Lots of links for your perusal:

• Because writers dig research.
• YA? MG UMG? LYA? What do age ranges actually mean for reading?
• On reviewing and self-publishing; comments section also worth checking out.
• In the same vein, no one owes you a reading/review/publication.
• Virginia Woolf on reading what you want: “Everywhere else we may be bound by laws and conventions — there we have none.”
• And it’s okay if you don’t like the ‘great, important books’ you’re supposed to read.
• Librarians are on the front lines of fighting against government surveillance.
• One reading is tackling the Rory Gilmore Reading Challenge.
• Most artists are trying to balance their art with their day jobs.
• Possible real-life inspirations for classic fairy tales.
• I’ve totally dressed up as Claudia Kishi.
• Forget the Nobel, I want to see the award for Book That Made Most People Who Read It Happier And Nicer.
• Navigating your way through lots of sci-fi and fantasy reading goodness.
• We all feel like impostors.
• Trust PBS to report on why adults are reading YA and actually talk to children’s/YA writers and editors.
• Readers love Doctor Who and Doctor Who loves books.
• “This is indeed an effect of YA literature- a deepened love and appreciation for the relationships around the reader outside of the book, away from the plots and characters in the pages read.” Love this post.
• Secret bookshop. You know you love those words.