• Cover of Snow, by Jenny Milchman. Mystery, Adult. 2 stars.
• **The Daylight War (Demon Cycle, Book Three), by Peter Brown. Fantasy, Adult. 4 stars. Read ARC.
• **Surfacing, by Nora Raleigh Baskin. Fiction, YA. 2 stars. Read ARC.
• **The Loop, by Shandy Lawson. Paranormal, YA. 3 stars.
• Fables (Vol. 2-3), by Bill Willingham. Graphic Novel, Adult ( Read more... )

• Level Up, by Gene Yang. Graphic Novel, YA. 4 stars.
• RASL (Vol. 1-3), by Jeff Smith. Graphic Novel, YA. 4 stars.
• **Hideout, by Gordon Korman. Fiction, Juv. 3 stars. Read ARC.
• **Delusion, by Lauren L. Sullivan. Paranormal, Historical, YA. 3 stars.
• The Evolution of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer Book Two), by Michelle Hodkin. Paranormal, YA. 3 stars ( Read more... )

• Quicksilver (sequel to Ultraviolet), by R.J. Anderson. Science Fiction, YA. 5 stars.
• Passenger (sequel to The Marbury Lens), by Andrew Smith. Horror, Fantasy, YA. 4 stars.
• **Hysteria, by Megan Miranda. Paranormal, YA. 3 stars. Read ARC.
• Transmetropolitan, Vol. 9, Vol.10, by Warren Ellis. Graphic Novel, Adult. 3 stars, 4 stars.
• The Darkest Minds, by ( Read more... )

Easing back into it. Reviews of Speaking from Among the Bones, by Alan Bradley, and Quicksilver, by R.J. Anderson (which I am currently reading) are forthcoming, since I got the eARCs from Netgalley. Any other review requests?

• The Girl Who Fell Beneath Fairyland and Led the Revels There, by Cat Valente, illus by Ana Juan. Fantasy, Juvenile. 5 ( Read more... )

Eventually, I intend to write up brief summaries and link to my Goodreads reviews, but here's the list for the books I've read in January and February.

1. Clockwork Prince (Infernal Devices, Book Two), by Cassandra Clare. YA/Paranormal/Romance. 4 stars.

**2. Zero Hour (HIVE, Book Six), by Mark Walden. Juv/SF/Action. 3 stars. Read ARC.

**3. The ( Read more... )

Livejournal is working again for now, and they extended my paid membership, and it's a new year, so I thought I'd make a point of actually posting to my Livejournal more often. Here's to good intentions! Here's my list of the top 15 reads for 2011, broken up into age-range categories again this year. These favorites include a few books not ( Read more... )

OMG is Livejournal working again? I better hurry up and post my July books before this lovely period ends.

87. Johannes Cabel the Necromancer, by Jonathan L. Howard. 3 stars.

** 88. Autumn: Purification, by David Moody. Horror. Read ARC. 2 stars.

89. The Demon’s Surrender (Demon’s Lexicon, Book Three), by Sarah Rees Brennan. YA Paranormal. 3 stars.

89 ( Read more... )

A big reading month for me. Lots of graphic novels and weird children's books that straddle graphic novels and illustrated stories (without being picture books).

**64. The Secrets of Tamarind (sequel to The Lost Island of Tamarind), by Nadia Aguiar. Juv Fantasy. 3.5 stars. Read ARC

65-66. Nightschool, Vols. 3-4, by Svetlana Chmakova. YA Graphic ( Read more... )

This is more of the fun listy award thingie from inkcrush's blog.

Day Two: The Characters

1. best female POV - Esme, from Sister Mischief, by Laura Goode

She's smart, poetic, vulnerable, and she tells it like it is. She's a self-described "word nerd". She also sounds like a real teenager.

2. best male POV - tie between Sam, from Hold Me Closer, ( Read more... )

I love making lists and awarding books for highly specific categories, so when I saw janicu was participating in the Sharing the Awesome Awards, hosted by inkcrush, I decided to throw in my own winners, too. I've read over 80 books so far in 2011, and here's my best of the best (so far). They've broken the awards into three days, so look for posts about ( Read more... )