Quite often, young adult books are about rich kids at fancy suburban or boarding schools — the kind of teens on 90210 or Gossip Girl who don’t have ANY financial problems and don’t need to work. So to celebrate Labor Day, I’m paying tribute to the hard-working teens of young adult. OK, maybe they’re not…
Top Ten Quotes I Loved From Books I Read This Past Year
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday is all about quotes. Since we usually post quotes on Mondays, we skipped that this week in favor of the TTT. Here are top ten quotes from some of my favorite reads of the past year. I could’ve made all ten from SIX OF CROWS, I loved it so much, but…
Monday Quotes: Moon Books
In honor of the supermoon lunar eclipse last night, we’re sharing quotes from some of our favorite “moon” books. “Between Us and the Moon” by Rebecca Maizel You are on the inside. Deep in your muscles. That’s you. The body is the extension of you. Only give someone your fingers, your skin, and toes if…
Monday Quotes: Labor Day Edition
Happy Labor Day, everyone! I hope you’re all enjoying your day off of work and school. We’re headed to our town’s Labor Day Parade, so I figured in tribute I would dedicate this week’s Monday Quotes to six YA characters who work. It’s not as common any more, given the economy, for teens to work,…
Monday Quotes: Characters in College
This weekend, Diana moved her youngest child in at college. As you can imagine, she’s having an emotional time adjusting to leaving her “baby” at university. In honor of my nephew’s first week of undergraduate school, I’ve compiled a few quotes from YA books that feature college-aged protagonists. These characters in college are still teens,…
Monday Quotes: #QuietYA Titles
I love the idea of #QuietYA — “smaller” YA books that aren’t necessarily New York Times best sellers or next up for a Hollywood adaptation. These are the books you hear about from friends and bloggers and librarians, but they’re not household names. This week, I’m quoting from five books I love and wish more…
Monday Quotes: Summer Reads
Diana and I haven’t been blogging very much lately, but we have been reading, so we’re sharing five quotes from books we’ve read and loved this summer. What are your favorite summer reads this year? SANDIE’s PICKS 1. “The Boy Most Likely To” by Huntley Fitzpatrick Out of the kitchen window, I watch Tim plunge…
Monday Quotes: YA Books in Verse
April is National Poetry Month, so we wanted to highlight YA books in verse this week. I know some readers are hesitant to read books in verse, but in my experience they’re wonderful, poignant, and so descriptive. I hope you’ll read this quotes and be inspired to give books in verse a try, especially if…
Monday Quotes: YA Books About Faith
There aren’t that many YA books that discuss faith in an open, authentic way. Most YA protagonists seem to come from either non-practicing or holiday only or cultural but religious types of families, so it’s always refreshing to read books about teens dealing with spiritual issues. So today, after a weekend that included both a…
Monday Quotes from Insurgent
Since INSURGENT comes out this Friday (woot, more Theo James!), we are dedicating today to INSURGENT quotes. We tried not to pick ones we’ve picked before, even though we know not all of these will make the movie (especially the lines that aren’t dialogue). Are you going to see the adaptation this weekend? Watch this…