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Odds & Ends on the Web: April 7th Edition

4/7/2012

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Today we are introducing our new feature - Odds & Ends on the Web (fingers crossed, it does stay regular and weekly, we shall try). In it we are planning to shower you with links to book-related news, interesting posts by our blogger friends and bloggers newly discovered, random finds, etc., basically, anything we think worthy and fun.

The biggest story of the past few days has been, of course, another article written by a white male who chides us for reading YA. Apparently, he has his own book to sell, so how else would he attract our attention if not by being condescending and smug, right? Our favorite responses are from Foz Meadow who calls him out on his sexist ways and Sarah who wisely asks Why the HELL do we even care what people do or do not read?

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Goodreads announced the Independent Book Blogger Awards, which is, in theory, a fine idea, but Kelly over at Stacked argues it might not be so in reality.

You know how we sometimes wonder, what was the author thinking to have written a certain scene/character/event and didn't he/she understand how wrong it was? In this blog post Veronica Roth bravely admits her mistakes in how she portrayed sexual assault in her debut novel.

Carissa Taylor asks her fellow writers: Does Your YA Paranormal Romance have enough cliches? Hilarious, spot on and with a flowchart!

In this newly found blog, the anonymous Intern speculates that being active on the internet does not necessarily mean increase in sales for authors.

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Coincidentally, Sara Zarr and Antony John come to the same conclusion in Sara's entertaining and informative 3rd episode of This Creative Life podcast (yes, we are still pushing podcasts).

Cracked dissects 6 famous children's books that teach horrible lessons. Creepy Love You Forever is among those 6.

Fan of Downton Abbey? You simply HAVE to pay a visit to Downton Arby's (you are welcome).

Melina Marchetta's The Piper's Son finally gets a decent US cover (as exhibited). Angsty Tom is so much better than the Jonas Brothers-like Tom of the hardback edition.

And, finally, if you are as much of a fan of E. Lockhart as Catie, you have to check out this merch inspired by her writing, such as “Ag. And more Ag" T-shirts.

That is all for this week's Odds & Ends on the Web!

9 Comments
Maja link
4/7/2012 03:52:53 am

Already preordered this edition of The Piper's Son. I love the cover, it's almost as good as the Aussie one.

Gosh, this is so helpful. I hope it does become a weekly thing, mostly because I'm too lazy to discover things on my own. I'll be back tomorrow morning (it's evening now) with a cup of coffee and read every single one of the links you ladies posted.

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Sam link
4/7/2012 07:59:24 am

I agree with Maja - I hope this does become a regular feature and then you can dig out all the good stuff for me. ;)

Lots of interesting posts to check out there. Thank you!

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Lucy link
4/7/2012 10:26:59 am

Thanks for compiling all these great articles. I have some catching up to do! I'm off to read what Veronica Roth has to say.
That is a pretty cute button and catchy feature title too - looking forward to next week's odds & ends!

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VeganYANerds link
4/7/2012 02:45:50 pm

I like this new feature, guys! And the new US paperback cover for The Piper's Son is much, much better!

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Jo [Wear the Old Coat] link
4/7/2012 08:59:48 pm

Ooh, fantastic feature, ladies.
I agree with practically everyone re: TPS cover. So much better than the US one (it's the same over here, too!)
Foz Meadows' article is brilliant and so is Sarah's.
Great round up. :)

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Jasprit link
4/7/2012 10:00:27 pm

Great new feature ladies, Iately I've been out of the loop so much, so it's great to find out on all the latest happenings! And I like this Piper's Son cover much more than the current U.S. one but the Aussie one still holds a massive place in my heart :)

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Sarah (Clear Eyes, Full Shelves) link
4/8/2012 01:58:57 am

Aw, this new feature is great, ladies! (Especially for someone like me who gets all wrapped up in the week and misses all of the news and kerfuflles, haha.) And, thanks a million for sharing my little piece of commentary. :)

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Chachic link
4/8/2012 11:47:53 pm

This an excellent new feature! Love the icon that goes with it. I'm really looking forward to the release of the US paperback of Piper's Son, I agree that this cover is much better than the US hardcover.

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Tatiana (The Readventurer) link
4/9/2012 02:46:26 am

We are lucky to have Catie as our very own artist:)

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