Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Till It’s Gone
BOOK REPORT for Siren’s Fury (Storm Siren #2) by Mary Weber Cover Story: FWOOSH BFF Charm: Yay Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: Oh, Hulls Trigger Warning: Cutting Bonus Factors: Sassy Best Friend*,...
View ArticlePretty Little Liars 6x03: Songs of Experience
Rosemary and Alexis here today! Thank goodness the girls were back in joke-ready costumes and sleuth-mode this week, or else it would have been hard to cut through all that bleakness. THIS WEEK'S MVP...
View ArticleNetflix Fix: Daredevil
Title: Daredevil Year: 2015 Fix: Gritty Marvel Superhero Realness Netflix Summary: Murdock’s vigilante crime fighting and his new law practice find equally dangerous challenges in a murder case tied...
View ArticleSew Your Own: Cute Pillowcases
Ok, so redecorating your place is often not an option for those of us on a budget. But sometimes you just want something a little new, a little fresh. Let me tell you, the quickest way to brighten up...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro-Tips: Shatter Me, Diverse Summer Reading, and More!
Book Related Things Tahereh Mafi's Shatter Me is headed to your TV, and she'll be producing. A Mad Max Furiosa prequel comic is coming your way. We Need Diverse Books has started their summer reading....
View ArticleSurely You Joust
BOOK REPORT for My Faire Lady by Laura Wettersten Cover Story: Not Another Teen Cover Drinking Buddy: More Mead! Testosterone Estrogen Level: Summer Lovin' Talky Talk: Huzzah! Bonus Factors: Cast of...
View ArticleOrphan Black 3x10: History Yet To Be Written
Previously: Rachel receives eye surgery abroad; Cosima suspects Shay of being the mole that told Castor about the Dr. Moreau notes, but it was really Gracie; Rudy's starting to glitch; Mrs. S. wants...
View ArticleThe SUPERNATURAL Rewatch Project: Dean’s Dead
The Road So Far Welcome to week thirty of the rewatch project, superfans! Our heroes’ season-long quest to save Dean from his own poor choices finally comes to its inevitably bloody conclusion. Get...
View ArticleIs This All There Is?
BOOK REPORT for Devoted by Jennifer Mathieu Cover Story: Wistful Window Gazing BFF Charm: Let Me Love You Swoonworthy Scale: 4 Talky Talk: Just A Quiverfull Of Shame Makes The Restrictions Go Down...
View ArticleYA Movie News Roundup: SHATTER ME Is Getting The TV Treatment
Welcome back to the YA Movie News Roundup! Let's hop to. Last week, Shatter Me author Tahereh Mafi had some very good news. thrilled to say that ABC Signature Studios has optioned SHATTER ME for TV,...
View ArticleWhen The Face On The Milk Carton Becomes The Boy Next Door
BOOK REPORT for Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway Cover Story: Thumbs Up BFF Charm: Yay! Swoonworthy Scale: 8 Talky Talk: Graduate of the School of Sarah Dessen Bonus Factors: Cameron Quick, Surfing...
View ArticleTHE O.C. Rewatch Project: RIP Johnny
Last week, on The O.C. Follow the whole rewatch here! Welcome back to The O.C. Rewatch Project! Last week, Britt asked me if I feel like Kaitlin's scheming was justified in light of how invisible she...
View ArticleInk and Ashes Blog Tour: The Intriguing Underworld of the Yakuza
In her new novel, Ink and Ashes, Valynne E. Maetani plunges a teenage girl into the shadows of the yakuza. Here's her take on why the Japanese mafia is so intriguing. I have always loved mysteries...
View ArticleToo Much Of A Good Thing
BOOK REPORT for Sugar by Deirdre Riordan Hall Cover Story: Filtered BFF Charm: Big Sister Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: Eating Our Feelings Trigger Warnings: Bullying, Fat Shaming, Physical and...
View ArticlePretty Little Liars 6x04: Don’t Look Now
Catie and Alexis here! We're in the thick of season 6A, now, and also, amazingly, in the thick of answers. Who would have guessed? Anyway, we hope some of you were following along with Rosemary's...
View ArticleTen Hot Reads to Kick Off Summer
Summer means summer reads, and who better to give us the dish on the hottest summer books than a group of industry insiders? The BookSparks team takes their wine straight up with a book garnish and...
View ArticleInkcouragement: A Change Might Do You Good
When I decided to switch a 60k first-person manuscript into third person, I was bit desperate. This novel was 34 Pieces of You, and this was back before it was published and still in that stage of...
View ArticleDare to Be Yourself
BOOK REPORT for Gracefully Grayson by Ami Polonsky Cover Story: One Shade of Gray Drinking Buddy: Have a Chocolate Milk on Me Testosterone Estrogen Level: Epic Brave Talky Talk: You Are Not Alone...
View ArticleProcrastination Pro-Tips: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Is Coming To London
Happy Friday, everyone! I am super excited for tonight, because not only am I going to the ALA annual conference, but I get to meet our contributor Savannah for the first time! But first: links!...
View ArticleMy Dad Was In The Yakuza And All I Got Was This Lousy Death Threat
BOOK REPORT for Ink and Ashes by Valynne E. Maetani Cover Story: Photoshop Tutorial BFF Charm: Nay Swoonworthy Scale: 3 Talky Talk: Underdeveloped Bonus Factors: Diversity, Yakuza Relationship Status:...
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