Over on Book Riot this week…

 

• 7 tips for reading when you’re struggling with your mental health.

 

• 140+ new YA books hitting shelves between January and March. So much great reading!

 

Elsewhere…

 

I’ve made it a goal this year to expand where I’m writing a bit, and my first freelance pitch of the year was accepted at Bustle! I had a huge revelation while on book tour for (Don’t) Call Me Crazy this past fall about my own mental health journey, and I wanted to share it.

 

Lots to share from Book Riot this week!

• I’ve worked nearly all year on the project that launched this week: The YA Adaptation Showdown. I invited seven amazing people from throughout the YA community to view a series of YA adaptations and advance one in their bracket to name a single title as the “best” YA adaptation — defining “best” in the best ways the judges could. Scroll to the bottom of the link above to start from the beginning. You can read about the judges and the bracket selection process in the introduction post.

 

• An uncategorized list of 15 fun facts about your favorite tween/teen authors and books.

 

• Check out these 16 awesome literary calendars to crush it in the new year.

 

• Here’s a peek at the most popular bookish goods on Book Riot this year. I always find it fascinating what people are interested in, and this round-up has a little bit of everything!

 

 

 

Over on Book Riot this week…

 

• 70+ badass literary cross stitch patterns. I’m planning on some crafting this winter, if that weren’t clear.

 

• There’s a new episode of Hey YA this week, wherein Eric and I talk about the biggest YA news from this year, highlight some great YA memoirs, and then share some of our reading quirks. Tune in here.

 

This week over on Book Riot…

 

• Over 40 YA books hitting shelves in paperback this winter.

 

• The best book covers of 2018.

 

I really like what I’ve written this week. Does anyone else find this happens to them? You write a lot, but sometimes, you realize you’ve really nailed something and you have a moment of realizing you like what it is you do? It’s a nice feeling.

 

• I flexed my reporting skills for this piece over on Book Riot, which explores why paper for books is getting harder to come by and what that might mean for the future price — and reprint availability — of books. I worked on this one with fellow Rioter Tirzah Price and am exceptionally proud of it.

 

• A reflection on the simple question that has powerful implications for weeding one’s personal books.

 

Elsewhere on the web this week:

 

• A lovely piece by Margaret McKinnis, who interviewed me about (Don’t) Call Me Crazy when I was out for an event in Ithaca, courtesy of The Sophie Fund. We did this interview in a cat cafe and Margaret is one awesome interviewer and writer I can’t wait to see more from.