To Be Read

I love new books. I love buying them at the bookstore. I adore them coming to my mailbox from Amazon. I love 'em. I only hate the way they tempt me away from my own keyboard...

I just finished reading DATE ME BABY ONE MORE TIME by Stephanie Rowe. Cute and sexy story about the guardian of the Goblet of Eternal Youth and a hero out to break a family curse. Loved it.

Currently reading MAXIMUM RIDE by James Patterson -- a YA about genetically engineered kids who can fly and are on the loose from their prison/laboratory. Very action packed. I had to quit reading it at night, and I'm not even an old person. Ha. I'll come back to it.

Plus, SPECIALS by Scott Westerfeld arrived via Amazon this week. (Just released!) It's the genius third book in his Uglies series about a distant future where plastic surgery and bubblegum minds are the norm and a group of kids try to buck the system. He's got great characters and is a master world-builder. So far, I'm halfway through the book. I have to force myself to slow down and savor the story.

Next up in the TBR pile is I'D TELL YOU I LOVE YOU, BUT THEN I'D HAVE TO KILL YOU by Ally Carter, who I met briefly in Reno at the RWA conference last summer. She was so sweet and the book (in hardcover, no less) looks like a lot of fun.

Then, I'm on to TWILIGHT by Stephanie Meyer -- which I can't believe I haven't read yet, working in YA paranormal myself. I will force myself to finish my own YA revisions before I delve into that dark world. And it's set in the Northwest, in a town I've often been to. Can't wait to read it.

So, I have a lot to read this month -- and a ton to write.

What is in your TBR pile, guys?