Hey, y’all! It’s been a while. A very long while. But we’re back! Well, kinda sorta.  Jocelyn Rish was the Interview Coordinator for Adventures in YA Publishing for years until she moved on to focus on her movie and picture books. Now she’s started her own blog, and AYAP founder Martina Boone generously agreed to let her absorb AYAP into it.  Jocelyn has a business to help writers with writing, publishing, and marketing called Transmedia Mutts. The Transmedia part is because it spans across book writing, screenwriting, and creating marketing videos. The Mutts part is because she is ..read more

Another week, another round of awesome books!  Are you heading to the pool? The beach? The park? If you are, the perfect outdoor accessory is a book. So which one will you be reading first?   Happy Reading,   Jocelyn, Halli, Martina, and Elizabeth Donuts and Other Proclamations of Love by Jared Reck Hardcover Knopf Books for Young Readers Released 6/8/2021 The future is anything but certain in this alternately funny and heartbreaking contemporary story about food trucks, festivals, and first loves. It's easy to look at high school senior Oscar Olsson and think ..read more

Here we are sailing into June (wha?!?), and there are so many amazing books releasing this week that we truly don't know what to do with this abundance. Where does one even start? We feel a bit like Lucy right now!  Let us know which book you're snagging first!  Happy Reading, Jocelyn, Halli, Martina, and Elizabeth 14 Ways to Die by Vincent Ralph Paperback Sourcebooks Fire Released 6/1/2021 A page-turning thriller for the social media age, perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and One of Us Is Lying. Ten years ago Jess lost her mother to the Magpie Man, an infamo ..read more

Well, well, well, here we are at the last full week of May. We're still not sure how that happened, but what we do know is that there are a ton of great books releasing this week. Which one is going to the top of your TBR pile? Happy Reading,  Jocelyn, Halli, Martina, and Elizabeth A Sitting in St. James by Rita Williams-Garcia Hardcover HarperCollins Released 5/25/2021 A tour-de-force from three-time National Book Award finalist Rita Williams-Garcia, this story of an antebellum plantation—and the enduring legacies of slavery upon every person who lives there—is essential reading ..read more

Another week overflowing with awesome new releases! Which ones are you adding to your TBR pile? Which book will you be reading first? So many decisions!  Happy Reading,  Jocelyn, Halli, Martina, and Elizabeth Don't Breathe a Word by Jordyn Taylor Hardcover HarperTeen Released 5/18/2021 Critically acclaimed author Jordyn Taylor weaves an addictive mystery perfect for fans of Truly Devious. Eva has never felt like she belonged . . . not in her own family or with her friends in New York City, and certainly not at a fancy boarding school like Hardwick Preparatory Academy. So, wh ..read more

So many great books releasing this week! We're especially excited about the anthology Every Body Shines, which has a story written by Kelly deVos, one of our First Five Pages mentors. Can't wait to read it!  Happy Reading,  Jocelyn, Halli, Martina, and Elizabeth Cool for the Summer by Dahlia Adler Hardcover Wednesday Books Released 5/11/2021 Dahlia Adler's Cool for the Summer is a story of self-discovery and new love. It’s about the things we want and the things we need. And it’s about the people who will let us be who we are. Lara's had eyes for exactly one person throughout her ..read more

We're now a quarter of the way through the year, and it's officially May. A perfect time for taking a book outside to read under a tree or while swinging in a hammock. Which books from this week's new releases will you be adding to your TBR list? And which of them will you read first? Happy Reading,  Jocelyn, Halli, Martina, and Elizabeth 10 Truths and a Dare by Ashley Elston Hardcover Disney-Hyperion Released 5/4/2021 It's Senior Party Week, that magical in-between time after classes have ended but before graduation, chock-full of gimmicky theme parties, last-minute bonding, and famil ..read more

Somehow we've reached the last week of April. We hope any rain or dark weather you've experienced this month is about to transformed into marvelous May flowers.  Happy Reading,  Jocelyn, Halli, Martina, and Elizabeth Anna K Away by Jenny Lee Hardcover Flatiron Books Released 4/27/2021 The sequel to Anna K, set over the course of the next summer, as the characters come to terms with Vronsky’s tragic death. How the mighty have fallen. Anna K, once the golden girl of Greenwich, CT, and New York City, has been brought low by a scandalous sex tape and the tragic death of her first l ..read more

So many amazing books coming out this week! How are we ever supposed to decide what to read first? Any helpful hints? What is first up in your TBR pile?  Happy Reading,  Jocelyn, Halli, Martina, and Elizabeth Everyone Dies Famous in a Small Town by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock Hardcover Wendy Lamb Books Released 4/20/2021 A lyrical and heartfelt collection by an award-winning writer that connects the lives of young people from small towns in Alaska and the American west. Each story is unique, yet universal. In this book, the impact of wildfire, a wayward priest, or a mysterious disappe ..read more

Another great haul of new releases in various genres! Which one will you read first??? Happy Reading,  Jocelyn, Halli, Martina, and Elizabeth The Backups : A Summer of Stardom by Alex de Campi Hardcover Imprint Released 4/13/2021 Spending an entire summer on tour as a backup singer for pop star Nika Nitro? What?! That’s the DREAM, right? Especially for Jenni, Lauren, and Maggie, three misfit performing arts students with hopes of making it in the music world. But being twenty feet from fame isn’t easy. Between crushes, constant rehearsals, Nika’s sky-high expectations, and their ..read more