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.