I’m hoping for Christmas that Santa will bring me a mic because, yes, the sound quality is terrible on my MacBook. That said, this review features a special guest: Chili dog, my old wire-haired dachshund, who decided to wake up from a nap.
Category Archives: Bookshelf
One Line Wonders Review: Ashes Ashes by Jo Treggiari
Among the many changes coming to this site is the fact that BookMadam.com has discontinued the magazine section of the site. But, I’m going to continue posting my One Line Wonders Book Reviews here. In fact, I have a lot of catching up to do after a very busy summer of reading. First up, is Jo Treggiari’s Ashes, Ashes.
Who’s the New YA Editor at BookMadam.com?
That would be me!
My first post went up earlier this week. I’m starting this thing called “One Line Wonder” book reviews. Instead of double posting content, you can either subscribe to the feed separately or just check out the widget on the right side of this page. In any case, my first review was of Lauren DeStefano’s Wither, the first installment of The Chemical Garden Trilogy. She has been so awesome about the review that we’re hoping to get her onto the site for a live-to-chat like we did with Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl who co-wrote The Caster Chronicles series.
Meanwhile, my own writing has been going rather well. I had another reader in the industry offer some fabulous feedback and have sent off a query. There’s also secret news that I can’t tell you about until later this summer. (Cue: cliffhanger music.)
Anyway, I’m off to write. Let me know what you think about the “One Line Wonder” idea though and if you’ve read Wither I’d love to hear your thoughts on that too.
The Twilight Effect
Aimee L Salter (a.k.a. @AimeeLSalter) at Seeking the Write Life recently asked writers to contribute to a discussion on The Twilight Effect. My post belongs to the opposition. While I did enjoy book one of the series, I found Bella’s character to be written irresponsibly in terms of being a strong female protagonist and role-model for young girls.
As authors who are specifically targeting a pre-teen to teen demographic, I think there’s an inherit obligation to write responsibly. In a world where anorexic and often shallow women dominate entertainment news, do we really need our books to reinforce these awful conventions?
Read the full post here. And feel free to leave your two cents in the comments section while you’re there.
Advent Book Blog
It’s that time of year again when people are putting their holiday wish lists together. Wondering what to get the bookworm in your life? Well, check out the Advent Book Blog. The site kicked off its second year earlier today and my recommendation was first up on the blog! Check out why I chose Maggie Stiefvater’s Linger.