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Jodi Chromey

Jodi Chromey is a freakishly tall writer who edits MN Reads and has been blogging at I Will Dare since 2000. Follow her on Twitter: @jodiwilldare

2013 Tournament of Books Discussion: HOW SHOULD A PERSON BE? by Sheila Heti

We here at Book Riot are huge Tournament of Books fans, so this year we’re going to discuss each of ...

Why THE HOBBIT Turns Me into a Sullen 8th Grader

All this talk of The Hobbit, now that the movie is out, has turned me back into the sulky, sullen ...

Best of Book Riot: Literary Tiger Beat–The Dreamiest Male Teen Characters

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six months. We’ll ...

Best of Book Riot: The Joy of Rediscovery: An Ode to the Library

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six months. We’ll ...

Five of the Best Short Story Songs of All Time

Short story songs are like short stories. They have plot, characters, rising action, climaxes, falling action, lessons about life and ...

Riot Round-Up: The Best Books We Read in November

We asked our contributors to share the best book they read this month. We’ve got fiction, nonfiction, YA, memoir, and ...

Literary Tiger Beat: Moony for Memoirists

In the last issue of Literary Tiger Beat I was listing Dreamy Fictional Female Teens. I had a lot of ...

The Joy of Rediscovery: An Ode to the Library

For my 40th birthday back in June, I got myself a library card thanks to some gentle shaming from Book ...

THE BOOK RIOT 50: #28 Knock It Off About Not Having Time to Read

To celebrate Book Riot’s  first birthday on Monday, we’re running our best 50 posts from our first year this week. ...

Literary Tiger Beat: The Dreamiest Female Teen Characters

Oh look! It’s a new issue of Literary Tiger Beat featuring the dreamiest female teen characters I could think of! ...