Darlings, I’ve neglected you terribly. I must confess that the reason I took a blogcation was that I have a little bit of a deadline coming up next Monday, and while it’s not an “off with her head!” type of deadline, I am of course still stressing about it.
So I’ve been working non-stop on my own project, and YA New York has fallen into disrepair. I promise I’ll be back amongst the constantly-blogging soon. But today! Today is my 29th birthday, and I am going off to Playland in Rye, New York, where I celebrate my birthday every year.
Anyway, I thought I’d link to some of the best YA blogs around today, so you’d have something to read in my absence:
• Maureen Johnson is always hilarious. I think it’s a rule that she has to be.
• John Green is also worth reading, though even more worth watching, as he and his brother Hank do lovely crazy YouTube videos.
• E. Lockhart, who has gotten a lot of accolades lately for her fabulous book, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, is also a great blogger. As for her book, it is hands down number one on my Best Books of 2008 list. Of course, it’s possible that could change in the next few months. But I doubt it.
• Meg Cabot is not only the High Priestess of YA, she also rivals Maureen Johnson for best YA author blogger. And if you have lots of time on your hands, you should check out her YouTube videos. Awesome!
Happy Birthday!
Happy birthday, and great list of blogs! I love them all!
Happy birthday!
Maureen Johnson’s blog is, like, on par with her books. Funniest blog ever… Libba Bray LJ’s is also very amusing. And the community on Westerblog rocks as well… Justine Larbalastier’s blog also has many interesting discussions.
Thanks, y’all!
Just got home from Westchester and am exhausted by a big old fun day of fun. But tomorrow it’s back to business as usual.
Only thing that sucked — in the entire day — was that I tried to get Margo Rabb’s book at a B&N … and they didn’t have it! I was like, “What do you mean, you don’t have it? Don’t you know this is the book to have???”
Alas, I’ll just have to buy a copy from, you know, a real bookstore.
And Serafina, I definitely agree that Libba and Scott and Justine are all great bloggers. But Scott and Libba don’t post quite as often, and I’ve only mentioned Justine twelve million times lately …
Happy birthday! It’s probably a late birthday wish since it’s the 20th many places, but oh well. It’s still the 19th where I am, so Happy Birthday!
I’m glad to hear you had a good birthday!
I absolutely adore Maureen’s blog.