Another pile just hit my desk. Included are additions to some popular series as well as the first book in a few new ones and a few stand-alones.
Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard. If you've run the other chick series and are looking for a new one, this could be just what you've been waiting for. As an added bonus, this one has a mystery twist, as one of the group of friends has disappeared.
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare is another in the growing list of urban fantasies, with young Clary able to see strange creatures and entering the world of the Shadowhunters who are charged with killing demonic creatures.
To Hawaii With Love by Michael Spradlin is the latest
Spy Goddess book. In this one Rachel and her gang head for Hawaii (sounds real good about now!) to get hold of an artifact before the evil Simon Blankenship can.
Slawter by Darren Shan is the latest in the Demonata series. This one has Grubbs and Bill-E on the set of a horror movie.
Forging the Sword by Hilari Bell is the third in the
Farsala trilogy.This one has the Farsalan resistance trying to hold off the Hrum.
Darkness Creeping is a collection of twisted tales by the always twisted Neal Shusterman. If you're looking for horror in short doses, this collection of short stories is for you.
House of the Red Fish by Graham Salisbury picks up one year after Under the Blood-Red Sun, as Tomi deals with anti-Japanese-American attitudes while attempting to rescue his father's fishing boat, sunk in the canal by the army's attack after Pearl Harbor.
The Eternal Flame by T.A. Barron is the third in the Great Tree of Avalon series. Three unlikely heroes must pull off seemingly impossible tasks to save Avalon.
The Warrior Heir by Cinda Williams Chima. 16-year-old Jack thinks he has a heart condition until he forgets to take his medicine and discovers that he is actually extremely powerful and a member of an underground society of magical people that are separated into 2 warring factions, each of which wants Jack to fight for their side in a magical tournament for power.
Wintersmith by Terry Pratchett continues the adventures of Tiffany Aching and the Wee Free Men. If you love Terry Pratchett's twisted sense of humor, that's all I need to say. If you're a lover of twisted humor and haven't yet checked out Pratchett, start with
The Wee Free Men.
The entire 5 book Lost Years of Merlin series by T. A. Barron. A young boy with no name, home or memory soon discovers that he holds special powers. That boy is actually the young Merlin.
Voices by Ursula Le Guin is a companion to Gifts. In this one has Memer, a young girl, taking on a pivotal role in an attempt to free her countries from oppressors who believe that the written word is evil.
The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia McKillip has a young girl who's only companions have been magical creatures called to her mountain by wizardry, suddenly caring for a baby.
Elske by Cynthia Voight is the story of 13-year-old Elske, who escapes rape and certain death at the hands of barbaric leaders and later becomes handmaiden to a rebellious noblewoman whose rightful throne she helps to reclaim. 
