ARCs I’m Pining For

With the ALA Midwinter Meeting just days away, I’m getting excited to see and learn about all of the books that will be coming out in the first part of the year. While I do like the serendipity of discovering new titles on the exhibit hall floor, there are a few that I’ve heard buzz about that I will definitely be looking out for. What books are you looking forward to in the next several months?

Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi
May 2012 (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
The sequel to the Printz Award-winning The Ship Breaker

Perfect Escape by Jennifer Brown
July 2012 (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
Looks like an interesting brother/sister road trip book from the author of Hate List and Bitter End

Messy by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan
6/5/12 (Little, Brown/Poppy)
The sequel to Spoiled from the FugGirls

The Rivals by Daisy Whitney
February 2012 (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
The sequel to the Mockingbirds (which I still haven’t read, but just picked up the paperback from my local indie bookstore!)

Boy 21 by Matthew Quick
3/5/12 (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
I loved Quick’s Sorta Like a Rock Star, so am curious to see read his next book

Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver
2/28/12 (HarperCollins)
The sequel to the dystopian Delirium

Insurgent by Veronica Roth
5/1/12 (HarperCollins)
The sequel to Divergent

Bitterblue by Kristen Cashore
5/1/12 (Penguin)
The long-awaited third book in the Seven Kingdoms series (Graceling, Fire)

Fake Mustache by Tom Angleberger
4/1/12 (Abrams Books for Young Readers/Amulet Books)
Though I still haven’t read the Origami Yoda books, I know they’re popular and want to check this one out for my school library internship site.

Explorer edited by Kazu Kibuishi
3/1/12 (Abrams Books for Young Readers/Amulet Books)
This graphic novel anthology looks gorgeous with lots of contributors from the popular Flight anthologies.

Second Chance Summer by Morgan Matson
5/8/12 (S&S Books for Young Readers)
The second novel from the author of Amy & Roger’s Epic Detour

Black Heart by Holly Black
4/3/12 (Margaret K. McElderry Books/S&S)
The third book in the Curse Workers series (White Cat, Red Glove) — love the new covers too!

The Year of the Beasts by Cecil Castellucci and Nate Powell
5/22/12 (Roaring Brook Press/MacMillan)
An alternating prose/graphic novel from one of my favorite authors, Castellucci.

Perception by Kim Harrington
3/1/12 (Scholastic Point)
The sequel to Clarity

The List by Siobhan Vivian
4/1/12 (Scholastic Push)
Another interesting looking contemporary novel from Vivian (Not That Kind of Girl, Same Difference)

This is Not a Test by Courtney Summers
6/19/12 (St. Martin’s Press)
Excited to see this zombie(?) book from one of my favorite contemp authors. (This one’s up on NetGalley already!)

January 18th, 2012  ♥  Books  ♥  1 Comment »