New YA: March 15-21.

New hardbacks:

OCD, The Dude, and Me, by Lauren Roedy Vaughn:

I LOVED THAT THERE ISN'T A ROMANCE. There is a new friendship—and maybe possibly the possibility of a romance (with a different character), or at least the possibility of someone crushing on Danielle—but not a romance. Romantic lurrrve is not portrayed here as curing grief, or loneliness, or being misunderstood, or anything else.

17 & Gone, by Nova Ren Suma:

Suma didn’t win me over in her first few chapters—at first, descriptions like “her long hair woven with brambles, with sticks and leaves and other indecipherable things gummed up and glimmering through the glass” felt more self-consciously literary than lush, lyrical and poetic—but then, either she found her groove or I found my way into her rhythm. Regardless, something clicked, and suddenly everything about the book worked for me: character, voice, storyline and, yes, prose.

The Art of Wishing, by Lindsay Ribar

The Gate Thief (Mither Mages), by Orson Scott Card

Fox Forever: The Jenna Fox Chronicles, by Mary E. Pearson

Everafter (Kissed By An Angel), by Elizabeth Chandler

The Clockwork Princess (Infernal Devices), by Cassandra Clare

Tiger: A Dark Eyes Novel, by William Richter

Maybe I Will, by Laurie Gray

The Incredible Charlotte Sycamore, by Kate Maddison

Pretty Girl-13, by Liz Coley 

New paperbacks (that I've read):

The Queen of Kentucky, by Alecia Whitaker:

Ricki Jo, herself, is a likable, believable heroine who reads the Bible (almost) every night, but who makes mistakes and sees the sexiness in Song of Songs. When she makes mistakes, they're almost always especially cringeworthy because she knows that what she's doing is wrong, and so at times, it's a painful, painful read. In a good way.