Sunday, March 13, 2011

Book of the Week 3/15

Here is the YA book you should be paying attention to, due in bookstores on Tuesday...


The Vampire Diaries: The Return - Midnight (L.J. Smith) - When I was growing up, The Vampire Diaries were my favorite books, period.  And L.J. Smith, may favorite author.  My tastes have changed a bit since then, but I still love L.J. and The Vampire Diaries will always hold a special place in my heart.  This is the latest book in "The Return" of the series that has taken place over the past few years.

Other Noteworthy Releases


Shimmer (A Riley Bloom book) (Alyson Noel)
Steel (Carrie Vaughn)
Prom: A Novel (Ellie O'Ryan)
Miles From Ordinary (Carol Lynch Williams)
The Goblet Club (S.A. Partridge)
Chime (Franny Billingsley)

Monday, March 7, 2011

Covered

Here are some covers for upcoming teen releases that I stumbled across.  Some very nice ones. (Note that release dates are tentative and may change)


Supernaturally available 8/30/11


Uncommon Criminals available 6/21/11


Tris & Izzie available 10/11/11


The Power of Six available 8/23/11


Sweet Venom available 10/4/11


Beautiful Chaos available 10/18/11


The Hidden available 9/6/11


Never Have I Ever available 8/2/11


From Willa, With Love available 7/1/11


So Much Closer available 5/3/11


Sweet Venom available 10/4/11


Bloodlines available 8/23/11


A Beautiful Dark available 9/27/11


Everlasting available 6/7/11


Lost In Time available 10/4/11


The Faerie Ring - No release date available.


Vanish available 9/6/11

Saturday, March 5, 2011

Book of the Week 3/8

Here is the YA book you should be paying attention to, due in bookstores on Tuesday...


Evercrossed (A Kissed By an Angel novel) (Elizabeth Chandler) - While I haven't read Elizabeth Chandler's Kissed By An Angel books, I have very fond memories of her Dark Secrets novels, and definitely recommend her for a good suspenseful read.

Other Noteworthy Releases


Please Don't Be True: Dangerously Alice, Almost Alice, Intensely Alice (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor)
Afterlife (An Evernight novel) (Claudia Gray)
Road To Nowhere (Christopher Pike)
Die Softly (Christopher Pike)
The Vespertine (Saundra Mitchell)
The Hunt of the Unicorn (C.C. Humphreys)
Like Mandarin (Kirsten Hubbard)
Afterwar: The Revolt/The Choice (Gloria Skurzynski)
The Transall Saga (Gary Paulsen)
The Piper's Son (Melina Marchetta)
Human.4 (Mike Lancaster)
Blink & Caution (Tim Wynne-Jones)
Jersey Tomatoes Are the Best (Maria Padian)
Mates, Dates and Inflatable Bras (Cathy Hopkins)
The Queen of Water (Maria Virginia Farinango)
Illegal (Bettina Restrepo)
The Resurrection Fields (Brian Keaney)
Playing Hurt (Holly Schindler)

Sunday, February 27, 2011

Book of the Week 3/1

Here is the YA book you should be paying attention to, due in bookstores on Tuesday...


The Chaos (Numbers) (Rachel Ward) - This sequel follows up on the critically-acclaimed Numbers, where we were introduced to Jem, who could see the date of people's death when she looked in their eyes.  This new novel follows Adam, who has the same ability as Jem, and who is seeing the same date in the eyes of many people he encounters, causing him to wonder just what tragedy is about to occur.

Other Noteworthy Releases


Demonglass (A Hex Hall novel) (Rachel Hawkins)
There's No Place Like Home (Jen Calonita)
Strings Attached (Judy Blundell)
The Chaos (Rachel Ward)
Clarity (Kim Harrington)
Blood and Flowers (Penny Blubaugh)
Lost In the River of Grass (Ginny Rorby)
Sean Griswold's Head (Lindsey Leavitt)
Sense & Sensibility (Jane Austen)
Recovery Road (Blake Nelson)
Unlocked (Ryan G. Van Cleave)
The Liar Society (Lisa Roecker)
May (Daughters of the Sea) (Kathryn Lasky)

Saturday, February 19, 2011

More Christopher Pike

There are more reprints of Christopher Pike books on the way, and very soon.


First up is Chain Letter, which includes two previously published novels, Chain Letter and Bury Me Deep.  Interesting choice to include Bury Me Deep in this collection when there's a sequel to Chain Letter that would have been more appropriate.  Below are the original covers for the books.


I don't remember much about the original Chain Letter, but I remember Bury Me Deep as being a really good thriller.  According to Amazon, it was scheduled for release in early February, but it's not available through their site yet, and Barnes & Noble doesn't even have a listing for it yet.  However, a few other titles are slated for release through all sites on March 8th, although covers aren't available yet: Die Softly and Road To Nowhere (original covers below).


I would assume that these titles will be paired with other books to make them about the page length of current young adult books, but the descriptions don't really give any indication.


Coming March 29th are two of Pike's adult books.  Sati is about a woman who is perhaps a modern day messiah, while The Season of Passage is about astronauts who encounter something strange on the moon, returning to Earth and kind of turning into a vampire book.  Right now, Barnes & Noble lists Sati as a young adult book, which would be odd since the characters in these books are adults, but I'm assuming the classification will change before it's released.  Original covers below.


Finally, another volume of Thirst is arriving with more brand-new material, as well as another reprint, collecting a trilogy that Pike wrote early in his career, originally called Final Friends, renamed in an omnibus volume as Until the End.


Until the End is being released on September 6th, while Thirst (Volume 4) will be coming out August 9th.

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Book of the Week 2/22

Here is the YA book you should be paying attention to, due in bookstores on Tuesday...


Darkest Mercy (Melissa Marr) - The fifth and final volume of the best-selling Wicked Lovely series has arrived and sees the tension in the Fairy Courts come to a head.

Other Noteworthy Releases


Orchards (Holly Thompson)
Haven (Kristi Cook)
Darkness Becomes Her (Kelly Keaton)
The Iron Thorn (Caitlin Kittredge)
Ominous (A Private novel) (Kate Brian)
Exposed (Kimberly Marcus)
Wonderland (Joanna Nadin)
Skatefate (Juan Felipe Herrera)
Upgrade U (Ni Simone)
Unnatural (An Archangel Academy novel) (Michael Griffo)
Deadly (Julie Chibbaro)
A Touch Mortal (Leah Clifford)

Friday, February 11, 2011

Book of the Week 2/15

Here is the YA book you should be paying attention to, due in bookstores on Tuesday...


Desires of the Dead (A Body Finder novel) (Kimberly Derting) - The sequel to last year's The Body Finder sees Violet Ambrose drawn into an FBI investigation, threatening to make public the gift that she would rather keep secret, at the same time putting her powers to the test.

Other Noteworthy Releases


Angel (A Maximum Ride novel) (James Patterson) (2/14)
Alice In Time (Penelope Bush)
Angelfire (Courtney Allison Moulton)
Glamour (Melody Carlson)
A Royal Match (Tyne O'Connell)
Mind Gap (Marina Cohen)
Rival (Sara Bennett Wealer)
Glee: Foreign Exchange
A Tale of Two Pretties (A Clique novel) (Lisi Harrison)
Secrets and Shadows (A 13 To Life novel) (Shannon Delany)
Leverage (Joshua Cohen)
Babe In Boyland (Jody Gehrman)