Review: Goodbye Days
Amanda “For the most part, you don’t hold the people you love in your heart because they rescued you from drowning or pulled you from a burning house. Mostly you hold…
Young Adult Literature
Review: The Sun Is Also a Star
“We’re kindling amid lightning strikes, a lit match and dry wood, fire danger signs and a forest waiting to be burned.” -Nicola Yoon, The Sun Is Also a Star Natasha…
50 Best YA Books
As some (or most) of you may know, I am interning at Booklist in Chicago until the the end of May. In trying not to think about what’s going to…
Review: At the Edge of the Universe
“You can choose to be happy with what life gives you…or spend your life miserable. I choose happiness. It’s really that simple.” -Shaun David Hutchinson, At the Edge of the…
Review: Holding Up the Universe
“We can’t fight another person’s battle, no matter how much we want to.” -Jennifer Niven, Holding Up the Universe Everyone thinks they know Libby Strout and Jack Masselin. No one…
Character Playlist: Libby Strout
One of the best messages from Holding Up the Universe by Jennifer Niven is that you are wanted. Libby Strout distributes this message to her entire high school, after years…
Review: The Great American Whatever
“That’s actually the most confusing part about being alive without knowing the end of your own hero’s journey. You never know if it’s time to go home or head into…
Review: This Savage Song
“He wasn’t made of flesh and bone, or starlight. He was made of darkness.” –Victoria Schwab, This Savage Song In the city of Verity, violence has begun to breed monsters,…
Review: Junior Hero Blues
Title: Junior Hero BluesAuthor: J.K. Pendragon Publisher: Riptide Publishing Release Date: November 7, 2016 “I, Javier Medina–or Blue Spark, as I’m known to the citizens of Liberty City–am one-hundred-percent dork,…
The Problem With Adapting Young Adult Books Into Movies
The movie industry has been adapting books into movies for years, and I mean, what avid reader doesn’t want to see their favorite book brought to life on the big…