YA Appreciation Month 2010

Young Adult Appreciation Month – Join the Party!

Posted on August 15, 2010

For the past few weeks, we have been celebrating all things YA with loads of reviews, interviews, guest posts and giveaways.

Now it is time to open the floor to YOU, so that you can be part of the party as well!

Over the course of the day, this post will be open to anyone with a blog to join in the fun. All you have to do is add your blog name (and the title of your post between parenthesis or at least an indication of what it is about!) and the url of your post in the form below and voila! All the posts will be listed here for everybody to read. Your post can be a review of a favorite oldie, a review of a new (or new to you) YA novel, a post reflecting on the genre, or even a piece on why you DON’T read YA. Anything at all…as long as it is about YA.

So, let’s get the party started!

Ana Grilo is a Brazilian who moved to the UK because of the weather. No, seriously. She works with translations in RL and hopes one day The Book Smugglers will be her day job. When she’s not here at The Book Smugglers, she is hogging our Twitter feed.

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34 Comments

  • Chachic
    August 15, 2010 at 1:31 am

    Yay, I put up my post in the Mr. Linky! Thanks for having this event. 🙂

  • orannia
    August 15, 2010 at 2:23 am

    I too have added my post to Mr Linky! Apologies for the rambling…that’s what happens when I write a post on a Sunday night *grin*

  • Marg
    August 15, 2010 at 3:31 am

    Oh no! Mr Linky is down for emergency maintenance!

    My link is here

  • Cindy/Blackwatch
    August 15, 2010 at 5:36 am

    Link added ! (I hope it’s okay, my post in in French) Anyway, thank you for that event !

  • KJ (Random Cleverishness)
    August 15, 2010 at 6:06 am

    You guys continually rock my socks off. Thanks for lettings us join in on the awesomeness!

  • Julia Karr
    August 15, 2010 at 6:25 am

    Oops! I forgot to add the title of my blog post along with my name. The title is “Why I read YA and write it!

    What a great idea! Thanks, Book Smugglers! 😀

  • Lisa Potts
    August 15, 2010 at 6:57 am

    You gals are awesome! Love the blog. Thanks for the contest!

  • Megan
    August 15, 2010 at 7:34 am

    Mr Linky-a-fied! (I think…) Off to read the rest of the posts

  • Ceilidh
    August 15, 2010 at 8:24 am

    I’m sort of cheating by posting something I wrote a couple of weeks ago but I’ve been doing lot of YA reviews so I guess it still counts. Off to look at everyone else’s ones now!

  • Carla
    August 15, 2010 at 8:26 am

    HERE, HERE!!!

  • Joanna Tozier
    August 15, 2010 at 8:46 am

    Thanks for this opportunity to share my blog. I try to write spoiler free reviews that will help someone decide if they want to read the book or not. I am extremely new and green to the book blogging world. But I love books, and love other people who do to and this gives me a chance to communicate with so many. Thanks again! (also, your blog was one of the first I ever followed!)

  • Rose Lerner
    August 15, 2010 at 8:57 am

    I have added my post! It ended up being TOO LONG (as my posts often do), so the book rec part will have to go up tomorrow…

    YA rocks!

  • Mary Pearson
    August 15, 2010 at 10:02 am

    I love YA too. Thanks for celebrating it! My post is an older one I wrote for the Tor blog, but I hope that’s okay. Off to read the other links . . .

  • KMont
    August 15, 2010 at 10:08 am

    Got mine done just in time! Was going to do it last night, but it was a long day of my very own “young adult-ness” with the kidlet lol. This is always a fun time in YAAM. Going to have a look-see at everyone elses posts throughout the day. Cheers, everyone. 😉

  • KMont
    August 15, 2010 at 10:10 am

    Hmm, just noticed that for some reason my link says Suite Scarlett Giveaway, when it was supposed to be Suite Scarlett AND Giveaway. Promise I’m not trying to spam yalls event! There’s a review, plus a giveaway. Sorry about that!

  • Ceilidh
    August 15, 2010 at 1:35 pm

    I felt guilty for adding an old post so I wrote a shiny new one just for you guys!

  • SarahO
    August 15, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    This is a really great idea. Here’s my link, if it doesn’t show up there: the power of words

  • SarahO
    August 15, 2010 at 1:51 pm

    Oops, you may have to delete entry 23. (posted twice by accident D:)

  • Ana
    August 15, 2010 at 2:02 pm

    Hey all,

    thanks for taking part, these all look great! 😀

  • Fourth Musketeer
    August 15, 2010 at 3:26 pm

    Here’s my favorite YA book of the year so far, Three Rivers Rising, by Jame Richards. Check out my review!

  • Carllee
    August 15, 2010 at 3:27 pm

    Wow, this is the best day ever! I’m super excited that you guys are doing this. My review is older but I think people need to know about the book. Hope you like it! Now, I’m off to read other people’s reviews and articles 😀

  • J. N. Squire
    August 15, 2010 at 4:24 pm

    I took more time I expected to write my post about YA in France. 😳 I’ll make the translation in English in few hours because I’m very tired now (1:22 am here), sorry. ^^”

  • J. N. Squire
    August 15, 2010 at 4:27 pm

    Woops! An error on my browser, and I sent the same link two times. Could you remove the first please? 😳

  • Bookyurt
    August 15, 2010 at 5:37 pm

    Hey guys – thanks for YA month, I’m loving it! Helping to make the YA aisle a shame-free place for adults to browse =)

  • Missie
    August 15, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    Thanks for doing this! YA month rocks, and the link tree is great for finding out more about why people love YA lit!

  • Merideth
    August 15, 2010 at 9:21 pm

    Wow — it’s been so long since I read anything written for “grown-ups” that I couldn’t decide on a post, so I just linked to my blog.

    I review lots of graphic novels and fantasy, so enjoy!

  • janicu
    August 16, 2010 at 8:26 am

    I linked to my last YA review of Clockwork Angel since I’m planning a giveaway later this week. And I have a Zombies VS. Unicorns review that I was sitting on (wanted to post closer to release date!) probably going up this week too.

  • Jacqueline C.
    August 16, 2010 at 1:22 pm

    Great job on the YA month guys! I’ve posted my review of Kiss It by Erin Downing.

  • Kate Shaw
    August 17, 2010 at 10:50 am

    I hope I’m not too late! I love the variety of posts listed–I can’t wait to read them all.

    I’ve really been enjoying YAAM, except that my B&N cart is getting awfully full….

  • Jordan
    August 17, 2010 at 7:07 pm

    Thanks for giving the opportunity!

  • Shaideneuse
    August 17, 2010 at 7:41 pm

    I posted #40 and #42, and apologize for posting twice. Copied the wrong link and ended up posting the inferior post the 1st time around. I apologize.

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    August 19, 2010 at 2:58 am

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  • Estara
    August 21, 2010 at 1:14 pm

    I’ve linked for the article of a BVC author, I don’t think she saw this yet. Sould be #43 – I didn’t realise you wanted the name of the blog post and not of the author….. gah…

  • J. N. Squire
    September 3, 2010 at 7:14 am

    Finally, the english version of my post: http://www.durnakans.com/blog/2010/09/01/about-the-youg-adult-fictions-in-france/?lang=en

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