Be Famous or Be Normal?

Something Real by Heather Demetrios

“Bonnie Baker has grown up on TV- she and her twelve siblings are the stars if the one-time hit reality show Baker’s Dozen.  Since the show’s cancellation and the scandal surrounding it, Bonnie has tried to live a normal life.  But it’s all about to fall apart…”

Want a good book about Libraries?

Evil Librarian by Michelle Knudson

Cyn’s best friend Annie seems to have fallen under the spell of the new hot High School librarian’s charms.  At first it seems harmless enough, and then things just get downright scary.  Cyn’s convinced the librarian is a demon, and with the help of her crush Ryan, they start the investigation.  

Summer's Hot YA Release of a LGBTQ Love Story

Fan Art by Sarah Tregay

Senior year is almost over and Jamie still hasn’t told his best friend that he is gay.  Not only hasn’t he told Mason he’s gay, but Jamie also hasn’t told Mason he thinks he’s fallen in love with him.  Can Jamie do it?  Should he do it?  Will it wreak their friendship?  

 

Love and Other Foreign Words by Erin McCahan

Jossie lives in a world of translation.  She has to translate what her friends are speaking in her high school, she has to translate what her college classes are teaching her, and she has to translate what her family is saying without saying at all.  But something she never thought she’d have to translate?  Love.  

Ukiah Librarian Recommended

-If you like Young Adult Books- 

Request this Book through our County Website: http://www.co.mendocino.ca.us/library/

Enchanted by Althea Kontis

A richly woven retelling of fairy tales in a story both lyrical and mesmerizing.  Sunday Woodcutter is not easily wooed but when she meets a Frog, friendship blossoms, and then love.  Curses are easy, but love?  That’s another story altogether--and stories are Sunday’s bread and butter.  

Recommended by Roseanne

Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

One day a normal high school student, the next day a hunter of demons, hellhounds and the supernatural.  Kali knows she can get through anything when she’s on her hunter days, but can she save her own life when she’s just a normal teenager?

recommended by Roseanne

The Archived by Victoria Schwab

Mackenzie is a keeper of histories.   She travels between the outer world and the inner world of the Archive to track down lost histories for the Librarians.   Sometimes this can get messy--as she finds out when she unravels a mystery of a girl’s death and the histories that keep clues to her past. 

recommended by Rosanne

Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

Imagine you're in a world invaded by supermen who are power hungry, depraved, and invincible. Then, imagine you want revenge.  

Welcome to Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson.

Rosie Recommends YA RomComs

Going Vintage by Lindsey Leavitt

"When Mallory discovers that her boyfriend, Jeremy, is cheating on her with an online girlfriend, she swears off boys. She also swears off modern technology. Inspired by a list of goals her grandmother made in 1962, Mallory decides to "go vintage" and return to a simpler time (when boyfriends couldn't cheat on you online)."


Defy by Sara. B. Larson.

"Forced to disguise herself as a boy and serve in the king's army, Alex uses her quick wit and fierce sword-fighting skills to earn a spot on the elite prince's guard. But when a powerful sorcerer sneaks into the palace in the dead of night, even Alex, who is virtually unbeatable, can't prevent him from abducting her"  


The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

"a story about what it’s like to travel that strange course through the uncharted territory of high school. The world of first dates, family dramas, and new friends. Of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Of those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up." 

A List of Recommended Web Comics:

    

Abominable Charles Christopher, by Karl Kerschl http://abominable.cc/post/44164796353/episode-one

 

The Bean, by Travis Hanson http://www.beanleafpress.com/?page_id=7086

 

Lackadaisy, by Tracy Butler http://www.lackadaisycats.com/archive.php

Max Overacts, by Caanan Grall http://occasionalcomics.com/79/latest-comic-2/

 

PVP, by Scott Kurtz http://www.pvponline.com/archive MegaTokyo

The Adventures of Dr. MCNINJA http://drmcninja.com/

 

CAD http://www.cad-comic.com/  

 

Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell 

http://dcisgoingtohell.com/introducing/

Something Positive http://www.somethingpositive.net/archive.shtml

Nuklear Power http://www.nuklearpower.com/2001/03/02/episode-001-were-going-where/ 

For a list of great graphic novels published in 2013 see: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists/ggnt/2013

The Maze Runner, the Movie

premiers on February 14th, 2014. If you loved James Dashner's books, get ready!

https://www.facebook.com/MazeRunnerMovie

Have You Ever Checkout Out an Author's Website/Blog?

I guess most of us haven't. But look what I found on Scott Westerfeld's blogsite today: "News Flash: Uglies and Leviathan ebooks are on sale!
Both titles are $1.99 for all of December. ‘Snot bad.
(This applies to the USA only.)" As of January 7th, the sale is still on-going. http://scottwesterfeld.com/    Hurrying is advised. 


Here's the cover for the new Japanese edition of Leviathan: It's great, yes?


Scroll down to the November 4th blog entry for advice for writers.  

Lots of great stuff here for writers and readers.

How Many Have You Read?

  And which ones did you like the most?