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Month: December 2016

Looking Back, Holiday Nostalgia

Miguel Fields December 27, 2016November 29, 2016 Blog No Comments

I received a few books for Christmas and it made me think about how much I love reading. Which is funny, though, because when I look back there didn’t seem to be much YA in my library until about a…

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School Days Theme Week: Boarding School Stories

Miguel Fields December 19, 2016November 29, 2016 Blog No Comments

Who would have thought teens would still read British girls’ boarding-school stories in the 21stcentury? I suppose this topic came to be because my niece is home from boarding school and I was going through her books. Outside of my…

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More Self Conscious Drivel

Miguel Fields December 13, 2016November 29, 2016 Blog No Comments

I’m not sure I’m the best person to be giving out tips – my only qualification for writing YA is being a mother of teenagers (and of course having been a Young Adult myself, back in pre-history). I’ve not studied…

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Painting w/ Words

Miguel Fields December 8, 2016November 29, 2016 Blog No Comments

I became excited to write, but then I sat down to write my post and was like “what am I even doing?” I CAN’T WRITE A blog because a) I am boring, b) who cares what I think?! and c) what…

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How I started This Blog & Some Funny YA

Miguel Fields December 3, 2016November 29, 2016 Blog No Comments

I started my old book blog with a focus on paranormal and supernatural reads.  mainly because that was all I was reading at the time and it was kinda the fashion so you couldn’t go anywhere without seeing a book that…

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