Lincoln Award List 2011

Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - Sherman Alexie
Artichoke's Heart - Suzanne Supplee
Boot Camp - Todd Strasser
Deadline - Chris Crutcher finished Summer 2010
Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks - E. Lockhart
Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
Evermore: the Immortals - Alyson Noel
Graceling-Kristin Cashore
Hold Tight - Harlan Coben
House Rules: a Memoir - Rachel Sontag
Hunger Games - Suzanne Collins finished 2009
Jerk, California - Jonathan Friesen finished Jan 2011
Just Listen - Sarah Dessen
Paper Towns - John Greene
Perfect Chemistry - Simone Elkeles
Right Behind You - Gale Giles
Rucker Park Setup - Paul Volponi
Spanking Shakespeare - Jake Wizner
Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini
Twisted - Laurie Halse Anderson
Unwind - Neal Shusterman
Wake - Lisa McMann finished Spring 2010

REAL vampires

I'm about 30 pages into Interview with the Vampire, and I'm already seeing why all those vampire authors these days should be sending half of their paychecks to Anne Rice. It's so different from the YA books I read allll year long and guilt myself into reading all summer long too. I'm fighting deterioration (though I love YA books) of my brain by reading something meant for adult eyes only! Although, some of these YA books are scandalous! Anyways, I love how the words fill the page and the complex sentences. I can actually feel my brain pulsing with pleasure as I read this. It's so addicting. This was going to be a pool-side read only, but I can't seem to stop myself from going back to the bedside table where I keep my am- and must-reads piled up and ripping it open to read "just a few more pages".