My year at Kirkus: a roundup.
A list of the books I covered in my Kirkus column this year:
Everybody Sees the Ants, by A.S. King
New Girl, by Paige Harbison
Anna Dressed in Blood, by Kendare Blake
The Shattering, by Karen Healey
Misfit, by Jon Skovron
The Girls of No Return, by Erin Saldin
Love? Maybe, by Heather Hepler
Mad Love, by Suzanne Selfors
Graffiti Moon, by Cath Crowley
The Springsweet, by Saundra Mitchell
Guy Langman, Crime Scene Procastinator, by Josh Berk
The Humming Room, by Ellen Potter
Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes, by Lauren Child
The Obsidian Blade, by Pete Hautman
Immortal Beloved, by Cate Tiernan
Grave Mercy, by Robin LaFevers
The Immortal Rules, by Julie Kagawa
A Breath of Eyre, by Eve Marie Mont
Losers in Space, by John Barnes
Keeping the Castle, by Patrice Kindl
Gilt, by Katherine Longshore
Code Name Verity, by Elizabeth Wein
Cross My Heart, by Sasha Gould
Keep Holding On, by Susane Colasanti
Dreamless, by Josepine Angelini
No Safety in Numbers, by Dayna Lorentz
The Girl in the Clockwork Collar, by Kady Cross
Shadow and Bone, by Leigh Bardugo
For Darkness Shows the Stars, by Diana Peterfreund
Bloodlines, by Richelle Mead
Flirting in Italian, by Lauren Henderson
Dust Girl, by Sarah Zettel
Dangerous Boy, by Mandy Hubbard
Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone, by Kat Rosenfield
The Girl with Borrowed Wings, by Rinsai Rosetti
Insignia, by S.J. Kincaid
Wicked Jealous, by Robin Palmer
Throne of Glass, by Sarah J. Maas
The Kill Order, by James Dashner
The Demon Catchers of Milan, by Kat Beyer
Since You Left Me, by Allen Zadoff
The Blood Keeper, by Tessa Gratton
Girl of Nightmares, by Kendare Blake
Unspoken, by Sarah Rees Brennan
The Edge of Nowhere, by Elizabeth George
Beyond, by Graham McNamee
The Other Normals, by Ned Vizzini
The Crown of Embers, by Rae Carson
Crusher, by Niall Leonard
Shadowfell, by Juliet Marillier
The Innocents, by Lili Peloquin
Amber House, by Kelly Moore
Nerve, by Jeanne Ryan
Lucid, by Adrienne Stoltz and Ron Bass
Ironskin, by Tina Connolly
Venom, by Fiona Paul
Velveteen, by Daniel Marks
Colin Fischer, by Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz
Sirens, by Janet Fox
Flash Point, by Nancy Kress
Burning Blue, by Paul Griffin
The Farm, by Emily McKay
The Believing Game, by Eireann Corrigan
Not Exactly a Love Story, by Audrey Couloumbis
And then, there were some columns that focused on broader topics:
Depictions of the afterlife in YA, with mentions of Jess Rothenberg’s The Catastrophic History of You & Me, Neal Schusterman's Everlost, and Before I Fall, by Lauren Oliver.
Jack the Ripper in YA, with mentions of Stefan Petrucha's Ripper, Amy Reeves' Ripper, and Maureen Johnson's In the Name of the Star
2012 in Review: my highlights of the year
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Previously: 2011.