It’s Mother’s Day, so I wanted to highlight some of my favorite literary mothers in YA. Happy Mother’s Day to all of you with children, and to those of you who are missing your own mothers this bittersweet holiday, know that you are not alone. Molly Weasley, “Harry Potter”: Allow me to quote my own story [...]
When Wendy Geller’s body is found in Central Park after the night of a rager, newspaper headlines scream,”Death in the Park: Party Girl Found Strangled.” But shy Rain, once Wendy’s best friend, knows there was more to Wendy than just “party girl.” As she struggles to separate the friend she knew from the tangle of [...]
Fangirl Friday is hosted by Evil Eva at Nancy Drew is My Homegirl, and I occasionally remember to participate! Here are my top random obsessions of the week! 1. “Breaking Bad”: There are a few amazing TV shows I regret not watching live: “The Wire,” “Friday Night Lights,” and now “Breaking Bad.” I know some [...]
About the Book: Seventeen-year-old Sadie is in love: epic, heartfelt, and utterly one-sided. The object of her obsession – ahem, affection – is her best friend, Garrett Delaney, who has been oblivious to Sadie’s feelings ever since he sauntered into her life and wowed her with his passion for Proust (not to mention his deep-blue [...]
Our newest YA Junkie is a fellow blogger and teen lit aficionado, Candice. She’s one of the most thoughtful, thorough YA book bloggers we’ve ever come across, and she writes about deep cultural issues in addition to which fictional boys she finds swoon-worthy. Like most of our kindred spirits, she is also a Melina Marchetta [...]
About the Book: Everybody knows Cate Cahill and her sisters are eccentric. Too pretty, too reclusive, and far too educated for their own good. But the truth is even worse: they’re witches. And if their secret is discovered by the priests of the Brotherhood, it would mean an asylum, a prison ship—or an early grave. [...]
It’s Fangirl Friday, hosted by Nancy Drew Is My Homegirl. Basically this means I get to talk about whatever strikes my fancy in pop culture (or personally). Here we go! 1. The Academy Awards! Ages ago I wrote about how the Oscars are kind of a big deal in my family. We have an annual [...]
In my day job (or should I say night job?), I watch and review movies. I know, it’s a tough life (although I see my fair share of garbage, which is more than I ever would were I not being paid to see these awful films). When it comes to adaptations, my motto is that [...]
Fangirl Friday is a feature hosted by Nancy Drew is My Homegirl. I’m nearly always late, though, because my work deadlines leave me pretty exhausted by Friday. But here are my week’s favorite pop-culture things. 1. I adore Adele, but I had a feeling she’d sweep the Grammys, so that wasn’t a huge surprise. The [...]
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’ve decided to add to a list of heart-melting quotes from some of our dearest literary crushes. We got the idea from our friends at YA Crush, who highlighted five of our all-time favorites: Will from “Clockwork Prince”; Adam from “If I Stay”/”Where She Went”; Akiva from “Daughter of Smoke [...]
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