The Luxe by Anna Godbersen

Posted on August 5, 2009 by caprici2

The Luxe full jacket. Gorgeous right?

Title: The Luxe
Written by: Anna Godbersen
Reading Level: Young Adult
Published by Harper Teen, 2007
Hardcover: 448 pages
Rated: 3.75/5

Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn.
Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions.
White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups.
This is Manhattan, 1899.

I admit; I was a bit of a book snob about this book, something that I strive not to be, but sometimes, I just can’t help it! As usual, I really bought it more for the cover and after trying to read it THREE times and not being able to get into it, I was ready to give up. But so many of by book buddies on Twitter were raving about the book and pushed me to read it, so I gave it one more chance. I had to push myself past page 50, but once I got there something clicked. I am so glad I did because I was SO WRONG ABOUT THIS BOOK. It’s like Edith Wharton married to Gossip Girl and its LIKE CRACK. Or CHOCOLATE which is, you know, better for you.

It is what it is. Don’t go in expecting grand literature or historical accuracy. But if you want a quick, engrossing, page-turner of a book, if predictable because oh my gosh, I totally saw the ending coming, THIS is your girl. She’ll treat you to backstabbing socialites, illicit romantic trysts in the stable, on the kitchen table and anywhere else they can find a spot, loveless engagements, and sumptuous descriptions of dresses, fabrics, foods, and décor.

And really, have you seen a more gorgeous cover??? Give it a try next time you need a mindless bit of fluff to get you by. It’s totally worth it.

Also by Anna Godbersen:

Rumors: A Luxe Novel ~ Envy: A Luxe Novel ~ Splendor: A Luxe Novel (Coming October 27, 2009)

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bookshelves of doom ~ Book Divas Blog ~ Devourer of Books ~ The Novel World ~ The Book Brat ~ S. Krishna’s Books ~ YA Reads ~ Tiny Reading Room ~ Book Nut ~ The YA YA YAs ~ Beth Fish Reads ~ Becky’s Book Reviews ~ Pop Culture Junkie ~ And many more…

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Note: I bought this from BookCloseouts.com. It was remaindered and therefore, quite cheap!

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

Posted on July 29, 2009 by caprici2

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare

Title: City of Glass: The Mortal Instruments
Written by Cassandra Clare
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 560 pages
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry (March 24, 2009)
Rated: 5/5

This is the third book in a series. Please seem my reviews of City of Bones and City of Ashes. Please keep in mind, as book three; there may be spoilers in this review for the first two books.

In case you just magically stumbled upon my blog, you already know I loved City of Bones and ADORED City of Ashes. Well, folks, I absolutely freaking loved and ADORED and was miserable after I read City of Glass. Miserable because IT WAS OVER.

I really feel like I can’t stand much about what this book is ABOUT if you haven’t read the first two. And really, why haven’t you read the first two? Go on; go to Wal-Mart, where I hear they have the trilogy for like 8 bucks a pop.

You may thank me later.

Okay, stop twisting my arm! If you really want to know what the book is about, here is the product description.

Product Description
To save her mother’s life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters — never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death. To make things worse, she learns that Jace does not want her there, and Simon has been thrown in prison by the Shadowhunters, who are deeply suspicious of a vampire who can withstand sunlight.

As Clary uncovers more about her family’s past, she finds an ally in mysterious Shadow-hunter Sebastian. With Valentine mustering the full force of his power to destroy all Shadow-hunters forever, their only chance to defeat him is to fight alongside their eternal enemies. But can Downworlders and Shadowhunters put aside their hatred to work together? While Jace realizes exactly how much he’s willing to risk for Clary, can she harness her newfound powers to help save the Glass City — whatever the cost?

Love is a mortal sin and the secrets of the past prove deadly as Clary and Jace face down Valentine in the final installment of the New York Times bestselling trilogy The Mortal Instruments.

One thing I really want to say about this series, and it isn’t something I can honestly say about a lot of series (or trilogies for that matter) is that each book is better than the last. Thats right, BETTER. It feels pretty obvious to me that these books were conceived as a trilogy. It doesn’t feel like “oh, well your first book did so well, can you continue the story?” when the story was quite obviously done in the first book (cough, Twilight, cough) and it made for such a better story. Clare knew where she was going folks and it SHOWS. The writing is superb; funny, fast, and witty. No stone is left unturned, no plot is dropped, the characters grow, they actually CHANGE with the storyline, the guys aren’t marble, perfect pansies, and the only problem is you’re left WANTING MORE. It’s a great summer read, heck, it’s a great, any day read.

As an aside, I did, I promise, I actually did like Twilight. I did! That doesn’t stop me from making fun of it at every opportunity. Because it is excellent fodder to be making fun of.

Anyway, and thank the Lord, Clare is writing another trilogy, this time set in VICTORIAN ENGLAND and I hear that she has notes for a sequel series about SIMON!!! Can I get a squee??? I cannot wait.

Also by Cassandra Clare:

City of Bones, City of Ashes, Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd, Vacations from Hell

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Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Posted on July 23, 2009 by caprici2

Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Title: Graceling
Written byKristin Cashore
Reading Level: Young Adult
Published byHoughton Mifflin Harcourt (October 2008)
Hardcover: 488 pages
Rated 4.75/5
Author Blog

You know how when you read The Hunger Games, (WHAT? You haven’t read The Hunger Games? Go, right now and buy it. Then sit down and read it. For goodness sakes, what am I going to do with you?) how you thought Katniss was the youknowwhat, so tough and strong and superior to any man around?

Well, let me tell you, she ain’t got nuffin’ on Katsa. She is the new youknowwhat. For you see, Katsa is a Graceling, one of the unusual people born in her land with an extreme talent and identified by their unusual different colored eyes. Since the age of eight, Katsa has been able to kill a man grown with her bare hands. All Gracelings by law belong to the king, so Katsa lives with her uncle King Randa and becomes his thug – delivering his messages and carrying out all his punishments. Katsa hates this and to help balance the bad, she creates a Council, who help people behind the king’s back. It is during one of these missions for the Council that she meets Prince Po.

Prince Po is from a neighboring country – and is also Graced. As they come to know each other, to fight, to confide and to become friends, Katsa’s life begins to change in ways she never expected, or dreamed. She learns new truths about herself and finds the courage to break out of her bondage and become the woman she was meant to be. Along the way she makes new friends, discovers friends she didn’t know she had and helps uncover a sinister secret.

And wow, Prince Po is something else. Can you say HOT?

Aside – Have you noticed how the male roll in YA books seems to be changing? I’m pondering a separate post on this, but he typifies this new male character I’ve been seeing emerge in the last few YA books I’ve read. I like it.

Anyway.

Awhile back, Kailana at The Written World and my reading twin, dared me to read this book. This was back before this “I Dare You” challenge thing that’s going around, but anyway. I take her opinion pretty seriously so I got it from the library. I was still somewhat dubious, I have no idea why, but last Friday night I thought “what the heck!” and picked it up. I am usually a fixture on Twitter on Friday nights, but you may have noticed I was suspiciously absent. I was lost in this book! I barely put it down until I finished it Sunday (I had to put it down a few times, I had birthday parties to begrudgingly attend).

This is a thoroughly well-crafted first novel. If I hadn’t known better, I would have thought Ms. Cashore had written many more novels. The characters are all well-rounded and well-thought out. Katsa is a excellent adolescent heroine, confident in her strengths but still unsure of her weaknesses. Her growth as a character through the story is pronounced and feels accurate. No action goes without consequences and it has such a satisfying ending. Well, satisfying except for leaving you wanting more! Which, incidentally, the next part in this trilogy, FIRE, will be coming out soon! I can’t wait to get my hands on it.

Also by Kristin Cashore

The soon to be released companion to Graceling – Fire

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City of Ashes

Posted on July 16, 2009 by caprici2

City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Title: City of Ashes: The Mortal Instruments
Written by Cassandra Clare
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 464 pages
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry (March 25, 2008)
Rated 4.75/5

This is the second book in The Mortal Instruments series. See my review of the first book, City of Bones, here.

This probably contains spoilers for the first book…just warning you. It is going to be really hard to review this and assume you haven’t read the first book, so I’m going to review it with the assumption that you have. If you haven’t, GO BUY IT. And, it goes without saying, but read them in order.

Clary is still dealing with a lot of changes that occurred in her life in a very short amount of time. She’s found out she’s descendant of the demon-killing Shadowhunters, her mother has put herself in a magically induced coma that no one seems to know how to get her out of, and she can see Downworlders like vampires, werewolves and faeries. To complicate matters, she has to fight the strange attraction she has for Jace, her gorgeous, exasperating, overprotective, newfound brother and figure out exactly what she feels for her best-friend Simon – the guy she’s kind of dating and has been in love with her “since they were five.” Jace is also fighting his attraction to her and, now that his true parentage has been revealed, he is fighting to prove his allegiance to the Shadowhunters – something he’s not even sure of.

To make things worse, someone is killing Downworlder children. No one knows who is doing it or why; but Valentine, Clary’s back-from-the-dead father is at the top of the suspect list. All Clary wants to do is help her mother and find her place in this terrifying and thrilling new world she has found herself thrust into. As Clary’s coming-of-age tale continues so does this un-put-down-able story of love, betrayal and magic.

One thing I want you to know right now; I KNOW it sounds like there is a lot going on in these books and I KNOW you’re probably thinking it doesn’t all fit, but IT DOES. Clare so obviously KNOWS what she is doing here and IT ALL FITS. Trust me. This second book is just as good, nay, better than the first one. Clary is a great female character. She’s confused, conflicted, but she refuses to be weak, to wait behind, to NOT help, when she knows she can, she’s determined and hardheaded. She has her flaws; she’s impetuous, she’s impatient, she’s passionate and honest. She has her whiny moments. But all this comes together in such a normal way; she doesn’t come off like a Bella Swan. And Jace. OMG Jace. Have I told you HOW MUCH I LOVE JACE? Gah. Please read these books, I’m begging you! I think I’m about ready to reread them myself!

Also by Cassandra Clare

City of Bones, City of Glass, Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd, Vacations from Hell

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City of Bones

Posted on July 15, 2009 by caprici2

City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments

Title: City of Bones: The Mortal Instruments
Written by Cassandra Clare
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 496 pages
Publisher: McElderry (March 27, 2007)
Rated: 4.5/5

When Clary Fray goes out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she expects to have fun dancing and talking to her friends; just like any other night. The last thing she expects to see is a murder. She wants to call the police like she knows she’s supposed to do, but she doesn’t know what to tell them; since the body disappeared. And the three teenage murderers are invisible to everyone, everyone but Clary.

Surprised that Clary can see them, the three teens explain that they are Shadowhunters: a secret society of fighters dedicated to the eradication of demons on Earth. And what they had just killed was a demon. Within 23 hours Clary’s mother disappears and Clary is attacked, and almost killed, by a ghastly demon.

What has happened to her mother? Why can she suddenly see all these things that she previously couldn’t? And why is the tall, blond, and powerful Shadowhunter Jace pose such a strong attraction for her? Clary doesn’t know what is happening to her, but she’s determined to find out.

Guys, I don’t know if it was timing or what, but when I picked this up at the store it CALLED TO ME. It said HEATHER. READ ME. NOW. So I listened and boy am I glad I did. I took this and it’s two sequels with me on my beach trip and I sucked down all three of them, all 1500 PAGES of them (give or take) in like, 4 days. I could not PUT THEM DOWN.

If you liked Stephenie Meyer’s books, these are better (and please keep in mind, I liked Twilight). If you like the dark faery books of Melissa Marr, these are right up there. If you liked Wings by Aprilynne Pike, Libba Bray’s Gemma Doyle series, Lesley Livingston’s Wondrous Strange, Holly Black anything…you will LOVE this. If you love Urban Fantasy, this is right up your alley. And I’ll tell you why.

JACE AND CLARY.

If you think Edward and Bella are hot, Jace and Clary blow them out of the freakin’ water completely. There are also faeries, vampires, werewolves, love, death, unrequited love and Clare has a fantastic, witty voice that I very much enjoyed. It is also one of the few series where I actually though each book got better. Seriously. These are SO GOOD. Please read them because I desperately need someone to talk to them with. I’m begging you. It’s a great series, loads of fun. If you’re lucky like me, Sam’s Club has all three in hardback at around $12.00 apiece. 🙂

Also by Cassandra Clare:

City of Ashes, City of Glass, Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd, Vacations from Hell

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The Last Exit to Normal

Posted on July 8, 2009 by caprici2

The Last Exit to Normal

Title:

The Last Exit to Normal
Author: Michael Harmon
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Knopf Books for Young Readers (March 11, 2008)

Three years ago, Ben Campbell’s was as normal as could be. Then his dad suddenly announced he was gay. Now Ben has no mother, she walked out the door and never looked back. He’s doing every drug he can get his hands on. Then a year ago Ben cleaned himself up. For almost an entire year he hasn’t gotten into trouble, he’s done well in school, and he’s sort of civil with everyone. But then he goes and gets arrested and that’s that. His dad, and his “Momdad” Edward, take Ben and move him to the middle of nowhere, Rough Butte, Montana, population 400, to live with Edward’s mother Miss Mae.

So now, at the age of 17, Ben finds himself starting over all over again. Now the city boy has to learn to live in the backward country of Montana, where everyone drives huge trucks, wear Wrangler’s and Ropers, and works. Really works. But the hardest part is to come for now he has to deal with the creepy guy next door, big brother’s looking to scare the potential boyfriend away and a grandmother who isn’t afraid to whack him with a spoon at the first opportunity.

The decoder card to the universe wasn’t included in the box of cereal God gave humanity. At the ripe old age of seventeen, I’d at least figured out that no matter how hard you try to guess what happens next, you can’t. Life wasn’t set up that way and we don’t like it, so we spend most of our time running around like a bunch of dimwits.

If the best part of My Most Excellent Year was Augie, the best part of The Last Exit to Nowhere is Ben. Ben’s voice is spot on ‘teenager.’ He’s angry, sarcastic, challenging, very intelligent, honest, brash, stubborn, romantic, awkward, comical, depressed, and funny, and like most teenagers he shifts from one emotion to the next with surprising speed. Ben’s relationship with his dad was the best drawn plot of the book. It felt real and complex. The problems the two had, Ben accepting his father’s homosexuality, his father’s desire for that acceptance, but unwillingness to deal with it himself spoke true to me.

Harmon pulled no punches with this coming-of-age story. It felt much more grounded in reality than My Most Excellent Year and actually left me in tears a couple of times. This story of a misfit boy who is struggling to fix all the lives around him while trying to figure out his own is powerful and a must read. Don’t miss it.

Also by Michael Harmon: Skate | Brutal |

Here is Book Gazing’s review. And here is her decision for the tournament.

Check back tomorrow for my decision; will it be My Most Excellent Year or The Last Exit to Normal? Even I don’t know yet!!!

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Jellicoe Road

Posted on July 4, 2009 by caprici2

Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

Title: Jellicoe Road
Written by: Melinda Marchetta
Publisher: Harper Teen
Released: August 26, 2008
Previously released: 2006, in Australia
Pages: 419
Genre: Young Adult
Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Here I am with another co-read/review with Kailana at The Written World.

From the prologue:

My father took one hundred and thirty-two minutes to die.

I counted.

It happened on the Jellicoe Road. The prettiest road I’d ever seen, where trees made breezy canopies like a tunnel to Shangri-La. We were going to the ocean, hundreds of miles away, because I wanted to see the ocean and my father said that it was about time the four of us made that journey. I remember asking, “What’s the difference between a trip and a journey?” and my father said, “Narnie, my love, when we get there, you’ll understand,” and that was the last thing he ever said.

With a beginning like that, how could you put it down? Well, I did, two times, but the third time…well…wow. Every once in awhile, a book comes along that just hits you in the gut. It hits too close to home, it tears your heart out, it grabs you by the roots of your hair and spins and doesn’t turn loose until well after the last page has been turned. Jellicoe Road did all these things to me and so much more.

Taylor Markham has been living at the Jellicoe Road boarding school since her mother abandoned her at the nearby 7-Eleven six years earlier. She doesn’t really know what happened to her father; only that he has been gone for most of her life. Now she’s seventeen has been newly elected to the post of student leader of her dorm and to lead the Underground Community as one of the three boarding schools who battle for territory (among other things) in her small Australian community. The two other gangs are called the Cadets and the Townies. For years these three camps have fought in the “Territory Wars;” wars fought over land, trees, water, and more. Everything is going swimmingly, until Hannah, the closest adult Taylor has to family disappears without a word. Jonah Griggs, the boy Taylor ran away with three years ago and the leader of the Cadets has popped back into her life with smoldering looks and mystifying behavior. And all the young kids of Taylor’s house are now looking to her for everything. Things start falling apart.

Understandably Taylor wants to know what’s going on with Hannah. We are given glimpses of a novel that Hannah has been working on, which at first Taylor takes to be fictional but quickly realizes that it might not be so fictional. It provides an all important glimpse of Hannah’s, and Taylor’s, life. As she gets closer and closer to the truth the pieces of the puzzle start to fit together and, well, good luck putting the book down. This is an absorbing story where nothing is quite what it seems and the clues only lead to more questions for Taylor, as she tries to work out the connections between herself, Hannah, her mother and the character’s in Hannah’s book. This is a book about secrets, anguish, pain, love, betrayal, hope, death, life and oh so much more. It’s heartbreaking and beautiful. It’s gorgeous and haunting. It’s going to live with me for a long time, I’m sure. I’m so glad I gave it that third try.

Oh and this is important. Jellicoe Road won the Printz Award!

See Kailana’s review here.

And now, for Kailana’s questions for me:

What did you think of Taylor Markham? Did your opinion change as the novel progressed or stay the same?

As I said, this novel hit close to home. My own father died when I was very young and I was basically abandoned by my mother around the age of 3. The things Taylor has to go through in her quest to find out the all important “Why?” were things I was forced to go through too.

At first I had trouble liking Taylor. She was so remote, so standoffish; she didn’t want to be liked or to like anyone. But as the novel progress and I got to know Taylor better, I realized we had a lot in common. I began to identify with her, rather strongly, and by the end I admit, I really came to admire her and the choices she made. I think she was a wonderfully written, extremely well developed character. I too can be remote, standoffish, I’m probably considered cold by many people. It’s not true, but I know I have a tendency to hide myself away for fear of being hurt again. I don’t make friends easily and the ones that I do have I protect with a fierce dread that I will loose them in some way.

As the novel progressed, I came to greatly admire Taylor for the choices she made and to envy her maturity. She made choices that, upon reflection, I somewhat wish I had been able to make.

What are your thoughts on the cover? Did it make sense for the book at all? Do you like it?

At first glance, the cover really didn’t mean anything to me. A red poppy? Wow, it’s pretty, but eh? I, the cover whore, was not taken with it. But once it was introduced to the story and what it did mean became clear, well, I decided I liked it.

My questions to her, with my answers:

What did you think of the juxtaposition of Taylor’s first-person narrative and Hannah’s third-person omniscient “novel” in the book?

At first I had a really hard time with it, because I didn’t realize right off the bat that it was Hannah’s book. I wasn’t sure what it was and once it got through my thick head that it was Hannah’s narrative I felt slightly dumb. Once I knew what it was though, I thought the technique worked pretty well, especially since Hannah was gone from the narrative so early. I thought it helped bring her story and Taylor’s story together in an interesting way.

Who was your favorite secondary character?

Hmmm…that’s a hard question. There were so many characters I liked. Jonah, Hannah, Webb, Raffaela, Santangelo… but I think I’ll have to say Jonah. I just like those strong, silent, angsty types.

Also by Melina Marchetta: Saving Francesca, Looking for Alibrandi

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The Forest of Hands and Teeth

Posted on June 17, 2009 by caprici2

The Forest of Hands and Teeth
By Carrie Ryan
Official Carrie Ryan Website
Read An Excerpt HERE
Watch the Trailer HERE

It is becoming increasingly apparent to me that teenagers must love dystopian literature. They just love a little apocalypse. I’ve read some great YA books this year and it seems the best of them feature the world after some sort of cataclysmic end has occurred. The Forest of Hands and Teeth is probably the most heartbreaking, yet hopeful one I’ve read yet.

Mary lives in a small village in the middle of a very large forest with her mother. In many ways her life isn’t all that different from any other girl her age. She helps with the chores. She also has a brother, a sister-in-law and a best friend named Cassandra. But then, she’s very, VERY different. Her father went into the forest many days ago and she has all but given up hope of him coming home alive. Her village is controlled by a totalitarian and very religious group called The Sisterhood and is surrounded on all sides by a fence; a fence that is designed to keep out the Unconsecrated – a mass of mindless undead, hungry for the living flesh that lives on the inside, and who were unleashed many, many years ago by a mysterious and catastrophic incident.

“My mother used to tell me about the ocean. She said there was a place where there was nothing but water as far as you could see and that it was always moving, rushing toward you and then away. She once showed me a picture that she said was my great-great-great grandmother standing in the ocean as a child. It has been years since, and the picture was lost to fire long ago, but I remember it, faded and worn. A little girl surrounded by nothingness.”

Mary is a great character. Her mother has filled her head with tales of the ocean and the world before the Unconsecrated existed. Like all teenagers, she’s willful and very stubborn, but she’s also a dreamer and a doer, someone who isn’t afraid to take a chance to get what she wants. She dreams of seeing the ocean someday and there is nothing that will stand in her way. I would not have minded a little more strength in the secondary characters, but they were interesting in their own ways and were good supports for Mary. She was definitely the most well drawn of them all. She’s flawed, but you can’t help rooting for her.

This book starts with a bit of a bang (to put it mildly) and then it slows down a bit before speeding to the end. I liked that slow build up, as I thought it was a story that needed that slow, paced build up to the climax. There is a lot of background to get into, characters to meet, their history to learn, the history of the tiny village Mary lives in, the history of the Unconsecrated, the whole government, belief system and values to be set up…and I thought Ryan did a fantastic job. The slowness didn’t bother me a bit, because I found it all so FASCINATING. Even though the book is set in a very dystopian future, it felt very puritanical to me, which I liked about it. It felt very Nathanial Hawthorne meets George Romaro. But, please, please don’t let the “zombie” part put you off. While there are a few parts that will have you on the edge of your seat, it’s not as scary as you might fear. It’s not sugar-coated either, but really, I think you should give it a shot. For a first novel especially, I thought the writing was good. There were a few weak parts, a few questions I wouldn’t mind having answered, but I’m hoping they will be in the next part of the series. If you enjoyed recent YA read The Hunger Games, you will definitely like this book. I don’t compare the story or the writing, but more the FEELING I had reading each. Both left me breathless and anxious for more. The Forest of Hands and Teeth is nothing, if not a page-turner.

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Nerds Heart YA!

Posted on May 22, 2009 by caprici2

Nerds Heart YA!

Oh my goodness y’all, but I got the best opportunity for this summer. The amazing Renay, at YA Fabulous, has brought together twenty book bloggers and sixteen YA books – all from 2008 and all a little more obscure than most – in a book tournament to end ALL book tournaments! And believe you me; it was HARD getting that list down to only 16 books. I don’t know how I missed so many great YA titles last year! You can keep up with all the action by following our official twitter account, Nerds Heart YA. Reviews and co-reviews (not to mention the BIG decisions!) will be coming all summer long. Here are the sixteen books we’ll be reading:

Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before by David Yoo
The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine by April Lurie
My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
Alive and Well in Prague, New York by Daphne Grab
I Know It’s Over by C.K. Kelly Martin
The Last Exit to Normal by Michael Harmon
Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link
The Screwed Up Life of Charlie the Second by Drew Ferguson
The Shape of Water by Anne Spollen
What They Always Tell Us by Martin Wilson
The City in the Lake by Rachel Neumeier
Cracked Up To Be by Courtney Summers
Debbie Harry Sings In French by Meagan Brothers
Feathered by Laura Kasischke
Leftovers by Laura Wiess
The Opposite of Invisible by Liz Gallagher

So, who are the judges?

They are:

Valentina, Valentina’s Room
Jodie, Book Gazing
Natasha, Maw Books Blog
Ali, Worducopia
Lenore, Presenting Lenore
Mary Ann, Libr*fiti
Trish, Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’
Vasilly, 1330v
Kelly, YAnnabe
Becky, Becky’s Book Reviews
Kailana, The Written World
Heather, A High and Hidden Place (ME!!!)
Amy at My Friend Amy
Laza, Gimme More Books!
Stephanie, Stephanie’s Confessions of a Book-a-Holic
Nicole, Linus’s Blanket
Renay, YA Fabulous
Susan, She’s Too Fond Of Books And It’s Turned Her Brain
Chris, Stuff As Dreams Are Made On
Nymeth, Things Mean A Lot

Here’s the judging bracket!

The Bracket - Click to make bigger

I am beyond excited to be able to take part in this tournament this summer. Stay tuned here, at all the other blogs, and on Twitter by following @nerdsheartya!

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