YA Book Club is hosted by Tracey Neithercott at Words on Paper. Thanks for bring us all together, Tracey! This month we’re discussing Insurgent by Veronica Roth. Insurgent is the second book in the Divergent trilogy. It’s difficult to discuss a sequel without giving away the secrets of the first book, but I’m going to...

May 1st marked two amazing book birthdays. Veronica Roth’s follow-up Insurgent, and Kristin Cashore’s Bitterblue, the long-awaited sequel to Graceling. Reading these two books back-to-back illustrated how sequels can be very different but equally fantastic. I’ll be reviewing Insurgent for YA Book Club later this month, but I can’t help comparing and contrasting a little for my review of...

My favorite and most reliable way to find great new books used to be asking friends what they were reading and loving. I still do that. But my new method has moved up on the list, and it has me pretty excited. Following blogs and tweets in the publishing industry leads to an ever-expanding network...