Format: Hardcover
Pages: 320 pages
Published: March 19, 2019
Publisher: Orion Pulishing
Genre: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary Continue reading “Book Review: Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams”
Book Review: Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Tag: Realistic Books
Books To Read This Month: March Edition
From the rocking sixties to hidden treasures, here are some great March new releases that will have you charmed while you patiently wait for the breath of spring:
Book Review: On The Come Up by Angie Thomas
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 464 pages
Published: February 5, 2019
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Realistic
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Book Review: Parkland Speaks edited by Sarah Lerner
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192 pages
Published: January 22, 2019
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
Genre: Young Adult, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Stories Continue reading “Book Review: Parkland Speaks edited by Sarah Lerner”
Book Review: Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 416 pages
Published: January 8, 2019
Publisher: Balzer +Bray
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Anthologies, Short Stories Continue reading “Book Review: Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi”
Book Review: Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400 pages
Published: February 12, 2019
Publisher:Bloomsbury YA
Genre: Young Adult, Contemporary Continue reading “Book Review: Watch Us Rise by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan”
Announcing the Winners of the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards
After a month-long of voting, the moment has finally arrived! Here are the winners of the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards: Continue reading “Announcing the Winners of the 2018 Goodreads Choice Awards”
Book Review: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman
Format: Paperback
Pages: 383 pages
Published: May 9, 2017
Publisher: HarperCollins
Genre: Fiction & Literature, Contemporary
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Weekly Tea Discussion: Who’s More Realistic, YA or Adult Books?
Hello all!
Welcome to another dose of Weekly Tea Discussion! This week’s discussion question: Who is more realistic, YA books or Adult Fiction?
As we book lovers know, books always manage to reflect the world around us, no matter how fictional they are. But lately there has been a slew of new books released that tie more closely to the cultural and political events that are happening around us, such as the New York Times Bestseller The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas and All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely, two books that surround the Black Lives Matter movement. There has been a huge cluster of YA books that are becoming more political, albeit becoming more realistic-well, this is an opinion of an article on LitHub.com. With writers (younger writers) representing the younger voice in issues that matter to them, it would be easier to say that YA books are more realistic than literary fiction. But I don’t think that is necessarily true. Continue reading “Weekly Tea Discussion: Who’s More Realistic, YA or Adult Books?”
