I thought it would be very cool to share with you my top ten as it changes over 2012, yes?
At the end of last year I made all these vlogs and failed to include so many books, such as Rival by Sara Bennett Wealer, as a favorite debut of 2012. I kicked myself for that one for weeks. I kick myself for that one, still!
So this will allow more books to shine and allow me a curve for my senior moments.
So from November 2011- February 2012:
10:
Incarnate by Jodi Meadows
Why?
People fight dragons with sci-fi weaponry, need I say more?
9:
Blood Red Road by Moira Young
Why?
It should have been near impossible to captivate me with phonetic spelling, but I was hooked on page one.
8:
Tiger Lily by Jodi Lynn Anderson
Why:
This ain't yo Mama's Peter Pan. No but, seriously, this book... it was a novel of magical realism told through the lens of an emotional contemp.
7:
Don't Breathe A Word by Holly Cupala
Why:
This is the book I would recommend to you if you claimed to hate contemporary YA.
6:
The Disenchantments by Nina Lacour
Why:
Holy Novel, Batman!
5:
Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
Why?
Bitterblue splits the difference of this list and I feel it splits the difference between Graceling and Fire. It wasn't quite Graceling-esque, but it didn't feel Fire-y, either. Regardless if you understand my babblings, or not, you're right to anticipate this one.
4:
I Now Pronounce You Someone Else by Erin McCahan
Why?
Because I still think about Bronwen and Jared. They would be the couple my love and I did stuff with all the time. Bronwen and I would be pregnant together and call the babies "twins." We would throw elaborate dinner parties and only invite each other. No, seriously, Erin McCahan wrote my best friend.
3:
Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley
Why?
Cath is my spirit animal. She knows this.
I wish the following two could tie. They are completely different genres, but either could have come in at number one.
2:
Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin
Why?
Oh man, why not? This cover is no fool's gold, this here is the real deal, a beautiful cover for a wondrous novel.
1:
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone by Kat Rosenfield
Why?
I learned at ALA that Julie Strauss-Gabel (that's John Green and Nina Lacour's editor, if you didn't know) edited this one and said it was the best debut she's ever read. I think I may agree.
Precision point wording, a compelling story and imagery so vivid and raw you feel like you're suffocating alongside the two main character's.
I think I'll do this three more times over the year, as sort of a quarterly thing.
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