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Editor’s Pick: The Road to Winter by Mark Smith

April 28, 2017 by Claire Leave a Comment

Editor’s Pick: The Road to Winter by Mark Smith

Okay, so… WOW! I was completely enthralled by Smith’s THE ROAD TO WINTER almost from the first page. The gritty feel of the world he created is palpable. Recently, I have been super into Australian YA, and if you haven’t yet been introduced, now is the time – start with this one. Finn is a… 

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Review: The Truth About Happily Ever After

April 21, 2017 by Claire Leave a Comment

Review: The Truth About Happily Ever After

The Truth About Happily Ever After is kind of a hard one for me. I loved Cozzo’s previous book How To Keep Rolling After A Fall – LOVED, sooo much. But, I struggled with the main character in this one. Here, we meet Alyssa, and honestly I didn’t find her super likeable at first. She… 

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Jake the Fake Keeps It Real Blog Tour

April 13, 2017 by Sandie Leave a Comment

Jake the Fake Keeps It Real Blog Tour

We don’t cover a whole lot of middle-grade on the blog, so when we do, it’s for a good reason. In this case, there are several. One is that my son, who is 9, absolutely loved this book. Another is that I think Craig Robinson is one of the funniest comedians working in showbiz. And… 

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Letters to the Lost Blog Tour: You’ve Got Mail

March 28, 2017 by Sandie 2 Comments

Letters to the Lost Blog Tour: You’ve Got Mail

You’ve Got Mail! Earlier this year I ended up reading four books, including LETTERS TO THE LOST, that centered around a teen couple getting to know each other via “letters.” Some of the stories very clearly had a You’ve Got Mail/Shop Around the Corner vibe, and others were simply epistolary love stories, but still, it… 

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Waiting on Wednesday: Seeking Mansfield

March 22, 2017 by Cassie Leave a Comment

Waiting on Wednesday: Seeking Mansfield

Seeking Mansfield by Kate Watson is our latest Waiting on Wednesday. I stumbled on this book while scrolling through Goodreads, and it could not be more up my alley. It’s a modernization of Jane Austen’s Mansfield Park, and they’ve made Fanny Price an aspiring theatre director. It kinda has me written all over it. I am… 

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Literary Crush: Chase from Some of the Parts

March 21, 2017 by Cassie Leave a Comment

Literary Crush: Chase from Some of the Parts

After a long hiatus, Literary Crush is back with Chase from Some of the Parts by Hannah Barnaby. Name: Chase Abbott Age: 16 What does he look like? Tall and lanky with dark curly hair and dark eyes. A dead ringer (please excuse the unfortunate pun) for the female main character’s dead brother. What does… 

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Editor’s Pick: Lucky Strikes by Louis Bayard

March 18, 2017 by Cassie Leave a Comment

Editor’s Pick: Lucky Strikes by Louis Bayard

In the middle of the Great Depression, 14-year-old Melia suddenly finds herself without a mother, and in charge of not only her two younger siblings, but her mother’s old gas station as well. Without a legal guardian, Melia and her siblings will be split up in foster care and the station will go to the… 

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Stranger Than Fanfiction Giveaway

March 9, 2017 by Sandie 7 Comments

Stranger Than Fanfiction Giveaway

We’re thrilled to partner with Little, Brown to promote author-actor Chris Colfer’s latest book, Stranger than Fanfiction. Since the characters in Stranger than Fanfiction are die-hard fans of a hit teen sci-fi show called Wiz Kids, we’ve got some recommendations for you based on particular television fandoms. If you’re a fan of Game of Thrones,… 

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Why I Still Care About Diversity in YA

March 7, 2017 by Sandie Leave a Comment

Why I Still Care About Diversity in YA

I originally wrote this at the beginning of the year when a friend asked a bunch of us to share an issue we were passionate about for a story. It turned out she only needed a paragraph. Here’s what I wrote. We’ve all got issues close to our hearts. One of mine continues to be… 

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Editor’s Pick: Everlife Series by Gena Showalter

February 28, 2017 by Claire Leave a Comment

Editor’s Pick: Everlife Series by Gena Showalter

You know that feeling you get when you start a new series, and you know it will be one you wish you could read again for the first time? Everlife by Gena Showalter will be a series like that for me. The world in this series is so richly drawn, I felt the struggles of… 

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