Book Birthday - THE EMERALD ATLAS by John Stephens

Happy book birthday (April 5th) to THE EMERALD ATLAS!  

This is a fabulous new middle grades fantasy series, THE BOOKS OF BEGINNING, for those who love an epic series with great characters, magical elements, and entertaining writing (this is one for both boys and girls) with a touch of sibling relationships thrown in. In case you missed my 4 star review, you can read it here. And go celebrate this great book's birthday tomorrow by getting a copy for yourself or a young reader you know.

My Most Anticipated Books of 2011

I am so excited about upcoming book releases for this year!  Some of the ones I am most looking forward to are continuing or finishing a series I already love (seems like almost everything is a series book in YA these days!), but several others are just ones I've heard good buzz about or are by favorite authors and I look forward to finally reading them myself. In honor of the new year starting, I thought I'd share my personal list of the fifteen 2011 releases I'm most eager to get my hands on and read.

Wolfsbane (Nightshade sequel) by Andrea Cremer 

Forever (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #3) by Maggie Stiefvater 

Where She Went (If I Stay sequel) by Gayle Forman 

Delirium by Lauren Oliver (new dystopian series by the author of Before I Fall)

City of Fallen Angels (The Mortal Instruments #4) by Cassandra Clare

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen

Chain Reaction (Perfect Chemistry #3) by Simone Elkeles

Divergent by Veronica Ross





No cover images released yet for the following books, so I'm showing the preceding book's cover.

The Mockingbirds #2 by Daisy Whitney

Uncommon Criminals (A Heist Society novel) by Ally Carter 

Son of Neptune (Heroes of Olympus #2) by Rick Riordan

Crossed (Matched sequel) by Ally Condie

Supernaturally (Paranormalcy #2) by Kiersten White

Caster Chronicles #3 (sequel to Beautiful Creatures & Beautiful Darkness) by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl



Edited on 1/5 to add 

Lola and the Boy Next Story (follow up to Anna and the French Kiss) by Stephanie Perkins

Can't believe I forgot it the first time - there are just so many good books coming out in 2011!

October Releases I'm Looking Forward To

I'm really excited about some of the books that are coming out in October, lots of series sequels, and I've pre-ordered most of them. It looks like October will be a busy reading month. I'm looking forward to so many of them that I thought I'd share here!

BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl 
(sequel to BEAUTIFUL CREATURES)

THE HEROES OF OLYMPUS, Book One: THE LOST HERO by Rick Riordan
(follows the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series)

THE SCORCH TRIALS by James Dashner
(sequel to THE MAZE RUNNER)

CRESCENDO by Becca Fitzpatrick
(sequel to HUSH, HUSH)

TORMENT by Lauren Kate
(sequel to FALLEN - comes out tomorrow)