I posted my first review to this site. I had been spamming all my friends and family with one to two YA reviews a week on our family blog. The poor things subscribed to see cute pictures of my baby girl, and I was inundating them with talk of books. Teen books, no less.

In the past year, I’ve learned a lot from you, from other book bloggers, from the books I’ve read, and just from the process of articulating my thoughts on all things YA. But mostly I’ve just learned how much I have yet to learn.

Ultimately, I started this blog to improve my writing, and to share what I learned with others. In a year, I can tell you I’ve definitely come a long way in my own writing.

But you’ll have to tell me whether I hit the mark on the other front. What have you learned from what I’ve written? (Please don’t say you’ve learned that I’m a no-nothing hack with crap taste in books.) What ideas have you gotten from this blog—books to read, ways to write, or anything else?

You are why I do this. Even if all I’ve ever given you is one good book recommendation, I’ll be happy.

No fancy first-birthday hoopla today. But just you wait til Thursday. Just you wait.

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