Great article on the Publishing Trends website, that I found through YALitChat:
http://www.publishingtrends.com/2010/05/now-in-hardcover-the-series-in-2010/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Some really interesting and useful information, for those in the YA genre.
According to USA TODAY, the following is a list of the top 20 best selling books, based on sales through Sunday, 5/23/2010. For reviews, book news and a searchable archive of USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list, visit:
http://tiny.cc/j2ekl
1 Spirit Bound, Richelle Mead (Razorbill), $17.99
2 61 Hours, Lee Child (Delacorte Press), $28.00
3 Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything, Geneen Roth (Scribner), $24.00
4 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $14.95
5 The Kane Chronicles, Book 1: The Red Pyramid, Rick Riordan (Hyperion), $17.99
6 The Girl Who Played With Fire, Stieg Larsson (Vintage), $15.95
7 Storm Prey, John Sandford (Putnam Adult), $27.95
8 Dead in the Family, Charlaine Harris (Ace), $25.95
9 Spoken From the Heart, Laura Bush (Scribner), $30.00
10 Burned, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast (St. Martin's Griffin), $17.99
11 The Last Song, Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing), $7.99
12 Savor the Moment, Nora Roberts (Berkley), $16.00
13 Heart of the Matter, Emily Giffin (St. Martin's Press), $26.99
14 The 9th Judgment, James Patterson, Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown), $27.99
15 Oh, the Places You’ll Go!, Dr. Seuss (Random House), $17.00
16 The Help, Kathryn Stockett (Putnam Adult), $24.95
17 Innocent, Scott Turow (Grand Central), $27.99
18 Run for Your Life, James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge (Vision), $9.99
19 Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 5: The Last Olympian, Rick Riordan (Disney-Hyperion), $17.99
20 The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine, Michael Lewis (W. W. Norton & Co.), $27.95
Have you read any of them?
So I just finished reading The Forest of Hands and Teeth - and I'm almost finished with the second book in that series, The Dead-Tossed Waves - both by Carrie Ryan.
Carrie has a very interesting imagination - and her writing is pretty incredible! I flew through both books in just a couple of days.
http://www.carrieryan.com/
If you're looking for something great to read - something post apocalyptic and with a few zombies thrown in - this series is for you!
FYI - according to Carrie's website:
NEWS!
THE DARK AND HOLLOW PLACES
3rd book in The Forest of Hands and Teeth series
Coming in Spring 2011
Oh please let me find other great books to read, until then...
Summer Books to Watch
The Wall Street Journal posted today, it's top picks for Summer books to watch.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704852004575258561780504010.html
The WSJ's "Big Reads" are:
A Visit From the Goon Squad
Jennifer Egan
Mr. Peanut
Adam Ross
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
David Mitchell
In the Name of Honor
Richard North Patterson
What Is Left the Daughter
Howard Norman
The Cookbook Collector
Allegra Goodman
Star Island
Carl Hiaasen
Super Sad True Love Story
Gary Shteyngart
I Curse the River of Time
Per Petterson
Turbulence
Giles Foden
Nonfiction
Hitch 22
Christopher Hitchens
Blind Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth
James Tabor
How Did You Get This Number
Sloane Crosley
Long for This World: The Strange Science of Immortality
Jonathan Weiner
Brilliant: The Evolution of Artificial Light
Jane Brox
See? Everyone starts somewhere. I wonder what those that rejected any of the 50 included on this list, are doing now (aside from continuing to kick themselves). J.K. Rowling? Stephen King? Dr. Seuss?
Wow.
http://www.onlinecollege.org/2010/05/17/50-iconic-writers-who-were-repeatedly-rejected/
Always helps to put things in perspective and to keep pushing forward...no matter what.
