This Week at Book Riot

March 18, 2016 |

Because I was out of town last weekend for an event — which I’ll write a bit about next week (spoiler alert!) — I didn’t get a chance to do my normal Book Riot post round-up. This week you get two of my “3 On A YA Theme” posts to make up for it.

A look at 3 YA memoirs

And three great YA books set in different places around the world.

As has been the tradition now for three years, next week we’re bringing back the “About The Girls” series. It’s a little shorter than past series because my time has been a little tight with anthology edits, but that in no way means it’s not as great as usual! Three great guest posts are coming about girls and girls reading, and I’m so excited to share these posts, as well as the books these incredible authors have written that have just hit shelves or will be hitting them soon.

Like in years past, too, if you choose to write anything relating to girls, girls reading, or feminism this coming week, feel free to link me to your post and I’ll build a nice round-up to share. I love hearing your voices and perspectives as much as the ones I have the pleasure of sharing here. In addition, I’ll be talking about the event I attended last week and I’ll also highlight some of the previous guest posts in this series because they’re all so wonderful.

Did I mention I’m in the midst of edits for Feminism for the Real World? It’s true. We’re almost completely on to copyedits now, and I cannot even express how excited I am for this collection. The pieces are all spectacular and I cannot wait for this to be a real thing. I’ll be sharing more in the coming months as the pieces come even more tightly together.

This Week at Book Riot

March 4, 2016 |

Over at Book Riot this week…

Do you know what the best selling young adult books of all time are? I rounded them up and talked about some of the fascinating trends and themes I saw among them. Also, Jo Rowling knows zero bounds. Seriously.

For this week’s “3 On A YA Theme,” I talked about ghostwriters and YA fiction. Did you know there’s such a thing as ghostwriters week? Now you do.

This Week at Book Riot

February 26, 2016 |

Over on Book Riot this week…

Did you know 1996 was 20 years ago? Here are 3 YA books that were published back then, along with some rad vintage and foreign covers.

I am obsessed with sand and snow and ice sculptures. My little town recently had a snow sculpting event, and one of the entries was Moby Dick. Naturally, I had to round-up a bunch of great literary snow and ice sculptures.

This Week at Book Riot

February 19, 2016 |

I’m so glad I’ve finally found a way to write more during my work hours for Book Riot. If you aren’t already signed up for the “What’s Up in YA?” newsletter that I get to run for the site, you can sign up here. It hits your inbox every other week and the first one went out Monday. If you sign up now, you’ll get the second on the 29th.

Here’s what else I’ve been talking about over on Book Riot:

I reflect my shelves and my shelves reflect me: why and how I choose what books I keep on my shelves and which ones I let go elsewhere.

This week for “3 On A YA Theme,” I made a neat little graphic for readers who want to try adult books and don’t know good places to begin (and vice versa for those who want to try a YA and don’t know where to begin). There’s a little something for everyone.

The 5 and 1/2 bookish phenomenon I don’t “get.” Come share your confessions about why you’re a terrible book/reading nerd with me (it’s a safe space) (oh I have feelings about deckle edges).

This Week at Book Riot

February 12, 2016 |

Another busy week over at Book Riot. Here’s what I talked about:

I rounded up some recent and upcoming non-fiction that centers on girls and womens’ experiences, as well as feminism. Anything else I should know about?

This week’s “3 On A YA Theme” was dedicated to YA book covers featuring ferris wheels in honor of Ferris Wheel Day on the 14th.

Finally, a look at some really rad book and reading art from around the Pinterest world. Here’s a sneak peek:

Though this isn’t my piece, it’s worth sharing: Marley Dias, who made it a goal to collect #1000BlackGirlBooks, exceeded her dream. This is beautiful. This girl is going so many wonderful places. I know I’m eager to see what she does next and what she inspires from other girls.