Last month I said that January was a heavy month and I don’t know that February was much better! I need to remember to fit in some fluffy reads in March. Last month I highlighted more Adult titles than I usually do, and this month more YA titles are standing out to me. Here are the books I have my […]
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In the YA Diversity Book Club, we chat about the latest YA books that celebrate diversity. Our book club includes Sandie @ Teen Lit Rocks, Kristan @ We Heart YA and Kristina @ Gone Pecan. Each month we’ll focus on one book with a book review (our discussion chat) and bonus features. Our February book club pick is My Heart and Other Black Holes by Jasmine Warga. This […]
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Taylor Jenkins Reid’s adult contemporary fiction books (Forever, Interrupted and After I Do) have made a big impression on YA crossover readers. I like books that straddle the line between YA and Adult so I’ve kept an eye on this author. I recently found out about Reid’s upcoming novel Maybe in Another Life – it’s about a woman who […]
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Debunk It! by John Grant is a book designed to help teens develop critical thinking skills so they can find the truth in the sea of misinformation. We all know people who blindly share misinformation on social media, and they don’t do it maliciously they just don’t have their critical thinking caps on. Debunk It! […]
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When I was first getting into New Adult books, I tore through S.C. Stephens’ Thoughtless trilogy. Thoughtless is about Kiera, a girl torn between her boyfriend Denny and roommate/rocker/soulmate Kellan. This series, in particular Thoughtless, is an emotional and angsty romance with a frustratingly indecisive heroine. This trilogy wrapped up two years ago but has […]
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In Silver Screen Fiend, actor/comedian Patton Oswalt talks about his addiction: film. In the 90s Oswalt was trying to get his standup career off the ground, and meanwhile spending every spare moment at the movies. LA’s New Beverly Cinema became his own film school of sorts and he’d check off the movies he saw in […]
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