I’m back from my blogging hiatus! I’d decided to give my self a break to celebrate three years of book blogging — one week for each year. During that time not that many books were published, so I’m not going to share that backlog. Below you’ll find all the young adult books that are hitting the shelf this week.

While there aren’t any hyped releases this week, many of them are accompanied by rather intriguing synopses. The only genre that is lacking in the YA department is historical fiction. Contemporary, science fiction and fantasy, though, cover a broad base, as do paperback and re-releases.

There are books aplenty to pick from this week’s releases to keep you busy all summer. If you prefer paperbacks, you won’t be in want either. With so many YA books hitting the shelves, you could probably play a good round of Jenga. Although, you’d probably need all our waking hours to read if you hope to finish your upcoming acquisitions before the new releases next week.

Looking at the contemporary releases lined up this week, it’s evident that summer’s arriving. Vibrant colours and the sun are staying with us over the next couple of months. At the same time, there’re some great fantasy books coming out next month as well. Meanwhile, I’m gonna take my pick of beach reads below among these YA books hot off the press.

This week’s a slow week for young adult releases. It’s also one of the rare weeks that there are fewer contemporary than mystery releases. Even the paperback releases seem to be on the back burner. The good news is that our bookshelves won’t threaten to collapse with the addition of yet another dozen books.