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…

Reading is the best .  There's more to picking up a good book and getting lost in the story than it may seem. Over the years, reading has changed me as a person. I wasn't as big of a reader when I was younger compared to now - as a kid, I wasn't highly encouraged to read, so I never read much until …

I get it: everyone is sick and tired of hearing about politics . Dystopian authors are probably sick and tired of hearing about politics at this point. Even politicians are probably considering just burrowing into a hole in the ground whenever there's mention of an upcoming election season. For most young…

It's my co-blogger's birthday today! As in previous years, Natalie turns twenteen (not a typo), and celebrates it as all twenteen-somethings do - with a raging bash, Great Gatsby style. (Or she's stuck at work, eagerly awaiting the weekend when an actual celebration can take place. Yay?) I mean, s…

In the past year, a Would-You-Rather tag has been making rounds around the bookish blogosphere (and especially the vlogosphere). You may have heard of it. You may have seen it. You may have tried to film yourself answering it, only to find that you're fifty-seven kinds of awkward in front of a camera, then promp…

If you've noticed your To-Be-Read pile of books grow at an exponential (and alarming) rate and threaten to take over your life - you are not alone. This being January and the start of a new year, it also makes for a perfect opportunity to do something about it - or, at the very least, vow to do something about i…

So you find yourself steeping in ennui. Reading is a chore. Books are a chore (and too heavy to carry, anyway, and why even bother, and you don't even read them when you're out). Life is a chore and nothing makes sense anymore, and how did you ever even manage to finish a book? The bad news is, you have b…

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 …

I really lose my patience with people when it comes to reading.  We all have those friends who don't read, family members, or even random people in public that nag at us about our books. I'm sure you know who they are. We also know those readers who are pretentious or judgmental. It gets to that point when…