The Unprofessional Critic

First, an apology for the long absence. I don't want to be all "life's been crazy!" but, well, life's been crazy. I...

There's an old picture of me, my cousin and my little sister with Laura Ingalls Wilder books. I think I was seven or eight at the time. ...

This review was originally published on The Film Yap . I didn't see  "I Am Number Four."  I was vaguely intrigued by Dianna...

If you've read this blog, well, ever, you know my reading propensities: I like angsty teenagers . I adore romance . I dig forbidden love...

Apologies for the absence: last weekend I was dreaming up ideas for my brilliant (ha) fiction at a phenomenal Little Writers Retreat on the ...

I'll own it: I read a lot of YA and chick lit.  Regarding the former, I'll descend into Hipsterville and say I was devouring teen bo...

Dear Nook , I never thought we would get this far. I swore I would always be a paper girl.  I love the smell of books, the feel of them ...

I am not a romantic. Even at sixteen, when a girl is supposed to be all starry-eyed and love-drunk, I was more of the cynic/realist of my ...

Well Unpro-ites, if you're in certain parts of the country, it's been a hell of a week.  Personally, I'm so over this snowpocaly...

I'm a bad, bad hipster. Don't get me wrong, I'm all about the local.  I live in a neighborhood that yes, is more gentrified th...

Happy New Year, Unpro-ites! Normally, I'm not a big fan of New Year's resolutions.  Mainly because for two weeks, the dance and yo...

*blows virtual dust off blog* *slams head against desk for subjecting readers to such a bad joke* In short, y'all, I'm sorry for...

Disclaimer: the following post may contain spoilers of Suzanne Collins'  The Hunger Games trilogy (The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, an...

Here's how an email exchange between me and a children's book publicist went down: Me: I'd like to request an advance review c...

Well, color me impressed, y'all! The responses I got for the 'pro's Forbidden Love Giveaway--via both comments and emails--wer...