Books
Her Royal Spyness by Rhys Bowen
The Knitting Circle by Ann Hood
The Lord of the Sands of TIme by Issui Ogawa
The Barbed Rose by Gail Dayton
Skin Hunger: A Resurrection of Magic by Kathleen Duey
Manga and Graphic Novels
High School Debut #10
Nana #17
Bloody Kiss #1
Game X Rush #1
Vampire Knight #1, 2 (reread)
Honey Hunt #2
Marmalade Boy #1-8
Maid Sama #2
Tsubasa: [...]

The Lord of the Sands of Time by Issui Ogawa
I was curious about the new Viz line of scifi books, Haikasoru. I tend to enjoy books about time wars because I like the complexity found in the idea that a battle in the past can change the future of time traveling soldiers. In The Lord [...]

Books
Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
Poison Study, Magic Study, and Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
Beyond Heaving Bosoms by Sarah Wendell and Candy Tan
A Company of Swans by Eva Ibbotson
Manga and Graphic Novels
Two Flowers for the Dragon #2
Boys Over Flowers #36
Detroit Metal City #1
Shirley #1
Emma #8
Angel and the Aromatic Bitters by Erica Sakurazawa
Nana #16
Tsubasa: Those [...]

Power Pack Classic Volume 1 by Louise Simonson and June Brigman
This is a title I read as a kid that I’m excited to see in print again. Although Power Pack has had new adventures, this trade paperback reprints the first 10 issues of the series from 1994. Alex, Julie, Jack, and Katie Power are normal [...]

These wordless books for young readers are whimsical and imaginative, providing a great introduction to the comic book medium.
Polo and the Magic Flute by Regis Faller

Polo is a little dog who lives in a tree surrounded by the sea. He goes out on his boat to catch some fish but a whale leaps over his [...]

Books
Club Dead, Dead as a Doornail, Dead and Gone by Charlaine Harris
Christopher’s Ghosts by Charles McCarry
Your Two Year Old: Terrible or Tender by Louise Bates Ames
Life as We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Sally Lockhart Quartet by Philip Pullman
Irish Trilogy by Nora Roberts
Manga & Graphic Novels
Sand Chronicles #5
Moon Child #1-3
Skip Beat #18
Two Flowers for the [...]

While stranded in Illinois with only one book that I don’t much feel like reading, I snagged Philip Pullman’s Sally Lockhart books from my little sister’s room and read them in a few days. The adventures of an atypical Victorian heroine in a gritty version of London were extremely entertaining.
The Ruby in the Smoke
The first [...]

Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
This is what my YA book club is reading this month. Life as We Knew It is a harrowing and gripping story that details one family’s life after a meteor collides with the moon. It is written in diary format, as Miranda chronicles her daily life at [...]

Books
Need by Carrie Jones
Eon: Dragoneye Reborn by Alison Goodman
When Will There Be Good News? by Kate Atkinson
Wicked Lovely by Melissa Marr (reread)
A Song for Summer and The Morning Gift by Eva Ibbotson – More YA historical romances, set during WWII. Plenty of character-based humor. I’m glad these books are being reprinted.
Dead Until Dark, and Living [...]

Books about girls disguising themselves as men are fairly common in the YA fantasy genre, but Eon combines disguise, dragons, and a historic Asian setting to come up with an extremely readable novel. Eon is being raised as a boy by her master as one of the eleven candidates for the Rat Dragon. Dragons and [...]