This Week at Book Riot

February 5, 2016 |

Over on Book Riot this week…

Here’s the last “What’s Up in YA?” post! Starting on the 15th, this will be launching into a newsletter, which you can subscribe to right in the post itself. Highlights include book awards, fat phobia, and the state of YA adaptations.

For this week’s “3 On A YA Theme,” I talked about books set in Alaska.

Perhaps one of my favorite posts to write and think about was this discussion and round-up of LGBTQ titles for middle grade readers.

This Week at Book Riot

January 29, 2016 |

I’ve been a machine over at Book Riot lately. Here’s a round-up of everything:

This week’s “3 On A YA Theme” is all about cold, cold, cold reads.

A round-up of bookish clothing for plus-size ladies (I HATE looking at awesome clothes and seeing the top size is L and know others do, too).

I talked about why the ABC Family/Freeform adaptation of Recovery Road by Blake Nelson is so great. If you haven’t checked it out, here’s exactly why you should.

Why aren’t there more YA books featuring gymnastics?

This Week at Book Riot

January 22, 2016 |

Before diving into this week’s posts over on Book Riot, I wanted to talk about a book drive I’m coordinating. Marley Dias is an incredible 11-year-old who, after being tired of reading and being assigned books about white boys and dogs, wanted to collect 1000 black girl books for her school. She hopes to reach her goal by February 1. I thought readers might want to help out, and if you do, I’m collecting cash through paypal to send books her way. We’ve already raised $750, which will cover the cost of over 75 books, but let’s get it even higher. I’ll be collecting through Monday or Tuesday and will absolutely share the massive list of books featuring black girl leads with everyone. You can read Marley’s story and how to donate here.

Onto this week at Book Riot . . .

For this week’s “3 On A YA Theme,” I’m talking about 3 YA books perfect for fans of the show Twin Peaks. These are weird, eerie, wonderfully creepy mysterious stories.

Here’s the first quarterly round-up of YA books hitting shelves this year. There are over 175 books you should know about between January and March this year.

And in “my job is so great” news, I’m going to be writing a twice-monthly newsletter dedicated to all things young adult at Book Riot. Sign up for it here, where, if you’re a US or Canadian resident, you are also eligible to win 15 books from my mailbag. I cannot wait to get this rolling and hope you join me for the fun.

This Week at Book Riot

January 15, 2016 |

I’m back in the game at Book Riot this week! I’ve been a writing fool, though not all of it has gone up this week. I’ll be making a really exciting Book Riot related announcement soon, too.

For this week’s “3 on a YA theme,” I asked a question: what celebrities would you LIKE to see write a YA novel? Come talk with me about your picks and read mine.

Here’s your round-up of YA book related news from December and the early part of January. This one is jam-packed.

This Week at Book Riot

December 18, 2015 |

I had a small vacation last week, so not too much to share from Book Riot:

This week’s 3 On A YA Theme is three books written by women in 2015 that didn’t quite get the love that they deserve.