This Week at Book Riot

May 8, 2015 |

Over at Book Riot this week…..I was on a bit of a writing spree:

I talked about the problem with “free” ebooks for poor kids, the new government initiative with publishing. It’s not about the books; it’s about access.

I took over the “Literary Tourism” series over the weekend, with tons of bookish places to stop and visit if you’re in the great state of Iowa.

Three on a YA theme covers characters who are blind, as well as realistic takes on fairy tales.

I found a pile of fun, useful, and off-the-wall (…and on-the-wall) ampersand fetish.

After an email conversation where I noted I didn’t know where a book was because it could be in my car or a bag or donated….I had to do a “Shit Book Nerds Do” post with contributions from fellow Book Rioters.

This Week at Book Riot

April 24, 2015 |

Over at Book Riot this week:

I had the immense privilege of having a conversation with Laurie Halse Anderson and Courtney Summers about sexual violence, feminism, and the power of girls’ stories. This interview is one I am so proud of and am honored to have been able to do.

For 3 on a YA theme, a short round-up of verse novels.

This Week on Book Riot

April 17, 2015 |

Over at Book Riot this week…

3 On A YA Theme is about three recent YA books featuring post-it notes on the cover

9 Great Songs About Libraries, Librarians, and Books

Recently on Book Riot and Elsewhere

April 10, 2015 |

It’s been a few weeks since I did a round-up of my writing at Book Riot. I’ll pop them all together right here, along with a link to a guest post I wrote this week for Emma at Miss Print.

145+ YA titles to get on your April through June radar

A few 3 on a YA theme posts: teens who are poets, short books, and twists on the Persephone myth.

How you can support rad lady authors

What my dream reader’s retreat would look like

10 bookish hotels around the world

And my big huge roundup of bookish Jeopardy categories, part one and part two

As part of Emma’s awesome “Poetically Speaking” series (which you should read all of!), I wrote about how women have used verse subversively and talk about YA novels in verse featuring female characters/written by women.

This Week at Book Riot

March 20, 2015 |

Due to last week’s need to get off social media, I didn’t pull together the posts I’d written on Book Riot over here on Friday. I also decided to take a much-needed writing break at Book Riot this week, so all of these pieces are from last week. Not that that really matters!

This week, I put the finishing touches on the first YA Quarterly Box for Book Riot, including writing a letter to subscribers about the contents and why I chose them. That was a blast. I hope anyone who subscribed finds the picks to be exciting, fun, and perhaps even surprising choices.

Coming up next week is Stacked’s second annual “About the Girls” blog series. It’s fortuitous timing, but it’s been in the works for over a month now, and the guest posts from a variety of authors and other industry folks are outstanding. The introduction will go up this weekend and you’ll get the chance to enjoy nearly two weeks of great, thought-provoking posts on girls, girl reading, and feminism.

Onto the posts at Book Riot:

For 3 On A YA Theme, I highlighted 3 books with awesome black teen faces right on the cover.

These two posts rounding up literary and bookish Final Jeopardy! answers took me five months to put together. But they were a blast, and I hope anyone who is a fan of trivia enjoys these. Part one and Part two.

I took on the “Buy, Borrow, Bypass” feature and talked about three recent YA books that feature diverse teen girl duos. They’re all absolutely worth reading.