TTT: Books I picked up on a whim

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Abigail Haas, All Our Yesterdays, Brigid Kemmerer, Cristin Terrill, Dangerous Girls, Half Bad, Hex Hall, In The Skin of a Monster, Kathryn Barker, Rachel Hawkins, Sally Green, Storm

Top Ten Tuesday is a thing where we get given a topic, and we have to list our ‘top ten’ things for the topic. Pretty self-explanatory.
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

This Week’s Topic: Top Ten Six Books I Picked Up on a Whim

1. All Our Yesterdays, by Cristin Terrill
Saw this in the bookstore, picked it up, began reading the first page to see if it was any good.
4 chapters and a massive headache because TIME TRAVEL later I found myself buying the book.

 2. Dangerous Girls, by Abigail Haas
A similar situation here to All Our Yesterdays. I began reading it in the bookstore and decided I needed it.

3. Storm, by Brigid Kemmerer
The (Aus) cover was pretty. What was I supposed to do? Not buy it?

4. In The Skin of a Monster, by Kathryn Barker
I saw this in the bookstore and everything about it appealed to me…the cover, the title, the whole dreamscape concept. I regret nothing.

5. Half Bad, by Sally Green
This one had a lot more deliberation attached to it. I almost bought it several times after reading the first chapter in the store…in the end, I got a free copy at PTALive.

6. Hex Hall, by Rachel Hawkins
My history with obtaining this book is a long and somewhat complicated one. I’ll tell you all about it some time.

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 Which books made your list?

TTT: Debut Authors Who Have Me Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel

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All Our Yesterdays, Amy Zhang, An Ember in the Ashes, Cristin Terrill, Falling into Place, Fleur Ferris, In The Skin of a Monster, Kathryn Barker, Kylie Fornasier, Lauren James, Leslye Walton, Magonia, Maria Dahvana Headley, Masquerade, Risk, Sabaa Tahir, Stephanie Oakes, The Next Together, The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly, The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender

Top Ten Tuesday is a thing where we get given a topic, and we have to list our ‘top ten’ things for the topic. Pretty self-explanatory.
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

This Week’s Topic: Top Ten Debut Authors Who Have Me Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel

1. Kathryn Barker
Because I loved In the Skin of a Monster

 2. Fleur Ferris
Because Risk was fantastic

3. Maria Dahvana Headley
Because Magonia was wonderful

4. Lauren James
Because The Next Together was brilliant

5. Stephanie Oakes
Because The Sacred Lies of Minnow Bly was beautifully creepy

6. Kylie Fornasier
Because I adored Masquerade

7. Cristin Terrill
Because All Our Yesterdays broke me

8. Amy Zhang
Because Falling Into Place destroyed me

9. Sabaa Tahir
Because An Ember in the Ashes was brutal

10. Leslye Walton
Because The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender was both strange and beautiful

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 So, that’s my list. Who would make yours?

TTT: Books I want to read with my non-existent book club

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All Our Yesterdays, Amy Zhang, Cristin Terrill, Divergent, Falling into Place, Half Bad, Kasie West, Kylie Fornasier, Lauren Oliver, Maggie Stiefvater, Markus Zusak, Masquerade, Neal Shusterman, Panic, Pivot Point, Sally Green, The Book Thief, The Raven Boys, Top Ten Tuesday, Unwind, Veronica Roth

Top Ten Tuesday is a thing where we get given a topic, and we have to list our ‘top ten’ things for the topic. Pretty self-explanatory.
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish

This Week’s Topic: Ten Books I’d Love to Read with my Book Club if I had a Book Club

1. Falling into Place, by Amy Zhang

2. The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak

3. The Raven Boys, by Maggie Stiefvater

4. Panic, by Lauren Oliver

5. Divergent, by Veronica Roth

6. All Our Yesterdays, by Cristin Terrill

7. Half Bad, by Sally Green

8. Pivot Point, by Kasie West

9. Masquerade, by Kyle Fornasier

10. Unwind, by Neal Shusterman

Top Ten Tuesday

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All Our Yesterdays, Ambelin Kwaymullina, Brigid Kemmerer, Cara Lynn Shultz, Crash, Cristin Terrill, Elementals, Half Bad, Kady Cross, Kylie Fornasier, Let the Sky Fall, Lisa McMann, Masquerade, R. J. Anderson, Sally Green, Shannon Messenger, Spellbound, The Girl in the Steel Corset, The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf, Top Ten Tuesday, Ultraviolet, Underrated YA

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This Week’s Topic: Top Ten Underrated books/series in YA

So, basically I interpreted this as ‘books/series that are not as popular as they should be’.

1. All Our Yesterdays, by Cristin Terrill

2. Ultraviolet, by R.J. Anderson

3. Elementals (series), by Brigid Kemmerer

4. Masquerade, by Kylie Fornasier

5. The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf, by Ambelin Kwaymullina

6. Let the Sky Fall, Shannon Messenger

7. Crash, by Lisa McMann

8. Spellbound, by Cara Lynn Shultz

9. Half Bad, by Sally Green

10. The Girl in the Steel Corset, by Kady Cross

Now, this one was hard, because I find it hard to tell what’s popular, and what’s not. So, basically, my rule was to look at the number of ratings on Goodreads. If it had under 20000 ratings, it made the list.
Interesting note: some series had a high number of ratings for the first book, but books 2 and 3 often had significantly lower numbers.

Top Ten Tuesday

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All Our Yesterdays, Cristin Terrill, Divergent, Hex Hall, Julie Kagawa, Kasie West, Kiera Cass, Kylie Fornasier, Legend, Marie Lu, Masquerade, Michelle Hodkin, Neal Shusterman, Pivot Point, Rachel Hawkins, Richelle Mead, The Immortal Rules, The Selection, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, Top Ten Tuesday, Unwind, Vampire Academy, Veronica Roth, YA Books

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This Week’s Topic: Top Ten Books I would give to people who have never read YA

(These are not in any particular order)

1. Divergent, by Veronica Roth

2. Vampire Academy, by Richelle Mead

3. Legend, by Marie Lu

4. Pivot Point, by Kasie West

5. The Selection, by Kiera Cass

6. The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, by Michelle Hodkin

7. Unwind, by Neal Shusterman

8. The Immortal Rules, by Julie Kagawa

9. All Our Yesterdays, by Cristin Terrill

10. Hex Hall, by Rachel Hawkins

And because since writing this list another book has come out, and I couldn’t decide which book to replace with it, I’m adding this book on the end as a bonus:

11. Masquerade, by Kylie Fornasier

This Week in Books

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All Our Yesterdays, Cristin Terrill, Gayle Forman, Kylie Fornasier, Maggie Stiefvater, Masquerade, Rachel Hawkins, Richelle Mead, School Spirits, Silver Shadows, Sinner, This Week's Adventures, Where She Went

Masquerade:

So, on Wednesday Masquerade, by Kylie Fornasier came out:

I reviewed it here.

All Our Yesterdays: The Sequel

So, once upon a time, there was a planned sequel to All Our Yesterdays…which both confused and excited me.

On the one hand, the book worked perfectly fine as a stand-alone.

On the other, MORE EM AND FINN!!

However, Cristin Terrill announced on Monday that would not be a proper sequel, just short-stories, and e-Novella, and outtakes.

Here is one such short story.

Silver Shadows Update:

FIRST 5 CHAPTERS OF SILVER SHADOWS

No book trailer this week…

…I’m getting kind of desperate.

Books Read:

School Spirits, by Rachel Hawkins
The only problem with this book is that there is no sequel planned (I asked).

Where She Went, by Gayle Forman
I had high hopes for this book, considering how much I loved If I Stay…but something about it just wasn’t great. I was very happy with the ending, though.

Masquerade, by Kylie Fornasier
Basically, this book was awesome. I reviewed it here.

Sinner, by Maggie Stiefvater
Starting a book you aren’t planning on putting it down until you finished it is not a smart thing to do at 11pm…So, I ended up finishing this at 6am. So worth it.