Leslie Fannon

Leslie Fannon is a blogger, crocheter, graduate student and, most recently, an assistant at a publishing company. She writes about poetry, graphic novels, and Spanish literature at Regular Rumination. Follow her on Twitter: @lulu_bella

THE BOOK RIOT 50: #26 My YA Film Adaptation Wishlist

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

Five Reasons: Code Name Verity and The Night Watch

You don’t need five reasons to read Code Name Verity by Elizabeth Wein or The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. You only ...

The Companion Novel: An Antidote to the Trilogy Trend

It has gotten to the point in YA literature where you’ll actually see someone mention, “This is a standalone.” It’s ...

Knife of Never Letting Go Adaptation to be written by Charlie Kaufman

On Monday night, Patrick Ness, author of magnificent YA novel The Knife of Never Letting Go, tweeted this brilliant piece of ...

One Girl and her eReader

One time, my sister jokingly told me that she had only ever finished one book in her life: The Miraculous ...

The Odd Couple: Stewart O’Nan and Lauren Oliver

On the surface, The Odds and Delirium don’t have much in common. Delirium is a popular YA dystopian novel. The Odds is a new ...

My YA Film Adaptation Wish List

Harry Potter. Twilight. Now, The Hunger Games. Apart from being the last three huge YA hits, they were also the ...

I know it’s YA, but…

I’m sure you’ve spotted this phenomenon in the wild or, quite possibly, have even used it yourself. Let’s call it ...

Of Mermaids and YA Fiction

It has been suggested that “mermaids are the new vampire” when it comes to YA fiction on too many blogs ...

Crossover Appeal #13

YA Books for Adult Lit Readers Black Juice by Margo Lanagan Margo Lanagan’s fiction is a beautiful and strange experience ...