In light of author Tommy Wallach's rather unfortunate approach to the topic of suicide in YA literature (and broader), in the past couple of weeks the community has turned to discussing the resilience of the YA readership base, and the (in)correct way to approach a controversial subject in a book aimed at teens a…

Mail time! I have to say - this is a biggie.  This post contains books I've bought and parcels I've received in the last couple of weeks, and due to my laziness and busy life (well... reading time), I've yet to write a post. So here I am, shoving it all in one and hoping you don't get bor…

A couple of days ago, a lovely vlogger made a video over on YouTube where she shared her favorite slow-burning romances in (mostly YA) literature. With a love for a good slow-burner ourselves, we sat down and took notes. Our TBRs are groaning under the added weight, but our inner romantics are thanking both Riley an…

Halfway into NaNoWriMo, it occurred to me to ask a friend and fellow writing buddy how she classifies her book. It was a routine question more than anything - her book deals with a group of twentysomethings navigating the intricacies of the Hollywood film industry. Some are old pros who have grown up to it, and some …

In the past, we have shared our favorite real-world places which wanderlusty books have made us yearn to visit. We have also shared our favorite books set in non-USA (Europe specifically), and we are working our hardest to honor other continents and lands by finding literature as diverse in terms of place  as it is i…

Summer is the sleepiest season in publishing. For one, even the cutthroat industries need a break, sea and sun. And for another, authors need time to actually write  the books that we spend the rest of the year fawning over. Summer - with holidays, vacations, breaks and time off work is just the season to do it. (Als…

We daydream and fear boarding schools in turn. The prospect of leaving home as a teenager and setting off to share a (bath)room with strangers is every adolescent's dream, and every adolescent nightmares. In the end, some of us choose to experience boarding schools firsthand, and others choose to experience the…

We who are in the business of books are also in the business of bettering ourselves daily. Books teach, shape and instruct us - sometimes consciously and sometimes latently, through slow expansions of our world view and gradual realizations of things we never knew before. So not only do we love books, we also love kn…

At times, our dislike of a book or a part of a book is so profound and so incomprehensible that it's difficult to express why it is exactly that we dislike it. It goes beyond any one particular fault, or any one expectation we had which the book had failed. But for those times when we know exactly  what it is…

For some, this season is known as the pumpkin spice season. For others, it's the season of fallen leaves. For book lovers, the end of October brings two other beloved traditions - Halloween - the well-established costume-donning holiday, but also Halloween - that perfect time of the year to curl up with a thrilli…