The weekly web ramble (1/31)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– The 2014 ALSC Media Award winners (Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, & more)

– YALSA’s picks for top ten best in YA fiction (and here’s the full list)

<– AUTHOR TALK

Tanya Huff on writing believable characters

– From Gail Carriger, a new Dear Lord Akeldama: Hugs and Other Disastrous Informality

– Beth Revis on how to know it’s time to trunk

Christa Desir on sexual violence in YA

WEB READS –>

Magic Breaks

– Read the first two chapters of Magic Breaks by Ilona Andrews

The Undead Pool

– Check out the first three chapters of The Undead Pool by Kim Harrison 

Red Rising

–  Read the first fifty pages of Red Rising by Pierce Brown

The Lure

– Check out the first eight chapters of The Lure by Lynne Ewing