Soooooo Maaaannnnnyyyyy YA Speculative Fiction Booooooookkkkkkkkkksssss!

This is my third post highlighting books from the lists of Cybils nominees. I dealt with Middle-Grade Spec Fic here and Middle-Grade Fiction here.  Now I'll get into YA! This post looks somewhat different because I just discovered that it's way easier to copy and paste from the Cybil's list instead of trying to force Blogger to put imported pictures in a nice arrangement! (And it even keeps the links intact! (I think))

Nominated books I know nothing about but the title/cover look intriguing:

A Murder of Magpies

By Sarah Bromley

Archivist Wasp

By Nicole Kornher-Stace

I Heart Robot

By Suzanne Van Rooyen

Rebel Mechanics: All is Fair in Love and Revolution

By Shanna Swendson

Rook

By Sharon Cameron

The Emperor of Any Place

By Tim Wynne-Jones

The Unhappening of Genesis Lee

By Shallee McArthur

The Weight of Feathers: A Novel

By Anna-Marie McLemore

Until Beth

By Lisa Amowitz

Books I've heard great things about and really want to read:

A History of Glitter and Blood

By Hannah Moskowitz

Beastly Bones: A Jackaby Novel

By William Ritter

I haven't read Jackaby yet but these sound really fun!

Bone Gap

By Laura Ruby

People just won't shut up about this one!

Court of Fives

By Kate Elliott

Serpentine

By Cindy Pon

The Rest of Us Just Live Here

By Patrick Ness

Really excited for this one. Great premise, and Patrick Ness!

The Scorpion Rules (Prisoners of Peace)

By Erin Bow

Getting lots of hype, and I love the premise.

The Shadow Cabinet (The Shades of London)

By Maureen Johnson

Enjoyed the first two of this series.

The Sleeper and the Spindle

By Neil Gaiman

Of course I want this one.

Walk on Earth a Stranger (Gold Seer Trilogy)

By Rae Carson

Books I've read (and loved!):

Prairie Fire 

By E. K. Johnston

This is book two of a duology;

I reviewed the first book of the duo here

Pure Magic (Black Dog) (Volume 3)

By Rachel Neumeier

My brief reviews of Pure Magic and Darkest Part of Forest here

The Darkest Part of the Forest

By Holly Black

The Raven Cycle #3: Blue Lily, Lily Blue

By Maggie Stiefvater

My review here

Soooo Maaaaaannny Middle Grade Fiction Boooooookkkkkkksss!

This is my second post highlighting some of the many books nominated for the Cybils this year. On Friday I went through the Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction list and pulled out a bunch that caught my eye.

Today I'll list a few from the Middle-Grade Fiction nominees (follow the link for the full list):

Title or cover appeals to me:

Books I've heard good things about:

It's Rebecca Stead. Say no more.

They decide to become detectives
after reading Dorothy Sayers

This one sounds hilarious!

Ada Lovelace and Mary Shelly
set up a detective agency!

I've got to read these;
everyone loves the
Penderwicks

Such a cool premise:
training wolves to return
to the wild. In Russia.

And the only book on the list I've read:

'It' girl and science nerd become stepsiblings. Very funny. My review here.

Soooo maaaaannnnnnny Elementary/Middle Grade Spec Fic booooooooookkkkkkkkks . . .

TBR pile getting a little short? Looking for something new to read? Have you visited the Cybils site yet??

Public nominations closed yesterday (authors and publishers can nominate their own books now), and there are some seriously awesome lists of great books published in the last year. I thought I'd just highlight a few for you over the next few days, in case looking at the whole list is too overwhelming!

Elementary/Middle-Grade Speculative Fiction (the link takes you to the Cybils' list)

Books I'm interested in because of their authors:

A new Princess Academy
book! Yay!

A sequel to one of the funniest
books in the world. So excited!

This one looks so cute!

Gaiman is so good at creepy!

I really like his adult series,
but haven't read these ones.
Great cover.

I still have to read
The Iron Trial. With these
two authors I'm sure
this series is great

Books I'm interested in because of their titles:

Books I'm interested in because of people's reviews:

Books I've actually read:

Cuckoo Song: brilliant, creepy, wonderful book

Jinx's Fire: great ending to a great series. Love Jinx. (And I never reviewed this one. Will have to get on that.)

The Nest: Just read this today; review coming soon. Reminds me of A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness.

  

I can't believe I've only read three books out of the entire list of nominees! (I am so behind on my TBR . . .)