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 an author Q&A plus some fun bonus features. Our October book […]
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I’m happy to chat with you about Alice + Freda Forever: A Murder in Memphis by Alexis Coe as part of Zest’s True Stories blog tour! This book is the first release for Zest Book’s new Pulp imprint – an imprint for new adults. I’ve been on a non-fiction kick lately, and I’m enjoying finding out how compelling […]
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Today I’m pleased to take part in the GUARDIAN blog tour! GUARDIAN is the sequel to last year’s PROXY, a book that really made an impression on me. It’s kind of a futuristic update of The Whipping Boy, and features a diverse cast of characters including a protagonist who is a gay POC. You know […]
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For #LGBTApril I highlighted some LGBT YA 2014 books that were coming out in the first half of the year. (Check out the list if you missed it!) Now that it’s August (!) it’s time to look at what’s on the horizon for the back half of 2014. I’ll be reading a few of these for […]
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Julie Anne Peters has been writing Gay YA for over a decade, and her latest book, Lies My Girlfriend Told Me, is also her last. LIES is about the unearthing of a tangle of lies left behind after a girlfriend’s untimely death. It has romance, friendship drama, cheerleaders, baby brothers, and mystery. What can I […]
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Sweet Tooth is an entertaining coming of age memoir from Tim Anderson, author of Tune in Tokyo. At age fifteen Tim realizes he’s attracted to boys, and around the same time he finds out he has Type-1 diabetes. He has to deal with coming out in a difficult time in history, and managing his blood […]
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