New YA: September 21-30.
New hardbacks:
Skink--No Surrender, by Carl Hiaasen:
It's funny, fast-paced, totally enjoyable, includes loads of details about the wildlife of Florida... but I am totally at a loss as to what landed it on the National Book Award longlist. Like, it's GOOD, but I'm not seeing why it's a standout.
The Bodies We Wear, by Jeyn Roberts
In a Handful of Dust, by Mindy McGinnis
Messenger of Fear, by Michael Grant
Tabula Rasa, by Kristen Lippert-Martin
Survival Colony 9, by Joshua David Bellin
On a Clear Day, by Walter Dean Myers
Salt & Storm, by Kendall Kulper
Remember Me, by Romily Bernard
Adrenaline Crush, by Laurie Boyle Crompton
Silvern (The Gilded Series Book 2), by Christina Farley
Lark Rising (Guardians of Tarnec), by Sandra Waugh
Firebug, by Lish McBride
Afterworlds, by Scott Westerfeld
Poisoned Apples: Poems for You, My Pretty, by Christine Heppermann
Unmade (The Lynburn Legacy Book 3), by Sarah Rees Brennan
Winterspell, by Claire Legrand
The Only Thing to Fear, by Caroline Tung Richmond
Love Is the Drug, by Alaya Dawn Johnson
Beauty of the Broken, by Tawni Waters
Complete Nothing (True Love), by Kieran Scott
Belzhar, by Meg Wolitzer
The Queen of Zombie Hearts (White Rabbit Chronicles), by Gena Showalter
Some Assembly Required: The Not-So-Secret Life of a Transgender Teen, by Arin Andrews
Schizo: A novel, by Nic Sheff
Unmarked (The Legion), by Kami Garcia
Lies We Tell Ourselves (Harlequin Teen), by Robin Talley
Rethinking Normal: A Memoir in Transition, by Katie Rain Hill
Dead Zone, by Robison Wells
Hardcover
Paperback
New paperbacks (that I've read):
Paradox, by A. J. Paquette (interesting change-up on the covers, eh? Looks like they're trying to sell the romance angle this time, rather than the adventure?) :
In Paradox, the premise and various action sequences and the use of the present tense all combine to ultimately read like a Choose Your Own Adventure novel... but without the reader participation. Which, as you can probably imagine, isn't particularly engaging.
Shadows, by Robin McKinley (<--I loved this one, but didn't write about it at length. Which, yay, because now I have an excuse to re-read it.)
Previously: