Books I Read 8/23 - 8/29/09

Lots of Young Adult books this week for some reason.



Impossible by Nancy Werlin
Speak $8.99

Inspired by the ballad Scarborough Fair, popularized by Simon & Garfunkel, this riveting novel combines suspense, fantasy, and romance. It tells the story of a teenage girl who has nine months to break an ancient curse in order to save both herself and her unborn daughter.

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell
Back Bay Books $14.99

Making a hit-man-turned-medical-intern a sympathetic figure would be a tall order for most authors, but first-time novelist Bazell does just that in this breezy and darkly comic suspense novel.



The Strain by Guillermo del Toro
William Morrow & Company $26.99

An epic battle for survival begins between human and vampire in this heart-stopping thriller--the first in a trilogy--from the visionary creator of the Academy Award-winning Pan's Labyrinth and a Hammett Award-winning writer.



Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters by Jane Austen & Ben Winters
Quirk Books $12.95

Arriving just in time for Halloween, this strange and terrifying tongue-in-cheek novel marks a new addition to the much-acclaimed literary-occult series featuring Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.


Mirrorscape by Mike Wilks
Egmontusa $16.99 releases in October
The first installment of a new trilogy takes readers into the Mirrorscape--an amazing world accessible through paintings that is limited only by an artist's imagination.


Change-up: Mystery at the World Series by John Feinstein
Knopf $16.99

A bestselling author, journalist, and Edgar-Award winner delivers another high-stakes sports mystery, in which two teen reporters covering the World Series discover a few contradictions in the life story of a hot new pitcher.

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