In this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie, Lisa, Rebecca, and Missy share some of their favorite recent reads. Read More
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Between the Bookends: 6 Books We Read in April 2019
Tag Archives: YA
‘WANT’, ‘RUSE’, and Why Diversity Is Important in YA: Interview With Cindy Pon
Cindy Pon, author of the YA science fiction books, WANT and RUSE talks to GeekMom about her characters, the environment, and the need for diversity in literature. Read More
Between the Bookends: 8 Books We Read in March 2019
In this month’s Between the Bookends, Sophie, Amy, and Kay spring into spring with books featuring a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction. Read More
Between the Bookends: 3 Books We Read in December 2018
December is a busy month (no kidding) but Sophie still found time to squeeze in three books for this month’s column. She’s excited to begin her new reading challenges for 2019 and would love to hear about yours too. Happy New Year! The Siren by Kiera Cass Sophie’s has a love-hate relationship with Kiera Cass.… Read More
NASA: So Not a Waste of Space—A Guest Post by YA Author Shelley Sackier
This hilarious anecdote of GeekMom-ery from YA author Shelley Sackier takes us inside a recent milestone celebration at NASA. Read More
8 Halloween Reads to Make Your October Spooktacular
In this collection of Halloween reads there’s something for kids, teens, and adults with silliness, spooks, and full-on scares to be found. Read More
Between the Bookends: 12 Books We Read in April 2018
In this month’s Between the Bookends, Mel, Nivi, Sophie, Rebecca, and Lisa share their latest reading as Between the Bookends moves to a new publishing schedule. Read More
Between the Bookends: 3 Books We Read in Nov-Jan 2017/18
Welcome to the first Between the Bookends column of 2018. We’ve made a few changes to make the site better for our readers and Between the Bookends has also changed a little. Read More
Introducing the World of Faerie in Holly Black’s ‘The Cruel Prince’
‘The Cruel Prince’ is book one of the new ‘Folk of the Air’ series by Holly Black, author of ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles.’ Read More
Between the Bookends: 10 Books We Read in July 2017
In this month’s Between the Bookends, Corrina, Anika, Rebecca, Amy, Sophie, & Bookends newcomer Chris share books to see you through the end of summer. Read More
Between the Bookends: 6 Books We Read in June 2017
In this month’s Between the Bookends, Corrina, Mel, and Sophie travel the world in search of ice cream, a magical circus, and some spooky tales. Read More
11 Books on My To-Read Pile After Book Expo America
Jackie’s favorites from this year’s Book Expo America, an annual trade show featuring all the books heading to shelves in the coming months. Read More
Author Laurie Forest’s Geeky Inspirations Behind the ‘Black Witch Chronicles’
Young adult fantasy author Laurie Forest tells us what made her geek out while writing her debut novel, ‘The Black Witch.’ Be sure to check out her Pinterest page, where she has a lot of images of her inspirations as well! Read More
The ALA Recognizes Fantasy and Takes a Stand With Its Youth Media Awards!
The American Library Association announced the 2017 winners of the Newbery, Caldecott, Geisel, and many other awards for children’s and young adult books and other media this morning. Read More
Teen Mulder & Scully Investigate in Two New X-Files YA Novels
Agent of Chaos and Devil’s’ Advocate star teenage Mulder & Scully and follow the two teens as they attempt to uncover the truth. Read More
Gun-slingin’, Fire-startin’, Freedom-savin’ YA Heroines
‘Library Wars,’ ‘Rebel of the Sands,’ and ‘Fate of Flames’ are three YA books with kick-ass heroines everyone will enjoy. Read More
‘Black Widow: Red Vengeance’ – Review & Giveaway
Marvel Press kindly sent GeekMom a copy of ‘Red Vengeance’ to review and is providing a prize pack for one lucky Black Widow fan. Read More
The Power of Story in Three YA Novels
Three recommended, very different YA novels have this in common: a strong heroine discovering the power of stories. Read More
In Memory of Lois Duncan, Queen of Teen Horror
The lack of tributes to the recently-late Lois Duncan disturbed me, so here are my words for the woman who filled my middle-school years with delicious horror. Read More
Geeking Out Over New Tech Leads to ‘Jacked’
This week, author Kirk Dougal tells us what inspired him to write his new science fiction YA thriller, ‘Jacked’! Read More
