April Wrap Up

News Nemo April has been a slow month for me, with not much to report. Although I think it’s been my biggest unsolicited review book haul since I started blogging, so maybe that’s something. Wrestlemania was on near the start of April and for non-wrestling fans it’s basically like the Superbowl but bigger. It was […]

No Post On Sundays (12)

No Post on Sundays is Young Adult At Heart’s Sunday link dump, a collection of posts from other bloggers we’ve found interesting or share-worthy throughout the week. This isn’t a real blog post. And yes, that is a Harry Potter reference. On Books The Honest Book Club explains the link to politics and Young Adult […]

Thwarted by an expired library card

I had the most evil genius plan I was going to enact since that time I… wait… I’m in my late 20s and this was my first evil genius plan ever. That’s sad. Anyway, in case you didn’t know, there’s this thing called Overdrive which is basically an app for your smart phone or maybe […]

Lirael by Garth Nix

Lirael by Garth Nix

I’ll be honest with you: Lirael is over 500 pages of largely non-action, worldbuilding, and characters who make terrible mistakes and have to overcome them largely by their own fortitude. But the difference between Lirael and other books with little action driving the plot is that Nix is consistent with his characters. He doesn’t tell […]

No Post On Sundays

No Post on Sundays is Young Adult At Heart’s Sunday link dump, a collection of posts from other bloggers we’ve found interesting or share-worthy throughout the week. This isn’t a real blog post. And yes, that is a Harry Potter reference. You very nearly didn’t get our weekly link dump today! I woke up with […]

Are We Getting More Savvy About Hype?

Changing Attitudes to Hype I’ve been blogging about books since 2010, so I’ve seen a few hyped books come and go. I still remember the massive campaign for Divergent, and man I fell so hard for it. Luckily I liked the book! But living in Australia means I miss out a bit on the big […]