R.A. Nelson





R.A. Nelson

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R.A. Nelson is the author of the novels TEACH ME and BREATHE MY NAME, both nominated to the YALSA Best Books for Young Adults list. Nelson’s third book is DAYS OF LITTLE TEXAS, coming out on July 14 with Knopf. He is working on his fourth book, THROAT, slated for Fall 2010, also with Knopf.

Nelson was chosen as a Horn Book Newcomer in 2005 and his books have been recognized by the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age list, Booksense Kid Picks, the Miami Herald Best Books of the Year, teenreads.com Best Books of the year, the Michigan Library Thumbs Up! list (Top Twenty), and many other awards and lists.

His novels are also very popular in Germany, published by Ravensburger, where BREATHE MY NAME is published under the title SHINE.

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Came home and went swimming with the guys. Now I'm sneezing like crazy. I must be allergic to chlorine. Beautiful day, only 96 degrees, har har. This is mostly just a test post which I will no doubt rapidly delete. I have been following the world cup to a certain extent. Soccer is such an odd game. Nobody ever knows when a match is going to end, so there is no sense of urgency, the clock tickin... read more »
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Average rating: 3.57 · 2,395 ratings · 453 reviews · 4 distinct works
Teach Me
3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 1,257 ratings — published 2007 — 8 editions
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Breathe My Name
3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 661 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
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Throat
3.46 of 5 stars 3.46 avg rating — 373 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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Days of Little Texas
3.57 of 5 stars 3.57 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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“This is the thing about life I've never really understood until now: we try so hard to control it, but bad things happen anyway. The only real control is an anti-control, a letting go.”
R.A. Nelson, Teach Me

“There is not a name for what I'm feeling. There is no description for it.
To call it yearning would be like calling the ocean water.
Whatever this thing is, it shoves you inside itself and you can't measure its boundaries because they go too far and you don't have enough time. Or you move toward the boundaries and they move away.
There has been an earthquake in my life.
Catastrophic, civilization-ending.”
R.A. Nelson, Teach Me

“Why do people need other people so much? Why can't we just do our work and go home? Why do we have to talk and touch and dream together?”
R.A. Nelson, Teach Me

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NOVEMBER group read poll #1:

What book would you like to see for our November group read?

A Hunger Like No Other (Immortals After Dark, #2) - A Hunger Like No Other by Kresley Cole - Immortals After Dark #1
 
  22 votes, 16.9%

The Turning (Blood Ties, #1) - The Turning by Jennifer Armintrout - Blood Ties #1
 
  20 votes, 15.4%

Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1) - Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh - Guild Hunter #1
 
  20 votes, 15.4%

Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) - Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris - Sookie Stackhouse #1
 
  19 votes, 14.6%

Interview With the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) - Interview With the Vampire by Anne Rice - The Vampire Chronicles #1
 
  13 votes, 10.0%

Throat - Throat by R.A. Nelson (stand-alone)
 
  8 votes, 6.2%

The Greyfriar (Vampire Empire, #1) - The Greyfriar by Clay Griffith - Vampire Empire #1
 
  7 votes, 5.4%

The Vampire Voss (Regency Draculia #1) - The Vampire Voss by Colleen Gleason - Regency Draculia #1
 
  7 votes, 5.4%

Burning Alive (Sentinel Wars, #1) - Burning Alive by Shannon K. Butcher - Sentinel Wars #1
 
  7 votes, 5.4%

Blood Destiny (Blood Curse, #1) - Blood Destiny by Tessa Dawn - Blood Curse #1
 
  7 votes, 5.4%

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