The 15 Best Chapters in All of Harry Potter
It’s easy enough to pick a favorite Harry Potter book (if yours isn’t Prisoner of Azkaban, then you’re wrong and…
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The Sun Is Also a Star Is a Story of Love, Life, and Everything
Writing a truly great novel is an act of compassion, and Nicola Yoon’s The Sun Is Also a Star is one of the…
5 YA Books To Inspire You During National Novel Writing Month
I’m just going to say it: writing a novel in a month isn’t pretty. Writing 50,000 words in 30 days…
YA-Inspired Halloween Costumes You Can Make with 4 Items or Less
I usually start planning my Halloween costume around August. This gives me enough time to sew myself Brienne of Tarth’s…
10 Harry Potter Halloween Costumes You Haven’t Thought Of
Halloween is right around the corner. You’ll be dressing up as someone from Harry Potter, obviously (you’ve been doing this…
6 YA Books You Need to Read More than Once
Some books you have to read more than once to fully appreciate. Maybe there was a plot twist you didn’t…
BREAKING: J.K. Rowling Just Released a Patronus Experience on Pottermore!
No offense to other books, but it seems unlikely there will ever be a literary phenomenon quite as wonderfully expansive…
10 YA Books That Sell Themselves in 5 Words
A lot of factors go into making a book fantastic, including pacing, voice, dialogue, and chemistry, but when it all…
5 Reasons You Need Gwenda Bond’s Lois Lane Series in Your Life
Check out the nearest movie theater, and odds are good you’ll find a superhero movie on the marquee. From Superman vs.…
Tear Tracker, and Other Apps That Need to Exist for YA Book Nerds
There are apps out there for just about everything, and plenty just for book lovers: apps that help you categorize your…
15 Scenes from Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Ranked in Order of How Emotional They Made Me
I love things that make me cry, whether it’s out of joy or sadness. I don’t know what this says…
Should You Read Harry Potter and the Cursed Child?
Short answer to the question posed above: Yes. Obviously. Long answer? Perhaps you, the discerning reader, want to know WHY Harry…
15 Harry Potter Spells Ranked in Order of Real-Life Usefulness
Generally speaking, magic is pretty handy when you’re using it right. But the witches and wizards of Hogwarts are never…
5 Reasons to Reread the Harry Potter Series
Last year, I spent the last two weeks of July rereading all seven Harry Potter books, and I don’t care…
22 YAs That Get it Right: LGBTQA Edition
Welcome to another edition of YAs That Get it Right, which is all about YAs that truly nail an element…
What to Read Next Based on Your Favorite David Bowie Persona
If any musician understood the importance of storytelling and characters, it was David Bowie. Over the course of his career,…
8 YA Books to Help You Cope with the End of Supernatural Season 11
What’s that wailing sound? The souls of the damned trying to escape hell? No, just millions of Supernatural fans crying…