A New Outlet for My Geekdom
I've been studiously posting book reviews here for every book I read. But I've also been holding back. In a review, I don't always go into detail about what I liked or didn't like because I know people like Anne-Marie and Yvette and even Lacy probably just read the rating, if that, and get on with their lives.
There are other things I'm holding back. Like cool writing exercises I come across. And why I started but didn't finish a certain book. And how do you possibly decide what to read next when your to-read list is almost a thousand books long?
Adding to that, I know there must be other people out there like me—wannabe young adult writers who devour the latest, hottest YA creation hoping to learn from it, or just to be close to what we so desperately want.
So for the other YA wannabes, but also as an outlet for myself, I've created...
YAnnabe
I can geek out to my heart's content on reading and writing for YA, and you don't have to wade through book review after book review when all you really want is just a cute picture of Abby every now and then.
Still, I will probably post a monthly roundup of book ratings here because I will always want to spread the word about good books. And you won't be free from my non-YA book reviews.
But if you like all those YA book reviews, or if you just can't get enough of me and my opinions, I'll totally understand if you want to sneak over to YAnnabe and subscribe by email or feed reader.
Labels: book reviews, reading, writing


6 Comments:
I can't wait to check it out. I had the same problem, except I started with a book blog (palenerd.wordpress.com) and found I wasn't doing any of the "writing"-writing I wanted to do, or telling any of my funny stories. I then started a more personal blog. I am currently waiting for my funny to start :)
Cool! I sent the URL for your new site to my friend Sarah (http://www.poshdeluxe.com), who's also into YA. She even took a class on it here at UT (she didn't like the class but still loves YA), and she's the one who introduced me to Frankie (of basset hound fame...)
:) love it!
nice one, you big geek.
Very cool! See if you can get the new site onto: http://kidslit.alltop.com/
That looks really cool - bookmarking.
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