Malinda Lo

December isn’t over yet, but I’m going to get a jump on all those other year-end best-of lists and post mine now. Here are my top 10 favorite things of 2011, from books to TV shows to websites, counting down from 10 to 1 (because we all love a countdown!): 10. Women Fighters in Reasonable ... More→

I’ve been thinking about love triangles lately. It’s no secret that love triangles are a popular element in many young adult novels, from Twilight (obviously) to Carrie Ryan’s Forest of Hands and Teeth and Cassandra Clare’s Clockwork Angel. I know that lots of folks have very pointed opinions on love triangles, so I’m going to ... More→

Last month we got HBO, which meant I could finally watch Game of Thrones, a show that I’ve been dying to see ever since I saw the first promos for it. The first season wrapped up back in June in the U.S., so I’m a few months behind, but I loved watching the episodes in ... More→

I seem to get sucked into fascinating Twitter discussions while I’m eating breakfast all the time! Just today we were discussing the lack of gay girls in YA, which is something I’ve been thinking about for awhile, along with the assumption that it’s harder to publish a YA novel with a gay girl main character. ... More→

I have been a big fan of Suzanne Collins’s The Hunger Games trilogy, and I eagerly dove into the third book of the series, Mockingjay, on Tuesday when it came out. I finished it by Wednesday! And then proceeded to read a lot of commentary about the book online, interested to see what others thought ... More→

This summer I’ve been watching Bravo’s Work of Art, which is a reality TV show dedicated to finding “the next great artist.” It’s both ridiculous and engrossing. If you haven’t seen it, Work of Art is basically like Project Runway, except instead of clothing, the contestants make art. Next Wednesday is the finale, and I’m ... More→