The YA and Crime/Mystery Imprints at Angry Robot Books Close Their Doors for Good Last week, we reported the demise of the two imprints from Angry Robot Books. It’s an unfortunate situation especially for the authors who have books cancelled as a result of this. Hopefully their stories will find homes elsewhere.
Shut Up and Read: The YA Debate
I fell into book blogging by accident. I wanted to create a blog about my writing process because I was going to become a writer. I was going to publish books about dystopic worlds, werewolves, time travel and two best friends who spent their lunch hour trying to figure out if the chicken did, in…
Strange Chemistry Is No More
This morning news broke that speculative fiction publisher, Angry Robot’s Young Adult imprint, Strange Chemistry and crime fiction imprint, Exhibit A will be no more. This means that all future titles have been cancelled, including sequels to pre-existing series, such as the third books in Laura Lam’s Pantomime series and Kim Curran’s Shift series. A…
Reading Diaries: Legends, Flirts, and Fire
What have you been reading? What did you start and then never finish? Reading for work? For pleasure? Megan: I’m a big one for that–my patience is wearing thinner and thinner over the years, and I’m finding novellas and short stories a good fit for my surly-reader< nature. I recently read In The Tall Grass by Steven King and his son…
The Thursday Book Beat: Rush Limbaugh Attacks Bookstore
Rush Limbaugh Attacks Bookstore Rush Limbaugh has once again used his power to make us groan by making sounds come out of his mouth. This time, Limbaugh attacks an independent bookstore for not selling his book. [Executive Director Deborah] Menkart gave the opening speech and said 90 percent of children’s books that Teaching for Change sells…
Cheating Death: Review of Jude Watson’s Loot
Loot: How to Steal a Fortune Jude Watson Scholastic Press Release date 6/24/14 Loot is about a lot of things: jewel thieves, acrobats, cursed moonstones. But above all else, this is a story about the value of family. The entire plot hinges on the question of whether love and trust is more important than money…
Let’s talk books (on Twitter)!
The other day we announced the inaugural WWAC Twitter Comic Club (where we’ll be reading This One Summer – join us!). But we’re not stopping there. Because honestly we’ll take any opportunity to talk about the things we’re reading. So in addition to a Comics Club we’ll also be hosting a monthly Twitter Book Club.
Review: The Almost Girl
The Almost Girl Amalie Howard Strange Chemistry I received a copy of this book via the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Riven may only be seventeen but she is a trained soldier, a general. In Neospes, where she comes from, you either learn to fight or you die young. It’s not the friendliest…
All Ages Summer Book Club
It’s almost summer and nothing beats sitting outside, soaking up some rays, and reading a good book. The only thing better than that would be enjoying said book with family and friends. But usually kids, teens, and adults aren’t reading the same books. If only there was a way to read feminist friendly books that…
Book Smugglers is now publishing
Since 2008 the dynamic female duo behind The Book Smugglers have been reviewing speculative fiction. Now they’re taking the leap into publishing, announcing an open submissions call for subversive fairy tale retellings. Founders Ana Grilo and Thea James met in 2007 in an online forum for fans of the TV show Lost. When asked if…
Dogears: Books So Good They’re Creased
Pivot Point Kasie West HarperTeen Alternate universes and all their myriad possibilities live in Addison Coleman’s head. She’s a Divergent, a rare kind of Para-human, and the advanced development of her mind allows her to see the results of choices she faces before she makes them. As amazing as her powers might be to Norms,…
Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart Random House (Delacorte Press) I received a copy of this book from the publisher for an honest review. A beautiful and distinguished family. A private island. A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy. A group of four friends — the Liars — whose friendship turns destructive. A revolution….