The weekly web ramble (10/9)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– The top 10 most challenged books of 2014

– Eleven embarrassing things all book lovers have done

– Japan’s trans friendly manga revolution

– Enough is enough: sexual harassment at Dark Horse

<– AUTHOR TALK

Catherynne M. Valente on why she loves unrealistic science fiction

– An interview with Gene Luen Yang

– Highlights from Ilana C. Myer‘s Reddit AMA

Leah Cypess on writing full time

WEB READS –>

Newts Emerald

– Read the first forty pages of Newt’s Emerald by Garth Nix

The Sleeper and the Spindle

– Check out an excerpt from The Sleeper and The Spindle by Neil Gaiman

Salt to the Sea

– Read the first twenty pages of Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys

Juba!

– Check out the first twenty pages of Juba! By Walter Dean Myers