Last year around this time I posted a three part series on navigating San Diego Comic Con from young adult enthusiast perspective. This is the fist post in this years series on the same topic. Though I think I’m only going to do two pre- comic con posts this year. I will also do a…

I am one of the most indecisive humans on the planet. My indecision is so bad I usually end up sitting at home alone on a Friday night because I can never decide on what I’d like to go out and do or who I’d like to see. Actually I work most Friday nights…but you…

Netgalley and Kensington were nice enough to hook me up with these mid-series novella’s recently. Which was awesome for me because I dislike spending money on short stories that just make me want more. Breathless by Brigid Kemmerer I read this short story without reading the blurb. Figured, “it’s about Nick,” was all I needed…

When Fierce Reads announced their tour dates for this summer, I was terribly disappointed. I’ve given up on the idea of any of the big, fun tours actually coming to Vancouver, but at least one a year can usually make it to Seattle which, crossing an international border aside, is an easy trip. But there…

Similarily to last year, we are posting this way late. Because, well life and such. Also, we’re just terribly bloggers here at whatchYAreading. At least we know that. We own that. Instead of listing our favourite books of the year, a couple years ago we came up with a series of morally testing questions to…

It’s Readathon time again! Yay! Hedgie guarded my first reads while I slept. I hesitated in participating this year because I have to be at work this afternoon at 3:45 and then I finish at 10:15 at which point I’m going to catch the end of my friends Thanksgiving dinner. So it’s going to be…

On Saturday September 21st, Raincoast Books hosted it’s first Teens Read Preview…morning…day…event…thing. That is, they invited local bloggers, librarians, and booksellers, to hear about the upcoming seasons books, get fun goodies and win some coveted ARCs. For those of you who are not Canadian, Raincoast Books is a little difficult to explain, I suppose. They…

I don’t even know where to begin with this one. I was very excited for Hunter’s story before starting this one. Excited for more world building and learning about the other side of things and all that. Plus I really liked the way Hunter was turning out in Spark. With power comes enemies. Lots of…

Christine was a big fan of Stacey Kade’s Ghost and the Goth series, so when I saw a copy of this at ALA I thought I would grab it for her. Because I am a nice friend. But then I forgot to send it to her because I am a bad friend. So then I…

Despite this books overwhelming presence at ALA Midwinter, I wasn’t excited at all. I’ve previously read about half of the Monstromologist (also by Rick Yancey) and while I was impressed by his writing style, I didn’t care for the characters at all. And…well, other things that made me put the book down.1 But a friend…