This Week in YA- January 10, 2009

Special Thanks:

• We'd like to thank Laurie Halse Anderson for her awesome interview and for linking it on her blog!
• We'd also like to thank Meg Cabot for linking our Forever Princess review on her blog and saying it was sweet!

Random:

• Laurie Halse Anderson announced the winners of her Speak and Twisted book trailer contests on her blog.
• The Van Alen Legacy, the fourth book in the Blue Bloods series by Melissa de la Cruz, has been announced to come out September 1, 2009.
• On Teenreads.com, you can vote for the finalists of for the CBC’s 2009 Teen Choice Book Award here. Voting ends January 31, 2009.

Writing Advice:

• Ally Carter posted her best writing advice on her blog.
• On Justine Larbalestier's blog, she's giving writing advice throughout the month of January.

Books that came out last week:

• The Rock and the River by Kelka Magoon
• Shelter Me by Alex McAulay
• Forever Princess by Meg Cabot
• My Fair Godmother by Janette Rallison
• Lords of Misrule by Rachel Caine
• In too Deep by Jennifer Banash
• Gatekeepers by Robert Laparulo
• Chasing Boys by Karen Tayleur

Books that come out this week:

• January 13- Puppet by Eva Wiseman
  
• January 13- Kisses and Lies by Lauren Henderson
  
• January 13- The Black Stallion and the Shape-shifter by Steven Farley
  
• January 13- The Devil's Paintbox by Victoria Mckernan
  
• January 13- The ABC's of Kissing Boys by Tina Ferraro
  
• January 13- 3 Willows: The Sisterhood Grows by Ann Brashares

-The YAthenaeum Team