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 […]
Summer is on the horizon! It’s not quite time for beach reads yet, but fortunately, May offers a whole new batch of middle grade books to hold us over.