As a wannabe rebellious teenager, I tend not to listen to adages and cliche sayings. For example, I always judge a book by its cover. While such a habit is usually bad, in this case, it worked pretty well. There’s…
Delirium: Pilot released to Hulu
After a flip-flopped debate from Fox, the much anticipated Delirium series based off of the New York Times Best-Sellers book by Lauren Oliver, will not be commissioned as a series. What was that faint noise that sounded like a thousand puppies dying? Fans.…
Book Review: The Last Human by Ink Pieper
This fictional story plays on sensitive issues that are seen in the real world but never discussed which involve politics, governmental control, war, power, money, freedom, and the ultimate cost of human life. This story starts with Clay a strong…
Book Review: Thirty Sunsets by Christine Deriso
A recent pattern I’ve noticed with YA books is that the book summaries don’t help to describe the book. In other words, authors these days like to put in a lot of plot twists that detract from the book itself.…
Read of the Week: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution. An accident. A secret. Lies upon lies. True love. The truth. We…
Read of the Week: Don’t Call Me Baby by Gwendolyn Heasley
All her life, Imogene has been known as the girl on THAT blog.Imogene’s mother has been writing an incredibly embarrassing, and incredibly popular, blog about her since before she was born. Hundreds of thousands of perfect strangers knew when Imogene…
Yay for YA: Adults should be proud to read children’s books
The Young Adult reading and writing community has been abuzz lately. The film adaptation of John Green’s The Fault in our Stars is hitting theaters tonight, which means YA has been receiving a ton of attention in the media, both…