Cast of Characters

Meet the FYAers…

sweethearts

poshdeluxe

poshdeluxe (also known by the less glamorous name of sarah) lives in austin, tx. she loves baked goods, fancy pants drinks and dance parties. she also hates capitalizing things unless they’re Really Important. her dream in life is to be best friends with sarah dessen and mandy moore and have lots and lots of slumber parties. her favorite YA boy is wes from “the truth about forever” (well… he’s tied with peeta from “hunger games.” and also cameron quick from “sweethearts.” and ok obvs sarah has a lot of book crushes, which is one of the reasons she started this site).

jenny

jenny

Jenny lives in Cambridge, MA. She has been reading non-stop since Walter Farley’s “The Black Stallion” found its way into her 9-year old hands.  Apart from spending time reading, (obvs!) she loves writing, watching movies, tasty beverages, and other leisure activities that don’t require her to leave her house/restaurant/bar.  She wishes she will someday write as well as Suzanne Collins, and that everyone in the world would heed the words of Robert Pattinson, and put their seat belt on.

erin

erin

Erin read her first YA novel when she was seven.  At the time, she felt this made her super-edgy and smart, but it was quickly pointed out to her that she’d read, with equal enthusiasm, the back of a cereal box if it was placed in front of her.  She’s become slightly more discerning over the years, but her bookshelf continuously hovers at 50% YA novels.  She still reads the backs of cereal boxes with enthusiasm.

meghan

meghan

meghan is a librarian and lives in texas. she loves books (obvs), cooking and homey things like knitting. although she’s around books all the time, she doesn’t get to read as much as she’d like. instead, she’s constantly adding books to her to-read list and helping other people discover new favorite books. she can’t remember learning to read, and went from the cat in the hat to nancy drew pretty quickly, and when lois lowry’s rabble starkey found it’s way into her 8-year-old hands, it was all over. she’s waiting for the day meg cabot shows up at her door with a dvd of “bring it on”, a makeup kit and 2 dozen cupcakes and says she wants to have a slumber party.

{ 10 comments… read them below or add one }

Adele January 7, 2010 at 11:33 pm

Ladies, it’s a pity we don’t live in the same country because you’re my kind of gals! Cheers to drinking and YA….at the same time.

Poshdeluxe January 8, 2010 at 9:16 am

agreed, adele! and who knows, maybe one day we can have an international happy hour where we get tarted up and drink martinis and dish about YA via live chat or something equally as ridiculous and awesome.

Kyra H. January 12, 2010 at 7:03 pm

Awesome Guys! Now you just need an actual YA reader like me! (hint hint wink wink JK!)
But super cool I love this site!

Poshdeluxe January 13, 2010 at 9:54 am

thanks, kyra! and we’re glad to have you, esp. as a representative of actual young people (OMG did i just write the phrase “young people”?!! that’s it. grab some depends and put me in a home).

Kyra H January 13, 2010 at 4:37 pm

Seriously?!?!

Jessica January 28, 2010 at 4:56 pm

I love your site. As a fellow lover of YA, I have to say that you guys are awesome. Nice to know that there are some fellow Texans out there who read YA also. As an sdult, people are always looking at me as though I’m nuts. Now I’ll just redirectthem here!

Jessica January 28, 2010 at 4:57 pm

oops, i meant adult!

Poshdeluxe January 29, 2010 at 8:38 am

jessica, i feel you. people give me the cray eye all of the time, although admittedly, i probably am a bit touched in the head. on behalf of all of us FYA gals, we’re glad to have you as a new neighbor in our literary crazytown! you come back soon, ya hear?

Jenn February 12, 2010 at 12:43 am

I still have a secret obsession with YA novels, almost had the entire Sweet Valley University series til I had to you know stop buying them to start paying for stupid things like rent and food. The very first book I ever bought myself was “Kidnapped” from the Sweet Valley High series, and it still annoyed me every single book when they described the twins, oh and the fact that Todd had “chocolate” brown eyes. Love reading your guys take on it all.

Poshdeluxe February 12, 2010 at 9:17 am

jenn, i’ve got good news for you. your secret obsession DOESN’T HAVE TO BE A SECRET ANYMORE!!! welcome to FYA, where you can not only revel in yr sweet valley love, but also play a drinking game to celebrate it!

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