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raceinmyfandom:

Some young adult/middle grade book covers featuring people of color. Of course there are more out there, but these were ones that caught my eye, especially the cover for Huntress. I usually don’t like book covers featuring people, especially teenagers, because I think they look tacky. Re: “Shatter Me.” From this list, I read and loved Liar and One Crazy Summer.

BUMPED and THUMPED by Megan McCafferty — following twin sisters in a society that encourages teen pregnancy based on procreative need, and their individual experiences with love, pregnancy, and sex.

iheartyabooks:

UNDER THE NEVER SKY Book Trailer (by harperteen)

Epic trailer. I’ve been on the waiting list for this forever

Shit (YA) Authors Say

Speculating on SpecFic: Revived by Cat Patrick

speculatef:

As a little girl, Daisy Appleby was killed in a school bus crash. Moments after the accident, she was brought back to life.

A secret government agency has developed a drug called Revive that can bring people back from the dead, and Daisy Appleby, a test subject, has been Revived five…

themindofafictionbooklover: “The Immortal Rules” by Julie Kagawa  “Just know that, whatever you choose, you will die today. The manner of your death, however, is up to you.” Allison is used to death and suffering to survive. In her future world, Vampires reign. She despises vampires more than anything in the world, but faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. She is taught how to survive as a vampire then is forced into the unknown alone. There she meets a group of humans who were seeking a rumored safe heaven. In the group is a boy named Zeke, who might just see past the monster to the humanity in her. Allie has to decide if keeping her humanity and doing whats right is the right thing to do for a vampire. So, I don’t read Vamp books that often but this was a really good book… well I liked it haha. This girl is stong and brave yet she still just a girl but she is trying to do what right. The love parts are few but nice and make you hope that they will be together even though it seems like a losing battle. If you want a good book to read you might as well just get this, it wont disappoint. And I love the beautiful cover. 

themindofafictionbooklover:

“The Immortal Rules” by Julie Kagawa 

“Just know that, whatever you choose, you will die today. The manner of your death, however, is up to you.”

Allison is used to death and suffering to survive. In her future world, Vampires reign. She despises vampires more than anything in the world, but faced with her own mortality, Allie becomes what she despises most. She is taught how to survive as a vampire then is forced into the unknown alone. There she meets a group of humans who were seeking a rumored safe heaven. In the group is a boy named Zeke, who might just see past the monster to the humanity in her. Allie has to decide if keeping her humanity and doing whats right is the right thing to do for a vampire.

So, I don’t read Vamp books that often but this was a really good book… well I liked it haha. This girl is stong and brave yet she still just a girl but she is trying to do what right. The love parts are few but nice and make you hope that they will be together even though it seems like a losing battle. If you want a good book to read you might as well just get this, it wont disappoint. And I love the beautiful cover. 

ireadanything: Across the Universe by Beth Revis Genre: Young Adult Fiction First, would you look at that cover? Look at it. Just look at the pretty colors and that glorious nebula in the background. And, then there’s the two people about to kiss, too. Anddd, that about sums it up even with one look at the book’s cover. Across the Universe appears to be a genre-bending young adult novel with scifi mixed into a token teenage romance.  Thankfully, my initial impressions were somewhat upended, making my experience reading this book much more enjoyable than the common YA riffraff on store shelves. For one, Across the Universe has science fiction and dystopian themes rather than a simple puppy love affair driving its plot. Amy is a seventeen-year-old girl who makes the huge decision to accompany her parents, undergo cryogenics procedures and ride the starship, Godspeed, bound for a distant planet ~300 light-years away. Fast forward many, many decades, and you have Elder—an aspiring leader who must learn the ropes of controlling the few thousand people living on Godspeed, which is now a self-sustaining spaceship with a lot of lies and juicy secrets.  I enjoyed guessing Revis’s possible plot twists the most. Across the Universe also hints at some deep and thought-provoking insight on subjects as diverse as individualism, control, nature vs. nurture, and the ethics of scientific study. I was even able to overlook the rather bland characters (Amy is yet another fiery redhead with a tough exterior and a soft heart…blahblah) and language (there’s this one scene where the gruff leader, Eldest, gets drunk and starts spewing slang that a kid born in the 90’s would use…can someone say awkward?).  But, really, I don’t mean to end on a sour note. I think plenty of readers would enjoy this book. And, I’d like to get my hands on the rest of the series.  Rating: Stellar, I’d say

ireadanything:

Across the Universe by Beth Revis

Genre: Young Adult Fiction

Across the Universe (Star Trek: Original Series, #88)


First, would you look at that cover? Look at it. Just look at the pretty colors and that glorious nebula in the background.

And, then there’s the two people about to kiss, too.

Anddd, that about sums it up even with one look at the book’s cover. Across the Universe appears to be a genre-bending young adult novel with scifi mixed into a token teenage romance. 

Thankfully, my initial impressions were somewhat upended, making my experience reading this book much more enjoyable than the common YA riffraff on store shelves. For one, Across the Universe has science fiction and dystopian themes rather than a simple puppy love affair driving its plot. Amy is a seventeen-year-old girl who makes the huge decision to accompany her parents, undergo cryogenics procedures and ride the starship, Godspeed, bound for a distant planet ~300 light-years away. Fast forward many, many decades, and you have Elder—an aspiring leader who must learn the ropes of controlling the few thousand people living on Godspeed, which is now a self-sustaining spaceship with a lot of lies and juicy secrets. 

I enjoyed guessing Revis’s possible plot twists the most. Across the Universe also hints at some deep and thought-provoking insight on subjects as diverse as individualism, control, nature vs. nurture, and the ethics of scientific study. I was even able to overlook the rather bland characters (Amy is yet another fiery redhead with a tough exterior and a soft heart…blahblah) and language (there’s this one scene where the gruff leader, Eldest, gets drunk and starts spewing slang that a kid born in the 90’s would use…can someone say awkward?). 

But, really, I don’t mean to end on a sour note. I think plenty of readers would enjoy this book. And, I’d like to get my hands on the rest of the series. 

Rating: Stellar, I’d say