Why I Love Middle Grade Romance By R.J. Anderson R.J. (Rebecca) Anderson is a UK-bestselling author for children and teens, including the Knife and Swift series of faery books for age 11 and up. Her latest book is Nomad (Orchard Books UK, January 2014), which may or may not include kissing. Visit her website (http://www.rj-anderson.com) or follow her on Twitter (@rj_anderson). A few years ago, someone asked me whether I read romance novels. Well, I have read a few, and even enjoyed some of them. But I wouldn't consider myself a regular reader of the romance genre, so what I said was, "I don't read romances. I read mysteries for the romance." What I forgot to add was that I read Middle Grade novels for the romance, too. I can hear some of my audience sputtering already. Romance, in stories for 8-12 year olds? Inconceivable! Everybody knows that readers of this age deplore "kissing books". They want action, adventure, stories about pets and fr...
I've been wanting to read Stealing Heaven (along with several other books)! I've heard good things about Elizabeth Scott :)
ReplyDeleteSorcerors & Secretaries sounds like an interesting combination. I'm assuming that it's a pretty cute and romance-y manga?
cecilia
Stealing Heaven looks really good! I love the title of it.
ReplyDeleteI love Elizabeth Scott, great addition!
ReplyDeleteCecilia-It's a cute short two volume manga that's full of romance!:)
ReplyDeleteAnn-Stealing Heaven was a great read!
Erika-Thanks-I really enjoy her books too.
-Sarah
I haven't heard of either of these, I'll have to go check them out.
ReplyDeleteI love Stealing Heaven. Been wanting to read it. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteAlyce-They're both really good reads.
ReplyDeleteThao-I loved Stealing Heaven too. It's one of those books I could read again and again.
-Sarah
Sorcerors & Secretaries is by one of my favorite webcomic artists!
ReplyDeleteYou must look at her Reman Mythology (even though she stopped work on it to work on Sorcerors & Secretaries): http://remanmythology.felaxx.com/
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Nice! I've been looking forward to reading Stealing Heaven. :)
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