by Rebecca | Oct 9, 2013 | ARCs, audrey and alice, contests and giveaways, covers, What I'm Reading Right Now, what's up wednesday, writing
What’s Up Wednesday is a weekly meme that helps readers and writers touch base with blog friends. If you’d like to join in, you can find the link widget on Jaime’s and Erin’s blog posts. I love this idea because it gives a structured, easy way...
by Rebecca | Sep 2, 2013 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, debutanting, middle grade, onefour kidlit, What I'm Reading Right Now, YA book club
Happy Labor Day! I’m back from a trip to the Midwest and taking the day *off* before more revising starts tomorrow. But in the meantime, I have two posts elsewhere online:A OneFour Kid Lit interview with YA author (and agentmate) Sara Polsky about her debut,...
by Rebecca | Aug 29, 2013 | Bookanistas, books, chose kindness, middle grade, watch out I'm getting all verklempt, What I'm Reading Right Now
It’s time for another Bookanista recommendation: R. J. Palacio’s Wonder.Here’s the summary from Goodreads: August (Auggie) Pullman was born with a facial deformity that prevented him from going to a mainstream school—until now. He’s about to...
by Rebecca | Jun 10, 2013 | Adventures in Bloggysitting, books, debutanting, historical fiction, middle grade, MMGM, onefour kidlit, this is how we read it, What I'm Reading Right Now
One of the many fun things about being part of OneFour KidLit is getting to interview debut 2013 authors about their great new books. Tomorrow, my interview with Laura Golden, author of Every Day After, will be up on the OneFour blog. But I couldn’t wait until...
by Rebecca | May 6, 2013 | books, historical fiction, middle grade, MMGM, nerdiness, this is how we read it, What I'm Reading Right Now
As a reader, I have a strong pull toward girl heroines–if I were to break down the kid lit I read, probably 92% has a female MC or narrator. Also as a writer, I generally find inspiration in girl POVs. So I’ve been meaning to pick up more books that have...
by Rebecca | Apr 22, 2013 | authors, middle grade, MMGM, Sourcebooks, this is how we read it, What I'm Reading Right Now
I really love time-travel books, and one of the things I’ve enjoyed about reading lots of them is that different authors tend to focus on distinct aspects of time travel. The Time Traveler’s Wife focuses on how it affected relationships; Stephen...
