Earlier this year, I promised myself that I'd give myself until March to get "caught up" on my "to be read" list. Whenever I stumble across something that sounds good, I add it to my list. And, as a librarian I stumble across interesting sounding things ALL the time. Last year I did quite a bit of reading... but there was even more that I didn't get to. Sad to say, there just isn't enough to time to read them all. So, I'm culling the list. Here are some titles that I don't believe I'll have a chance to get to. So, what do you say, people? Are there any that I should absolutely not miss and add back?
Abrahams, Peter - Reality Check
Adoff, Jaime - Small Fry
Allison, Jennifer - Gilda Joyce Psychic Investigator
Arnosky, Jim - Pirates of Crocodile Swamp
Avi - Seer of Shadows
Barkley, Brad - Jars of Glass
Baskin, Nora Raleigh - Anything but Typical
Beckett, Bernard - Genesis
Birdsall, Jeanne - The Penderwicks on Gardham Street
Blundell, Judy - What I Saw and How I Lied
Bosch, Psedonymous - The Name of This Book is Secret
Bradley, Alex - 24 Girls in 7 Days
Bradley, C. Alan - Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie
Brian, Kate - Fake Boyfriend
Broach, Elise - Masterpiece
Bunce, Elizabeth C. - A Curse as Dark as Gold
Burd, Nick - Vast Fields of Ordinary
Calame, Don - Swim the Fly
Catanese, P. W. - Happenstance Found
Cochrane, Mick - Girl Who Threw Butterflies
Cornish, D.M. - Monster Blood Tattoo: Foundling
Cowley, Joy - Snake & Lizard
Cresswell, Helen - Ordinary Jack
Crutcher, Chris - Angry Management
Crutcher, Chris - Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes
Dean, Claire - Girlwood
Dessen, Sarah - Along for the Ride
Dionne, Erin - Models Don't Eat Chocolate Cookies
Downham, Jenny - Before I Die
Efaw, Amy - After
Feiffer, Kate - Problem with the Puddles
Fletcher, Christine - Ten Cents a Dance
Forman, Gayle - If I Stay
Freitas, Donna - Possibilities of Sainthood
Freymann-Weyr, Garret - After the Moment
Gallagher, Kelly - Readicide
Gardner, Sally - Magical Kids: The Smallest Girl Ever
Giff, Patricia Reilly - Wild Girl
Griffin, Paul - The Orange Houses
Haig, Matt - Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest
Hannigan, Katherine - Emmaline and the Bunny
Harper, Jessica - Underpants on my Head
Headly, Justina Chen - North of Beautiful
Henry, April - Torched
Hiaasen, Carl - Scat
Hollyer, Belinda - Secrets, Lies and My Sister Kate
Hostetter, Joyce Moyer - Comfort
Ibbotson, Eva - Dragonfly Pool
Ives, David - Voss: How I Come to America and am Hero, Mostly
Kandel, Charlotte - The Scarlet Stockings
Kelly, Katy - Melonhead
King, Daren - Sensible Hare and the Case of Carrots
Knowles, Jo - Jumping Off Swings
Korman, Gordon - Pop
La Fevers, R. L. - Theodosia and the Staff of Isiris
LaFleur, Suzanne M. - Love, Aubrey
Landy, Derek - Skulduggery Pleasant
Le Guin, Ursula - Powers
Le Guin, Ursula - Voices
Leal, Ann Haywood - Also Known as Harper
Levine, Kristin - The Best Bad Luck I Ever Had
Levithan, David - Love is the Higher Law
Lockhart, E. - The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Lytton, Deborah - Jane in Bloom
Mackler, Carolyn - The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things
Mackler, Carolyn -Vegan Virgin Valentine
Magoon, Kekla - The Rock and the River
Mangum, Lisa - Hourglass Door
Marchetta, Melina - Jellicoe Road
Marcus, Leonard S. - Minders of Make Believe
Marino, Nan - Neil Armstrong Is My Uncle & Other Lies Muscle Man McGinty Told Me
Matthews, Andrew - Way of the Warrior
McDonald, Abby - Sophomore Switch
McKay, Hilary - Saffy's Angel
Mills, Claudia - How Oliver Olson Changed the World
Mitchard, Jacqueline - Look Both Ways
Mitchard, Jacqueline - Midnight Twins
Moers, Walter - Wild Ride Through the Night
Moriarty, Jaclyn - The Spellbook of Listen Taylor
Murdock, Catherine Gilbert - Princess Ben
Myers, Edward - Storyteller
Napoli, Donna Jo - The Smile
Ness, Patrick - The Knife of Never Letting Go
Ockler, Sarah - Twenty Boy Summer
Osborne, Linda Barrett - Traveling the Freedom Road
Parry, Rosanne - Heart of a Shepherd
Perkins, Mitali - Secret Keeper
Platt, Randall - Hellie Jondoe
Portman, Frank - King Dork
Quigley, Sarah - tmi
Rubens, Michael - Sheriff of Yrnameer
Rune, Michael - Genesis Alpha
Ryan, Amy Kathleen - Vibes
Scalzi, Jon - Zoe's Tale
Scott, Elizabeth - Love You Hate You Miss You
Seth, Vikram - Golden Gate
Shusterman, Neal - Antsy Does Time
Shusterman, Neal - Full Tilt
Slayton, Fran Cannon - When the Whistle Blows
Sleator, William - Test
Smith, Sherri L. - Flygirl
Sorrells, Walter - Erratum
Spradlin, Michael - Youngest Templar: The Keeper of the Grail
Stead, Rebecca - When You Reach Me
Stewart, Trenton Lee - Mysterious Benedict and the Perilous Journey
Stork, Francisco X. - Marcelo in the Real World
Tan, Shaun - Tales from Outer Suburbia
Taylor-Butler, Christine - Sacred Mountain: Everest
Wall, Carolyn - Sweeping Up Glass
Weiss, Laura - Such a Pretty Girl
Whitney, Kim Ablon - The Other Half of Life
Williams-Garcia, Rita - Jumped
Wilson, Martin - What They Always Tell Us
Wilson, Nathan D. - 100 cupboards
Wollman, Jessica - Tell Me Who
Woodson, Jacqueline - Feathers
Woodson, Jacqueline - Locomotion
Woodson, Jacqueline - Peace, Locomotion
Yang, Gene Luan - The Eternal Smile
Zarr, Sara - Story of a Girl
If you just read one, read Marcelo in the Real World. I also liked Princess Ben, Reality Check, and I also LOVED 100 Cupboards.
ReplyDeleteThere are a lot of those, though, that are also on my TBR list.
Hope that helped.
-Sophie L.
Agh! Say no more. It's hard enough to admit to myself that I can't read EVERYTHING. My resolve has already been tested enough just compiling this list... That's it! I'm putting all of those you mentioned right back on my "must get around to reading sometime" list.
ReplyDeleteNo rush, really.... except that the 100 Cupboards series is already on book three.... :)
ReplyDelete-Sophie L.
I know it! It's another one of those books that in the blink of an eye, it seems, I turn around, and now it's a whole series! Makes picking up the first one even more intimidating.
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