... Book Club Selections of 2009 (as chosen by Great Book Bloggers). My contribution to the list is Justina Chen Headley’s book North of Beautiful, which I read with my mother-daughter book club ... the lists at Flashlight Worthy Books. And as a reminder, here’s a link to my previous review of North of Beautiful. You may also want to check out my interview with author Justina Chen Headley.

... last day I have to possibly pick it up, in hopes that I might read some of what is already in the house first (yah right). I mean, I DO still have 21 books out, though.  Let’s recap what I still have out, shall we? North of beautiful / Justina Chen Headley. The invisible mountain / Carolina De Robertis. The strange case of hellish Nell : the ...

... , but I never posted my review here. It’s on the Mock Printz list this year, and I’m pleased as punch. North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley I’m almost tempted to make this a 5 star book because it seems like such a perfect example of what a YA novel should be. It’s thoughtful, but never slow. The characters feel real, ...

... on her blog here: “Cover twins” are another interesting phenomenon in the world of book covers which happens when two covers use the same stock photo as happened with North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley and Evermore by Alyson Noel. Their specific “twin-ness” is discussed here: Finally, if ...

Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson Going Bovine by Libba Bray North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley Everything is Fine by Ann Dee Ellis The Devil’d Paintbox by Victoria Mckernan SLOB by Ellen Potter Flygirl by Sherri Smith When you Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork We are meeting on January 3, 2010.

... ) Neil Gaiman's Fragile Things Ander Monson's Other Electricities Michio Kao's Hyperspace Patricia Gaffney's Wild at Heart Justina Chen Headley's Girl Overboard Maile Meloy's Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It Vladimir Nabokov short stories Zilpha Keatley Snyder's The Egypt Game Kelly Link ...

... it comes out in paperback. Sheer luxury. I am going to enjoy it while I can, because once this job is over come May, I will be just like everyone else. One that I discovered was this one, called North of Beautiful, by Justina Chen Headley. What a wonderful book. AHhhh, it's the kind I love to read. There's a little bit of romance and some basic teenage ...

... ask questions about what is really good or evil, or if there is such a neat separation point between the two. Theme #3: Slice of Life! Nothing but the Truth (2006) by Justina Chen Headley Why it's on my wishlist Recommended strongly by GAL Novelty. She won me over by revealing that the main character (a half-Asian, half-White girl) does math in ...

North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley hardcover from Little, Brown, February 2009 I picked this book up off the new book rack in the YA section simply because of the title pulling me in. The story revolves around a character who has a "flawed" face because of her birthmark, and how she grows and comes to accept herself, and accept the others around ...

... Cinda Williams Chima The Roar by Emma Clayton The Maze Runner by James Dashner North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley Girlfriend Material by Melissa Kantor The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly Pop by Gordon Korman The Season by Sarah MacLean The Hunt for the ...