Format is as follows: Title, Author, Rating, Genre

* Denotes JOINT REVIEW

** Denotes GUEST DARE

RED denotes favorite of 2009

BLUE denotes honorable mention of 2009

JANUARY:

Thea:

1. Practice Makes Perfect by Julie James, 7, Romance (Contemporary)
2. Titan by Stephen Baxter, 8, Science Fiction
3. Moonseed by Stephen Baxter, 8, Science Fiction
4. The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. LeGuin, 10, Science Fiction (Fantasy)
5. Three Days to Dead by Kelley Meding, 7, Urban Fantasy
6. Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs* by Molly Harper, 7, Chick lit (PNR)
7. Mr. Shivers by Robert Jackson Bennett, 6, Horror
8. Need* by Carrie Jones, 6, YA (Fantasy)
9. Captivate by Carrie Jones, 7, YA (Fantasy)
10. Archangel’s Kiss by Nalini Singh, 7, Romance (Paranormal)

Ana:

1. Naamah’s Kiss by Jacqueline Carey, 7, Fantasy
2. The Lonely Hearts Club by Elizabeth Eulberg, 7, YA (Chick-lit)
3. An Abundance of Katherines by John Greene, 8, YA
4. Irredeemable by Mark Waid, 9, Graphic Novel
5. Nice Girls Don’t Have Fangs* by Molly Harper, 7, Chick lit (PNR)
6. Nice Girls Don’t Date Dead Men by Molly Harper, 7, Chick lit (PNR)
7. Nice Girls Don’t Live Forever by Molly Harper, 7, Chick lit (PNR)
8. Need* by Carrie Jones, 6, YA (Fantasy)
9. Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves, 10, YA (UF)
10. Archangel’s Kiss* by Nalini Singh, 8, Romance (Paranormal)

FEBRUARY:

Thea:

1. Veracity by Laura Bynum, 8, Speculative Fiction (Dystopian)
2. Impact by Douglas Preston, 6, Science Fiction
3. Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer* by Laini Taylor, 8, YA (Fantasy)
4. Fade by Lisa McMann, 7, YA (Speculative Fiction)
5. Gone by Lisa McMann, 8, YA (Speculative Fiction)
6. A Dark Matter by Peter Straub, 7, Horror
7. Except the Queen by Jane Yolen & Midori Snyder, 8, Fantasy (Contemporary)
8. The Mark by Jen Nadol, 7, YA (Speculative Fiction)
9. Unknown by Rachel Caine, 8, UF
10. The Girl with the Mermaid Hair* by Delia Ephron, 9, YA (Contemporary)

Ana:

1. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N K Jemisin, 9, Fantasy
2. The Bride and the Buccaneer by Darlene Marshall, 6, Romance (Historical)
3. Faeries of Dreamdark: Blackbringer* by Laini Taylor, 8, YA (Fantasy)
4. A Tale of Two Demon Slayers by Angie Fox, 7, Romance (Paranormal)
5. Lex Trent Versus the Gods by Alex Bell, 8, YA (Fantasy)
6. The Girl with the Mermaid Hair* by Delia Ephron, 8, YA (Contemporary)
7. Blood of the Demon by Diana Rowland, 7, UF
8. In for a Penny by Rose Lerner, 8, Romance (Historical)

MARCH:

Thea:

1. NUM8ERS by Rachel Ward, 7, YA, Speculative Fiction
2. Incarceron by Catherine Fisher, 8, YA, Speculative Fiction (Dystopia)
3. Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde, 9, Speculative Fiction (Dystopia)
4. The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi, 7, Speculative Fiction (Dystopia)
5. Airborn by Kenneth Oppel, 8, YA (Steampunk)
6. Arcadia Snips and the Steamwork Consortium by Robert C. Rodgers, 7, YA (Steampunk)
7. Boneshaker* by Cherie Priest, 7, Speculative Fiction

Ana:

1. Something About You by Julie James, 7, Romance, Contemporary
2. The Sky is Everywhere by Jandy Nelson, 8, YA, Contemporary
3. New Blood by Gail Dayton, 4, Romance (Paranormal)
4. The Warlord of the Air by Michael Moorcock, 7, Steampunk
5. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore, 8, Graphic Novel
6. The Difference Engine by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling, 8/6, Science Fiction (Steampunk)
7. Boneshaker* by Cherie Priest, 7, Speculative Fiction