books books books!

well, i only have 4 school days left: 3 quizzes, 1 test, 1 class party and thats it! there's not much i can do but relax; i don't have to study much because 1 quiz and the test are for english, and the other 2 quizzes are for psych and the teacher goes over the material right before the quiz. yes, lucky, i know. but i had to drop my math class that i've been working my ass off for this whole semester, because even with 100 on the final, i'd fail the class [my highest grade was a 60, and i got 7/10-10/10's on the projects]. you don't need to make me feel bad, i already do.

today was a great day though because not only did i finally go shopping, and come up with a new budget plan, i got 7 new books from the library:

Perfect Fifths- Megan McCafferty
Love, Stargirl- Jerry Spinelli
Wicked Lovely- Melissa Marr
Nine Stories- JD Salinger
By the River Piedra I Sat and Wept- Paulo Coehlo
Inkspell- Cornelia Flunke
My Fearful Symmetry-Audrey Niffenegger

I'm so excited to read these. I also got the new Bust finally!

But what i really want to talk about is author collaborations. i love author collabs, especially in YA. the first i remember reading was Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. i had already read books by both authors and was curious to see where'd they go with a joint story. i fell in love. it had all of the elements i loved from both authors. the two wrote a second book in conjunction, Naomi and Eli's No Kiss List. another goodie!
another collab i enjoyed was Let it Snow by Maureen Johnson, John Green, and Lauren Myracle. each author wrote a third of the book, it was three separate stories that came together neatly at the end, with a few of the same characters throughout, in a melody of delicious YA-ness.
the last book i read thats a collab is Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. in WG,WG, the first eponymous character is a straight male with a gay best friend, the ironically nicknamed Tiny. Tiny is writing a musical about his life much to the chagrin of WG. WG2 is a gay male in another town with no friends except for frenemy Maura, a bitter girl with an unrequited crush. Maura plays a terrible trick that leads to the meeting of the two Will Graysons.

What collaborations have you enjoyed?