The midwest usually conjures up images of farms and county fairs and all things wholesome and good. It’s been called the heartland, it’s been called the breadbasket, it’s been called a wonderful place where cheese is pretty much its own food group and the puppy chow flows freely. But more important for our purposes, it’s also fertile […]
Oh man, who doesn’t love the whole rich boy/poor girl (or vice versa!) romance trope? From Cinderella to Pretty In Pink to Pretty Woman to Titanic, we swoon at the meet-cutes, we angst over differences and circumstance, we fret over power dynamics, and despite it all, we root for our lovebirds to overcome the seemingly […]
Have you checked out Browsery? It’s the new B&N app for readers, that talks about books the way you do. Are you looking for heist stories as great as Six of Crows? YA fantasies with worlds you’ll get lost in? Or do you just want to vent about the last book someone spoiled for you, […]
It’s a pretty cool thing, hitting the New York Times bestseller list. Not only does it mean your book is selling exceedingly well, but it means a whole lot more people are about to get their eyes on your title and two-line summary, and you’re going to have “New York Times bestselling author” on everything you do from […]
Young adult books from independent publishers are always among the most exciting, because they often come with so much more freedom to push boundaries and feature strong representation that others don’t. Smaller publishers provided some of my favorite books of 2016 (see: On the Edge of Gone, by Corinne Duyvis; The Abyss Surrounds Us, by Emily Skrutskie; Not […]