Didn't see one started yet and as I now have a lot more time on my hands to read I thought I'd get this going so that I have all sorts of ideas on new books from everyone else.

Carpe Diem by Autumn Cornwell

Just finished: Curse as Dark as Gold by Elizabeth C. Bunce

Just started May Bird 1 last night.

I Just sarted the Sookie Stackhouse series and their pretty good so far!!

I just finished the first book in the Immortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare - City of Bones and now have started the second book - City of Ashes. It is a very good series so far.

I'm finally reading Hunger Games since I've heard so much about it. So far, so good.

I have If I Stay on my TBR pile.

I'm finally get a chance to finish all the books I started during the school year and had to put aside for lack of time. I'm currently working on: The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James, London by Edward Rutherfurd, A Thousand Nights and One Night, and The Hollows series. I hope to start on some YA novels as soon as I get through these.

finally got a chance to start and I've jus finished readig Bloodhound (The Legend of Beka Cooper, Book 2) by Tamora Pierce. It was pretty good in following on from the previous book in the series, although it was slightly predicatble in some parts.

Just finished: Sara Zarr Sweethearts, which was a wonderful book, original, well written, just lovely.
Also, Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, oddly cheerful and uplifting considering that the teenage protagonist is dead.
Now reading Malka by Mirjam Pressler, a good but depressing Holocaust book by an excellent German writer. I loved her book Halinka, set in an orphanage after the war.

Just finished The Forest of Hands and Teeth. I'm not at all a zombie fan, but I really liked this one. But dang it all, it's another start-of-a-series book. I think this was a story that (like The Hunger Games) would have been better having been wrapped up in a single book.

I've got Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH and The Girl Who Could Fly both on my TBR pile, but for the moment, non-YA, I'm reading Jenny Uglow's biography of Thomas Bewick, Nature's Engraver. (Bewick's History of British Birds was the book that the ten-year-old Jane Eyre was reading on her Aunt Reed's window seat hiding behind the curtain when her older cousin came into the room and started harassing her.)

BookLizard, I've just finished The Hunger Games (which was brilliant and I can now see why it made it onto so many people's top five books of 2008 list) and am about to start If I Stay. I'm tempted to shout 'jinx' at you.

Also this month, I've read:
The Boy Book by E Lockhart which I adored. An increadibly quick read but very, very fun.
My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger. A five star read for me. Most excellent, indeed.
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden. I'm not sure about this one. I feel as though I should have liked it more than I actually did. Perhaps it's just a bit dated for my tastes.

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10> strandedon8jo, if you're thinking of The Forest of Hands and Teeth next, I might jinx you back! I finished If I Stay this morning. I liked Hunger Games better.

I also have Wintergirls and Forever Princess around here somewhere, but I need to read My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult first since it's overdue.

Just finished Wings by Aprilynn Pike, which was a lot of fun -- definitely an interesting take on the usual fairy tale. I really liked Wintergirls, so I decided to read Speak again. Not sure if I'll read My sister's keeper again before the movie comes out, especially since I have a bag full of books that I'm working my way through. Oh, and I'm starting Wicked Lovely again, since I convinced one of my book groups to read that for June. :)

Just read Wake and immediately after put Fade on hold at the library so I can see what happens next.

I read Troll's Eye View over the weekend, which we had classed as juvenile but it's a good cross-over title.

Last night I read Baby Be-bop (Francesca Lia Block; don't know what's going on with the touchstone). Very good book. Thank you crazy people in Wisconsin.

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Who has time for reading? I'm Collection-ing!!

I'm reading The Mealworm Diaries which I received from the Early Reviewers program and which is surprisingly good! From the synopsis and cover I expected the book to be juvenile and a little trite but so far the book has kept me interested and the story is a lot more complex than I expected it to be while still being readable for younger people. I'm liking it!

#13luv2read97 I did exactly the same thing with Wake and Fade; still waiting on the library for the latter.

I'm reading Arthur Ransome's Swallowdale at present, having finished Swallows and Amazons a few days ago.

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I read If I Stay yesterday... not knowing what it was about. Of course, I got to page 12 and bam! Holy crap! A complete change of tack. A good book but hardly lighthearted. That'll teach me for not reading the blurb.

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I just finished The Novice, which I didn't like as much as I had wanted to.

I'm about to begin Peter and the Shadow Thieves. I really enjoyed the first of these books, so I hope this one lives up to my expectations.

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Russ Woody

Just finished The Girl Who Could Fly. A nice story, but like one of the reviewers on its LT page, I'm disappointed that the ending is setting up for an obvious sequel. Sometimes it would be nice for an author to conclude a story in one volume.

Sectori - I loved both The swallows and the Amazons and Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome as a teen. I read some of his others too - but can't remember the titles

This month I'm reading The Book Thief and the Memory Keeper's Daughter and I've got several others on my TBR pile.

I am also reading The Book Thief and The Memory Keeper's Daughter with several others on my TBR pile :) Small World.

There is so much I want to read, lots on my tbr shelf that is YA, but I am on a paranormal 999 and can't be distracted, hopefully I should finish soon (September) if I keep up this rate, but it means I can't pick up things I long to read like Wondrous Strange, Hunger Games, Dead and the Gone, Life as we Knew it and Gone.

Finally, after all these years, got around to reading Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.

I finished The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks a couple days ago and I really liked it. I've also read Fly on the Wall and Dramarama by E. Lockhart and I definitely liked this one the best out of them.

Next on my list I think is either The Warrior Heir or Someplace to be Flying.

Finishing off Zoe's Tale. I love me some Scalzi!

>29 I also just finished The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks and I really liked it as well. I took a look at her other books and I'm not sure I would be into them as much as. I might give one a try though.

I'm currently reading Secret Circle Vol I: The Initiation by L.J. Smith - a total blast from my past! I read this series years and years ago :)
Also still reading The Book Thief and The Last Olympian.

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Im reading: When the hipchicks went to war by by Pamela Rushby
which is a great aussie YA book about the entertainers that performed over in Vietnam

Another great book I just read was the Summoning by chloe armstrong which was sooo good a real page turner

Is The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley a YA title? It was shelved with mysteries at the bookstore. Whatever it is, with its 11 year old detective central character, it's very good so far.

I just finished reading The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. Terrific!

I just finished No More Dead Dogs--great middle-school fare. Clever, well done, great characters--liked it better than Diary of a Wimpy Kid.

I finished The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong - is an 'A' read for sure.

Am reading a murder mystery now Death wore White by Jim Kelly then I have The Memory Keeper's Daughter next on the pile.

Nothing But Ghosts by Beth Kephart
Fire by Kristin Cashore
Carter Finally Gets It
Rage: A Novel by Julie Anne Peters
House of Dance by Beth Kephart

I'm reading Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen right now. I like it, but then again, I'm a fan so I like almost anything by her.

#33 re The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie:

It is not technically a YA book, but I think it can be enjoyed by all and I can see why it may be shelved there by unknowing bookstore staff. It does have some implications which aren't suitable for young readers but it's fine for teens.

Just finished up Found which held my interest. She writes in a way that entertains my students so I am glad to see her starting a new series.

Last night I read a very quick ya ghost story called Mad, Mad Monday which left me very '80s nostalgic. Very cute.

Just finished Coraline today, and then started on and finished Franny Billingsley's Well Wished, both on my Kindle. I've also got Billingsley's The Folk Keeper on my K, and I think I'll go for that next.

I haven't seen the movie Coraline and I guess I'll get hold of it on DVD when it comes out next month. I'm a little concerned that the movie adds the "Wybie Lovat" character, as if Coraline couldn't carry the movie by herself. I'm concerned that putting a boy in there may destroy the "Alice in Wonderland" quality that the book had.

I thought Coraline (the book) was pretty good but not up to the quality of The Graveyard Book (the only other Gaiman I've read).