Emergency Contact Review || A Sweet College Story

  For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn’t actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it’s seventy-nine miles and a zillion …

Should Young Adult And New Adult Be Shelved Together? Discussion

Young Adult Fiction (YA): a category of fiction published for readers in their youth. YA books are catered towards readers from 12 to 18 years of age. New Adult Fiction (NA): a developing genre of fiction with protagonists in the 18–30 age bracket. Site: Wikipedia Before I joined the online book community in January, I thought that young adult was, well, for young …

Fangirl Review: An Adorkable Contemporary For All Fangirls

Cath is a Simon Snow fan. Okay, the whole world is a Simon Snow fan... But for Cath, being a fan is her life—and she’s really good at it. She and her twin sister, Wren, ensconced themselves in the Simon Snow series when they were just kids; it’s what got them through their mother leaving. Reading. …

Are YA Books Stuck In The Past? Discussion

A couple of weeks ago I wrote what has been my most successful discussion post so far: Where Are The Parents In YA? There, I talked about how parents seem to be missing from a lot of YA books, which is pretty unrealistic of real life. I loved going through the comment section of that …

Wicked Like A Wildfire by Lana Popavic: Review

All the women in Iris and Malina’s family have the unique magical ability or “gleam” to manipulate beauty. Iris sees flowers as fractals and turns her kaleidoscope visions into glasswork, while Malina interprets moods as music. But their mother has strict rules to keep their gifts a secret, even in their secluded sea-side town. Iris …