Wonderstruck Winner!

Most of you probably recognize the author’s name from her  Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants fame. Despite being a contributor to a YA blog, I have to confess that I decidedly did not make that connection when I purchased this book, seeing that I’ve never read the series. I have, however, read her other novel,…

I LOVED Rampant, so very, very much. It had kick ass girls, awesome killer unicorns, and didn’t stray away from hard subjects. The main characters would talk both about the right time to have sex and the morality of killing an endangered species. Even if said species was eating a couple of humans. So, needless…

At first I wasn’t going to do one of these because I was sure my list would be basically the same as Leiah’s. She does have excellent taste in books…by which I mean we like the same thing most of the time. But then I was thinking about it a bit and I realized she…

So, firstly, I want to say that my favourite thing about these books, and all of Suzanne Collin’s writing, is that she writes for and about children as if they are capable and intelligent people. Even the two year old in the books is treated as a character with depth and growth and understanding. The…

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…

Part three of this series is mostly for those people that want to stay up to date on the conversations, giveaways, announcements and such that will be happening. Specifically in regards to YA stuff, you’ve got a couple things to do. On Thursday and Sunday evening I”m going to try to post recaps of the…