The best novels in verse for teens reflect a diversity of voices, identities, perspectives, and poetic forms. The YA novels in verse
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The. best mystery books for kids are engrossing and engaging, intriguing and interesting. In this roundup of the best middle grade mystery books, you’ll find an assortment of different kinds of mystery stories. Featuring amateur sleuths and kids who crack
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This year was a very strange reading year for me. I read more than I ever have before—I’ll finish out the year with 60ish books marked as “read.” My professional world started
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Accept the Challenge: Read Like a Champ Ahhh, the reading challenge. Who doesn’t love a good reading challenge? The first New Year’s resolution I ever kept was to read 52 books in
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I kind of binge on graphic novels. Every 3-4 months I’ll get it in my head that I need to read not a graphic novel, but 5 or 6 graphic novels. And
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How many books should you read each year? This is a topic I go back and forth about and can never come up with an answer that satisfies me. Since I interact
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Recently I was feeling really bummed out. I was talking to my best friend on the phone and explaining that usually I start to tune a novel or premise out when it’s
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In the last week I got a few new books or holds in from the library, all of them YA, most of them new takes on classic tales like Cinderella, Beauty and the
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This week it was my brother’s birthday! I shall not reveal his age, but I will say he is older than me, and as such I am his kid sister. We are
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Recently it occurred to me that I own a lot of books. I’m not sure how this escaped my notice for so long. But I had absolutely been telling people, “I don’t
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If director Wes Anderson’s films were novels, there would be midnight release parties at bookstores around the world each time an Anderson-penned hardback hits the shelves. Your friend who always dresses up
MoreI have recently taken strides to revive my personal journal writing. It’s hella cheap therapy and can be really revealing and healing to just do stream of conscious on a question that
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