imagallaghergirl:

United We Spy

“Cammie Morgan has lost her father and her memory, but in the heart-pounding conclusion to the best-selling Gallagher Girls series, she finds her greatest mission yet. Cammie and her friends finally know why the terrorist organization called the Circle of Cavan has been hunting her. Now the spy girls and Zach must track down the Circle’s elite members to stop them before they implement a master plan that will change Cammie—and her country—forever.”

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undiscoveredstory:

This is a really great article. 

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Veronica Roth on Allegiant

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maureenjohnsonbooks:

Remember Coverflip? I hope so, because it just happened. But if you don’t know what I’m talking about, click the link or Google it or just make something up in your head.

It got a lot of coverage. First in the United States, the article went slightly supernova on HuffPo, becoming one of…

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slightlyignorant:

The reader’s path through the forest of story.

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sarahreesbrennan:

perpetually-high:

lbardugo:

BASICALLY i’m really angry because it seems that nowadays a lot more young adult books are geared toward girls rather than guys which is fine but i’m a guy and while guys *can* read about girls falling in love with the perfect guy while trying to save the world… it’s not really…

I am a teenage girl, and I get fed up with a lot of YA fiction these days. You talk about strong female characters, and yeah, those are great, but there is way too much romance in recent books. My ideal level of romance is the Harry Potter level; there, but not the end-all-be-all of the story, and realistic. Too much romance is of the Romeo-and-Juliet variety, and the only thing that really drives the story.

And it seems like every time I turn around, I run into another love triangle.

So I think your argument about female characters is valid; but I also think that a lot of YA is actually geared toward girls. Reading is kind of seen as more of a girl thing anyway, like video games “belong” is the boys’ realm. And a lot of female protagonists are actually less well-developed and strong than female heroines in books with male protagonists. It’s like people think, “oh, obviously this isn’t sexist, the main character is female,” and so they don’t put the characters under as much scrutiny, and are maybe even afraid to criticize them in fear of being labeled sexist.

I am not sure what you have against love triangles. They’ve been around for a while, and lots of boys get them too.

http://sarahreesbrennan.tumblr.com/post/15486442487/why-do-you-think-love-triangles-are-so-popular-these

If they’re not your thing, totally fine! Everyone’s got a preference. (I wasn’t a fan of the way Harry Potter handled romance, personally. ;)) But I don’t see why they’re a Girl Thing.

I am not sure why you think people are hesitant about critiquing female characters. It happens every minute of every hour of every day. I have heard more criticism of my female characters than I have of my male ones and I think I can say the same of every single writer I’ve ever discussed the matter with.

http://gingerhaze.tumblr.com/post/48722888794/from-a-message-i-dont-think-you-can-really-say

http://hexybellerachel.tumblr.com/post/36154911565/male-character-i-made-a-mistake-fandom-oh-you

http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/all%20the%20fictional%20women%20you%20hate

We are all raised in a messed-up world, and we feel discomfort when people talk about uncomfortable subjects like sexism. But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t talk about them.

thegirlandherbooks:

So, you’ve just read a book and you want to find one just like it. I highly suggest using Bookish’s search bar. Not only does it bring up the books in the same genre, but the links to buy them through the site and other places online. The site is also filled with recommendations and is set so you can add books to your virtual shelves, kind of like GoodReads. All around, it’s a great place to find new books!

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littlebookthings:

Submission courtesy of anon

penguinteen:

A peek into the life of #1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah Dessen!

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books-cupcakes:

For every book I read I buy three more. 

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thisisteen:

We read YA. Do you?

#IreadYA

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yabookscentral:

divergentofficial:

JUST REVEALED - the official ALLEGIANT cover!  Only 165 more days until ALLEGIANT hits stores! http://bit.ly/18w60ov

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Anonymous asked: Is the whole story of Free Four coming out soon?

Hello! 

Here’s what Veronica Roth said in her blog entry about Free Four:

Are you going to write more? Here’s the thing: I took about a week out of writing book 3 to get this scene done. Right now I MUST finish book 3, and I can’t spare another week. Some authors are superhuman/mutants and can write two things at once, but I am just a lame-o regular human being and I have to do one thing at a time.

Yeah, I get that, but what about in the future? I can’t see the future, so I try not to rule anything out. The best I can do is tell you that right now, I don’t have any plans to keep writing Four!Divergent (Fourvergent? Difourgent?).

Hope that helps!