As a teen, I wanted to write books like the ones I loved to read, but I didn’t believe it possible. I grew up in the boonies of Maine! How could I ever get a terrific idea like having a spider rescue a runt who turns out to be SOME PIG?
Through the years, I've been a member of several reading groups. Unfortunately, they've rarely involved graphic novels (and when they did, it was at my suggestion). This is why I've always loved events like comics conventions: By and large, the vast majority of my friends and family do not read comics, so conventions were always a chance to meet with like-minded people.
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Flynn Meaney's debut novel, BLOODTHIRSTY, offers a refreshing new take on those fearsome fanged foes everyone has been head over heels for these days. In celebration of NaNoWriMo and Halloween, Flynn tells Teenreads about her Top 5 Scariest Aspects of Writing a Book.
In today's guest post, regular contributor Denise Neary shares a new word with us. She always finds the coolest things!
USA Today features a fun and interesting review of a new (and, for better or worse, very timely) new graphic novel: The Adventures of Unemployed Man by Erich Origen and Gan Golan. The $14.99 book is from Little, Brown. (The names of the villains made me laugh: The Man, The Human Resource, and the killers Nickel & Dime.) It's unfortunate that the book fits in with society's ills right now...but maybe it's better to laugh.
We don't always pick mysteries or any genre fiction for book club for some reason. Maybe we think they're not going to be serious enough - or have enough good stuff for us to dig into conversationally. So, here's a list of mysteries that should keep you chatting for hours.
