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Books to Read (Forthcoming Releases)
This particular list features forthcoming titles I would like to read. The majority of the books listed below are young adult fiction and juvenile fiction. If I read and review an advanced copy, I link the title to my review. At the close of every month, I move that month's remaining titles from this list to my backlist of books to read.

June 2009
Alibi Junior High by Greg Logsted
Along for the Ride by Sarah Dessen
Always by Alison McGhee and Pascal Lemaitre
Bedtime Kiss for Little Fish by Lorie Ann Grover
Canterwood Crest #3: Behind the Bit by Jessica Burkhart
Don't Judge a Girl by Her Cover by Ally Carter (third in the Gallagher Girls series)
Dork Diaries: Tales from a Not-So-Fabulous Life written and illustrated by Rachel Renee Russell
The Demon's Lexicon by Sarah Rees Brennan
Drive Me Crazy by Erin Downing
Emily the Strange: The Lost Days by Rob Reger and Jessica Gruner
Every Summer by Claire Hennessy
Fairy Lust by Cyn Balog
Goddess Boot Camp by Tera Lynn Childs (read, review to come; sequel to Oh. My. Gods.)
Intensely Alice by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
It's Not You, It's Me by Kerry Cohen Hoffmann (read, review to come)
It's Picture Day Today! by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Katherine Tillotson
Julia Gillian (and the Quest for Joy) by Alison McGhee (read, review to come)
Juicy Gossip by Erin Downing (read)
Killer by Sara Shepard (the sixth book in the Pretty Little Liars series)
Likely Story: Red Carpet Riot by David Van Etten
Love You Hate You Miss You by Elizabeth Scott (read, review to come)
Mare's War by Tanita S. Davis (read, review to come)
Me, My Elf & I by Heather Swain
Nothing but Ghosts by Beth Kephart
Paris Pan Takes the Dare by Cynthea Liu
Posh and Prejudice by Grace Dent
Sea Change by Aimee Friedman (read, review to come)
Tempo Change by Barbara Hall
Twenty Boy Summer by Sarah Ockler
Umbrella Summer (previously titled Allergic to Chocolate) by Lisa Graff

July 2009
Access Denied (and Other Eighth Grade Error Messages) by Denise Vega (Sequel to Click Here: To Find Out How I Survived Seventh Grade)
Days of Little Texas by R.A. Nelson
Girl to the Core by Stacey Goldblatt
The Homeschool Liberation League by Lucy Frank
The Importance of Wings by Robin Friedman
The Little Red Elf by Barbara Barbieri McGrath, illustrated by Rosalinde Bonnet
Secrets of Truth and Beauty by Megan Frazer
Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde
So Punk Rock (and Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother) by Micol Ostow and Dave Ostow The Theatre Illuminata by Lisa Mantchev
The Trouble with Mark Hopper by Elissa Brent Weissman
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
X-Men Misfits #1 by Raina Telgemeier, Dave Roman, and Anzu

August 2009
After by Amy Efaw
Blue Plate Special by Michelle D. Kwasney
Camille McPhee Fell Under the Bus by Kristen Tracy (read, review to come)
Canterwood Crest #4: Triple Fault by Jessica Burkhart
Donut Days by Lara Zielin
Fashionista: A Bradford Novel by Micol Ostow
The Funeral Director's Son: Kip Campbell's Gift by Coleen Murtagh Paratore
Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd by M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, Tracy Lynn, Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Barry Lyga, Wendy Mass, Garth Nix, Scott Westerfield, Lisa Yee, and Sara Zarr, edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci, with illustrations from Hope Larson and Bryan Lee O'Malley
How It Ends by Laura Wiess
The Indigo Notebook by Laura Resau
Judy Moody & Stink: The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt by Megan McDonald, illustrated by Peter Reynolds
Lipstick Apology by Jennifer Jabaley
Meridian by Amber Kizer (read)
Only a Witch Can Fly by Alison McGhee, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo
Prophecy of the Sisters by Michelle Zink
The Sisters Club: Rule of Three by Megan McDonald (sequel to The Sisters Club)
Snap by Carol Snow
The Treasure Map of Boys by E. Lockhart (the third Roo book)
Violet Wings by Victoria Hanley
Waiting for You by Susane Colasanti
Where the Streets Had a Name by Randa Abdel-Fattah (released in Australia in 2008)

Fall 2009
As You Wish by Jackson Pearce
Black Mountain Road by Jennifer R. Hubband
The Comeback by Marlene Perez
The Espressologist by Kristina Springer
Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan
Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe
Going Bovine by Libba Bray
The Line by Teri Hall
My Invented Life by Lauren Bjorkman
Neverland by Dan Elconi
Stupid Cupid by Rhonda Stapleton

September 2009
According to Kit by Eugene Doyle
BFF by Lauren Myracle
Black is for Beginnings by Laurie Faria Stolarz
Brushing Mom's Hair by Andrea Cheng
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (sequel to The Hunger Games)
Crashed by Robin Wasserman
Dani Noir by Nova Ren Suma
Forest Born by Shannon Hale
Give Up the Ghost by Megan Crewe
Hate List by Jennifer Brown
The Miles Between by Mary E. Pearson (read, review to come)
My Invented Life by Lauren Bjorkman
Operation Yes! by Sara Lewis Holmes
Positively by Courtney Sheinmel (read, review to come)
Rage: A Love Story by Julie Anne Peters
Road to Tater Hill by Edith M. Hemingway
Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Viola in Reel Life by Adriana Trigiani

October 2009
Beautiful by Amy Reed
Come to the Fairies' Ball by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Gary Lippincott
Fat Cat by Robin Brande
Good Neighbors, Volume 2 by Holly Black and Ted Naifeh
Hold Still by Nina LaCour
Legacy by Tom Sniegoski (read, review to come)
Lips Touch by Laini Taylor
Love Ya Bunches by Lauren Myracle
Once Was Lost by Sara Zarr
Paisley Hanover Kisses and Tells by Cameron Tuttle
Wag by Patrick McDonnell

November 2009
Deadly Little Lies by Laurie Faria Stolarz
The Waking, Book One: Dreams of the Dead by Thomas Randall (read, highly recommended)

December 2009
What I Wore to Save the World by Maryrose Wood (third book in the line: read Why I Let My Hair Grow Out first, then read How I Found the Perfect Dress)

Sometime in 2009
Finnikin of the Rock by Melina Marchetta (released in Australia in 2008)
Gimme a Call by Sarah Mlynowski
The Grimm Collection by Polly Shulman
Night Swimming by Natasha Friend
Princess Ugg by Ted Naifeh
Science, The Apocalypse, and Me (the first in the Chaos Theory quartet) by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

January 2010
Take Two by Julia DeVillers and Jennifer Roy
Very LeFreak by Rachel Cohn

March 2010
The Unwritten Rule by Elizabeth Scott

April 2010
For Keeps by Natasha Friend
Will Grayson, Will Grayson by David Levithan and John Green

Spring 2010
Past Perfect by Siobhan Vivian

June 2010
Julia Gillian (and the Art of Being Human) by Alison McGhee

August 2010
Sea by Heidi R. Kling

September 2010
Still Sucks to Be Me by Kimberly Pauley (sequel to Sucks to Be Me: The All-True Confessions of Mina Hamilton, Teen Vampire (Maybe))

Fall 2010
Clara Lee, Dream Genius in Training by Jenny Han
Let's Bring Back by Lesley M.M. Blume
Restoring Harmony by Joëlle Anthony
Skin and Bones by Dawn Metcalf
Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker by Robin Palmer

Winter 2010
Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers

Sometime in 2010
Apart by Jennifer Bradbury
Fourteen by Lauren Myracle
Gert Garibaldi's Rants and Raves: From Butt to Booty by Amber Kizer
The Heart is Not a Size by Beth Kephart
Kissing in the Dark by Lauren Henderson (follow-up to Kiss Me, Kill Me and Kisses and Lies)
Lord Sunday by Garth Nix
Lynnvisible by Julia DeVillers
Magic Under Glass by Jaclyn Dolamore
The Naughty List by Suzanne Young
Sincerely, Sophie by Courtney Sheinmel
Sincerely, Katie by Courtney Sheinmel
Surviving Prague With Veronica Knox by Kristen Tracy
Tell Me a Secret by Holly CupalaWake the Hollow by Gaby Triana

Sometime in 2011
OTMA: Daughters of the Tsar by Sarah Miller
You Can't Even Measure It by Courtney Sheinmel