{"id":656,"date":"2010-12-10T14:16:30","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T19:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.old.caraghobrien.com\/book\/?p=656"},"modified":"2010-12-10T14:47:33","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T19:47:33","slug":"favorite-ya-reads-of-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/miscellaneous\/favorite-ya-reads-of-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Favorite YA Reads of 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Pile of 2010<\/p><\/div>\n

I haven\u2019t been reading much lately because it makes me want to write instead, which I do. I\u2019m an aunt, though, and my husband and I staked out books as our gift-giving territory long ago. When I consider what to send our 23 nieces and nephews for Christmas, I start with the books I enjoyed myself. It\u2019s especially fun this year because several other writers who debuted with me in 2010 (Ness and Collins are not debuts, of course) have become my friends.<\/p>\n

Here are ten of my favorite Young Adult reads for 2010, in no particular order:<\/p>\n

1. The Knife of Never Letting Go<\/em> by Patrick Ness (\u201cOw? Todd?\u201d Best talking dog)<\/p>\n

2. Mistwood<\/em> by Leah Cypess (A shape-shifter fights her amnesia)<\/p>\n

3. The Line<\/em> by Teri Hall (It bounces you back)<\/p>\n

4. The Secret Year<\/em> by Jennifer Hubbard (Secret love, grief, and a diary)<\/p>\n

5. Three Rivers Rising<\/em> by Jame Richards\u00a0(A book-length poem experience)<\/p>\n

6. Princess for Hire<\/em> by Lindsey Leavitt\u00a0(Much silliness. \u201cPrincess me up.\u201d)<\/p>\n

7. The Dark Days of Hamburger Halpin<\/em> by Josh Berk\u00a0(An endearing guy character)<\/p>\n

8. The Life and Opinions of Amy Finawitz <\/em>by Laura Toffler-Corrie\u00a0(Snort out loud funny)<\/p>\n

9. Prisoners in the Palace<\/em> by Michaela MacColl\u00a0(Neat historical tidbits of soon-to-be Queen Victoria)<\/p>\n

10. Mockingjay<\/em> by Suzanne Collins\u00a0(Katniss brings it on)<\/p>\n

Just thinking of them all makes me want to go on another reading binge.\u00a0 Soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I haven\u2019t been reading much lately because it makes me want to write instead, which I do. I\u2019m an aunt, though, and my husband and I staked out books as our gift-giving territory long ago. When I consider what to send our 23 nieces and nephews for Christmas, I start with the books I enjoyed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=656"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":659,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/656\/revisions\/659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.caraghobrien.com\/book\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}