What A Girl Wants

I am thrilled to be participating in the latest awesomeness from Colleen Mondor, “What A Girl Wants.” Here’s part of Colleen’s introduction to the project:

I’ve been a bit bothered for awhile now about the kind of books being published for teen girls. As anyone who reads YA titles knows, there are a lot more books for girls out there than boys. We formed Guys Lit Wire partly to address this discrepancy – and to recommend titles for boys that are older or might have been overlooked. But for girls, I can’t help but think that while there are a lot of books with female protagonists, there are not a lot of books with diverse female protags. You have romances – where the girl is usually chasing a boy or passively pining for one; you have problem novels where the girl is depressed and grieving, depressed and overweight, depressed and sick or depressed and dying; and then urban fantasy where the girl is running for her life from vamps, werewolves, evil fairies or other fantastical creatures – unless she is falling madly in love with them. There is also the huge contingent of rich white girl novels which are all about being rich and white and occasionally snarky. I see dozens and dozens and dozens of these types of books and honestly, it’s getting kind of old.

Click the link above to find out more about the project and the excellent company I’m in!

As What A Girl Wants gets underway, I’ll link when there are new posts, and I might even expand on my answers here, if I’m feeling long-winded. I’m honored and excited to be part of the conversation.