With the holidays approaching...thought some of you might be interested in some "best of 2009 lists." I am going to try and make my own recommendations, soon...but here you go:
American Book Sellers Association Kids’ Next (Winter, 2009)
GraphicNovelReporter Graphic Novels: A Survey of Comics Readers(2009)
ALAN’s Picks: (October 2009)
New York Times Best Illustrated Books (2009)
“Best Illustrated Books.” New York Times Book Review November 8, 2009: 28
Booklist Top 10 Arts Books for Youth (2009)
Booklist Top 10 Books in Religion & Spirituality for Youth (2009)
Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Books (2009)
“Best Children’s Books of 2009.” Publishers Weekly November 2, 2009: 30-31
Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s (2009)
Kirkus Reviews Young Adult (2009)
Library Journal VOYA Best YA for Adults (2009)
Teen novel, Shiver, by Maggie Stiefvater, is like the romance of Twilight without the vampire battle scenes.
Grace was attacked by wolves as a child, and saved by a wolf with warm yellow eyes. The next several years, she feels an increasing bond with "her" wolf...and then one day he shows up, but in human form. She and Sam make up for lost time, while they also try to solve the problem of a new, unstable wolf that could threaten the safety of the whole pack.
I enjoyed this book to a point, but I also felt a little worn out of the constant expressions of love (just like I felt in the Twilight series)...but for readers who really enjoyed the romance of Twilight, I'd recommend Shiver.