This Week at Book Riot

April 20, 2018 |

Over on Book Riot this week (and last, since I forgot to do a round-up!):

Awesome YA art which incorporates YA book quotes (aka: perfect for those in the fandoms of various series or authors).

I’ve had this book list on my mind for a long time, after reading a spate of contemporary YA titles in a row featuring this: YA books about divorce.

National Library Week might be over, but you can donate a few bucks to EveryLibrary any time.

YA book covers featuring interracial couples.

If you have babies in your life, here’s your ultimate shopping list of literary gifts for babies.

There’s also a brand new episode of Hey YA up this week. Eric and I talk about YA verse novels, the exploration of Frankenstein in YA (and why that classic has such YA appeal), and we wrap it up by sharing some of our spring to-read lists.

This Week at Book Riot

April 6, 2018 |

This week (& last week!) over on Book Riot…

Tune in to a brand new episode of Hey YA, where Eric and I talk about graphic novels and YA books, animals and the lack of them in YA, and finally, baseball (and books, of course).

Check out this awesome Harry Potter inspired photo shoot!

170 (!!) YA books to know about hitting shelves in the next three months.

What to read if you loved Marieke Nijkamp’s This Is Where It Ends or what to hand to readers when they’re itching for something like it.

This Week at Book Riot

March 23, 2018 |

Since I forgot to round up last week’s links, this week’s is jam-packed. Dig in!

Celebrate the life of youth nonfiction writer Russell Freedman by reading some of his books.

Teen girl sleuths in YA.

Tale this quiz and see if you can identify these well-known YA book covers as rendered in LEGOs.

Real badass ladies of history as seen through YA fiction.

Excellent literary gifts for unicorn lovers.

This week brings a new episode of Hey YA! Eric Smith and I talk about the CCBC’s diversity numbers from 2017, books about teen changemakers, YA readers for Women’s History Month and more. Tune in!

A couple more links from other spheres of the internet:

I was interviewed for a really nice piece in Writer’s Digest.

At SLJ, I wrote about 7 great YA lit based podcasts for you to tune in to.

This Week at Book Riot

March 9, 2018 |

Over on Book Riot this week…

The YA books to get on your holds list for March. I won’t be doing my “On The Radar” post this month, but you can grab a few of the must-buy titles from here.

40 YA books hitting shelves in paperback this spring.

There’s also a new episode of Hey YA! out this week. Eric and I talked about this year’s Norton Award list and those of years past, and then we talked at length about the differences between middle grade and YA fiction….and authors who’ve written both. It’s a good episode.

This Week at Book Riot

March 2, 2018 |

Over on Book Riot this week…

The cover for my October book, (Don’t) Call Me Crazy is here!

A look at YA fantasy series wrapping up this year.

A checklist for moving when you have a ton of books, based on my recent experience.