100 Most Popular Young Adult Books

So I saw this post at The Book Vixen and I had to share it. Also, I just wanted to go through the list of books myself to see where I stand. :)

List Key:

Read
To Be Read
Everything Else 
If you see anything linked- it takes you to my review.

Now, THE LIST!

1. Alex Finn – Beastly 

2. Alice Sebold – The Lovely Bones

3. Ally Carter – Callagher Girls (1, 2, 3, 4) 

4. Ally Condie – Matched 

5. Alyson Noel – The Immortals (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)  

6. Anastasia Hopcus – Shadow Hills 

7. Angie Sage – Septimus Heap (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) 

8. Ann Brashares – The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (1, 2, 3, 4) 

9. Anna Godbersen – Luxe (1, 2, 3, 4) 

10. Anthony Horowitz – Alex Rider (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) 

11. Aprilynne Pike – Wings (1, 2, 3) 

12. Becca Fitzpatrick – Hush, Hush 

13. Silence Brandon Mull – Fablehaven (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 

14. Brian Selznick – The Invention of Hugo Cabret 

15. Cassandra Clare – The Mortal Instruments (1, 2, 3, 4) 

16. Carrie Jones – Need (1, 2, 3)  

17. Carrie Ryan – The Forest of Hands and Teeth (1, 2, 3, 4) 

18. Christopher Paolini - Inheritance (1, 2, 3, 4)  

19. Cinda Williams Chima – The Heir Chronicles (1, 2, 3) 

20. Colleen Houck – Tigers Saga (1, 2) 

21. Cornelia Funke – Inkheart (1, 2, 3) 

22. Ellen Hopkins – Impulse  

23. Eoin Colfer – Artemis Fowl (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) 

24. Faraaz Kazi – Truly, Madly, Deeply 

25. Frank Beddor – The Looking Glass Wars (1, 2, 3) 

26. Gabrielle Zevin – Elsewhere 

27. Gail Carson Levine – Fairest 

28. Holly Black – Tithe (1, 2, 3)  

29. J.K. Rowling – Harry Potter (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) 

30. James Dashner – The Maze Runner (1, 2)  

31. James Patterson – Maximum Ride (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) 

32. Jay Asher – Thirteen Reasons Why 

33. Jeanne DuPrau – Books of Ember (1, 2, 3, 4) 

34. Jeff Kinney – Diary of a Wimpy Kid (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) 

35. John Boyne – The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 

36. John Green – An Abundance of Katherines 

37. John Green – Looking for Alaska 

38. John Green – Paper Towns 

39. Jonathan Stroud – Bartimaeus (1, 2, 3, 4) 

40. Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl – Beautiful Creatures

41. Kelley Armstrong – Darkest Powers (1, 2, 3) 

42. Kristin Cashore – Graceling

43. Lauren Kate – Fallen  

44. Lemony Snicket - Series of Unfortunate Events (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)  

45. Libba Bray – Gemma Doyle (1, 2, 3) 

46. Lisa McMann – Dream Catcher (1, 2, 3) 

47. Louise Rennison – Confessions of Georgia Nicolson (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) 

48. M.T. Anderson – Feed  

49. Maggie Stiefvater – Shiver  

50. Margaret Peterson Haddix – Shadow Children (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) 

51. Maria V. Snyder – Study (1, 2, 3) 

52. Markus Zusak - The Book Thief 

53. Markus Zusak – I am the Messenger 

54. Mark Haddon – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time 

55. Mary Ting – Crossroads 

56. Maureen Johnson – 13 Little Blue Envelopes

57. Meg Cabot – All-American Girl (1, 2) 

58. Meg Cabot – The Mediator (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) 

59. Meg Cabot – The Princess Diaries (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) 

60. Meg Rosoff – How I live now 

61. Megan McCafferty – Jessica Darling (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 

62. Megan Whalen Turner – The Queen’s Thief (1, 2, 3, 4) 

63. Melina Marchetta – On the Jellicoe Road 

64. Melissa de la Cruz – Blue Bloods (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)  

65. Melissa Marr – Wicked Lovely (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 

66. Michael Grant – Gone (1, 2, 3, 4) 

67. Nancy Farmer – The House of the Scorpion 

68. Neal Shusterman – Unwind 

69. Neil Gaiman – Coraline 

70. Neil Gaiman – Stardust 

71. Neil Gaiman – The Graveyard Book 

72. P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast – House of Night (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 )  

73. Philip Pullman – His Dark Materials (1, 2, 3) 

74. Rachel Caine – The Morganville Vampires (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10) 

75. Rachel Cohn & David Levithan – Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist 

76. Richelle Mead – Vampire Academy (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) 

77. Rick Riordan – Percy Jackson and the Olympians (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 

78. Rom LcO’Feer – Somewhere carnal over 40 winks 

79. S.L. Naeole – Grace (1, 2, 3, 4) 

80. Sabrina Bryan & Julia DeVillers – Princess of Gossip 

81. Sarah Dessen – Along for the Ride 

82. Sarah Dessen – Lock and Key 

83. Sarah Dessen – The Truth about Forever 

84. Sara Shepard – Pretty Little Liars (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) 

85. Scott Westerfeld - Leviathan (1, 2, 3) 

86. Scott Westerfeld - Uglies (1, 2, 3)  

87. Shannon Hale – Books of a Thousand Days 

88. Shannon Hale – Princess Academy 

89. Shannon Hale – The Books of Bayern (1, 2, 3, 4) 

90. Sherman Alexie & Ellen Forney – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 

91. Simone Elkeles – Perfect Chemistry 

92. Stephanie Meyer – The Host  

93. Stephanie Meyer – Twilight Saga (1, 2, 3, 4) 

94. Sue Monk Kidd – The Secret Life of Bees 

95. Susan Beth Pfeffer – Last Survivors (1, 2, 3) 

96. Suzanne Collins – Hunger Games (1, 2, 3) 

97. Suzanne Collins – Underland Chronicles (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) 

98. Terry Pratchett – Tiffany Aching (1, 2, 3, 4) 

99. Tonya Hurley – Ghost Girl (1, 2, 3) 

100. Wendelin Van Draanen – Flipped 

Alright, I have read 59 books up there and I have 71 of the books up there in my to be read pile. Wow. That is... a lot of books. Haha.  

SO! It is YOUR turn. How many books have you read/want to read from the list above?

My April RAK!

The brilliant Book Soulmates host one of the best features ever- Random Acts of Kindness. RAK helps bloggers spread the book love around the blogosphere. Bloggers can sign up with their wish list and/or gift other bloggers books on their wish lists. I've created this post to thank our hosts and the blogger that sent me a book during the month of April! So... THANK YOU!

This month I received Dead in the Family by Charlaine Harris from Amber at AwesomeSauce Book Club! Thank you so much, Amber!!

If you want to get in on RAK check it out HERE. 

Friday Book Blog Hop #1

This week I am trying out something new- the infamous Blog Hop. If you're a new follower, welcome to RRR:) Leave a comment with your URL so I can peek around your blog. I love being introduced to new bloggers!

This week's question:  Tell us about some of your favorite authors and why they are your favorites!

My answer:  I can't say I have one particular favorite author. I'm going to give you a list instead... although I have to give a special shout out to a few that made me LOVE reading when I was younger- the authors are brilliant and relate so well with their young audience! Thank you, Lois Lowry, Paul Zindel and Stephen Chbosky for fueling my addiction to reading. Now, for the other authors that I adore: J.K. Rowling, Suzanne Collins, Patricia Briggs, J.R. Ward, Kim Harrison, Jeaniene Frost, Chuck Palahniuk, Larissa Ione... I'm sure there is more ;)

ABOUT THE HOP

The Book Blogger Hop is a place for book bloggers and readers to find new book-related blogs that we may be missing out on!  This weekly BOOK PARTY is an awesome opportunity for book bloggers to connect with other book lovers, support each other and generally just share our love of books! So, start HOPPING through the list of blogs that are posted in the Linky list!

Don't forget to check out all the GIVEAWAYS here!

Getting Personal: The Snowpocolypse -2010.

The Snowpocolypse 
So, this year the East Coast was lucky enough to encounter The Snowpocolypse. What is this, you ask? This is the biggest freaking snow storm we have had since 1996! This was actually two glorious snow storms. The first one unloaded about three feet of snow between Friday, February 5th and Saturday, February 6th. Then, like magic, the snow started kissing the earth again around 11AM on Tuesday, February 9th and finished with another 20 inches on the 10th. That is right, I called it GLORIOUS and even went as far as saying it KISSED the earth. Mostly just to drive a certain miss Belinda insane because she didn't have quite as much fun as I did ;]

So, all the pictures and videos I'm posting are of family and myself. See that picture up above? I'm stupidly jumping off the railing of my deck. My man says, 'Babe, make sure you land on your butt.' Well, duh, I say. Not 30 seconds later, I put my feet down to land. Oh, instinct, you FAIL me yet again. Whoops; I thought for about 2 minutes that I broke an ankle. Haha, I didn't, it didn't hurt after those 2 minutes were up. 

 I also wanted to share how lucky I am that it snowed in our area. Because if it never snowed, I would have NEVER met Spiderman. That's right, folks, I got to witness Spiderman shovel a porch. This is not something that happens everyday. No pictures were allowed so I had to sneak a tiny one. Apparently the snow had brought down the crime rate for those evenings- all the criminals being stuck indoors and all... Spiderman got bored.

Spiderman is not the only one who was bored while being stuck at home. Today we played outside in the snow for over 2 hours. I don't think I've played in the snow that long in foooorrrrrever. I know you're dying to check out some of the silliness. I even have videos of my baby (REX!) catching snowballs in his mouth. If you check out my YouTube page, you will find that my dog is obsessed with snowballs.

Now, no hate comments. My baby has to be tied up to a chain because if he isn't, he chases after cars... and you try holding him on a normal leash when he's chasing snowballs. Sorry, I got my fingers all mixed up in the Evidence:

And because Rex wasn't the only one having fun...

 And now... A few pictures of Snowpocolypse for the road...

Some of us hated the snow, *cough* Belinda *cough*, some of us loved it (ME!)... But I hope that whatever the circumstance that everyone stayed safe and enjoyed what they could of being stuck in the house... even if they ran out of diapers, power and/or food. ;] 

NOW.... Want to hear the other side of the story? Head on over to...

Monday Meme [4]

Good Monday, everyone! It was exhausting and frustrating for me- how about you!? That's a Monday for ya ;]  Lets thank Peace, Love & Pat for this Meme- I stole it from her!

1. Do you have a favorite author? 

Not really because I love so many... Some at the top are Jeaniene Frost, Charlaine Harris, Patricia Briggs, Jonathan Stroud, Suzanne Collins, Chuck Palahniuk... I could go on for awhile.

2. What are your favorite genres? 

Young Adult, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Paranormal Romance... really, if the book is good I love it.

3. Least favorite genre? 
Autobiographies (I think...) 

4. What fictional character are you secretly in love with? 
Eric Northman (The Southern Vampire Series), Bones (The Night Huntress Series), Revhenge (Black Dagger Brotherhood) 

5. What genre would you like to read more of but don’t? 
Chick lit. I've read a lot of really good chick-lit books, but I can't get away from the paranormal/fantasy right now. 

6. What was your favorite book when you were 10 years old? 

 The Pigman. 

7.What books are on your wish list right now? 

 There are so many.... Check out my Wish List Posts for a few ;]

Thanks for checking out my newest Monday Meme. Steal it for yourself if you haven't don it already- if you have, post a link to it in the comments so we can check it out. Had a bad Monday? Leave a comment and let me know, misery loves company! winkwink!

Monday Meme [3]

Anyone as exhausted as I am today? I guess that is Monday for you! Ah well, who says you can't have a damn good time while you're exhausted anyway ;] 

Everyone catch up on their Christmas shopping this weekend? I'm almost finished, finally! I am so excited to have more gifts to wrap. I love wrapping. Hm, maybe I should have another contest to mail out some preeessseeennnntssss! Not yet though. Not quite yet... What I have now for you is a Meme. Enjoy a little piece of me every Monday ;] 

Countdown Meme Lists 

Five things I love about books:

~ They can take you anywhere

~ They are inexpensive

~ They help me relax

~ I can create the looks of the characters

~ Fictional Boyfriends!

Four titles you really like regardless of book content: 
~ One Foot in the Grave

~ Catching Fire

~ Lover Avenged

~ Blood Bound

Three opening lines from books that grabbed you:
~ "Where you're supposed to be is some big West Hills wedding reception in a big manor house with flower arrangements and stuffed mushrooms all over the house- This is called scene setting: where everybody is, who's alive, who's dead." Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk

~ "The assassins dropped into the palace grounds at midnight, four fleet shadows dark against the wall." Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud

~ "I clasp the flask between my hands even though the warmth from the tea has long since leached into the frozen air." Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Two ending lines from books that have stayed with you:
~ "Katniss, there is no District 12." Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

~ "Mind you, since in that split second we were, to all intents and purposes, one and the same, I rather think he knew anyway." Ptolemy's Gate by Jonathan Stroud

One author who has been important in your life: 
~Charlaine Harris because without her I would not have fallen in love with the paranormal world!   

I want to know what YOUR answers are to this Meme! Already filled this one out? Leave a link in the comments- or go ahead and do it yourself in your blog or the comments section. Thanks for stopping by <3

Meme Monday [2]

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend... and I hope your week started off right (or at least better than mine did! Haha. Ugh, Monday mornings!!) Ok, well, it IS Monday and Monday brings one good thing- MEME!

Larissa over at Larissaslife.com made this Meme and because I love her and think she is brilliant, I'm doing all her Meme's every Monday. 

This week's Meme Monday is Book Couples.

Who are your top five sexiest, hottest & most smoldering book couples? Let me tell you who and why!

Cat & Bones (The Night Huntress Series) 

~Cat & Bones are amazing together- I totally feel like this is a real relationship. I can't help but get       completely worked up and excited over Bones and his delicious accent. -Oh, and I will just drool at the thought of him in that bondage club in the 3rd book. Yummy!

Zadist & Bella (Black Dagger Brotherhood)

~This is totally my favorite book in the series so far. Just something about how hardcore Zadist was and how he turned all good and mushy for Bella. I love it- who doesn't want a badass man turning soft for them? Not to mention how great he gets being an over protective daddy!

Eric Northman & Sookie Stackhouse (Southern Vampire Series)

~Ok, these two need to get together. Stay together. And let it be FOREVER. I'm sorry, Bill fans, but I love Eric Northman and I want these two to have a happily ever after! Eric is a badass but is still thoughtful, what more could you want in a man? (Other than a little mystery which Eric obviously gives us.)

Revhenge & Ehlena (Black Dagger Brotherhood)

~I love that Ehlena didn't fall right into the arms of Revhenge and that he had to really work for it. Geesh, I just love these two together. I don't even know what to say, Revhenge is so sexy. I love that he has all these businesses and that he is so intelligent. Smart and sexy? Swoonswoonswoon.

Anita & Nathaniel (Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter)

~I actually love Jason the most in these books. (I can't really explain why, I don't know. I'm *drawn* to him... haha!) Since Jason isn't really a boyfriend of Anita's and he is just a lover... I choose Nathaniel. I love that he has developed into this gorgeous man that can stand up for himself and that Anita helped him get to that point. It is so sexy when a couple helps each other grow. Anita and Nathaniel do that for each other... not to mention he is all about dominating and THAT is yummy.

Alright, I'm done throwing excitement in your face ;] Everyone better have a damn good week and do this Meme!!

Meme Monday- Hosted by Larissa

Every Monday Larissa will be hosting new Memes! Sounds *intriguing* doesn't it? I know, I love Larissa and her wondrous ideas. So, lets get this thing going!

For this meme we are supposed to use the titles of novels we have read in the past year...


Describe Yourself: Claimed by Shadow

How do you feel: Catching Fire

Describe where you currently live: Club Dead

If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Circus of the Damned

Your favorite form of transportation: Lover Eternal (I'm being a pervert.)

Your best friend is: Once Bitten, Twice Shy

You and your friends are: The Good, The Bad, and the Undead

What's the weather like: An Ice Cold Grave

Favorite time of day: Dead Until Dark

What is life to you: The Slippery Slope

Your fear: The Hostile Hospital

What is the best advice you have to give: The Perks of being a Wallflower

Thought for the Day: Lover Unbound ;]

How I would like to die: The Killing Dance

My soul's present condition: Burnt Offerings

Come join us at Larissaslife.com for awesome Meme's every Monday!