Today, December 23, is the third day of Persnickety Snark’s FIVE Challenge, and today’s particular challenge is…Great Series!
Adele’s list may be YA only, but I’m including all age brackets. Oh, and these aren’t all published in 2010 – I just read them in 2010. Better late than never 😉
Anyhoo, here we are, counting down from 5 to 1 – yes, I do play favourites:
Posted in Alexander Gordon Smith, Ann Aguirre, Jeanne DuPrau, Rachel Vincent, Susan Beth Pfeffer
Tagged Bloody Maria, Blue Diablo, Death Sentence, Devil's Punch, Execution, Fugitives, Hell Fire, If I Die, Life As We Knew It, Lockdown, My Soul to Keep, My Soul to Save, My Soul to Steal, My Soul to Take, Shady Lady, Solitary, The City of Ember, The Dead and the Gone, The Diamond of Darkhold, The People of Sparks, The Prophet of Yonwood, This World We Live In
Susan Beth Pfeffer
This World We Live In (The Last Survivors, Book 3)
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (US: 1st April 2010); Scholastic (UK: 3rd May 2010)
Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide)
A year ago, the moon was pushed closer to the Earth, and since then the Evans family has been coping as best each can. Miranda’s eldest brother returns from a fishing trip with another mouth to feed: his new wife. And six more additions arrive, forcing the group to breaking point. With some deciding to move out, all should have extra space, but it also brings much more emotional turmoil. And just when everyone seems to have come to terms, one final disaster could prove to be the family’s ultimate undoing.
Definitely read Life As We Knew It beforehand, but The Dead and the Gone isn’t essential. I haven’t read the latter, but This World We Live In supplies enough information. Miranda has matured since we last read her journals, and is more affable for it. Even her new romance seems believable, and doesn’t make me cringe (YA romances usually do).
I binge-read this book in just a handful of hours, and I strongly suggest you do the same. The dramas, both interpersonal and meteorological, are riveting and cause compulsive reading. Whilst the religious aspect is annoying, it is an obstacle for the characters, one which they thankfully overcome – so I’ve forgiven its presence.
The Last Survivors trilogy is further proof that dystopian YA is producing the most fascinating and engrossing stories, by taking enormous external issues and making them extremely personal. Many thanks to author Susan Beth Pfeffer for her awesome contribution to the genre, and long live dystopian YA!
Done with April 2010 Releases? Here are May 2010 Releases. To see further into the future, check Reading Wishlist.
Posted in Alayna Williams, Ann Aguirre, Beth Fantaskey, Caitlin Kittredge, Holly Black, Holly Schindler, Jeaniene Frost, Jeri Smith-Ready, Jes Battis, Kat Falls, Katherine Allred, Kelley Armstrong, Keri Arthur, Lilith Saintcrow, Mario Acevedo, Mira Grant, Rachel Caine, Reading Wishlist, Richelle Mead, S. A. Bodeen, Stacia Kane, Susan Beth Pfeffer, Vicki Pettersson
Tagged A Blue So Dark, April 2010 Releases, Blue Diablo, Cheat the Grave, City of Souls, Close Contact, Daemon's Mark, Dark Life, Dark Oracle, Feed, Flesh Circus, Inhuman Resources, Jekel Loves Hyde, Kiss of Death, May 2010 Releases, Moon Sworn, One Foot in the Grave, Redemption Alley, Shade, Spirit Bound, Succubus Shadows, The Dead and the Gone, The Gardener, The Reckoning, This World We Live In, Unholy Ghosts, Werewolf Smackdown, White Cat
Done with March 2010 Releases? Here are April 2010 Releases. To look into the future, check Reading Wishlist.
Posted in Ann Aguirre, Carrie Jones, Carrie Ryan, Gayle Ann Williams, Heather Davis, Jeaniene Frost, Kat Falls, Kelley Armstrong, Kim Harrison, Kylie Chan, Laura Bickle, Lori Devoti, Maria V. Snyder, Rachel Caine, Rachel Vincent, Reading Wishlist, Richelle Mead, Robin Wasserman, Sara Creasy, Susan Beth Pfeffer
Tagged Amazon Queen, April 2010 Releases, Black Magic Sanction, Blood Promise, Blue Dragon, Captivate, Crashed, Dark Life, Embers, Halfway to the Grave, Hell Fire, Inside Out, Kiss of Death, March 2010 Releases, My Soul to Save, Red Phoenix, Song of Scarabaeus, Tales of the Otherworld, The Clearing, The Dead-Tossed Waves, The Reckoning, This World We Live In, Tsunami Blue, White Tiger
6 new-to-me covers behind the cut. Since I don’t really read any book blogs anywhere, I apologise in advance if you’ve seen these elsewhere. And the books are:
Tara Kelly: Harmonic Feedback (US)
Carrie Ryan: The Dead-Tossed Waves (US) Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide)
Lili St. Crow: Betrayals (US) Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide)
Maria V. Snyder: Sea Glass (UK) Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide)
Susan Beth Pfeffer: This World We Live In (US) Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide)
Anton Strout: Dead Matter (US) Buy (US) Buy (UK) Buy (CA) Buy (Worldwide)
Posted in Carrie Ryan, Cover Art, Lili St. Crow, Susan Beth Pfeffer
Tagged Betrayals, The Dead-Tossed Waves, This World We Live In
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