June 2014 Releases

Done with May 2014 Releases? Here are June 2014 Releases. For future releases, check Reading Wishlist.

Now Available for US Pre-Order

Marta Acosta: GIRLS ARE GONE: 3rd June 2014: Buy (US)
Jillian Cantor: SEARCHING FOR SKY: 6th May 2014: Buy (US)
Kylie Chan: DARK SERPENT: 29th April 2014: Buy (US)
Kylie Chan: DEMON CHILD: 24th June 2014: Buy (US)
Kady Cross: THE GIRL WITH THE WINDUP HEART: 20th May 2014: Buy (US)
Debra Driza: RENEGADE: 13th May 2014: Buy (US)
Christina Farley: GILDED: 1st March 2014: Buy (US)
Sara Grant: HALF LIVES (paperback): 17th June 2014: Buy (US)
Mark Henry: PARTS & WRECK: 25th November 2013: Buy (US)
Kelly Keaton: THE WICKED WITHIN (paperback): 3rd June 2014: Buy (US)
Karen Kincy: SHADOWS OF ASPHODEL (paperback): Buy (US)
Marie Lu: PRODIGY (paperback): 8th April 2014: Buy (US)
Demitria Lunetta: IN THE AFTER (paperback): 27th May 2014: Buy (US)
Katie McGarry: TAKE ME ON: 20th May 2014: Buy (US)
Kate Karyus Quinn: ANOTHER LITTLE PIECE (paperback): 22nd April 2014: Buy (US)
Kate Karyus Quinn: (DON’T YOU) FORGET ABOUT ME: 10th June 2014: Buy (US)
Carrie Ryan: THE DEAD AND EMPTY WORLD: Buy (US)
Eve Silver: PUSH: 10th June 2014: Buy (US)
Amy Tintera: REBEL: 6th May 2014: Buy (US)
Carol Lynch Williams: SIGNED, SKYE HARPER: 6th May 2014: Buy (US)

For UK Writer Folk

Just received this announcement from author Sara Grant (Dark Parties, Half Lives). Any questions? Go to the website listed:

Karen Ball, Publisher at Little, Brown Young Readers and Atom; Jasmine Richards, Senior Commissioning Editor for Children’s Fiction at Oxford University Press; Sara O’Connor, Editorial Director at new children’s book publisher; and I have just announced a new joint venture: Book Bound. On 9-11 May 2014 we will offer a weekend retreat for a limited number of promising children’s writers. On Saturday 28th September, we are also hosting a free event for writers who want to learn more about children’s publishing and our retreat. There’s more information on our website at http://www.bookboundretreat.com

9th July 2013 Releases

Happy Release Day to:

Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Taken by Storm (Raised by Wolves, Book 3)
Random House Egmont (US & CA: 9th July 2013)
Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide)
In the eye of a storm stands Bryn, the alpha of the Cedar Ridge werewolf pack. She is young. Female. Human. Physically weaker than any werewolf, she could never survive a battle with another Alpha, the strongest, fiercest, and canniest of his pack. Yet she cannot refuse a summons from the werewolf Senate. A rogue werewolf is attacking humans. The risk of exposure threatens to destroy pack life, and the centre of the crisis is Cedar Ridge territory – her lands. Bryn has no choice but to attend the meeting, a gathering of the most powerful werewolves on the continent. The subject is the rogue wolf, but Bryn knows the other packs want what she has. Her territory. Her females. Her pack. They want her death. Werewolf law prevents the other alphas from making a direct attack. It also prevents her former alpha, the mysterious and powerful Callum, from coming to her aid. But it doesn’t prevent Bryn from knowing what she wants. To keep her lands. To protect her pack. To survive.

Robin Bridges
The Unfailing Light (Katerina, Book 2)
Random House Ember (US & CA: 9th July 2013)
Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide)
Having had no choice but to use her power has a necromancer to save Russia from dark forces, Katerina Alexandrovna, Duchess of Oldenburg, now wants to forget that she ever used her special powers. She’s about to set off to pursue her lifelong dream of attending medical school when she discovers that Russia’s arch nemesis – who she thought she’d destroyed – is still alive. So on imperial orders Katerina remains at her old finishing school. She’ll be safe there, because the empress has cast a potent spell to protect it against the vampires and revenants that are bent on toppling the tsar and using Katerina for their own gains. But to Katerina’s horror, the spell unleashes a vengeful ghost within the school, a ghost more dangerous than any creature trying to get in.

Sara Grant
Half Lives
Hachette (US: 9th July 2013)
Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide)
Seventeen-year-old Icie’s parents have given her $10,000 in cash, a map of a top-secret bunker, and instructions to get there by any means necessary. They have news of an imminent viral attack and know that the bunker is Icie’s only hope for survival. Along with three other teens, she lives locked away for months, not knowing what’s happening in the outside world or who has survived. And are they safe in the bunker after all? Generations in the future, a mysterious cult worships the very mountain where Icie’s secret bunker was built. They never leave the mountain, they’re ruled by a teenager…and they have surprising ties to Icie.

Darynda Jones
Fifth Grave Past the Light (Charley Davidson, Book 5)
Macmillan St. Martin’s (US: 9th July 2013); Hachette Little, Brown Piatkus (UK: 9th July 2013)
Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide)
Charley Davidson isn’t your everyday, run-of-the-mill grim reaper. She’s more of a paranormal private eye/grim reaper extraordinaire. However, she gets sidetracked when the sexy, sultry son of Satan, Reyes Farrow, moves in next door. To further complicate matters, Reyes is her main suspect in an arson case. Charley has vowed to stay away from him until she can find out the truth…but then dead women start appearing in her apartment, one after another, each lost, confused, and terrified beyond reason. When it becomes apparent that her own sister, Gemma, is the serial killer’s next target Charley has no choice but to ask for Reyes’ help. Arsonist or not, he’s the one man alive who could protect Gemma no matter who or what came at her. But he wants something in return. Charley. All of her, body and soul. And to keep her sister safe, it is a price she is willing to pay.

July 2013 Releases

Done with June 2013 Releases? Here are July 2013 Releases. For future releases, check Reading Wishlist

May 2013 Releases

Done with April 2013 Releases? Here are May 2013 Releases. For future releases, check Reading Wishlist.

3 New Covers (Grant, Hayes, Revis)

7 New Covers (Armstrong, Chan, Grant, Kagawa, Aguirre, Duvall, Kittredge, McGuire, Vincent)

Common First Names of YA Authors

Rachel Vincent mentioned on her blog how numerous some first names of YA authors are. Sometimes they’re spelled differently, but I’ve made a little list. Most popular: Amanda, Amy, Jennifer, Jessica, Kate, Megan, Rachel, and Sara.

AMANDA – Amanda Grace, Amanda Marrone, Amanda Sun
AMY – Amy Garvey, Amy Christine Parker, Amy Kathleen Ryan
CARRIE – Carrie Jones, Carrie Ryan
HEATHER – Heather Brewer, Heather Davis
JENNIFER – Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Jennifer Bosworth, Jennifer Rush
JESSICA – Jessica Brody, Jessica Spotswood, Jessica Verday
JUSTINE – Justine Larbalestier, Justine Musk
KAREN – Karen Kincy, Karen Mahoney
KAT – Kat Falls, Kat Zhang
KATE – Kate Ellison, Kate Gordon, Kate Karyus Quinn
KELLY – Kelley Armstrong, Kelly Keaton
LAURA – Laura Bickle, Laura Riken
MEGAN – Megan Crewe, Megan McCafferty, Megan Shepherd
MELISSA – Melissa Landers, Melissa Marr
RACHEL – Rachel Caine, Rachel Cohn, Rachel Vincent
SARA – Sarah Crossan, Sara Wilson Etienne, Sara Grant
SOPHIE – Sophie Littlefield, Sophie McKenzie
TARA – Tara Hudson, Tara Moss
VERONICA – Veronica Rossi, Veronica Roth

December 2011 Releases

Done with November 2011 Releases? Here are December 2011 Releases. To see future titles, check Reading Wishlist.