As a young adult in the nineties, my YA options weren’t anything like they are now. I read every Sweet Valley book a million times (the Senior Year series was totally underrated, by the way; it actually still holds up pretty well), devoured every Judy Blume book I could get my hands on, and…that was […]
Confession: contemporary young adult romance has the most special place in my heart of all YA genres. It encompasses so much of what I love about reading (and writing) young adult as a whole—all the experiences of “firsts” and all the ups and downs that come with them. Some of them are sweet, some are […]
It’s Christmas! Please imagine me in a fuzzy robe with a big mug of cocoa, a tree with twinkling lights in the background as I sip at too-large mug of tea. Christmas is a time I always associate with books—and not just because I get them at Christmas every year. It’s one of the most […]
So your Netflix queue is piled high with old school teen classics like Pretty In Pink, Sixteen Candles, and The Breakfast Club. News for you: you’re a John Hughes fan. Alas, the seminal 1980s writer-director died in 2009, so we can’t expect anymore insta-classics from him. But if vintage throwbacks with loads of charm are […]