!!!

I just finished Crash and enjoyed it..definitely my fav by Lisa McMann so far.  I'll be starting Pivot Point by Kasie West next.

I finished Grace Doll...  it was very good....  I am now reading While He Was Away....

I started reading Will by Maria Boyd. I was in the mood for an Austrailian author.

Getting a good start on this challenge.  Have read six books already.  My first read for the year and for the challenge was an anthology titled America Street A Multicultural Anthology of Stories edited by Anne Mazer.  I enjoy anthologies as they introduce me to new authors and are quick to read.  Also reading some Patricia Wrede YA books for the fantasy challenge - completed the first two of the Enchanted Forest series (Dealing with Dragons and Searching for Dragons) and am reading the  third - Calling on Dragons.  Sometimes I get caught up in a series by reading a later book.  When I finished Love and Peaches by Jodi Lynn Anderson I checked the first two books in the series and discovered that three friends are featured in all of them.  Now I'm sorry I read the third one first!  Really enjoyed A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly which I rated four stars.  Should it be five?  Have to think about that.  Also finished The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky.  The letter writing concept is well done.  However, I just can't believe that any teen-ager could experience all the events that occurred in just one year of Charlie's life.  Therefor I have to give it three stars.  City of Lost Souls by Cassandra Clare  was a bit disappointing.  I really like this author but this novel in the series seems to have similar scenarios from earlier novels.  Just how many scrapes can Jace get himself?  Instead of being possessed this time he is life bonded to Sebastian who was supposed to be dead.  I did give it four stars but it should probably be about 3.5.

Finally finished Middle Ground by Katie Kacvinsky.  It took forever to get into, but then last night I sat and read the 2nd half and couldn't put it down.  Anyone know if there's gonna be a 3rd book?  It could go either way...

now reading my life next door for the YA NSS swap

I really enjoyed Pivot Point.  Up next, Dualed by Elsie Chapman

Val please let me know how the book is. I put it on my wishlist a while ago and have been looking forward to reading it.

I started reading  Every Other Day :: Jennifer Lynn Barnes for a swap. It is quite good. I had passed it over many times but I am enjoying it. Little bit of a different twist.

Alice

Just wanted to let the couple of people that I have seen posting in here recently that we would love to have you in the YA WL Virtual Box if you would like to join us...  it is often a much faster way to get books you are looking for than the FIFO method! :)

Val , I recently finished   My life next Door  .  Thought it was pretty good.  I'm now reading The Vincent Brothers.

i am 1/4 through Life Next Door and i'm really enjoying it a lot.  Jase is great!

I just started Temptation....  it is VERY good so far!!!  I didn't want to put it down when I had to!!!

I enjoyed Dualed...normally when I don't connect with the character, I don't like the story but some reason, this one still worked.  Now starting Shadows in the Silence by Courtney Allison Moulton

Will finish REACHED on my drive home today.  I think I liked this one the best, though it really jumped around a lot with a lot of different parts.  This one made Xander much more likeable...

I finished Temptation last night...  I simply adored this book....  and I cannot wait for the sequel....  I started Timekeeper while in the doctor's office this morning...  took me a bit to remember what happened in the first book....

I started  The Diviners (Diviners, Bk 1) :: Libba Bray last night. It is good so far. This book is my first Libba Bray book. Has anyone read Diviners yet?

Alice

Shadows in the Silence just didn't keep my attention.  I finished it, but I liked the first two books better.  Now starting Fever by Lauren DeStefano

April, I started reading Lost Prince on my kindle last night...not sure how it'll go.

Finished OUT OF THE EASY by Ruth Sepetys yesterday.  Wasn't nearly as good as Between Shades of Gray...  And I started listening to Cinder in the car this morning...