Top Ten Tuesday is a book blogging prompt hosted by The Broke and the Bookish. I don’t participate every week, but I join in when I find the prompt interesting. This week’s prompt is beach reads, interpreted as we see fit. I’ve included some traditional “beach reads” and some not-so-usual picks. Summer Sisters by Judy Blume… Continue reading Top Ten Favorite Beach Reads
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10 YA Novels with LGBTQ Characters
Queer lit is my favorite category of YA lit. Even as a heterosexual, cisgender woman, I still relate to these characters and am often moved by their stories. I think it’s important for queer readers to be able to find stories that reflect them, but I also think it’s important for all readers to seek… Continue reading 10 YA Novels with LGBTQ Characters
Epic Finale: Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta
Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta Published: Published April 23rd 2013 by Candlewick Press Source: purchased Kindle edition from Amazon, final hardback copy from BEA Bloggers Convention Synopsis: Separated from the girl he loves and has sworn to protect, Froi and his companions travel through Charyn searching for Quintana and building an army that will secure her unborn… Continue reading Epic Finale: Quintana of Charyn by Melina Marchetta
Back Tomorrow: Federico García Lorca Exhibit at NYPL
Here’s a not-so-secret secret: I never would have gone to BEA if not for the opportunity to see Back Tomorrow: Poet in New York, an exhibit on Federico García Lorca’s time at Columbia University at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building of the New York Public Library. I fangirl over this dead gay poet like tweens… Continue reading Back Tomorrow: Federico García Lorca Exhibit at NYPL
Tumblr Does YA at BEA
My favorite evening BEA-related event was the Tumblr Does YA at Housing Works Bookstore. The had free drinks and there was a lot of interesting people there but it wasn’t too crowded (which was a blessing after the madness of the exhibition floor). At the door, everyone got a name tag that also asked for… Continue reading Tumblr Does YA at BEA
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