Home  ­Newsletters  ­Bulletin Board  ­Join Book Club Circle March 2010 The month of luck. Have you found your four leaf clover? Perhaps it's in one of the books you haven't read yet! ~Quote of the Month~ "A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return." ~ Salman Rushdie" Most Read Top Books Read by You in February Shiver Maggie Stiefvater Ghostgirl Tonya Hurley Most Discussed Top Book Discussed by You in February Morganville Vampires Rachel Caine Make sure to tell YABC what you're reading or what you just finished reading here. Also, make sure to discuss your favorite books so they can show up in the top most discussed. Do you want to participate in The Book of the Month? Well, join Book Club Circle. ~Site Updates~ Information about upcoming events and new additions to the site! Author 411 In February, YABC conducted its first interview with NY Times Bestselling Author, Tonya Hurley (ghostgirl). And coming early this month, we will being interviewing debut author, Swati Avasthi, who's book, Split, comes out March 9th. Stay tuned and check out Mrs. Hurley's interview here! She's quite impressive! Coming Soon! The Ultimate Book List for YA Book Worms! This list has been in development for a couple months. It contains over 1,000 titles ranging from Middle Grade to Series to Romance to Plays. It was supposed to be finished by this month, but it's more work than you might think. Check out the teaser while you wait! The Book of the Month Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl There were no surprises in Gatlin County. We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. There was a curse. There was a girl. And in the end, there was a grave. Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever. Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them. In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything. Join in the discussions for this book here! The Authors of the Month Kami Garcia and Margaret Author of Beautiful Creatures Kami Garcia is a teacher and reading specialist with an MA in education, and leads book groups for children and teenagers. Margaret Stohl has an MA in English and studied creative writing under poet George MacBeth at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. Learn more about Kami by visiting her site. Visit Margaret's here. Discuss these two wonderful authors here. Remember, if you have any suggestions for the forum, tell us here! We discuss every suggestion and will do what we can to make the club the best it can be! Miss last month's newsletter? No worries! You can read the newsletter for February 2010 here.