We are pleased to announce the winners of our recent giveaways. First up, the 25 winners of the Mockingjay iSkins. We had a record number of entries – 471 – thank you very much to all who participated with…
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“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
Today, we are proud to be a stop on Ivy Devlin’s Low Red Moon blog tour with a guest post from the author on her inspirations and influences for writing the book. About the book Avery Hood is reeling…
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Book Review: The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau – Banks by E. Lockhart
Title:The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks Author: E. Lockhart Genre: Contemporary / YA Publisher: Hyperion Publication date: March 2008 Hardcover/ Paperback 352 pages Frankie Landau-Banks at age 14: Debate Club.Her father’s “bunny rabbit.” A mildly geeky girl attending a…
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Joint Review & Giveaway: Dust by Joan Frances Turner
Title:Dust Author: Joan Frances Turner Genre: Horror, Zombies, Post-Apocalyptic, Speculative Fiction Publisher: Ace Publication date: September 7 2010 Hardcover: 384 pages Nine years ago, Jessie had a family. Now, she has a gang. Nine years ago, Jessie was a…
“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a new feature for books that have caught our eye: books we heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. This is how the Smugglers’…
Title: Dangerous Neighbors Author: Beth Kephart Genre: Historical/YA Publisher: Egmont USA Publication Date: August 2010 Hardcover 192 pages Could any two sisters be more tightly bound together than the twins, Katherine and Anna? Yet love and fate intervene to…
The Black Prism is fantasy author Brent Weeks’ new book (release date: tomorrow) and as part of their marketing campaign, publisher Orbit came up with an awesome idea: Five blogs had the opportunity to send a few interview questions…
To: The Society of Totally Awesome Books Subject: For your consideration – Jaclyn Moriarty’s books ****** Dear Society of Totally Awesome Books, It is with the utmost delight that I write to you today. I have found a new-to-me…
It is the END, my friends! THE END of YAAM! It was the best of months; we had loads of fun, we nearly collapsed under the stress but we.Did.It. And of course, we loved it! It is with a…
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YA Appreciation Month – Guest Author: Karen Healey on Awesome Female Characters
Welcome to our latest guest post in the YAAM – 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we invited authors from different genres to write about the books and the genres they write. Today’s guest…
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Joint Review: Plain Kate by Erin Bow
Title: Plain Kate Author: Erin Bow Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books Publication Date: September 2010 Hardcover: 336 pages Plain Kate lives in a world of superstitions and curses, where a song can heal a wound and a shadow can…
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Guest Authors & Giveaway: Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson on Inspirations and Influences
“Inspirations and Influences” is a series of articles in which we invite authors to write guest posts talking about their…well, Inspirations and Influences. The cool thing is that the writers are given free reign so they can go wild…
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Book Review: John Belushi is Dead by Kathy Charles
Title: John Belushi is Dead (US)/ Hollywood Ending (AUS) Author: Kathy Charles Genre: YA/ Contemporary Publisher: Text (AUS) / MTV (US) Publication Date: 2009 (AUS) / August 24 2010 (US) Paperback: 320 pages IN THE END WE ALL FADE…
For the past few weeks, we have been celebrating all things YA with loads of reviews, interviews, guest posts and giveaways. Now it is time to open the floor to YOU, so that you can be part of the…
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YA Appreciation Month – A Chat with Malinda Lo
Welcome to our latest guest post in the YAAM – 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we invited authors from different genres to write about the books and the genres they write. Today’s guest…
Title: Freak Show Author: James St James Genre: YA/ Contemporary/ LGBT Publisher: Dutton Juvenile Publication date: May 2007 (first edition) Paperback: 304 pages Meet Billy Bloom, new student at the ultra-white, ultra-rich, ultra-conservative Dwight D. Eisenhower Academy and drag…
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Book Review: I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth The Trip by John Donovan
Title: I’ll Get There. It Better Be Worth The Trip Author: John Donovan Genre: YA/ Contemporary/LGBT Publisher: Flux Publication Date 40th anniversary edition – September 2010 Paperback: 240 pages When the grandmother who raised him dies, Davy Ross, a…
Oh hello there, 4th week of YAAM! You look NICE! Mockingjay Fever: It looks like everyone has the Mockingjay fever – the release is so close you can practically taste it! – and a group of intrepid bloggers and…
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What She Said: Hero & Bleeding Violet
Today we bring you the latest installment in our feature, “What She Said…” in which we both review books that the other has already read and reviewed. The idea arose because of the dilemma that if one of us…
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YA Appreciation Month – Guest Author: Sarah Rees Brennan on Why YA
Welcome to our third guest post in the YAAM – 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we invited authors from different genres to write articles about the books and the genres they write. Today’s…
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Book Review: How I Live Now by Meg Rosoff
Title: How I Live Now Author: Meg Rosoff Genre: YA/ Dystopian Publisher: Wendy Lamb Books (US)/ Puffin (UK) Publication Date:April 2006 / June 2010 (UK – re edition) Paperback: 194 pages “Every war has turning points and every person…
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Book Review: My Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
Title:My Most Excellent Year Author: Steve Kluger Genre: YA: Contemporary, LGBT Publisher: Speak Publication date: February 2009 Paperback: 416 pages Best friends and unofficial brothers since they were six, ninth-graders T.C. and Augie have got the world figured out.…
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Book Review: The Ghosts of Ashbury High (or Dreaming of Amelia) by Jaclyn Moriarty
Title: The Ghosts of Ashbury High (US)/ Dreaming of Amelia Author: Jaclyn Moriarty Genre: YA/Contemporary Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books (US) / Macmillan Children’s Books (UK) Publication Date: June 2010 / April 2010 Paperback:(UK) 400 pages / HC (US):…
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YA Appreciation Month – Guest Author: Zetta Elliott on Diversity in YA
Welcome to our second guest post (the first one, by Michael Grant on writing dystopian fiction is here) in the YAAM – 2010 edition. As part of our celebration of all things YA, we invited authors from different genres…