This blog is all about getting Young Adult fiction to the masses. We ourselves our YA lovers and seek to draw in more readers by reading and reviewing books, talking with authors, featuring books and authors, and so much more! We're just here to hopefully find others that love YA and even bring some into reading it and loving it like we do.
Novel Thoughts: A Brief History.
Novel Thoughts was started back in March 2010 by Jeremy while in his 2nd semester of college. He grew bored with studying textbooks and started going to the local library to pick up some YA books that Jeffrey had suggested. This was his first time of actually reading, what we all now know as, "Young Adult" fiction (besides Twilight, which he read before all the hype). He loved the books he read and decided that he should review them online like his friend, Travis, had been doing since they were in high school together. He started Novel Thoughts over on Tumblr where he posted a few reviews before moving over to Blogger in May. Jeffrey had planned on starting a review blog around the same time, but they decided it would be easier just to combine their efforts and work harder to make Novel Thoughts the best it could be. It's been almost two years since then and it is still going and growing strong.
Who runs Novel Thoughts?
The guys behind this blog are Jeremy and Jeffrey West, twin brothers that love reading! (That's enough of third person) We both love reading though our reviewing styles might be slightly different.
JeremyJeremy is the creator and moderator of Novel Thoughts. He is 20 years old living in a small town in South Carolina going to school to be a graphic designer. He currently works as a bookseller as well as a freelance graphic designer for authors, publishers, and bloggers. You can check out some of his work on his website. After college, he plans to move to NYC to work for a publisher creating amazing book covers. Some of his favorite authors are: J.K. Rowling, John Green, David Levithan, Beth Revis, Cassandra Clare, Myra McEntire, Holly Black, Carrie Ryan, Kami Garcia, Margie Stohl, Lauren DeStefano, Victoria Schwab, and Rachel Hawkins (to name a few).
Jeffrey is a self-proclaimed Doctor Who fanatic! He is currently a student and desires to work in the Film industry one day. He loves reading, listening to music, and watching movies. Some of his favorite authors are: J.K. Rowling, John Green, David Levithan, Neil Gaiman, Cassie Clare, Kami Garcia, Margie Stohl, Carrie Ryan, and Holly Black.
He can also be found on his YouTube page, GingerBookNerd, where he hosts This Week In YA as well as posts video reviews.
Jennifer is a 23 year old recent college graduate with a degree in Creative Writing and a minor in Media Studies and is currently a film intern working in Austin, TX. She tries to balance her loves of writing and film with a sincere interest in reading YA. She is a self proclaimed U2-head who likes to bake and fleeting interests in art and design. Some of her favorite authors are: Mark Z. Danielewski, Rick Riordan, Maggie Stiefvater, Louis Sachar and Michael Crichton.
