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Recommend Your Favorite YA/Teen Lit Blog

2009 at 12pm     Posted by Rebecca Joines Schinsky

I don’t read many YA or teen novels because they’re generally not my thing, but I’d love to know more about them so I can be a more well-rounded reader and so I can recommend great books and blogs to the educators I work with.

If you write a YA or Teen Lit blog, or if you know of a few great ones you’d like to share, please leave a link and/or a brief description in the comments here.

I’ll cull the responses for a post in the next week or so, and I’ll be passing a list of the recommended sites along to a client who is teaching for middle and high school reading teachers.

Thanks for helping me expand my horizons!

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18 Responses to “Recommend Your Favorite YA/Teen Lit Blog”

  1. Kim Baccellia on June 29th, 2009 12:16 pm

    One of my favorite YA sites is Enchanting Reviews.

  2. Amy @ My Friend Amy on June 29th, 2009 12:17 pm

    I personally love Steph/ Reviewer X http://reviewerx.blogspot.com

    And of course Lenore
    http://presentinglenore.blogspot.com

    And I recommend starting off with Nothing But Ghosts by Beth Kephart for your journey into YA. :)

  3. Emily Ellsworth on June 29th, 2009 1:33 pm

    I know a couple that are pretty good.

    Maw Books Blog
    http://blog.mawbooks.com

    Reviewer X
    http://reviewerx.blogspot.com

    Shooting Stars Mag
    http://shootingstarsmag.blogspot.com

    And…. a shameless plug for my own, which I think it quite good.

    Emily’s Reading Room
    http://emilysreadingroom.blogspot.com

  4. Lenore on June 29th, 2009 2:38 pm

    Jen Robinson’s Book Page http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/

    I second myself ;) (though I don’t exclusively review YA)

    I third Reviewer X.

    Also really like Steph Su Reads. http://stephsureads.blogspot.com/

    For YA reviews for an adult perspective, try My Favorite Author.
    http://myfavoriteauthor.blogspot.com/

    And so many more…

  5. Ali on June 29th, 2009 2:56 pm

    I review about half YA/middle grade and half adult books, as do most of the YA bloggers I read (including some of those mentioned here, which are all great). I also like Color Online, Presenting Lenore, and Karin the Librarian.

  6. Biblibio on June 29th, 2009 3:19 pm

    My best recommendation is to ask teens. I can give you my own personal recommendations but it’s best to get as many different opinions as possible. It also depends on what types of young adult literature you’re looking for. It’s such a complex and diverse genre (I’ve recently begun to think that the distinction shouldn’t exist at all), ranging across all other areas of literature (fantasy, novels, short stories, etc.).

    I’m pleased you’re investigating this treasure trove of a genre and hope you find some of the excellent books that exist there.

  7. Heather on June 29th, 2009 3:57 pm

    I’ve read quite a bit of YA this year and I’m trying to review them all: http://hiddenplace.wordpress.com

    Also, here are a few not mentioned:

    Yannable
    YA Fabulous
    The Story Siren

    These have a lot of information on YA books, beyond just reviews.
    Cynsations
    Bookshelves of Doom
    Seven Impossible Things Before Breakfast

    Hope that helps :)

  8. Molly @ bookhopping on June 29th, 2009 4:20 pm

    Sara at http://yalitgoodbadugly.wordpress.com/ reviews YA from a teacher’s perspective.

    I do about half YA, half whatever else crosses my path at http://bookhopping.wordpress.com.

  9. Miss Remmers on June 29th, 2009 4:25 pm

    As a future high school English teacher/librarian, I am also extremely interested in what teenagers are reading. My blog at http://reagan-review.blogspot.com/ that I’ve recently made to, hopefully, build as a resource for students who ‘just don’t know what to read.’ I am compiling reviews from guest reviewers, as well as myself, in hopes of directing future students to this blog so that no student is ever without a book.

  10. Staci on June 29th, 2009 9:32 pm

    Most of my favorite ones have been listed already!! I read my fair share of YA and post my reviews as I finish them.

  11. Jena on June 30th, 2009 12:15 am

    I read & review YA, too, though not as often as I used to. Which is too bad–I love YA. In fact, I could go for a good teen book right now… Maybe that’s what I need to get me back into the swing of things. (I haven’t finished a book in weeks!)

  12. Susan of Reading Upside Down on June 30th, 2009 2:34 am

    I love reading the YA reviews by Adele at Persnickety Snark

    I’ve picked up a few titles she has recommended and have really enjoyed them.

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  14. Paula Weston on July 4th, 2009 9:39 pm

    I really enjoyed Meg Rossof’s novels. Very edgy, but with excellent underlying themes. My favourite of her three books is still How I Live Now.

    Australian author Markus Zusak is also excellent. The Messenger is his most well known YA book. The Book Thief (my all time favourite novel) is also classed by some as YA, but definitely transcends that category.

    (Bear in mind, the most popular YA novels these days tend to involve vampires, werewolves etc. Stephenie Meyer of course heads the list – though I don’t think they’re really YA – but I just finished reading Claudia Gray’s first two novels, which were excellent genre books.)

    Hope that helps. (Sorry for rambling!)

  15. Doret on July 19th, 2009 2:15 am

    I always enjoy reading YA reviews over at http://www.chasingray.com/

    I know this is slighty uncouth but I am going to do it anyway. Check out my YA reviews, especially if you are in search of books featuring people of color.

  16. Rebecca @ The Book Lady's Blog on July 19th, 2009 9:36 am

    Not uncouth at all! A little self-promotion is OK every now and then :)

  17. teen bookworm on July 27th, 2009 11:34 pm

    I love your blog! & I have to say,
    please excuse me for this but I was
    wondering, since you are probably
    way more expierenced at this then
    I am, if you could please check out
    my blog and see if it is okay? I started
    it a few weeks ago, and nothing has
    really happened with it besides a few
    page view and an interested writer]:
    Thanks for your time, Teenbookworm

  18. Jamie on March 11th, 2010 5:57 pm

    Some of my favorites are:

    http://www.thestorysiren.som
    bloggers-heart-books.blogspot.com
    http://www.foreveryalit.com
    http://www.freneticreader.com
    thebookcellarx.blogspot.com
    http://www.theneverendingshelf.com

    My blog is much newer, but still good :)
    bookmarkedreviews.blogspot.com

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