Welcome to month one of the 2012 YA Contemporary Challenge! I hope you guys are just as excited about this as I am. If you haven’t yet signed up, you still have time. Just create a post on your blog about the challenge and link back on this post!
Now, on to this month’s releases. 2012 ARCs of contemporaries count whenever you read them in 2012 but these are the specific January releases.
What Boys Really Want by Pete Hautman – January 1
The Fault In Our Stars by John Green – January 10
The Queen Of Kentucky by Alecia Whitaker – January 2
Try Not To Breathe by Jennifer R. Hubbard – January 19
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler and Maira Kalman – December 27, 2011
Winter’s Kiss by Jennifer Echols and Catherine Hapka – January 3
Never Eighteen by Megan Bostic – January 17
Fracture by Megan Miranda – January 17
Addison Blakely: Confessions Of A PK by Betsy St. Amant – January 1
Bittersweet by Sarah Ockler – January 3
Black Boy White School by Brian F. Walker – January 3
Cracked by K.M. Walton – January 3
Ditched: A Love Story by Robin Mellom – January 10
Don’t Breathe A Word by Holly Cupala – January 3
Getting Over Garrett Delaney by Abby McDonald – January 24
The International Kissing Club by Ivy Adams – January 3
Love? Maybe by Heather Hepler – January 5
Lovetorn by Kavita Daswani – January 17
The Statistical Probability Of Love At First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith – January 2
The Darlings In Love (The Darlings #2) by Melissa Kantor – January 10
The Edumacation Of Jay Baker by Jay Clark – January 31
So many good books! I have a feeling my book budget is not going to hold up for long this year..:P
I’m so excited for The Statistical Probability Of Love At First Sight! I’m all giddy with excitement! Can’t wait! 🙂
ikr/ can’t wait 4 The Statistical Probability Of Love At First Sight/only need a copy
So many good releases! I’m reading Getting Over Garrett Delaney right now and it’s super cute. Can’t wait to read a ton of the others on this list :]
Try Not To Breathe was a really good contemporary. There were some heavy themes, but well handled.