28. Melina Marchetta, Froi of the Exiles -- well, this is a neat trick that I don't think any sequel has managed till now -- it retroactively made me like the first book less. Which is not to say that I hated Froi -- I didn't, and am in the middle of reading Quintana. But I had liked Finnikin a lot for the subversion of tropes I'm sick of seeing ( 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 )