YA Book Reviews by Amy: Books in Verse I am someone that does not seek out much of a poetic voice when reading YA fiction; flowery words can be distracting, and the descriptions can be too laborious. I enjoy writing that does not make me think about it when I’m reading. I have expanded my… read more >>
YA Book Reviews by Amy: Short Story Anthologies A type of book that always seems to get me out of a reading slump is a collection of short stories by YA authors. These stories are usually collected to represent a theme, like: classic retellings, extended stories in the same universe, connected based on social issues,… read more >>
YA Book Reviews by Amy: Solid Sequels Have you ever read a book and enjoyed the sequel just as much as the first book? Or maybe you liked the sequel even better? Many times, the first book is the strongest book in the series and the sequels can hardly live up to the expectations. Other… read more >>
YA Book Review by Amy: Best YA Duologies While I love standalone novels and I enjoy series too, I think my favorite format of all time is: the duology. A duology is a pair (two) books that creates a complete series. Duologies can explore the characters (and their development) more than a standalone. Duologies can… read more >>
YA Book Reviews by Amy: Recent Reads I have been in a reading slump recently and have found it difficult to read physical books; my current solution? Audiobooks! I have been listening to audiobooks (along with reading parts of the physical books) for the past several weeks. While this list isn’t completely made up of audiobooks,… read more >>
New York Times best-selling author, Rita Williams-Garcia, writes novels for children and young adults. Her novels have won a number of awards, including the Coretta Scott King Award and a Newbery Honor Award. Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Renee Watson and Christopher Paul Curtis may find themselves enjoying the well-developed, character driven stories in Williams-Garcia’s novels. When her kindergarten classmates… read more >>
YA Book Reviews by Amy: Great Standalones Part I For quite awhile it seemed like most of the YA books released were part of a series, particularly when it seemed like trilogies were the way to go; don’t get me wrong, I love reading a good book series, but I love reading a good standalone… read more >>
YA Book Reviews by Amy: Short Reads There are quite a few times in the year when I do not want to read an intimidatingly large sized book and would prefer to read something not only fast paced, but short in page count too! Maybe its to keep up with my goodreads goal (yes, I’m… read more >>
YA Book Reviews by Amy: The Books We Banter I read a lot of Young Adult novels, and it is truly one of my greatest passions! One thing that I love most about reading is sharing the experience with friends. I am so incredibly lucky that most of my friends enjoy reading, as well as… read more >>
YA Book Reviews by Amy: Dystopian Worlds The concept of a dystopian society was introduced to me in high school while reading books like Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, George Orwell’s 1984, and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World; worlds that strive toward a utopian, or perfect and idealistic society that end up being overly controlling governments with many suffering injustices… read more >>