The topic that had the blogosphere talking this week is definitely the one that is now tagged #ARCgate on Twitter. Kelly at Stacked had some thoughts about ARCs and unprofessional behavior after attending ALA, and her post sparked a lot of very vigorous discussion. Which reminded us of another ARC-related opinion piece written by Kat over at Cuddlebuggery a few days ago- 10 Ways not to be a douchebag with your ARCs. Both posts highlight the not-so-nice sides of blogging and ARC-acquiring and propose some things that would improve such unsavory behaviors. As far as the question of what to do with unneeded ARCs, in addition to Kat's 10 ways of preventing waste of ARCs, Steph Su offers another avenue for a legitimate way of disposing review copies - via ARCs Float On program that connects reviewers with teachers who are willing to accept ARCs for their classroom libraries.
It seems like every week there is another white man publishing another article in another high-brow publication telling us what we should and shouldn't read and, even more, feel guilty for reading. This article was written awhile ago, but people are still talking about it. The responses range from Le Guin's post in defense of genre fiction to the post by VacuousMinx in which she decides why and if she will feel guilty while reading what she reads. What we wonder is if we listen to all these professional lamenters and complainers, which books would we all be allowed to read? And how long this list of books would be, 10 books?
It seems like every week there is another white man publishing another article in another high-brow publication telling us what we should and shouldn't read and, even more, feel guilty for reading. This article was written awhile ago, but people are still talking about it. The responses range from Le Guin's post in defense of genre fiction to the post by VacuousMinx in which she decides why and if she will feel guilty while reading what she reads. What we wonder is if we listen to all these professional lamenters and complainers, which books would we all be allowed to read? And how long this list of books would be, 10 books?
In our turn, as proper YA fans, we are directing you all to a list of YA books that received starred reviews this year so far. This is actually a great way of finding books that might get overlooked behind the piles of better-hyped commercial fiction. Unsurprisingly, The Fault In Our Stars and Code Name Verity lead with 6 stars each.
Another list you might be interested in is a list of 11 authors who hated the movie versions of their books.
In a world of bizarre book news, did you know that you can GET ARRESTED for not returning your borrowed Twilight book back to the library? Apparently, it's totally possible!
Almost equally disturbing, the two youngest Kardashian sisters are to write a dystopian novel. As if we need another dystopia and written by overhyped celebrities, at that. As if Modelland wasn't bad enough? Two teen girls can do it better than Tyra?
What crazy book news did we miss this week?
Another list you might be interested in is a list of 11 authors who hated the movie versions of their books.
In a world of bizarre book news, did you know that you can GET ARRESTED for not returning your borrowed Twilight book back to the library? Apparently, it's totally possible!
Almost equally disturbing, the two youngest Kardashian sisters are to write a dystopian novel. As if we need another dystopia and written by overhyped celebrities, at that. As if Modelland wasn't bad enough? Two teen girls can do it better than Tyra?
What crazy book news did we miss this week?
