Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Thursday Thirteen #2




13 YA Books without Vampires


In honor of the release of the second Twilight movie, I thought I'd do a TT of YA books without vampires. There are books galore out with vampires, and some of them are quite good. But in the rush to read all things vampire, let us not forget there are other things out there to read about: werewolves, fairies (both good and evil), goblens, trolls, zombies, and that strange bizarre thing known as the real world. So this is just a sampling of the nonvampire ya books out there that have made it to my tbr list, some of them I found browsing B&N's teen page, some from browsing our ya section. So what YA books have you added to your tbr list lately?



1) Gilda Joyce:Psychic Investigator

by Jennifer Allison



2) The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation

by M.T. Anderson


3) The Summoning

by Kelley Armstrong


4) Going Bovine

by Libba Bray


5) Code Talker

by Joseph Bruchac
6) Graceling





by Kristin Cashore


7) The Warrior Heir

by Cinda Williams Chima





8) City of Bones

by Cassandra Clare



9) The Maze Runner

by James Dashner




10) Before I Die

by Jenny Downham




11) Hush, Hush
by Becca Fitzpatrick

12) Meridian
Amber Kizer

13) Wicked Lovely

by Melissa Marr

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Thursday Thirteen #1

Thirteen YA Novels about Vampires- for those of you who think there's no such thing as too many vampires. I must confess I haven't read all of them, but my to be read pile tends to get away from me (and take over rooms in my apartment- but that's a different story). Most of these are the first in a series (or first in an I-hope there is more series). Book reviews to come.

1) Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer


2) Glass Houses by Rachel Caine

3) Marked by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

4) Vamps by Nancy A. Collins

5)Vamped by Lucienne Diver

6) The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks

7) Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

8) Thirst #1 by Christopher Pike

9) Vampire Kisses: The Beginning by Eileen Schreiber

10) Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith

11) The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith


12) Vampirates by Justin Somper



13) Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow