FINISHED:

Murphy, Rita. (2008). Bird. New York: Delacorte/Random House.

[I REALLY liked this one - was just completely sucked in. Looking back, my interest in the whole tone and style may have been influenced by the film version of Coraline. My review will go here - I'm nominating it for Distinguished, though I'm not certain others will find it as compelling as I did.]

STARTED:
Hunt, Stephen. (2008). The court of the air. New York: Tor/Tom Doherty Associates.

[Saw it over at a friend's house the other night and was intrigued...]

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