I have a confession to make. Actually, no. I have several confessions to make.

• I have not read The Fault in Our Stars. The ebook is currently on my Kindle but I’ve not even taken a peek.
• I own the German copy of If I Stay but have not read it.
• I pre-ordered Allegiant last year but then left it untouched in my shelf. I have yet to read it.
• I own the shiniest edition of The Hunger Games, which is a Scholastic UK Foil Luxe edition. It is all gold, screaming for attention on my shelf but I’ve not read that either.
• I have no idea what The Perks of Being a Wallflower is about because, you guessed it, I have not read it.
• I have not made an effort to read The Maze Runner.

Debates abound about whether or not negative book reviews should be written. There are moves towards banning negative book reviews, while others believe in the value of negative book reviews.

It’s not unusual to refer to a hardcover or a paperback as a real book. Typically, that is done vis-à-vis ebooks. However, I don’t agree with the reference to real books in that context. In fact, it irks me every time I hear someone speak so flippantly about real books because in my opinion, it’s a blatant dismissal of the reality of ebooks.

First-person narrative allows readers to become the characters as it encourages readers to directly experience the thoughts and emotions of the chain characters. This is why first-person present tense is such a popular point of view in YA fiction. It offers a sense of immediacy because it seems to present an authentic voice for the characters.