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What I’m Reading: PAPER TOWNS by John Green

Another John Green book. What can I say, I’m an addict, I guess. It’s not my favorite by John Green. But it’s still pretty fabulous. Summary from the inside jacket: Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back...
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What I’m Reading: HATE LIST by Jennifer Brown

This was quite a ride. An emotional one, too. Summary from the inside jacket: Five months ago, Valerie Leftman’s boyfriend, Nick, opened fire on their school cafeteria. Shot trying to stop him, Valerie inadvertently saved the life of a classmate, but was implicated in the shootings because of the list helped create. A list of...
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What I’m Reading: LOOKING FOR ALASKA by John Green

I’ve read a few books by the talented John Green. This one is my favorite. Summary from the inside jacket: Before. Miles ‘Pudge’ Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave ‘the Great Perhaps’...
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Writing for young adults

I never intended to write a young adult novel. Truthfully, my first novel (which I wrote over cheap NFL jerseys a year ago now), was originally geared toward adults. Then somewhere in the be middle of writing it, things started to shift, the target audience slowly change. This is half the reason why that cheap...
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