Posted by: fshk on: January 12, 2009
I think I’m about to ruin my teen years. The Final Friends trilogy was one of my favorite sets of books when I was about 13. I probably read it (if not the whole thing, then the last book) 3 or 4 times. So let’s see how much I remember: this is a straight-up murder [...]
Posted by: fshk on: December 31, 2008
For those of you still reading magazines made of dead trees, there’s an article in the current Bitch about Lois Duncan, the author of YA thrillers, among which are I Know What You Did Last Summer and, a personal favorite, Stranger With My Face. I just got the issue (the “Noir” issue) and it looks [...]
Posted by: fshk on: August 1, 2008
Okay, brace yourselves. Next trend in publishing? Were-ducks. Semi-homemade erotic romance. Danielle Steel just published her 75th book! She says she still writes on an old typewriter and that critics are meanypants. (I’m paraphrasing.) Classic YA novels get cover upgrades.
Posted by: fshk on: July 6, 2008
Confession: I did not read this one as a tween. I found it in an airport bookstore, of all places, when I was 18 or 19. There’s even a Post-It stuck to the last page with the name of my high school on it (class of ’98!) that I must have used as a bookmark. [...]
Posted by: fshk on: June 23, 2008
I think my copy of this book was purchased in 1993-ish. Copyright page says it was first published in 1989, but there’s an ad in the endpapers indicating that Remember Me 2 was due out in August 1994. (I’ve got that book, too, so a recap is forthcoming!) Anyway, this means I was about 13 [...]
