Showing posts with label natsuki takaya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label natsuki takaya. Show all posts

Monday, January 14, 2019

Best Books of 2018 - Teen Books

This week, I am sharing some of the best teen books from 2018.  Here are a few of my favorites . . . .

What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli & Adam Silvera
Arthur is only in New York for the summer, but if Broadway has taught him anything, it's that the universe can deliver romance when you least expect it--like meeting Ben at the post office.

Layover by Amy Andelson & Emily Meyer
During a layover at LAX, Flynn, her older stepbrother Amos, and their sister Poppy decide to ditch their family Christmas vacation in Bora Bora, where their parents plan to announce their divorce, and the three siblings instead spend three days in Los Angeles.

Fruits Basket Another, v. 1 by Natsuki Takaya
Sawa Mitoma, a nervous, skittish girl who prefers minimal human interaction, has just started high school, and it's already not going well... until she meets the "it" boys--the "prince-like" Mutsuki and the sharp-tongued Hajime. But little does she know, they're Sohmas?! It's Fruits Basket... again!

Save the Date by Morgan Matson
When seventeen-year-old Charlie Grant's four older siblings reunite for a wedding, she is determined they will have a perfect weekend before the family home is sold, but last-minute disasters abound.

Royals by Rachel Hawkins
When Daisy's older sister gets engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland, Daisy makes the royal rule-book all her own.


More Best Teen Books --
#MurderTrending by Gretchen McNeil
The Belles by Dhonielle J. Clayton
The Button War by Avi
The Cheerleaders by Karta Thomas
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black
Down and Across by Arvin Ahmadi
Everless by Sara Holland
A Girl Like That by Tanaz Bhathena
Gunslinger Girl by Lyndsay Ely
Light Years by Kass Morgan
Meet Cute by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl
Ship It by Britta Lundin
That's Not What Happened by Kody Keplinger


Check these and more books out on display at the Arnold Branch through January 18, 2019.

Thursday, August 9, 2018

Fruits Basket Another by Natsuki Takaya

Sawa Mitoma keeps her head down and doesn't interact with anyone . . . until her first day of high school when she meets Mutsuki and Hajime of the Sohma family.  Now they're doing their best to open her up and include her in their crazy family activities.


This is the first book in a sequel series to the popular Fruits Basket manga.  It is great fun revisiting the high school from Fruits Basket and figuring out how the new Sohma characters are related to the original Fruits Basket characters.  A definite must read for those who liked the first series.

Thursday, September 8, 2016

Lisolette & WItch's Forest by Natsuki Takaya

Lisolette has moved to a remonte land east of east of east where the forest is filled with witches.  Shortly after moving there with twin children Alto and Anna, Lisolette is attacked by a witch and rescued by Engetsu who looks very similar to an old friend . . . .

This is the first volume in Natsuki Takaya's new manga series.  (Natsuki Takaya wrote the popular manga series Fruits Basket.)  This first volume gives us the main characters along with some backstory to get us interested.  The next volume comes out this fall.