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In 10 Lines: Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick

Welcome to In 10 Lines. Ever wanted to know what […]

Five Reasons Why Stats Don’t Matter and You Shouldn’t Care

Kat Kennedy expounds on the wisdom in ignoring pageviews and bloggerly success in favour of choosing to be uniquely fabulous. Come see why!

5 Reasons the Bella Swan YA Heroine Exists

Kat Kennedy expounds on five conspiracy theories at to why the Bella Swan type Mary Sue heroine exists in Young Adult literature today.

Five Step Method To Ensure Non-Plagiarism Real Good

Good people, great bloggers, wonderful friends of ours have been hit with the big P. I’ve named it the Plagiarism Plague in honor of the event. Find out how you can avoid it!

We The Book Bloggers Petition

Kat Kennedy, intending to start a movement, has created a petition. It’s time that we got those sequels we so desperately need. Now. Check it out, nominate a book and sign away.

Best Dressed Covers of 2012

This year we’ve seen some not so great covers that have caused us to quiver with fear. And then there are the truly amazing and creative covers that make you say, “Hell yeah, I’d hang that in my living room.” So, who brought their A game in 2012? Today, we are revealing a few of our favorite covers of the year, along with the help of special guest, Christina from Reader of Fictions!

The Night Before Bloggermas

One night Kat woke up wild and weary and penned this tale hopeful and teary! That you would click through and find wonderous and true – a way to win great books for your friends and you.

5 Products they need to make for Book Bloggers

Sometimes things are invented with such a limited use and small fanbase, that you wonder how even one person could conceive and invest in it, let alone several. These crazy things somehow exist out there, but I could easily think of five products that bloggers desperately need right now. Why haven’t they been invented? Why hasn’t some enterprising entrepreneur begun mass marketing a new invention to make book blogger’s lives useful?

Five Ways to Survive Reading a Bad Book

Kat Kennedy details five awesome methods for surviving truly horrible book reading experiences. Read on to find out how you too can be a book ninja!

Shit I’m Sick of Reading Part 3

Stephanie Sinclair muses about bad romances in YA literature, how it portrays unhealthy relationships and gives her list of the 6 Worst Male YA Love Interests.

5 of the Worst Breakups in YA

Kat Kennedy ruminates on five of the worst, most horrible break ups in YA involving: zombie dumping, let’s just be friends lines and some of the most evil, diabolic pain dished out in the name of, “It’s for your own good. You’re better off without me.” Read more to find out which couples rate and which are better off seeing other people.

Five of the worst ways to ask for print ARCs

Kat Kennedy breaks down some of the worst ways people could conceivably request Print ARCs of books. And then admits to doing one of them. Read to guess which one!

5 Ways Harry Potter Scarred Me For Life

There is no other series that has touched my heart more than Harry Potter. Unfortunately, It also ripped it to shreds too. I’m only mildly embarrassed to share my 5 Ways Harry Potter Scarred Me as a Child. Just remember, this is a no judge zone.

“Dysfunctional Families”: On YA and Responsible Parenting

Today we have a guest post from The Book Lantern’s Katya on Dysfunctional Parents in YA and what responsibilities parents have in regards to what reading material kids have access to.

Umm… No! 5 GoodReads Myths Debunked

Stephanie Sinclair takes a moment to ponder why GoodReads reviewers have the reputation that they do. Conclusion? They aren’t just a bunch of meanies out to take over the world, but Starbucks coffee houses too. Who knew?

Four Concept Books That Need To Be Awesome

Kat’s list of four concept books, yet to be released, that NEED to be awesome. They NEED to live up to their promise – because, if they didn’t, then the world may implode and reason may fail and the Earth may stop turning. Also, Kat will be really pissed.

I Like Big Banners And I Can Not Lie

Kat likes big banners. And she can not lie. And the rest is too horrible to speak of. Proceed at your own risk.

10 Things Book Bloggers Worry About

Kat Kennedy’s list of 10 Crazy Things Book Bloggers Worry About. Come see what ridiculous, inane things pass through her head and the head’s of her friends on a daily basis in the world of book bloggers.

Book Bloggers Plagiarising -What Happens Now?

Kat Kennedy muses on the unique circumstances that have surrounded the plagiarizing by book blogger, Kristi from The Story Siren. Where do we go from now and how does this affect us? How did it break down in such a way and what made this different?

Five Reasons Why I Think Your Cover Sucks

A book cover is an author’s first shot at catching a reader’s attention. Well, we can’t all be winners. Sometimes we lose before we even begin. Stephanie Sinclair muses about the top five reasons why your cover sucks.

Musing Musers: Five Ways I Could Be More of an Asshole

Critical Book Bloggers aren’t always very popular in the publishing […]

Musing Musers: “Y U No Like My Book?”

Stephanie Sinclair muses about authors who ask the famous question: “Y U No Like My Book?”
Also, there is a campfire jam session. Bring the marshmallows.

Musing Musers: Blacklisting

Kat Kennedy tackles the contentious issue of the Goodreads Do-Not-Read embroiled in accusations of blacklisting in her usual, tactful, thoughtful, erudite manner. Also she swears a lot and there are naked men.

Shit I’m Sick of Reading Part 2

Stephanie Sinclair muses about the trending trope: Insta-love.

Musing Musers: Women and Romance Novels

Vida has released the 2011 statistics for women’s representation in […]

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