Happy Birthday Lisa Jane!

You all might know her better as L.J....as in L.J. Smith, author of the Vampire Diaries, Secret Circle, and more!  Now Miss L.J. has alot of books, so let me lay out the series for you, as a little gift to you on her birthday :)

Vampire Diaries (original)

1. The Awakening
2. The Struggle
3. The Fury
4. Dark Reunion

Vampire Diaries: The Return

1. Nightfall
2. Shadow Souls
3. Midnight

Vampire Diaries: Stefan's Diaries

1. Origins
2. Bloodlust
3. The Craving
4. The Ripper
5. The Asylum
6. The Compelled

Vampire Diaries: The Hunters

1. Phantom
2. Moonsong
3. Destiny Rising

Secret Circle

1. The Initiation
2. The Captive
3. The Power
4. The Divide
5. The Hunt
6. The Temptation


Those are the two big ones, but if you want to see everything she's written (and there is alot more!)  you can check it out here on her fantastic fiction page.  Enjoy!!!

Oh and of course, Happy Birthday L.J Smith!  We Love your books :)

March's New Books - Part 5

Planesrunner by Ian McDonald

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When fourteen-year-old Everett Singh's scientist father is kidnapped from the streets of London, he leaves a mysterious app on Everett's computer giving him access to the Infundibulum--a map of parallel earths--which is being sought by technologically advanced dark powers that Everett must somehow elude while he tries to rescue his father.

 The Hunger Pains: A Parody by Stefan Petrucha

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Presents a humorous spoof on the novel "The Hunger Games," which follows the efforts of a young girl who is roped into a survival contest in order to save her community in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world.

Americus by MK Reed

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Oklahoma teen Neal Barton stands up for his favorite fantasy series, The Chronicles of Apathea Ravenchilde, when conservative Christians try to bully the town of Americus into banning it from the public library.

Scored by Lauren McLaughlin

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Set in the future when teenagers are monitored via camera and their recorded actions and confessions plugged into a computer program that determines their ability to succeed. All kids given a "score" that determines their future potential. This score has the ability to get kids into colleges, grant scholarships, or destroy all hope for the above. Imani's score is brought down when her best friend's score plummets. Where do you draw the line between doing what feels morally right and what can mean your future? 

 Phantom by L. J. Smith

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After Elena Gilbert and vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore help save their town from a demonic spirit, a new evil arrives and sets its sights on Elena, but this time she will only have one brother to protect her.

New books for the new year =)

Here are the first new books of 2012 for the YA section!

Naruto, vol. 54 by Masashi Kishimoto

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Naruto and his team engage in an intense battle with the Akatsuki organization as both sides seek the power to determine the future of their land. Internecine fighting weakens the Akatsuki, but will their dark forces sideline Naruto?! (Jan. 3rd)

 Jessica Rules the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

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Eighteen-year-old vampire princess Jessica Packwood is in for the fight of her life--and her husband's--when Lucius is accused of a horrible crime and Jessica, trying to prove herself worthy of the throne, faces betrayal by those closest to her.

 Shimmer by Alyson Noel

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Riley, dead at age twelve and now a Soul Catcher, works with her teacher Bodhi to help Rebecca, the daughter of a former plantation owner who, furious about being murdered during a 1733 slave revolt, is keeping those who died with her from crossing over.

 On the Come Up by Travis Hunter

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Growing up in the heart of the Atlanta ghetto, siblings DeMarco and Jasmine Winslow have developed a talent for survival. By the time DeMarco was fifteen, being locked up was better than being at home. So whenever he got hungry or cold or just plain tired of living in the ghetto, he'd steal something and make sure he got caught. Jasmine, DeMarco's twin sister, hasn't had the luxury of vacationing in juvie. She's had to balance being an honor roll student with fighting off advances from her mother's boyfriend. After her mom sides with her boyfriend, Jasmine's out on the streets and running with the DIVAs, a rough group of girls.

 iBoy by Kevin Brooks

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Sixteen-year-old Tom Harvey was an ordinary Londoner until an attack that caused fragments of an iPhone to be embedded in his brain, giving him incredible knowledge and power, but using that power against the gang that attacked him and a friend could have deadly consequences.

 Stefan's Diaries: The Ripper by L. J. Smith

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The year is 1888, and the scent of blood lingers heavy in the London air.  Stefan Salvatore thought he could escape his violent origins by settling in the peaceful countryside of England, but when a heinous murderer named Jack the Ripper surfaces, Stefan fears darkness will always follow him.  Drawn into the investigation, Stefan assumes the worst: This is the work of a vampire.  And the more he learns, the more he becomes convinced that the killer is someone close to him- and that he can never outrun his past.