Currently Browsing: young adult
Nov 27, 2012
1980s YA: SO RADICAL!
YA was hardcore in 1983, yo. I bought my original copy of The Grounding of Group Six at Barnes and Noble in Boston when I was 10 – the huge one on Boylston that looked like a... read more
Nov 5, 2010
ATTOLIA! ATTOLIA! To the king!
I was browsing a half-off book rack when I found Megan Whalen Turner’s The Queen of Attolia and The King of Attolia. I will admit that I picked them up because I liked the titles (I’m a sucker for royalty, although I think it’s a ridiculous way to really let someone run a country – genetics are dicey!) and because the covers were stern and handsome and alluring. (So I’m shallow,... read more
