Best Book of August

/ August 31, 2011/ books, Reviews, Road Trip Wednesday/ 21 comments

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday.  Today’s topic: What’s the best book you read in August? With Real World Cape Cod at the start of the month, I expected

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Review: Writing & Selling the YA Novel

/ July 12, 2011/ books, Reviews, young adult/ 2 comments

During Weekend of Awesome, we shared our favorite writing resource. Erinn brought in Writing and Selling the YA Novel by KL Going. So I borrowed it and read it on the botched plane ride home*. What I  liked about it: It was easy to read. Most books on craft lean toward the dense side, but KL Going’s writing is easy

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Best of June: The Dark and The Light

/ June 29, 2011/ books, Reviews, Road Trip Wednesday/ 10 comments

Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. Today’s topic: What’s the best book you’ve read this month? For the record, I’m excited that this topic has come back. Like, wicked

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Start Summer with a Good Fauxmance

/ June 23, 2011/ books, Reviews/ 6 comments

During Weekend of Awesome, Erinn arranged a Skype chat with YA author Brendan Halpin. As I said in my WOA recap post, he was totally funny and smart. Our chat with him gave us insight on the industry we’re all pushing our way into*. Talking with Brendan cemented the fact I need to read all his books. Now. Turns out

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