Tag Archives for: "Book Riot"

YA Wednesday: June YA Reads, Romantic Heroes to Avoid, Binge Reading Sarah Dessen, Problems Only YA Characters Understand

June 8, 2016

Spirit-FireSchool’s out for summer. Almost. I still remember the delicious feeling of having a couple of months when my time was finally my own. And I would have appreciated it even more if [...]

YA WEDNESDAY: New YA Novels Releasing This Fall, Do We Need a YA Canon, Buffy Studies, and the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (or Boy) YA Trope

October 21, 2015

YA, YA Wednesday

I love autumn—the sweet smell of wood-smoke, pumpkins everywhere, trees laden with ripe apples and pears, the radiant bursts of red and orange that make me go wow on a regular basis. As Keats [...]

YA Wednesday: Three Things for YA Writers to Keep in Mind, 8 Habits of Successful YA Authors, Music to Avoid in YA, and a Politically Correct Lord of the Flies

September 16, 2015

Resources for Writers, The Writing Life, YA, YA Wednesday

This is the time of year that makes us wish we were back in school. Not because we want homework or tests, but because we want back to school clothes, back to school shoes (black patent leather [...]