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We can use the word “obese,” or “overweight,” or “fat,” but we...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:08:03 -0400

We can use the word “obese,” or “overweight,” or “fat,” but we need to use the words. As of right now, we are not, and it’s amazing what avoiding those words can lead to: a country in which two thirds of adults are overweight or obese. I know those words can hurt, but we need to use them—not because we want to upset people, but because we want to explore the truth and get to a better place.

Mika Brzezinski: Why We Should Start Using the Word “Fat”

“The Fault in Our Stars” Why it’s sexy: Augustus had Hazel at...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:00:51 -0400

“The Fault in Our Stars”

Why it’s sexy:

Augustus had Hazel at “hello.” Or “hi.” Or whatever he first said to her. The guy has a silver tongue—and he doesn’t just use it for kissing. With their first meeting topping the list, the teen lovers in “The Fault in Our Stars” have some of the best conversations we’ve read in a novel, period. The only problem: The banter may make you wonder why no boy or girl ever talked to you like this. Thanks a lot, John Green.

The Sexiest Non-Sex Scenes in YA

Bummed you missed out on last week’s #yawednesday contest?...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:06:59 -0400

Bummed you missed out on last week’s #yawednesday contest? Good news! We’re running contests every Wednesday now, with a new question each week that could net you a snappy Bookish tee.

Here’s this week’s question:

Who’s your favorite YA character from New York City, and why?

Tweet your answers to @BookishHQ by 11:59 p.m. EST 6/19/13 for a chance to win! Full rules here.

Go, you guys! Last #yawednesday we asked for your favorite...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:51 -0400

Go, you guys! Last #yawednesday we asked for your favorite underrated YA novels, and you wowed us with your responses. Here are our 10 favorite answers—check ‘em out and you’re welcome for giving you a whole new reading list.

The entries for our What’s Your Story? memoir contest were...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:55:00 -0400

The entries for our What’s Your Story? memoir contest were just staggering—it was really difficult to choose just two. Don’t you dig the book covers we had made for winners Kira Bindrim and Katie Shepherd?

We asked you to title and summarize your coming-of-age memoir. These were our favorites, including winners and runners-up:

“Fear of Flying (And Other Small Seats)” by Kira Bindrim

“Careful How You Sit in a Skirt” by Katie Shepherd

“Stranger in My House” by Patricia Clough

“Does This Tank Top Show Both My Arms Equally?” by Jon Kay

“Or Whatever Works For You!” by Kristina Grosspietsch

Piqued your interest, eh? Check out our complete list of winners to see the other cover and read the summaries for each of these memoirs. We can’t wait to see them on our shelves for real someday!

When I look at the titles of SF/F books

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:55:18 -0400

lifeinpublishing:

The SFF channel editor in me is split on this… and yet, there’s at least one book where that’s been the case.

Jake and Cassie, “Animorphs” How they’re separated: Even though they were in love...

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:11:57 -0400

Jake and Cassie, “Animorphs”
How they’re separated: Even though they were in love during the war with the Yeerks, their relationship falls apart during peacetime. Cassie explores the Amazon rainforests looking for a new habitat for alien allies, while Jake returns to the fight against a new enemy called The One. The last we hear from Jake, he orders his crew to ram the enemy’s ship.
How they could reunite: After The One assimilates all of the Animorphs into its consciousness, it descends upon Earth to carry out what the Yeerks couldn’t: large-scale attack and takeover. Cassie is able to hide out in the rainforest longer than most human resisters, but The One taps into Jake’s consciousness to track her down.

4 Young Adult Couples Who Deserve a ”Before Midnight” Reunion

…for better or for worse, as you’ll see from the scenarios we cooked up in which our favorite YA couples get to see each other again. Read this and go see Before Midnight this weekend!

::shudders::

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:02:29 -0400

::shudders::

I know I’m tumbling wrong, but the combination of both...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 17:20:08 -0400

I know I’m tumbling wrong, but the combination of both cannot be missed. (Also LOL)

Want to win this T-shirt? We’re holding a giveaway today...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 12:24:06 -0400

Want to win this T-shirt? We’re holding a giveaway today until 11:59 p.m. EST over Twitter!

It’s simple: Visit our official Twitter handle @BookishHQ and answer this question:

What’s the most underrated YA book?

We’ll pick two winners based on our favorite answers. Remember—you have to tweet at @BookishHQ, and include the hashtags #bookishtee and #YAWednesday. All rules here.

kimmiecoo: Henry Cavill on being asked is Superman cool? -...

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:00:53 -0400

kimmiecoo:

Henry Cavill on being asked is Superman cool? - Nightline June 7, 2013

"Bookish: Can you give us a sneak peek into what you’re writing these days? Max Brooks: My..."

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 11:01:03 -0400

“

Bookish: Can you give us a sneak peek into what you’re writing these days?

Max Brooks: My next project is called “The Extinction Parade.” It’s a limited comic book series (12 issues) based on a short story I wrote a few years ago. It’s about a zombie plague seen through the eyes of vampires. It’s the story of a supposed super race who, for all of their existence, have rested comfortably on the top of the food chain. Suddenly, they’re confronted with an existential threat, a sub-race of ghouls that pose no direct threat (they don’t even notice vampires) but bring potential extinction by devouring their only food source.

It’s the story about the danger of privilege, about how supposed strengths can be fatal weaknesses. It comes out in June in comic stores around the country, and this time—for better or worse—I got to keep my title.

”

- World War Z author Max Brooks dishes on his upcoming comic book series (!) and more in our exclusive interview.

Zombies are everywhere! Turn the wrong corner in...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:01:40 -0400

Zombies are everywhere! Turn the wrong corner in post-apocalyptic New York city or let your guard down in the South, and you’ve got the undead nipping at your heels. But, lucky for you, not all zombies were created equal. We rank the living dead from literary novels, genre works and comic books from least to most deadly, based on—what else—brain consumption.

Is your ideal Superman righteous? Lonely? Crazy-powerful? We...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:01:01 -0400

Is your ideal Superman righteous? Lonely? Crazy-powerful? We have faith that Zack Snyder’s take on the Man of Steel will be great—as long as he sticks to severa classic comics, that is.

"Bookish: How much involvement in the movie have you had? Do you show up on set and everyone starts..."

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:13:45 -0400

“

Bookish: How much involvement in the movie have you had? Do you show up on set and everyone starts to behave?

Max Brooks: None. I haven’t read the finished script. I haven’t seen anything more than the trailer. I went to the set for a couple of days, but all I got to see was this titanic scene of fleeing extras. It could have been called “There’s a Sale at Best Buy.”

”

- “World War Z” Author Max Brooks on Being a “Zombie Guy”

bagankify: Reasons To Build a Fort via Figment. Well, now I...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:03:35 -0400

bagankify:

Reasons To Build a Fort via Figment.

Well, now I need to go build a fort…..

Whoa. So many childhood dreams mashed up into one photo.

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice...

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:33:00 -0400

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Character: Max

Career dream: Forest ranger. How else will the wild beasts stay tame?

Career reality: Children’s psychologist. Rather than send their children to bed without dinner, now parents send their unruly kids to Max.

Today would’ve been Maurice Sendak’s 85th birthday. There’s a wonderfully whimsical Google doodle, and we’ve got Careers for Beloved Children’s Book Characters for you to enjoy.

"I’m a big fan of the classic clinch cover because of the emotion that it gets across. I..."

Sun, 09 Jun 2013 11:00:56 -0400

“I’m a big fan of the classic clinch cover because of the emotion that it gets across. I don’t even care if the hair color’s right or if the clothing’s right—that doesn’t even bother me. But I like to get a feel for the emotional content of the book in the pose, the look on the models’ faces and so on.”

- Sylvia Day waxes nostalgic on the classic romance covers with Bookish’s Romance channel.

River Song ftw. Spoilers ftw. Gah.

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:00:59 -0400

River Song ftw. Spoilers ftw. Gah.

"If you try to pull the sex scenes out of the story, the whole story falls apart. Usually,..."

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 18:01:17 -0400

“If you try to pull the sex scenes out of the story, the whole story falls apart. Usually, protagonists in erotic romance have difficult times communicating verbally, so the way that they get their feelings across—whether it’s anger, happiness, love, lust, all of it—is during the sex scenes. You really couldn’t do a PG version of ‘Crossfire!’ It just wouldn’t work.”

- Sylvia Day explains why the Crossfire TV series needs to have explicit sex scenes. Plus, who she would cast as Eva and Gideon, and why she needs to want to be friends with her heroines.