Over on Book Riot this week…

• “Literature Locked Up” seeks to bring attention to prison book bans.

 

• Rad space bookends for your shelves.

 

• Put these YA paperbacks on your fall TBR.

 

It’s my week to cohost “All The Books,” so I raved about new books by Renée Watson, Jenni Hendriks and Ted Caplan, and more you can pick up right now. Tune in!

 

Over on Book Riot this week…

• The last four months, I worked on an episode of Annotated, our podcast that could be called “This American Life” or “RadioLab” for books. This is a deep dive into the question of why it is the Baby-Sitters Club books endure. I hope you love it as much as I do.

 

• I also pulled together a companion piece to the podcast which you can enjoy that’s a deep dive into why The Baby-Sitters Club endures.

 

• There’s a new episode of Hey YA, wherein Eric and I dig into YA books we had read when we went to college and then share our fall TBR piles.

 

A super busy week over on Book Riot!

• A reflection on the summer of reading Norma Klein and especially, how Klein depicted adult messiness in her teen books.

 

• Speaking of Norma Klein, the final episode in Hey YA: Extra Credit is up, and I’m diving into It’s Okay If You Don’t Love Me.

 

• This piece has gone gangbusters and for good reason. A principal tied to a high school classroom book banning has been arrested and charged with child pornography.

 

• The most popular under-the-radar books in libraries between April and June 2019.

 

• Maybe you need some space bookmarks?

 

Elsewhere…

You can find my article on how to build an anthology in the October issue of Writers Digest, on newsstands now!

 

Over on Book Riot this week…

• The top YA books, according to Goodreads users. I pulled this together before Goodreads blogged about it, and interestingly, our lists do not match.

 

• You know those gorgeous and fun illustrated covers we’re seeing on romance books? There’s maybe something else going on a bit deeper about them that’s worth digging into (spoiler: sexism is always the “something else”).

 

• 10 beautiful and moving Toni Morrison quote prints.

 

There’s a new full episode of Hey YA this week, too, and it’s not only our 50th episode. It’s also our 2 year anniversary! To celebrate, Eric and I offer up 50 (!) backlist YA book recommendations in under 40 minutes. Yeehaw!

 

Over on Book Riot this week…

• Feminist enamel pins for book lovers.

 

• Florida prisons have over 20,000 books on their banned list. Here’s how you can get that changed and restore First Amendment rights to the incarcerated.

 

Podcasts this week…

 

• Hey YA: Extra Credit turned long form this week! Special guest Brandy Colbert and I went deep in talking about Mom, The Wolfman, and Me by Norma Klein.

 

• It was my week to co-host All The Books, so I raved about four books that came out this week, including a book in translation, two YA books, and an essay collection.