B+ Reviews/ Recommended Reads
New Adult, Recommended Reads, Young-Adult
Dear Ms. McGarry: When I was at BEA this year, many of the conversations began with “what are you excited about” and to nearly every person I said “Pushing the Limits” by Katie McGarry. My interest was piqued when I… more
B- Reviews
Contemporary, India, interracial-romance, multicultural, Young-Adult
“What’s a girl gotta do to get her first bra, her first kiss, her first love? If you thought the Middle East was all about fatwas and burkhas, think again. Join the fun as Veena, a naive teen from India,… more
Features/ Interviews
bad-boy-romance, Berkley Books, Contemporary, SourceBooks, twins, Young-Adult
The 2012 RITA Best First Book interview series concludes with two contemporaries. Read on for some very cool behind-the-scenes stories, and leave a comment if you’ve read either of these books, or would like to win this set. About the… more
B- Reviews
dystopian, island, Simon & Schuster, survival, Young-Adult
Dear Ms. Stasse, Ah, the dystopian subgenre. For something touted as the new vampire, it wore out its welcome fairly quickly, didn’t it? Despite the popularity of the recent Hunger Games movie, I remain skeptical that it’ll see a resurgence… more
Covers/ Publishing News
Comics, cover-art, digital publishing, Intellectual Property Issues, self-published, Young-Adult
30 Tremendous Examples of Tilt-Shift Photography – “Tilt-Shift photography is an amazing part of talent in which photographer utilizes his skills and technique of photography that develops tilt-shift lenses to beat the boundaries of strength of ground and outlook that normal… more
C- Reviews
dystopian, Young-Adult
Note to readers: The following review of Insurgent contains major spoilers for Divergent, the prequel to the book, and more minor spoilers for Insurgent itself. Dear Ms. Roth, Many readers have fallen in love with your Divergent series. This YA… more