It’s been forever since my last Top Ten Tuesday. FOREVER. But I’ve been browsing the topics and since planning blog posts seems to be one way for me to make sure this blog doesn’t soon resemble an abandoned house. The type someone asks you to enter on a dare or that has fueled campfires stories for decades. The moon reflects on the broken window and even spiders think twice before entering. Anyways…You get what I mean.
This Top Ten Tuesday feature is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish and I first came across it on Jaime´s blog.
Top Ten 2014 Debuts I’m excited for
I am very excited about a lot of 2014 Debuts but some of them are especially close to my hearts because those are by people I know. And I CANNOT WAIT TO HOLD THEIR BOOKS IN MY HANDS…
The list below is organized in publication order. Because you know organizing lists is an important task 😛
Out on February 4th 2014
- WHEN AUDREY MET ALICE by Rebecca Behrens: First Daughter Audrey Rhodes is convinced that living in the White House is like being permanently grounded. Except with better security. What good is having your own bowling alley if you don’t have anyone to play with? After the Secret Service cancels the party she’d spent forever planning, Audrey is ready to give up and spend the next four years totally friendless–until she discovers Alice Roosevelt’s hidden diary. Alice was a White House wild child, and her diary tells all about her outrageous turn-of-the-century exploits, like shocking State visitors with her pet snake and racking up speeding tickets in her runabout. Audrey starts asking herself: What Would Alice Do? The former First Daughter’s outrageous antics give Audrey a ton of ideas for having fun . . . and get her into more trouble than she can handle!
- ALIENATED by Melissa Landers (technically this one doesn’t count because I already read it 😛 and loved it, see review here)
Out on March 18th, 2014
- SIDE EFFECTS MAY VARY by Julie Murphy: What if you’d been living your life as if you were dying—only to find out that you had your whole future ahead of you?
Out on April 8th 2014
- FAR FROM YOU by Tess Sharpe: Sophie Winters nearly died. Twice.
Out on April 29th, 2014
- THE BREAK-UP ARTIST by Philip Siegel: Some sixteen-year-olds babysit for extra cash. Some work at the Gap. Becca Williamson breaks up couples.
Out on May 6th, 2014
- The Eighth Guardian by Meredith McCardle: Amanda Obermann. Code name Iris. It’s Testing Day. The day that comes without warning, the day when all juniors and seniors at The Peel Academy undergo a series of intense physical and psychological tests to see if they’re ready to graduate and become government operatives. Amanda and her boyfriend Abe are top students, and they’ve just endured thirty-six hours of testing. But they’re juniors and don’t expect to graduate. That’ll happen next year, when they plan to join the CIA—together. But when the graduates are announced, the results are shocking. Amanda has been chosen—the first junior in decades. And she receives the opportunity of a lifetime: to join a secret government organization called the Annum Guard and travel through time to change the course of history. But in order to become the Eighth Guardian in this exclusive group, Amanda must say good-bye to everything—her name, her family, and even Abe—forever. Who is really behind the Annum Guard? And can she trust them with her life?
- PUSH GIRLS by Jessica Love and Chelsie Hill: An inspiring, real, and fresh young adult novel about how life can change in an instant by Chelsie Hill, one of the stars Sundance Channel’s unscripted series Push Girls, based on her own life.
Out on June 24th, 2014
- BEHIND THE SCENES by Dahlia Adler: High school senior Ally Duncan’s best friend may be the Vanessa Park – star of TV’s hottest new teen drama – but Ally’s not interested in following in her BFF’s Hollywood footsteps. In fact, the only thing Ally’s ever really wanted is to go to Columbia and study abroad in Paris. But when her father’s mounting medical bills threaten to stop her dream in its tracks, Ally nabs a position as Van’s on-set assistant to get the cash she needs. Spending the extra time with Van turns out to be fun, and getting to know her sexy co-star Liam is an added bonus. But when the actors’ publicist arranges for Van and Liam to “date” for the tabloids just after he and Ally share their first kiss, Ally will have to decide exactly what role she’s capable of playing in their world of make believe. If she can’t play by Hollywood’s rules, she may lose her best friend, her dream future, and her first shot at love.
Out on August 5th, 2014
- THE GIRL FROM THE WELL by Rin Chupeco: You may think me biased, being murdered myself. But my state of being has nothing to do with the curiosity toward my own species, if we can be called such. We do not go gentle, as your poet encourages, into that good night.
Out on August 26th, 2014
- AT YOUR SERVICE by Jen Malone: Thirteen-year-old Chloe Turner wants nothing more than to follow in Dad’s footsteps as a respected concierge in a posh NYC hotel. After all, living at a hotel is heaven, and perks like free concert tickets and all-access passes to boutiques, restaurants, and attractions aren’t too shabby either. When the spoiled brat child of an important guest is only placated by some quick thinking on Chloe’s part, Chloe is awarded the role of Junior Concierge. But she might be in over her head when tasked with tending to the every whim of three royal guests: a twelve-year-old princess who can’t stand Chloe, a cute fourteen year-old prince(!), and their ten-year-old sister, who has a nasty knack for getting herself lost. After the youngest princess slips Chloe’s care, Chloe and the remaining royals must embark on an event-filled hunt for her through NYC’s best tourist spots.
Out in October 2014
- DAMSEL DISTRESSED by Kelsey Macke: Kelsey Macke’s DAMSEL DISTRESSED, about 17-year-old Imogen Keegan and her struggle with obesity, self-harm, and the infuriatingly perfect stepsister who makes her want to drown herself in a vat of Nutella, with accompanying soundtrack of original songs written and performed by the author’s band, Wedding Day Rain, in an innovative mash-up of prose, technology, drawings, and music, to Danielle Ellison at Spencer Hill Contemporary, for October 2014, by Jessica Sinsheimer at The Sarah Jane Freymann Literary Agency
No exact release date yet but coming to bookstores near you in 2014 too
- CREED by Trisha Leaver and Lindsay Currie: Three went in, and three will come out, but not a single one will ever be a shadow of who they once were
Let’s face it I’m also excited for many more than just 10 Debut Books. My current Goodreads Debut list has If you want to see more amazing MG/YA debuting this year, don’t hesitate to check OneFour KidLit
So tell me which books do you want to get your hands this year?
Elodie Nowodazkij 
Thank you, you sweet girl for including Damsel Distressed. It put a massive smile on my face!
I’m so excited for all of these as well!!
Side Effects May Vary made my list, too. Some of these don’t look familiar, but sound interesting. Oh, well, what’s another title or two on a several hundred book long TBR list?
Thanks, Elodie! ❤ I'm super excited for all these titles, too. 🙂
Great post! It’s so exciting to see so many writers I “met” online on this list!
Elodie! Thank you so much for including my book on your list! I’m excited for all of these books, too (even the ones I’ve read already!), and I’m excited to someday celebrate your debut! 😀
I am so excited about a bunch of those on your list. I had a hard time narrowing down my list, but I see a lot that almost made my cut. Great list!
My TTT
LisaILJ @ I’ll Tumble for YA
Great list! I’m so excited for so many of these and a few made my list too. I already read and loved Alienated, but I still put it on my list – it was too good not to include! There seems to be so many good books coming out in 2014, I’m not sure where I’ll find the time to read them all. I hope you get to all of your picks 🙂 My TTT.