CBC Book Club YA Death Match!

I was on Twitter this morning and saw that YA author Kelly Armstrong (she wrote the books: The Summoning, The Awakening and The Reckoning) posted a link to the CBC Book Club. The title alone was intriguing so I clicked on the link and came upon a fantastic idea - dueling YA characters from your favourite books. There is a mix of old YA heroes (like Nancy Drew, Anne of Green Gables, the Hardy Boys) as well as new heroes (The Cullens , Harry Potter and Katniss). You have until Sunday to vote for your favourite YA hero (they are divided into categories) and then we get ready for the duel. Have fun!


http://www.cbc.ca/books/bookclub/2010/11/get-ready-to-rumble-ya-style-introducing-the-cbc-book-club-ya-death-match.html

Top 10 Hot teen reads at the library

The hottest teen reads in the library are:


1. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

2. Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer by John Grisham

3. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard

4. Hunted: A house of night novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

5. Burned: A house of night novel by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast

6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare

7. The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell

8. The Reckoning by Kelly Armstrong

9. The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong

10. Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo

Once I was lost

New Young Adult Books

I love reading brand new books, don't you? Here are a couple of new young adult books the library has acquired:


1. The secret year by Jennifer Hubbard ( I have almost finished reading it. I like it a lot)

2. Tangled by Carolyn Mackler

3. A conspiracy of kings by Megan Whalen
4. Numbers by Rachel Ward ( I read this one but was so so on it. The concept of the book was interesting but I found that it fell apart half way through it).



Let me know what you think of these books or any book you have read recently.

Great YA Books for Boys

There is no hierarchial order to this:

1.   The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

2.  The Alex Rider Series by Anthony Horowitz

3.  Son of a Mob  by Gordon Korman

4.  Hatchet  by Gary Paulsen

5.  Maximum Ride Series by James Patterson