Faced with overflowing shelves of 2012-dated ARCs (advance reader copies) and published books as the old year wound down, I leaped at the TBR Challenge posted by Evie on her Bookish blog (I'm #251).
So, in January, I've re-read and written recommendations on BooksYALove (and am posting the brief reviews for several titles on www.abookandahug.com) for these 2012 books:
Fantasy:
Watersmeet, by Ellen Jensen Abbott
Historical fiction:
A Hundred Flowers, by Gail Tsukiyama
Paranormal:
Every Other Day, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Unnaturalists, by Tiffany Trent
Realistic fiction - Young Adult:
The Butterfly Clues, by Kate Ellison
The Difference Between You and Me, by Madeleine George
Fish in the Sky, by Fridrik Erlings
Moonglass, by Jessi Kirby
Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, by Bil Wright
What Happens Next, by Colleen Clayton
SciFi:
Adaptation, by Malinda Lo
Year Zero, by Rob Reid
As you're hunting up these great books, remember to check with your local library and independent bookstore, since all these titles have been published already. Keeping your book-dollars close to home is good sense and good business, as these singing booksellers remind us!
Yes, I'm making progress on my To-Be-Read stack of new books and 2013 ARCs, while also writing up my To-Be-Recommended books from 2012 (and some from 2011!). Let's see what February brings...
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So, in January, I've re-read and written recommendations on BooksYALove (and am posting the brief reviews for several titles on www.abookandahug.com) for these 2012 books:
Fantasy:
Watersmeet, by Ellen Jensen Abbott
Historical fiction:
A Hundred Flowers, by Gail Tsukiyama
Paranormal:
Every Other Day, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
The Unnaturalists, by Tiffany Trent
Realistic fiction - Young Adult:
The Butterfly Clues, by Kate Ellison
The Difference Between You and Me, by Madeleine George
Fish in the Sky, by Fridrik Erlings
Moonglass, by Jessi Kirby
Putting Makeup on the Fat Boy, by Bil Wright
What Happens Next, by Colleen Clayton
SciFi:
Adaptation, by Malinda Lo
Year Zero, by Rob Reid
As you're hunting up these great books, remember to check with your local library and independent bookstore, since all these titles have been published already. Keeping your book-dollars close to home is good sense and good business, as these singing booksellers remind us!
Yes, I'm making progress on my To-Be-Read stack of new books and 2013 ARCs, while also writing up my To-Be-Recommended books from 2012 (and some from 2011!). Let's see what February brings...
**kmm
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