October 16, 2012
Break My Heart 1,000 Times by Daniel Waters
From Goodreads: Living in the aftermath of the Event means that seeing the
dead is now a part of life, but Veronica wishes that the ghosts would just move
on. Instead, the ghosts aren't disappearing--they're gaining power.
When Veronica and her friend, Kirk, decide to investigate why, they stumble upon a more sinister plot than they ever could have imagined. One of Veronica's high school teachers is crippled by the fact that his dead daughter has never returned as a ghost, and he's haunted by the possibility that she's waiting to reappear within a fresh body. Veronica seems like the perfect host. And even if he's wrong, what's the harm in creating one more ghost?
When Veronica and her friend, Kirk, decide to investigate why, they stumble upon a more sinister plot than they ever could have imagined. One of Veronica's high school teachers is crippled by the fact that his dead daughter has never returned as a ghost, and he's haunted by the possibility that she's waiting to reappear within a fresh body. Veronica seems like the perfect host. And even if he's wrong, what's the harm in creating one more ghost?
Beta (Annex #1) by Rachel Cohn
From Goodreads: Elysia is created in a laboratory, born as a
sixteen-year-old girl, an empty vessel with no life experience to draw from.
She is a Beta, an experimental model of a teenage clone. She was replicated
from another teenage girl, who had to die in order for Elysia to exist.
Elysia's purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the wealthiest people on earth. Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for perfection. Even the air induces a strange, euphoric high, which only the island's workers--soulless clones like Elysia--are immune to.
At first, Elysia's life is idyllic and pampered. But she soon sees that Demesne's human residents, who should want for nothing, yearn. But for what, exactly? She also comes to realize that beneath the island's flawless exterior, there is an under-current of discontent among Demesne's worker clones. She knows she is soulless and cannot feel and should not care--so why are overpowering sensations cloud-ing Elysia's mind?
If anyone discovers that Elysia isn't the unfeeling clone she must pretend to be, she will suffer a fate too terrible to imagine. When her one chance at happi-ness is ripped away with breathtaking cruelty, emotions she's always had but never understood are unleashed. As rage, terror, and desire threaten to overwhelm her, Elysia must find the will to survive.
Elysia's purpose is to serve the inhabitants of Demesne, an island paradise for the wealthiest people on earth. Everything about Demesne is bioengineered for perfection. Even the air induces a strange, euphoric high, which only the island's workers--soulless clones like Elysia--are immune to.
At first, Elysia's life is idyllic and pampered. But she soon sees that Demesne's human residents, who should want for nothing, yearn. But for what, exactly? She also comes to realize that beneath the island's flawless exterior, there is an under-current of discontent among Demesne's worker clones. She knows she is soulless and cannot feel and should not care--so why are overpowering sensations cloud-ing Elysia's mind?
If anyone discovers that Elysia isn't the unfeeling clone she must pretend to be, she will suffer a fate too terrible to imagine. When her one chance at happi-ness is ripped away with breathtaking cruelty, emotions she's always had but never understood are unleashed. As rage, terror, and desire threaten to overwhelm her, Elysia must find the will to survive.
Ashen Winter (Ashfall #2) by Mike Mullen
From Goodreads: It’s been over six months since the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano. Alex and Darla have been
staying with Alex’s relatives, trying to cope with the new reality of the
primitive world so vividly portrayed in Ashfall, the first book in this
series. It’s also been six months of waiting for Alex’s parents to return from Iowa. Alex and Darla
decide they can wait no longer and must retrace their journey into Iowa to find and bring back Alex’s parents to the tenuous
safety of Illinois.
But the landscape they cross is even more perilous than before, with
life-and-death battles for food and power between the remaining communities.
When the unthinkable happens, Alex must find new reserves of strength and
determination to survive.
Crewel (Crewel World #1) by Gennifer Albin
From Goodreads: Incapable. Awkward. Artless.
That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: she wants to fail.
Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen as a Spinster is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to embroider the very fabric of life. But if controlling what people eat, where they live and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested.
Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and wove a moment at testing, and they’re coming for her—tonight.
Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her Dad’s stupid jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape.
Because once you become a Spinster, there’s no turning back.
That’s what the other girls whisper behind her back. But sixteen year-old Adelice Lewys has a secret: she wants to fail.
Gifted with the ability to weave time with matter, she’s exactly what the Guild is looking for, and in the world of Arras, being chosen as a Spinster is everything a girl could want. It means privilege, eternal beauty, and being something other than a secretary. It also means the power to embroider the very fabric of life. But if controlling what people eat, where they live and how many children they have is the price of having it all, Adelice isn’t interested.
Not that her feelings matter, because she slipped and wove a moment at testing, and they’re coming for her—tonight.
Now she has one hour to eat her mom’s overcooked pot roast. One hour to listen to her sister’s academy gossip and laugh at her Dad’s stupid jokes. One hour to pretend everything’s okay. And one hour to escape.
Because once you become a Spinster, there’s no turning back.
The Shadow Society by Marie Rutkoski
From Goodreads: Darcy Jones doesn’t remember anything before the day she was
abandoned as a child outside a Chicago
firehouse. She has never really belonged anywhere—but she couldn’t have guessed
that she comes from an alternate world where the Great Chicago Fire didn’t
happen and deadly creatures called Shades terrorize the human population.
Memories begin to haunt Darcy when a new boy arrives at her high school, and he makes her feel both desire and desired in a way she hadn’t thought possible. But Conn’s interest in her is confusing. It doesn’t line up with the way he first looked at her.
As if she were his enemy.
When Conn betrays Darcy, she realizes that she can’t rely on anything—not herself, not the laws of nature, and certainly not him. Darcy decides to infiltrate the Shadow Society and uncover the Shades’ latest terrorist plot. What she finds out will change her world forever . . .
Memories begin to haunt Darcy when a new boy arrives at her high school, and he makes her feel both desire and desired in a way she hadn’t thought possible. But Conn’s interest in her is confusing. It doesn’t line up with the way he first looked at her.
As if she were his enemy.
When Conn betrays Darcy, she realizes that she can’t rely on anything—not herself, not the laws of nature, and certainly not him. Darcy decides to infiltrate the Shadow Society and uncover the Shades’ latest terrorist plot. What she finds out will change her world forever . . .
Have a Nice Day by Julie Halpern
From Goodreads: Anna Bloom has spent the last three weeks in a mental
hospital dealing with her depression, conspiring with her fellow inmates, and
tripping through first love. But now she's out, where does she stand? Is she
too crazy to fit in with her normal friends? Is she too normal to fit in with
her mental hospital friends?
The Innocents (Innocents #1) by Lili Peloquin
From Goodreads:
Nothing ever came between sisters Alice and Charlie.
Friends didn't.
Boys couldn't.
Their family falling apart never would.
Until they got to Serenity Point.
Friends didn't.
Boys couldn't.
Their family falling apart never would.
Until they got to Serenity Point.
Second Chance (Slayer Chronicles #2) by Heather Brewer
From Goodreads: The summer after Joss failed to kill the vampire Vladimir
Tod, he gets a second chance to prove himself as a Slayer. He is sent to New York City to hunt
down a serial killer that the Slayer Society believes is a vampire. It is up to
Joss to lead his Slayer team, and through their detective work, they discover
that there are actually four vampire brothers who are on the killing rampage.
Joss must use all his skill to save the innocent people of New York City from the murderers. Joss's
status as a Slayer depends on it.
The Space Between Us by Jessica Martinez
From Goodreads: Amelia is used to being upstaged by her charismatic younger
sister, Charly. She doesn’t mind, mostly, that it always falls to her to cover
for Charly’s crazy, impulsive antics. But one night, Charly’s thoughtlessness
goes way too far, and she lands both sisters in serious trouble.
Amelia’s not sure she can forgive Charly this time, and not sure she wants to . . . but forgiveness is beside the point. Because Charly is also hiding a terrible secret, and the truth just might tear them apart forever.
Amelia’s not sure she can forgive Charly this time, and not sure she wants to . . . but forgiveness is beside the point. Because Charly is also hiding a terrible secret, and the truth just might tear them apart forever.
Zom-B (Zom-B #1) by Darren Shan
From Goodreads: Zom-B is a radical new series about a zombie apocalypse,
told in the first person by one of its victims. The series combines classic
Shan action with a fiendishly twisting plot and hard-hitting and thought-provoking
moral questions dealing with racism, abuse of power and more. This is
challenging material, which will captivate existing Shan fans and bring in many
new ones. As Darren says, "It's a big, sprawling, vicious tale...a grisly
piece of escapism, and a barbed look at the world in which we live.
Game Changer by Margaret Peterson Haddix
From Goodreads: Athletics are everything for eighth-grader KT Sutton. She’s a
softball star, and she’s on track to get a college scholarship and achieve
international fame. Then one day during a championship game—in the middle of an
important play—she suddenly blacks out.
When she wakes up, she’s in a different world. One where school is class after class of athletic drills, and after-school sports are replaced by popular academic competitions. One where KT is despised for her talent, and where her parents are fixated on her brother’s future mathletics career rather than KT’s softball hopes.
KT is desperate to get back to reality as she knew it, but bits and pieces of disturbing memories and dreams make her wonder if something truly awful happened there. What if she’s lost something a lot more important than a softball game?
When she wakes up, she’s in a different world. One where school is class after class of athletic drills, and after-school sports are replaced by popular academic competitions. One where KT is despised for her talent, and where her parents are fixated on her brother’s future mathletics career rather than KT’s softball hopes.
KT is desperate to get back to reality as she knew it, but bits and pieces of disturbing memories and dreams make her wonder if something truly awful happened there. What if she’s lost something a lot more important than a softball game?
Out of Reach by Carrie Arcos
From Goodreads: Rachel has always idolized her older brother Micah. He
struggles with addiction, but she tells herself that he’s in control. And she
almost believes it. Until the night that Micah doesn’t come home.
Rachel’s terrified—and she can’t help but feel responsible. She should have listened when Micah tried to confide in her. And she only feels more guilt when she receives an anonymous note telling her that Micah is nearby and in danger.
With nothing more to go on than hope and a slim lead, Rachel and Micah’s best friend, Tyler, begin the search. Along the way, Rachel will be forced to confront her own dark secrets, her growing attraction to Tyler…and the possibility that Micah may never come home.
Rachel’s terrified—and she can’t help but feel responsible. She should have listened when Micah tried to confide in her. And she only feels more guilt when she receives an anonymous note telling her that Micah is nearby and in danger.
With nothing more to go on than hope and a slim lead, Rachel and Micah’s best friend, Tyler, begin the search. Along the way, Rachel will be forced to confront her own dark secrets, her growing attraction to Tyler…and the possibility that Micah may never come home.
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