I’ve written two posts over at Book Riot in the last week. The first is a roundup of 30 YA books coming out — or just recently released — that feature diversity in some capacity. The second post is about how brick and mortar bookstores are a privilege.

If you’re not a regular reader of YA Highway (you should be!) you may have missed that they’re running a web awards. The first round solicited nominees, and we’ve been honored in a number of categories. We’re honored to be considered, especially with all of the other excellent blogs/tumblrs/twitters of amazing members of the YA community on the web.

You can go over there and vote in any or all of the categories, and you can write in other candidates if your favorites haven’t been mentioned.