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This Week at Book Riot

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I’ve been writing a ton over at Book Riot, but little has been up yet! So expect me to remember to link up over the next few weeks as those pieces come out.

In the meantime, here are the last couple of “3 On A YA Theme” posts!

 

  • In honor of Cinco de Mayo, a look at YA books set in Mexico. I hadn’t heard of that first one, since it’s a brand new book, and it looks really interesting!

 

 

I thought it would be fun in these round-ups to share a snap of my current reading (perhaps inspired by writing about this very thing this week). So, here’s a peek:

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This Week at Book Riot

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Here’s a look at what I wrote this week over at Book Riot:

  • For 3 on a YA Theme I talked about an interesting trend of nail polish lines being created around YA dystopians that have (or are) hitting the big screen. The comments gave some insight into the nail polish side of it, too, though less insight into the why dystopian YA specifically. 

At Book Riot This Week (& Changes at Stacked)

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We’re making some slight changes at Stacked. For most of the time we’ve been blogging, we’ve been able to write 5 new posts every single week and sometimes more. But with writing at Book Riot regularly now, I’m finding that my energy to write at the end of the day is getting lower. It’s not a lack of ideas (if anything, my list of what I want to write is growing wildly) but rather, time and energy. Kimberly and I are both of the mind that when we’re tired at the end of the day, it’s more enjoyable to read than it is to try to write a blog post that isn’t well-done or worthwhile. So, we’re going to move to a 4 new posts a week plan, Monday through Thursday. We’ll do roundups of our writing elsewhere on Fridays, so there’s still something here to read. It’s my hope to continue doing the Sunday “This Week in Reading,” as well. 
With that, here’s a look at what I wrote over at Book Riot this week:

Bob’s (Literary) Burger of the Day — a look at the literary references from one of my new favorite shows, Bob’s Burgers.

3 On A YA Theme: Summer Camp — I mentioned last week I was kicking off a new weekly feature at Book Riot, and here it is. I’ll be picking a theme every week and writing about three books (or other bookish things) relating to it. This week, three summer camp themed novels. I’m always happy when people drop other suggestions in the comments, so feel free to leave other summer camp titles there or other books that fit future themes. 

Book Fetish, Volume 121 — This is the last time I’ll be doing Book Fetish regularly. I’m doing Book Fetish-y stuff over on Book Riot’s Pinterest account, and I plan on incorporating a bit of it into 3 on a Theme. I did end up breaking down and buying one of these lovely book necklaces.

Recently at Book Riot

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Since I’ve changed up the biweekly “Links of Note” posts into something a little different, I haven’t been linking to some of the stuff I’ve been writing at Book Riot back over here at Stacked. Since I’ve been writing a little more over there — and soon will be adding a new regular feature I’m really excited about (I’ll get to that in a second) — I thought I’d do a roundup of what I’ve been talking about at the Riot.

  • Reading Pathways: Blake Nelson — if you’ve wanted to read any of Nelson’s work but don’t know where to begin, I’ve created a pathway into his books. These are good starting places with an idea for what he’s writing about and why you might want to pick it up. 

  • In His Own Words: Walter Dean Myers — I pulled together some of Myers’s talks, articles, and passionate pleas for books, diversity, and reading with kids in a tribute. Included is Myers’s talk at SLJ’s Day of Dialog from 2012, when he was a keynote speaker. 
  • My Grandpa, The Non-Reader — I don’t like to blog a lot of personal stuff, but I was doing some shelf rearranging in my house a few weeks ago and stumbled across my unopened copy of Marley and Me and decided it was time to talk about why that book is important to me. 
  • LEGO Stories: Your New Favorite Tumblr — Do you know about the LEGO Stories tumblr? It’s a blast. I pulled out some of my favorite LEGO stories they’ve put together. 
  • The Perfectly Shaped Treat: Literary Cookie Cutters — I went down an Etsy hole one afternoon and pulled out some bookish cookie cutters. I’m pretty positive I’m going to follow this one up with some bookish dishes at some point. I think I could build an entire literary kitchen. 
Book Fetish

I’ve been doing the Book Fetish feature for a few months, sharing responsibility with another Rioter. But now that she’s settled back into her routine, I’m giving it back over to her fully. No worries though: I still plan on writing about neat bookish things, and I’ve been asked to create my own weekly feature to take the place of doing this one. I’ll be putting together a weekly “Three on a Theme” series, featuring three YA books or YA book-related things each week that center around a single theme. It’s my hope it’ll delve into lesser-known YA, into backlist, and into fun YA stuff that isn’t what you’re already seeing everywhere. This will be in addition to the “Beyond the Bestsellers” series, which I’m still putting together semi-regularly. The series will kick off (fingers crossed) July 23 and run on Wednesdays. 
Here are the last few Book Fetish posts I’ve done. Rather thank link you to the words, you can just click on the image and get to the post because it’s more fun that way:
There are some other really exciting things on the horizon with what I’ll be doing at Book Riot, and I can’t wait to begin sharing that stuff as it comes down the pike.