Ah. Time for me to tell you what books I received this week. This meme courtesy of The Story Siren. Check out her blog for more books and contests!
Bought:
Yes, I'm not supposed to being more books. I know. But I couldn't help it. Now I have my Powells.com virtual credit though so that will help for a month or two!
If I Stay by Gayle Forman Willow by Julia Hoban
These two books were the talk of the YA blogosphere and were on my Waiting on Wednesdays posts. I will review them over on Book Blather rather than here though. I already finished If I Stay and will get to Willow soon.
Borrowed:
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta Outside Beauty by Cynthia Kadohata
I got these from the library. Perfect Chemistry follows the age-old story of love with one person from the wrong side of the tracks. Let's see if Ms. Elkeles puts a new spin on it. Jellicoe Road won the Printz back in January 2009. I'm slowly working my way down that list. Outside Beauty is a new Cynthia Kadohata. I enjoyed Kira-Kira and Cracker! so hope to enjoy this one too!
Begged: Queen of Cool byCecil Castellucci London Calling by Edward Bloor SLOB by Ellen Potter Five Minutes More by Darlene Ryan
The first two books I traded Wicked Lovely and Ink Exchange to a student to read over break and she's letting me read Queen of Cool and London Calling. I've read The Plain Janes and Boy Proof and loved them both. I've read Tangerine and Taken by Edward Bloor. Five Minutes More is courtesy of LibraryThing and I must say - I LOVED IT!
Coolest thing I received this week is the ARC of SLOB by Ellen Potter. I follow her on twitter - @ellenpotter8 - and asked for a copy to review. She SIGNED the ARC and sent a personal note. How cool is that!!! She is nerdtastically awesome and I can't wait to read this!
That's some of what I have! What do you have in your mailbox this week?
Seven months ago, on a rainy March night, sixteen year- old Willow’s parents died in a horrible car accident. Willow was driving. Now her older brother barely speaks to her, her new classmates know her as the killer orphan girl, and Willow is blocking the pain by secretly cutting herself. But when one boy —one sensitive, soulful boy—discovers Willow’s secret, it sparks an intense relationship that turns the “safe” world Willow has created for herself upside down. Told in an extraordinary fresh voice, Willow is an unforgettable novel about one girl’s struggle to cope with tragedy, and one boy’s refusal to give up on her.
Ms. Hoban sent me an email with a PDF of the full cover - it is totally badass and makes you want to run out and get the book NOW. But you can't because it doesn't come out until April. It will be my spring break though. I promise to read one book per day!! This being one of them!!
