I’ve posted before about places for reviewers to get review copies for free but with the recent discussion of piracy it was brought up that there are few of the opportunities for readers. This is not wholly true. They are difficult to find to be sure, and there are plenty of low cost options […]
Every library is different. That means that you get a unique experience anytime you walk into one. The budgets, the people, these things all impact the different services available at each library and branch. This list is by no means exhaustive and will by no means apply to every library. If you’re curious about […]
Dear Forbes, Your contributor Panos Mourdoukoutas (seriously, can this guy’s name be any harder to spell?) is an idiot. A complete, entitled, out of touch idiot. Love, The rest of society who has actually been to a library once in their lives. In all seriousness, the article posted on Forbes.com immediately raised the hackles of […]
Hello, everyone. I would like to warn you now, if you didn’t read the title, that this post is going to be a rant. I am angry, and I am going to put my anger down here so I can hopefully let it go. Okay, then. I was recently reading a v lovely book (review […]
Alright, we’ve got to talk about a thing here. Every time I walk into a used bookstore or a Goodwill I see tons of ARCs for sale. A few places don’t care and earn a permanent side eye from me. Others have told me that they were unaware of what arcs were and had no […]
Edit: Since I seem to have not gotten the point across, I am NOT commenting on how the book is not bad or racist. I used Black Witch as an example but this applied to ALL rating without reading a book. I believe in posting your opinions, just without a rating. I believe that it’s […]
John Green seems to be a controversial figure in YA, people either really love him or harbor a great dislike for him. Now, I certainly don’t worship the ground he walks on, but neither do I think he’s an awful human being. To me he’s a decent writer of YA who has an entertaining […]
Think about this for a second: you are the world’s last chance for survival. Perhaps a dystopian government is ruining everything or some magic has gone wild and will destroy everything. No matter the reason, you are the chosen one, the only person who can turn things around. Ok, great, so here are some of […]
Hi guys! Welcome to Cover Talk, a new feature I want to start. As the feature title suggests, I’m going to be talking about covers: the good, the bad, and the ugly. And our first cover is both bad and a little bit ugly. This is the cover for the paperback edition of Dark Triumph […]
I’m sure by now you’ve heard Sherilyn Kenyon (author of the Dark Hunter Series) is suing Shadowhunter series author Cassandra Clare for copyright and trademark infringement. First, here is the complaint from Kenyon, provided by Courtney Milan on her Twitter: I hope you can read legal-ese Basically, as I understand it, SK is claiming Clare violated […]