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...
ROTFL at your wedding plans (in a good way)! Not to give you any ideas or anything, but one of my friends has a very large, very detailed tattoo of the Enterprise on the inside of her thigh. Oh, what the geek boys will do for her...
ReplyDeleteI love your wedding plans. The book idea is amazing. It's like friends marking up a book, but not ABOUT the book. It still works and I swear I want to steal your idea...you know, whenever I happen to get married. lol But seriously, I love it all. So awesome.
ReplyDeleteOh goodness, you have made my homework-filled night. Thanks for letting us know about this!
ReplyDeleteYou got something at my blog! (:
ReplyDelete"Instead of one guest book, we're placing books we loved growing up on each table and having everyone at that table write us a message inside"
ReplyDeleteYes--this is an amazing idea!!