17. Becky Albertalli, Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda -- I first heard about the book via qwentoozla, and it sounded like my kind of YA, quirky and funny and sweet. And it is all of those things, and reminded me rather a lot of Will Grayson, Will Grayson and also Openly Straight, both of which were YA books with gay protagonists that I liked a lot. But I ( Read more... )

21. John Green and David Levithan, Will Grayson, Will Grayson -- I read this book in under 24 hours (this was the book I checked out on a whim when I needed something to read while waiting for L's school concert to start), and it was exactly what I needed at the time, apparently -- some contemporary YA, ( catchy and poignant )