I don’t do a lot of “wrapping up the year” rituals. I used to, and while they had value for me then, I find it much more useful to do just a couple of things to put a bow on the current year and lo…

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07.08.2023

True Crime, Low Body Count: “Bloodless” True Crime Stories

I don’t care for true crime. I question some of the drive behind its popularity–it’s got a lot of dead girls and it positions human pain as entertainment–but I also understand why peopl…

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17.07.2023

When Did Common Sense Media Become The Good Guys?

BookLooks is a Moms for Liberty invention. I broke that story in May 2022, and since then, the group has continued to deny that it is theirs. Too bad the proof is in the screen shots. The “database…

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21.04.2023

Keynote: Why Your Voice Matters, Even–and Especially–As Censorship Increases

I had the honor of speaking to teens from a host of schools recently about the nationwide explosion of book bans and why, despite this, their work as young writers matters more than ever. I’m…

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13.03.2023

A Little Fungi Hurt No One: Mushroom Book Covers

There’s been a really fun book cover trend over the last few years, and it corresponds with a rise in both the cottagecore aesthetic and the rise of this as a horror theme: mushrooms. I&#8217…

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13.02.2023

Hello! My Name Is In The YA Book Title: 2023 Edition

Over the last several years, the full name as part of a YA book title has been a big trend. It’s one I’ve talked about enjoying before, in part because it makes the title a little bit m…

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30.01.2023

Nonfiction Audiobook Recommendations for Excellent Listening

I’ve become a much bigger audiobook listener in the last couple of years than I have been in a while. When I worked in libraries and had a commute, audiobooks were a staple. But years of work…

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16.01.2023

It’s (Not) Always Sunny with YA Sunflower Book Covers

Here’s a fun little trend in the world of YA book covers over the last couple of years: sunflowers. But they’re not always sunny, happy sunflowers gracing these covers. In some instance…

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03.01.2023

Early 2023 YA Nonfiction for Your TBR

YA nonfiction continues to be one of the underdogs of the literary world. There are few awards dedicated to honoring the work, and as much as some of us have rallied for Goodreads to make it a cate…

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21.12.2022

This Week at Book Riot

Over on Book Riot this week… The most successful book thief in American history. A deep dive into what soft/quiet censorship is and why right now it’s being done by even those mo…

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21.12.2022

This Week at Book Riot and Around the Web

Over on Book Riot this week… How to use FOIA and what you can do with it to uncover local book challenges. Gender Queer was challenged at the Coppell, Texas, public libra…

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21.12.2022

My 2022 Favorite Things

It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? I have on my to-do list a post that digs into what it has been like to blog the book world for 15 years…and I think it might end up being a reflecti…

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21.12.2022

A Few Brief Reviews

I had such good intentions to get back into blogging when I wrote my post back in January, and now it’s been over two months and I’m just getting around to it now. Life happens. The sec…

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21.12.2022

My Top Ten 2022 Favorite Books

Something I’ve come to really lean into this year is that my reading life is going to look different every single year and that that is okay. A decade ago, I could read 200 books a year; that…

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21.12.2022

Rainbow Cakes on Book Covers

It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? I’ve had on my to-write list for a while a few things, one of which is a post reflecting on the fact this blog had its 14th birthday in April and ho…

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21.12.2022

This Week at Book Riot

Over on Book Riot this week… Some of the best journalistic nonfiction you can read. Nostalgic bookish goods, featuring Book It and Reading Rainbow homages and more. Last …

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21.12.2022

Hear Me on WNYC’s On The Media

No formal post today, as I’m in the midst of catching up on homework for school (I guess I never noted here that I’m going back to school for a second masters–this time in …

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21.12.2022

This Week at Book Riot

It’s been quiet here! I plan to get some more posts up shortly, as I’ve got a little break between classes now (and maybe I should write about that?). In the meantime, here are the last…

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21.12.2022

I Had a Baby

It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? And by a minute, I mean…a few months. A lot has happened in my life since I last posted here. I’m reading a lot less and writing basically non…

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19.12.2022

My Top Ten 2022 Favorite Books

Something I’ve come to really lean into this year is that my reading life is going to look different every single year and that that is okay. A decade ago, I could read 200 books a year; that…

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14.12.2022

My 2022 Favorite Things

It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? I have on my to-do list a post that digs into what it has been like to blog the book world for 15 years…and I think it might end up being a reflecti…

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30.11.2022

Debut YA Novels: January 2022

As we approach the end of the first month of a new year — it’s been both the fastest and slowest January ever, somehow — let’s take a look at this month’s debut YA nov…

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30.11.2022

This Week at Book Riot

It’s been quiet here! I plan to get some more posts up shortly, as I’ve got a little break between classes now (and maybe I should write about that?). In the meantime, here are the last…

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30.11.2022

This Week at Book Riot

Over on Book Riot this week… Some of the best journalistic nonfiction you can read. Nostalgic bookish goods, featuring Book It and Reading Rainbow homages and more. Last …

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30.11.2022

I Had a Baby

It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? And by a minute, I mean…a few months. A lot has happened in my life since I last posted here. I’m reading a lot less and writing basically non…

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30.11.2022

Rainbow Cakes on Book Covers

It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? I’ve had on my to-write list for a while a few things, one of which is a post reflecting on the fact this blog had its 14th birthday in April and ho…

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30.11.2022

A Few Brief Reviews

I had such good intentions to get back into blogging when I wrote my post back in January, and now it’s been over two months and I’m just getting around to it now. Life happens. The sec…

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30.11.2022

Hear Me on WNYC’s On The Media

No formal post today, as I’m in the midst of catching up on homework for school (I guess I never noted here that I’m going back to school for a second masters–this time in …

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30.11.2022

This Week at Book Riot

Over on Book Riot this week… The most successful book thief in American history. A deep dive into what soft/quiet censorship is and why right now it’s being done by even those mo…

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30.11.2022

This Week at Book Riot and Around the Web

Over on Book Riot this week… How to use FOIA and what you can do with it to uncover local book challenges. Gender Queer was challenged at the Coppell, Texas, public libra…

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30.11.2022

This Week at Book Riot

Over on Book Riot this week…. A middle school principal in Kent, Washington, quietly pulled three queer books from the library shelves. A roundup of excellent gothic YA b…

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True Crime, Low Body Count: “Bloodless” True Crime Stories

When Did Common Sense Media Become The Good Guys?

Keynote: Why Your Voice Matters, Even–and Especially–As Censorship Increases

A Little Fungi Hurt No One: Mushroom Book Covers

Hello! My Name Is In The YA Book Title: 2023 Edition

Nonfiction Audiobook Recommendations for Excellent Listening

It’s (Not) Always Sunny with YA Sunflower Book Covers

Early 2023 YA Nonfiction for Your TBR

This Week at Book Riot

This Week at Book Riot and Around the Web

My 2022 Favorite Things

A Few Brief Reviews

My Top Ten 2022 Favorite Books

Rainbow Cakes on Book Covers

This Week at Book Riot

Hear Me on WNYC’s On The Media

This Week at Book Riot

I Had a Baby

My Top Ten 2022 Favorite Books

My 2022 Favorite Things

Debut YA Novels: January 2022

This Week at Book Riot

This Week at Book Riot

I Had a Baby

Rainbow Cakes on Book Covers

A Few Brief Reviews

Hear Me on WNYC’s On The Media

This Week at Book Riot

This Week at Book Riot and Around the Web

This Week at Book Riot

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