After being out of town much of last week, I let the weekly round-up of pieces at Book Riot slip my mind. So here’s this week *and* last week at Book Riot:

• A round-up of queer YA stories that aren’t tragic reads

 

• Last week’s “3 on a YA Theme” was a massive, way-more-than-three look at YA books with pink covers. Y’all, this collage is neat.

 

• Libraries and booksellers helped me put together this incredible collection of YA Pride displays from around the world. Check it out.

 

 

Over at Book Riot this week…

• I interviewed middle grade author Kate Messner about the recent disinvitation she got to a school event, about quiet censorship, and so much more. Please, please read this, especially if you work with children or teenagers and books.

 

• This week’s “3 On A YA Theme” was about teen vegetarians and vegans.

 

• And because I love sometimes writing a good list, here are 50 great bookmarks you should pick up.

 

Did you know that I write a newsletter about all things YA for Book Riot? It hits your inbox on Mondays every other week. This Monday, June 20, is dedicated entirely to YA Pride displays throughout the world. If you want to sign up, you can do so right here. If you sign up by Sunday, you should receive Monday’s newsletter (& if you don’t get it by Monday night and want it, shoot me a message and I’ll forward it your way!).

 

This week over on Book Riot . . .

 

• 33 ways you can have a more bookish summer. Writing this list was fun.

 

• For 3 On A YA Theme, I decided to write about more than 3 books with a round-up of recent and upcoming YA thrillers with female leads.

 

• I decided each season it’ll be worth doing a quick round-up of YA books coming out in paperback you should know about. Here’s what’s hitting shelves in paperback this summer (or, well, 25 titles, since doing all of them would be overwhelming).

 

• In honor of Kafka’s death anniversary (grim but he’d probably like that), I pulled together a huge collection of covers for The Metamorphosis. This is so fun to look at and be a little creeped out by.

 

Also this week…

 

 

I talked with Susan at the Beyond Your Blog podcast about writing for Book Riot and more.

 

Here’s what’s been happening over at Book Riot this last week . . .

 

• I revisited the topic of abortion in YA fiction with three recent titles that tackle the heavy, hard, and realistic issue.

 

• A look at literary Google Doodles from around the world. Seriously, these are so cool.

 

This week in reading:

 

 

I finished up Olivia Levez’s The Island which I am going to write more about soon. This is a female-centered adventure story from a small press and it’s OUTSTANDING.

 

 

I began reading Maggie Nelson’s The Argonauts, with the help of the furry beast above.

 

 

She decided on a nap, though, rather than story time.

 

Remember when I said a couple of weeks ago that I went on a writing spree for Book Riot? The first round of posts from that spree went up this week. Enjoy:

 

• A round-up of YA books that were published in 1976 — a mere 40 (!) years ago.

 

• Thinking about librarianship as a career or know someone who is? I put together a post with two other Rioters about some of the lesser-known aspects of librarianship worth talking about.

 

• Bookish details for the perfect literary wedding (aka, I spent a long time on Etsy).

 

• An exploration of some of my recent favorite reads: East Asian crime/noir/weird-as-heck books.

 

• And finally, I talked about the book that turned me from a fan of honey as a food to a Huge Honey Lover Who Also Loves Bees.