The weekly web ramble (12/12)

Links from the web jungle

WEB OF INTEREST –>

– Kirkus’ picks for best teen books of 2014

– The 2014 Publishers Weekly children’s starred review annual

– What your favorite YA novel says about your personality

<– AUTHOR TALK

Jacqueline Woodson shares the pain of the watermelon joke

Anne Ursu gets angry about how body image is portrayed in children’s books

Shonda Rhimesacceptance speech, after recieving the Sherry Lansing Leadership Award

– Kelly Sue DeConnick on gender dynamics, defiance, and Bitch Planet

– Toni Morrison visits The Colbert Report

WEB READS –>

Vision in Silver

– Read the first chapter of Vision in Silver by Anne Bishop

Hinges

– Check out an excerpt from Hinges by Meredith McClaren

Court of Thorns and Roses

– Read the first chapter of Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas

Breaking the Rules small

 – Check out the first chapter of Breaking the Rules by Katie McGarry