Let it Snow by John Green, Maureen Johnson and Lauren Myracle Pages : 352 Genre : YA, Holidays My Rating : From Goodreads : A Christmas Eve snowstorm transforms one small town into a romantic haven, the kind you see only in movies. Well, kinda. After all, a cold and wet hike from a stranded train through the middle of nowhere would not normally end with a delicious kiss from a charming stranger. And no one would think that a trip to the Waffle...

Ex-mas by Kate Brian Pages : 216 Genre : YA, Holidays My Rating : From the back of the book : Seventeen-year-old Lila Beckwith’s parents just left for vacation, and Lila’s all set to throw the holiday party of the season. But when her Christmas-obsessed little brother, Cooper, discovers that global warming is melting the North Pole, he and his best friend, Tyler, take off on a runaway mission to save Santa. Lila has to get Cooper...

Over the Holidays by Sandra Harper Pages : 325 Genre : Fiction, Holidays My Rating : From the back of the book : It’s only December 1, and Vanessa Clayton has been dreading Christmas since she spotted tinseled trees at her local mall in September. Thankfully, she and her husband, JT, can’t afford to drag their twin boys across the country to New England for the annual celebration at her stuffy sister-in-law Patience’s home....

In a Perfect World by Laura Kasischke Pages : 309 Genre : Fiction My Rating : From the back of the book : This is the way the world ends… It was a fairy tale come true when Mark Dorn—handsome pilot, widower, tragic father of three—chose Jiselle to be his wife. The other flight attendants were jealous: She could quit now, leaving behind the million daily irritations of the job. (Since the outbreak of the Phoenix flu, passengers had...

The Guinea Pig Diaries by A. J. Jacobs Pages : 230 Genre : Non Fiction, Humor My Rating : What it’s about : You may have heard of Jacobs previous books, The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically, where he respectively read the Encyclopedia Britannica from A to Z and followed the Bible’s rules for exactly a year. With his third book, Jacobs shares a new collection of shorter experiments. Outsourcing everything in his life (from...

Jinx by Meg Cabot Pages : 262 Genre : YA, Magic My Rating : What it’s about : Jean – also known as Jinx – has always had bad luck. Moving to New York city, even this close to the end of the school year, seems like the perfect way to start her life again. Plus, she can’t wait to spend some more time with her cousin Tory : they used to have so much fun together! But “used to” is the key word, and Tory is not so...

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Pages : 288 Genre : YA, Fiction My Rating : What it’s about : When Hannah took her own life, no one understood why she did – certainly not Clay, who used to work with her and kissed her once at a party. Two weeks later, Clay comes back from school to a strange box filled with tapes waiting for him. 7 tapes, 13 stories, 1 map explaining why Hannah decided to commit suicide.  Clay is in for the most...

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Pages : 278 Genre : YA, Fiction My Rating : What it’s about : Lia and Cassie used to be best friends; they shared every secret and bet on who would be the skinniest. But now Cassie is dead, and Lia fins herself alone to confront her demons. Between her guilt for not answering her friend’s last phone calls and her family’s pressure to make her eat, Lia deals the only way she can : she...