YA Blogroll

So next week, two books I'm really excited about are coming out: Sweet Venom by Tera Lynn Childs and Shut Out by Kody Keplinger. I can't seem to decide which I want to read first, but I think I have a solution...

Welcome to my first Book Wars poll. Let your voice be heard and cast your vote! The poll will close September 8th at 6:00 p.m. EST. Hopefully the books will have arrived from Chapters by then.

Hi all! It's been awhile since I was active here but thought this might be of interest. My friend Sean Wills (also an AWer) and I have started a blog specializing in YA sci-fi. We just launched today and have lots of yummy stuff coming up: rereads of the Animorphs books, reviews (in the first month, The Pearl Wars, Glow, Goliath, and Tankborn), plus other sundry sundries. We're located at http://www.intergalactic-academy.net. If it sounds like your kinda thing, feel free to follow us via RSS or Google Friend Connect, or on twitter at www.twitter.com/IntergalAcademy.

My review for The Truth About Forever. In short: I just couldn't connect with this book. It wasn't "terrible" by any stretch, but it wasn't for me, either.

I am far too ambitious for my own good tonight. My blog received two awards (thank you!)... Drop by to see them, learn seven random facts about me, and see who I've passed them along to.

I posted on YA Fusion about the sudden popularity of Poe.
http://yafusion.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-comes-around-goes-around-all.html

Where I talk about Shopping Sprees, Fundraiser Goodies and Spending Time With My Mother...

... And my review for Dragon's Oath. In short: Pricey, but a must read for fans of the House of Night.

Teaser Tuesday (a rare peek at my YA historical fic WIP)

I blogged about writing when deadlines loom and inspiration is scarce.

And now for something completely different... Meet the characters of my next writing project, Untouchable.

My RTW post about which non-YA character I want to see get her own YA novel.

I'm working on a writerly auction to benefit relief work in areas all along the East Coast devastated by Hurricane Irene. Here's a brief description of it on my blog.

I'd LOVE to have all of you participate by either donating to the cause and/or bidding when the auction goes live. If you can spread the word, we'd appreciate it. The more people bid, the more we can help those in need!

Inspiration

This week's topic on the nightstand was the moment we knew we wanted to be writers. My post includes a rug rat picture. http://thenightstanddebuts.blogspot.com/2011/09/of-trunks-and-dreams.html

Welcome to the first post from He Said, She Said. Today I'm joined by my boyfriend, Jay, as we discuss what we thought of The Hunger Games.

I reviewed Nick James' The Pearl Wars over at the Intergalactic Academy. Leave a comment to be entered to win a copy, along with a personal note from the author.

My review for Shut Out by Kody Keplinger. In short: Smart, funny and real, Shut Out is the kind of book I love to review. Highly recommended.

I wanna play, I wanna play!
So do we just post when we update out blog? What's the deal? I tried to read most of the pages here.. but um yeah, there's a lot!

I posted today,

I gots me an award and seven quirks of mine.

Hoarding your favorite authors. Or in other words, why I don't read every book by my favorite author all at once.