The Family with Three Last Names

Monday, January 26, 2009

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.

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6 Comments:

Anonymous Erica said...

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 :)

January 26, 2009 8:42 PM  
Blogger MS said...

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...)

January 28, 2009 11:11 AM  
Anonymous Yvette said...

:) love it!

January 28, 2009 10:19 PM  
Anonymous nif said...

nice one, you big geek.

January 30, 2009 11:18 AM  
Anonymous Tim Wilson said...

Very cool! See if you can get the new site onto: http://kidslit.alltop.com/

January 30, 2009 7:32 PM  
Blogger Jodie said...

That looks really cool - bookmarking.

April 26, 2009 4:24 PM  

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