Over on Book Riot this week…

• A round-up of the recent Star Wars novels for YA readers, both in canon and retellings.

 

• This week’s “3 on a YA Theme” was about birds in YA book titles. Specific birds, that is. Also, there’s a round-up of YA books with bird nests on covers.

 

Over on Book Riot this week…

 

• Your round-up of over 175 YA books hitting shelves between now and the end of June. Dig in.

 

• 41 creative ways to have a more bookish spring. Dare you to try at least half of these!

 

• Bookish goods you can buy in honor of Beverly Cleary’s 101st birthday.

 

• This week’s “3 on a YA theme” explores 3 recent and forthcoming YA books that explore pansexuality.

 

 

And a look at my work/talk about Here We Are around the web:

 

• Getting to do a piece at Largehearted Boy with my book’s playlist was a blast. Check it out (& yes, you can listen to it on Spotify).

 

• I did an interview with Julie at The F-Bomb blog.

 

• An incredible review of Here We Are over on Latinx in Kid Lit.

 

• Another excellent review, this time at Spectra Magazine.

 

• A really cool writeup from the panel I did at the Tucson Book Festival about what’s trending in YA.

 

• And finally, an interview with my girl Brittanny at The Lady Project blog.

 

It’s been a couple of weeks (maybe more?) since I’ve had a chance to sit down and round-up writing from Book Riot. Lots of girl-focused book round-ups in honor of Women’s History Month last month, and I have to say, doing those very focused “3 on a YA Theme” posts helped inspire really reworking and reinvigorating that series. All of those pieces include both fiction and nonfiction:

 

• YA books about girls in the Labor Movement.

 

• YA books about girls who are athletes.

 

• YA books about girls who love and make art.

 

• Because by now you all know how much I love Franz Kafka, I pooled my love into a round-up of great bookish goods featuring Kafka. Prepare for some puns.

 

• I got to interview Jessamyn Stanley, one of the inspirations in my own yoga practice, about yoga, reading, books, and her brand-new book Every Body Yoga.

 

• Dandelions on the covers of YA books.

 

Elsewhere around the web…

 

• I wrote a piece on To Write Love On Her Arms about how practicing yoga has taught me to meet myself where I am when it comes to my mental health. It’s a piece I’m wildly proud of and am going to keep returning to on tough days, both on and off the mat.

 

• I did an interview with School Library Journal about Here We Are.

 

• And I also did an interview with Justine Magazine.

 

• Heidi Stevens at The Chicago Tribune wrote this tremendous piece about Here We Are and feminism for young people.

 

• Thanks to The Globe and Mail for this amazing review.

 

• I got to be part of The Nerdette podcast, which was one of the most fun things ever (& I did it immediately after riding the Centennial Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier…my first time on a ferris wheel!). It was neat to see they paired my interview up with Roxane Gay’s!

 

• Romper called Here We Are a necessary book for better understanding intersectional feminism.

 

• A lovely review from Jera Brown at Rebellious Magazine.

 

• I’d normally not include a post like PW’s YA feminism round-up here, but I’m interested in the other books mentioned in my book’s company, so it’s definitely worth looking at!

 

• And finally, InStyle calls Here We Are one of the 24 most empowering feminist books. Neat!