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(Past few weeks of books)

For Review Damned by Nancy Holder, Debbie ViguieAnna Dressed In Blood by Kendare BlakeTighter by Adele GriffinAlways a Witch by Carolyn MacCulloughThe Fox Inheritance by Mary E. Pearson 

Ebooks For Review (from Netgalley)Frost by Wendy Delsol (!!)Ashes by Ilsa J. BickA Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn DaviesThe Beginning of After by Jennifer Castle

BoughtThe Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. PearsonSolstice by P.J. Hoover (Juju's review convinced me to buy it)

Many thanks to Erin, Nancy/Debbie, Yafen, Tor, Amazon Vine and the respective publishers on Netgalley who provided the egalleys! :)

Waiting on Wednesday (Times Two!)

WOW is hosted by Jill of Breaking the Spine

Frost by Wendy Delsol
Release: October 2011
Summary:

Wendy Delsol’s FROST, is the sequel to her YA debut STORK.

After the drama of discovering that she’s a member of the Storks, a mystical order of women endowed with powerful abilities, Katla Leblanc is finally settling into her life in chilly Minnesota. In fact, the ex-California girl even hopes for a white Christmas. But Katla’s wintry wish unexpectedly turns into the snowstorm of the century, drawing the attention of Brigid, a gorgeous environmental researcher with an amazing array of fur coats and an unusual interest in Katla’s boyfriend, Jack....read more at Goodreads.

YAY for the sequel to Stork!! Stork was so much fun to read, I cannot wait for this book!

Above by Leah Bobet
Release: Spring 2012
Summary:

Matthew's father had lion's feet and his mother had gills, and both fled the modern-day city to live in underground Safe, a secret community of freaks, ghost-whisperers, and disabled outcasts hidden beyond the subways and sewers. Raised underground, Matthew is responsible for the keeping of both Safe's histories and the traumatized shapeshifter Ariel, the girl he took in, fell in love with – and can't stop from constantly running away. 

But Safe is no longer safe: the night after a frightening encounter in the sewers, Safe's founder Atticus is murdered by the one person Safe ever exiled: mad Corner, whose coup is backed by an army of mindless, whispering shadows...Read more at Goodreads.

I adore this cover. The storyline sounds intriguing too! :)

What are you waiting on this week?

Best of 2010

My 10 Best Books of 2010 (in no particular order):

1. Matched by Ally Condie
2. Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver 
3. Nightshade by Andrea Cremer
4. Shade by Jeri Smith-Ready
5. Siren by Tricia Rayburn
6. Split by Swati Avasthi
7. When I Was Joe by Keren David
8. Stork by Wendy Delsol
9. Past Midnight by Mara Purnhagen*
10. Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions by Hugh Howey*

Realistic Main Character

Brie from Losing Faith* (by Denise Jaden)

Funniest Main Character

Katla from Stork (by Wendy Delsol)

Best Male Main Character

Jace from Split (by Swati Avasthi)

Ty from When I Was Joe (by Keren David)

Best Overall Main Character

Sam from Before I Fall (by Lauren Oliver)

Best BFF

St. Clair from Anna and the French Kiss* (By Stephanie Perkins)

Best Villain 

(I'm going to keep the villain names unknown, or else I'll ruin the books for people who haven't read them!)

Siren by Tricia Rayburn

The Body Finder by Kimberly Derting

Best Mean Girl

Lindsay and Sam from Before I Fall (by Lauren Oliver)

Best Mystery

All Unquiet Things by Anna Jarzab

Best Suspense

The Evil Within by Nancy Holder

Best Fantasy

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Best Sci-fi

Molly Fyde and the Blood of Billions by Hugh Howey*

Best Dystopian

Matched by Ally Condie

Best Contemporary

Exit Strategy by Ryan Potter

Split by Swati Avasthi

Best Romance

Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins*

Best Historical

Bright Young Things by Anna Godbersen

Best Sequel

The Golden Spiral by Lisa Mangum*

Best Writing

Matched by Ally Condie

Best Memoir

Rae by Chelsea Rae Swiggett

Best Modern Retelling

Jane by April Lindner*

Best Overall Series and Best Ending to a Series

The Vampire Academy novels by Richelle Mead

Last Sacrifice (#6)

Most Unique

Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

Best Cover

Matched by Ally Condie

Most Amusing

Stork by Wendy Delsol

The Must-Read Book of 2010

The Mockingbirds by Daisy Whitney*

What was one of the best books you read in 2010?

*Reviews have vanished from my Drafts, so I'll be re-reviewing them.