Yup, gonna throw my .02 in the ring on Justine Larbalestier’s LIAR cover. And if Justine got even a quarter of the .02 cents accumulating, she wouldn’t have to write anymore. There’s quite a buzz about this book, but especially its cover. In case you didn’t know (and if you’re bookish, you already do), Justine [ Read the full article… ]

Personally, I don’t know how book bloggers do it. Read all those books and actually articulate how they feel about them. Yes, yes, I know that The Brown Bookshelf is a book-sih blog. But we’re not a review site. We aim to increase awareness by highlighting authors and their books – but note, rarely in [ Read the full article… ]

You know how, when someone loses out on an award they immediately say, “It’s just an honor to be nominated?” And being the skeptics that we sometimes are, we question if they mean it. I mean who doesn’t want to be win an award? Anyone not want to? Anyone? I didn’t think so. The good [ Read the full article… ]

Writers are like hornets. If you shake up our nests we’ll come out buzzing, stinging and fighting to defend our home. The blogosphere was abuzz with agitation, Friday, when SLJ announced that the Best Books for Young Adult list would be bidding us adieu. The Young Adult Library Association (YALSA), keeper of the list, feels [ Read the full article… ]

So I’ve been reading about Cynthea Liu’s Take The Dare, Show You Care challenge for about three weeks, but most of that time I was on vacation and away from the PC. Now that I’m back, I wanted to make sure I posted it before it ends. Cynthea and a slew of other authors/publishing peeps [ Read the full article… ]

to brown author, Grace Lin’s Where The Mountain Meets The Moon. Visit Grace Lin’s blog to find out more about the novel for readers age 8-12 and her Twitter Book Party festivities. ************************************************************* Note: Whenever possible i.e. when I’m at my PC at the right time and can do it, I’ll try and pass on [ Read the full article… ]

I have no idea how people do it. But some authors have an insatiable need to pay it forward and give back. Mitali Perkins is one of them. Her latest (ad)venture is helping authors host twitter birthday parties for their new releases. The birthday parties are designed to showcase the books and build awareness. The [ Read the full article… ]

Last year, the kiddie lit authors had great representation at the fourth annual African American Literary Award show. The two winners (in bold below) were Brown Bookshelf spotlight authors and all of the children’s authors or their books have been featured on the BBS! Could be coincidence, but I choose to think it’s progress. •Denene [ Read the full article… ]