Some Thoughts on…Book Rating
**Disclaimer: I am not shitting on Goodreads, or any other book-rating website. I actually think it’s an amazing thing and it’s allowed me to discover and keep track of some pretty important/crazy-good...
View ArticleIt’s Been A While, But I’ve Been Blogging Elsewhere…
I have a blog post sitting in my draft folder. It’s not looking good. You see, blogging is just natural to some. To others—to people like me—it’s kind of a chore. Mostly because I love ranting when I...
View ArticleTeen, YA, New Adult…What?
There’s this thing brewing in the literary world and it’s called New Adult, which is a category of books that really doesn’t exist all that much. The characters of New Adult books would be 18 to…I...
View Article5 Books I Really Want to Read
Since I’m revision mode, I’ve been slacking on the reading. That does not mean I’ve stopped adding to my (ridiculous) “books I want to read” list. Here are a few that have crept up to the top of the...
View ArticleAgainst YA? Fine. But Let’s Not Bully Readers.
I don’t even wanna get into this, because it feels like a waste of time. However, this article recently made the rounds, and I thought I should comment publicly on it. I had heard about the general...
View ArticleMy Favorite New Book Blog: Stacked
About six weeks ago, someone shared a blog link on Twitter on the topic of fatness in YA. This is where I learned all about book blogger Kelly Jensen. She blogs over at Book Riot (a book blog that...
View ArticleSexism et al: Being Called Out as a Writer
Some stuff happened in the world of YA last week involving a critically acclaimed cis male author and an interview answer that many found to be sexist in nature—or more specifically, found to...
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