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Book Review: He Must Like You by Danielle Younge-Ullman
The somewhat whimsical cover makes it seem like the book may be lighter than it is. In reality, it's a fairly nuanced and painful look at rape culture, toxic masculinity, sexual assault and harassment, and consent.
Writing Your (Hidden) Self, a guest post by Jessica Pennington
I write books about girls like me: Type-A, focused, self-conscious, anxious, driven, emotionally guarded, a little too serious sometimes, and absolutely worthy of love.
Continuing Anti-Racist Work in Publishing in the Wake of the George Floyd Protests, a guest post by Roseanne A. Brown
We all need to keep showing up for Black voices and Black lives, even when it’s no longer on trend to do so.
Post-It Note Reviews: Mythology, fencing, basketball, HIV, and more
Hey, I think my reading slump is broken! Check out these great books to add to your TBR list.
Teen Friendship: It’s Complicated, a guest post by Kit Frick
As a writer of YA thrillers, it’s important to me to not just write girls into peril, but to also allow them to fight their way out of danger. Often that involves high-stakes relationship building, and I think that has a lot to do with my own adolescent experiences as a very timid relationship-builder.
Book Review: I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick
Full of lies, manipulation, half-truths, secrets, twists, and SO MUCH tension, this mystery will easily rope in readers as we, along with all of the characters, try to figure out just who killed Zoe Spanos.
Book Review: My Eyes Are Up Here by Laura Zimmermann
A smart and honest look at the various ways we hide ourselves as well as an empowering look at strong friendships.
So I Guess Now I’m Someone Who Talks About Boobs, a guest post by Laura Zimmermann
Somehow, as I was writing a book about a girl with uncomfortably large breasts, I didn’t anticipate how much people were going to want to talk to me about breasts.
New Books Alert: Stories of prejudice, politics, family secrets, and more.
It’s been pretty quiet on the book mail front, but here are a handful of new and forthcoming titles to get on your TBR lists.