Kate DiCamillo joins us to talk about her work from Because of Winn Dixie to The Puppets of Spelhorst and beyond. DiCamillo and co-host Jenna Seery discuss her start as a writer, the joys a good book can bring, the importance of reading for young people and more. We end this episode with TBR Top Off book recommendations from […]
A delightfully quirky story of wordplay and mystery by Beth Lincoln, this book celebrates individuality and is certain to become an instant classic as soon as readers meet the Swift family. A sparkling debut, The Swifts is the perfect read for fans of Lemony Snicket, Roald Dahl, and The Mysterious Benedict Society, full of mischief, mayhem, and mystery. Keep reading for a guest post from Beth Lincoln about the inspiration behind this story and what books her characters would recommend.
“It’s a literary, feminist, boarding school murder mystery — everyone’s favorite genre.” I Have Some Questions for You is the thrilling and inventive new novel from Rebecca Makkai, the author of The Great Believers, a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and The National Book Award. Part murder mystery, part timely take on issues that […]
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries proved classics could be made fresh if you took your heroine out of a book and put her in front of a video camera. Its blend of wit, heart, and clever transformations of Pride and Prejudice‘s classic arc made for an entirely new story, one of the best examples of this growing medium. […]
This week, all of the bookish internet shook off the holiday cobwebs/deeply embedded cookie crumbs and started churning out loads of YA-flavored awesomeness for our eyes and hearts. Here’s what we’ve been reading this week (when we haven’t been reading the week’s most exciting new releases). Imagine if all the wishes you made when you […]