Jennifer Hubert's Blog, page 33

Fat Vampire by Adam Rex

What if your adolescent baby fat turned out to be a permanent situation? That's our dude Doug's issue. He's fifteen and pudgy, and now that he's been turned into a vampire, he's destined to be fifteen and pudgy forever. He's also dealing with his clueless best friend Jay's complete lack of social skillz and an [...:]

Zombies VS. Unicorns edited by Holly Black and Justine Larbalestier

Unicorns and zombies battle for supremacy in this ultra cool collection of short stories edited by YA rock stars Black and Larbalestier.  The rival authors engage in a fervent back-and-forth argument before every story, each claiming that her supernatural creature is the more badass of the two. But the spectacular stories the two editors have [...:]

The Monstrumologist: The Curse of the Wendigo by Rick Yancey

Can you say, "Squee?" Can you say, "OMG?" Can you say, "D'oh?" Friends, I said all that and more when the sequel to Rick Yancey's super creepy and incredibly gory series The Monstrumologist was deposited on my desk like an early Christmas present. In this decadently disturbing second act, young Will Henry accompanies his guardian [...:]

White Cat (Curse Workers, bk 1) by Holly Black

Cassel is an outsider in his own family. Of all the members of his immediate tribe, he is the only one without the power to change people's emotions, luck, even memory with the touch of a hand, an act known in his world as "cursing." The law prohibits those with cursing powers to wield them, [...:]

Gimme a Call by Sarah Mlynowski

What if you could go back in time and impart to your younger self all the wisdom you've acquired since those carefree, innocent days of yore? "In fifth grade, do not put marshmallows in the toaster oven, even though it seems like a good idea…Sophomore year: don't leave your retainer in a napkin in [...:]

Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi

In a dirty near future where children risk their lives scavenging scrap metal in order eat one more day, Nailer is a ship breaker. He and his crew swarm over long abandoned rusted oil tankers hunting for copper wiring and hidden caches of black gold. His life is mean, hard and cheap and every day [...:]

Scott Pilgrim: Precious Little Life, vol. 1 by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Before you tell me, I KNOW. I know Scott Pilgrim has been around since 2004 and I probably should have covered his precious little life before now. I know tons of you have already read all five volumes (#6 debuts July 2010) of his graphic novel adventures. But for those of you who haven't [...:]

Somebody Everybody Listens To by Suzanne Supplee

Retta Lee Jones has a dream to become a famous country singer like Dolly Parton or Patsy Cline. She's just been marking time in high school, waiting tables at Bluebell's Diner and longing for the moment when she can leave her small town forever and head for the bright lights of Nashville. A few weeks [...:]

The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell

Even though you know you're not supposed to watch it because it deals with lots of, a-hem, "mature" topics, I'm guessing many of the female teens (and probably lots of dudes as well) who read this blog have followed, or at the very least caught an episode of the uber-popular HBO cable show Sex [...:]

The Poison Eaters and other stories by Holly Black

Master creepologist Holly Black has collected some of her greatest short story hits (and a few new tunes) into a gleefully gruesome mix tape for your reading pleasure. Here you will meet Matilda, "The Coldest Girl in Cold Town," who runs towards vampires instead of away from them. But when she tries to save her [...:]