Check out day one and day two of the Library of Alexandra Book Awards 2013.  If there’s one book category that I can read any day, it’s young adult. The novels are so easy to dive into and they usually have truly amazing stories. Here’s a list of the ones that I read this year:

I use Grammarly’s free grammar check online because I’m an honorary member of the grammar police.  Yesterday I shared my top reads of this year but there are far more books that deserved recognition. I’ve read close to 100 books this year, naturally developing some favorites. Here’s the initial lists of the books I’ve read, placed into…