Fresh Ink Blog Tour: Review + Giveaway

Fresh Ink: An Anthology
Author: Lamar Giles, Nicola Yoon, Malinda Lo, Melissa de la Cruz, Sara Farizan, Eric Gansworth, Walter Dean Myers, Daniel José Older, Thien Pham, Jason Reynolds, Gene Luen Yang, Sharon G. Flake, Schuyler Bailar, Aminah Mae Safi
Release Date: August 14, 2018
Publisher: Crown Books for Young Readers
Formats: Hardcover, ebook, audiobook
Pages: 208


Description:

In partnership with We Need Diverse Books, thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors come together in this remarkable YA anthology featuring ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print. 

All it takes to rewrite the rules is a little fresh ink in this remarkable YA anthology from thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors writing today including Nicola Yoon, Jason Reynolds, Melissa de la Cruz, and many more, and published in partnership with We Need Diverse Books. This collection features ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print. It will give readers the opportunity to discover how the next chapter is up to them. 

Careful--you are holding fresh ink. And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink. Instead, you are holding twelve stories with endings that are still being written--whose next chapters are up to you. 

 Because these stories are meant to be read. And shared. 

 Thirteen of the most accomplished YA authors deliver a label-defying anthology that includes ten short stories, a graphic novel, and a one-act play. This collection will inspire you to break conventions, bend the rules, and color outside the lines. All you need is fresh ink. 

“I absolutely love this mix of established and newer talents, and I’m really intrigued and excited by the mixed formats.” –BookRiot 

“A powerful and varied collection…”—Booklist, starred review 

“The stories are distinct in themes, subjects, genres, and formats, creating an inclusive, authentic, and incredible collection”—School Library Journal, starred review 

Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Audible, B&N, iBooks, TBD

READ AN EXCERPT HERE!

Fresh Ink is a wonderful young adult contemporary anthology that sheds light on twelve different people and their stories. What I liked the most was that they were a diverse collection of characters and the stories ranged in type as well. Most were regular prose, there was a play and even a short comic. Each gave an inside look into the lives of their main characters, who were all different in most ways - but, more importantly, the same in the ways that matter the most. I enjoyed reading about each of them and getting to know them a little in the short amount of time I had with each. 

Being only a collection of twelve short stories, it didn't take me long to zip through this book. I wish there were more stories because the ones showcased were each so different and enjoyable. I definitely recommend this anthology to readers who enjoy all genres of fiction - we all should read more books and stories with diverse characters and get out of our usual comfort zones. This is definitely a great book for fans of YA contemporary fiction especially!

(3) winners will win a finished copy of FRESH INK - US Only.

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Tour Schedule: 

Week One: 

8/1/2018- YA Books Central- Spotlight 

8/2/2018- Always Me- Review 

8/3/2018- Book-Keeping- Review 

  

Week Two: 

8/6/2018- Here's to Happy Endings- Review 

8/7/2018- BookHounds YA- Review 

8/8/2018- Confessions of a YA Reader- Review 

8/9/2018- Wonder Struck- Review 

8/10/2018- Life of a Literary Nerd- Review 

  

Week Three: 

8/13/2018- Literary Meanderings- Spotlight 

8/14/2018- Mama Reads Blog- Review 

8/15/2018- Novel Novice- Review 

8/16/2018- Savings in Seconds- Review 

8/17/2018- Sweet Southern Home- Review 

  

Week Four: 

8/20/2018- The Layaway Dragon- Review 

8/21/2018- Eli to the nth- Review 

8/22/2018- Comfort Books- Review 

8/23/2018- Moonlight Rendezvous- Review 

8/24/2018- laura's bookish corner- Review 

  

Week Five: 

8/27/2018- Never Too Many To Read- Review 

8/28/2018- The Book Nut- Review 

8/29/2018- Cindy's Love of Books- Review 

8/30/2018- The Pages In-Between- Review 

8/31/2018- A Dream Within A Dream- Review