As the years go by, birthdays tone down a whole lot. Gone are the parties to which large circles of friends were extended. Presents become a rarity and on the whole, that “special” day passes like any other. Case in point, nothing out of the ordinary happened yesterday, though I did bake a walnut cake.
Hot off the Press – September 19, 2016
With all these new books releasing each week, it’s a wonder we’re not building houses with books yet. Be it as it may, there are quite a number of popular releases to look forward to.
THE INVISIBLE LIBRARY by Genevieve Cogman
Suspense is essential to propel a plot forward. It’s what fiction is made of as readers want to know, what happens next? An effective way to build suspense is to withhold information, make the reader guess, then reveal things later. That’s exactly what The Invisible Library sought to do. However, that for me, also was the downfall of the book. Too much information was withheld, to the point that there was little for me to hang on to. Instead of wanting to know what would happen next, I found myself asking what the point was.
Hot off the Press – September 12, 2016
Week in week out, there always are very few YA historical releases, if any at all. Is the demand for it so little that it’s not worth for publishers to take on more? Or aren’t there a lot of YA authors who venture into historical fiction?
Diversity and Multicultural Representation
In light of the ongoing debates on diversity in the book blogosphere, in the book tube community and on bookstagram, Jeann from Happy Indulgence thought it important to talk about when “diversity” isn’t actually diverse. Many of us know that a lot more can be done in YA literature to represent diverse voices.
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