John Green on genre
I wanted to link to John Green’s recent post about genre because I think this thought is so damn neat: The main reason books are organized the way they are is that it makes it easier to sell them at...
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More on the eternally interesting (to me, anyway) question of genre. A friend posted a review of the movie The Road on her Livejournal, and in comments her friend noted that the book, like the movie,...
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To continue this genre discussion… a couple of weeks ago I attended the Horn Book at Simmons colloquium, where my favorite break-out session was Kelly Hager‘s discussion of When You Reach Me and genre....
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YA book deal infographics
Kate Hart just posted a fun series of infographics about the YA book deals of the past year, as reported in Publisher’s Weekly. Because I’m a giant data nerd, I want to look at all the numbers. (ALL...
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Review: Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman (July 2012)
The pitch: In Goredd, dragons and humans have kept an uneasy peace for forty years. Dragons fold into human shapes to serve as ambassadors and professors, but they are far from trusted. When young...
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