Week 7!

Assignment 2

The Next Big Thing YALSA; The Hub, Oct 2012
Been loving teen reads for sometime now, so, like the author of this article, I'm not surprised! I'm not sure what the great appeal for others may be but for me, it's the fact, that YA reads are often just good stories, with good character development. So, I keep reading and recommending them!
I commented on Katie McGowen's and Karin Kinzel's blogs...two friends who also love good books and good ya stories!

YA Comes of Age Publisher’s Weekly, Oct 3, 2011
Basically is saying the same thing....The are telling great stories!  I love that Tamara Pierce is commenting on this page, and offering suggestions! 

Assignment 3

John Green is hysterical, and I've been enjoying his Vlogbrothers and his TUMBLR for sometime...
I'll continue to keep an eye on these but will also take a look at some of the other stuff, like TeenReads and Stacked and post thoughts later

Assignment 4

I was poking around the teen sites, checked out Little, Brown Books for Teens but it's really out of date; the dates on the new Teen Fiction are books published in 2012.  Guess I'll be following some of the others.  Harlequin Teen is similar to Adult Harlequin; it has the vampire and spirit thing going on, some fantasy and of course regular teen age angst.  It has a good selection, has links for read a likes, and has a place for comments.