#MSWL Powerful writing with an obvious hook that keep me invested to the last page.

Is it fair to say I want a book that comps to JADE CITY? I'm gonna go with YES. #MSWL

I want star-crossed lovers. I love a good romance. #MSWL

#MSWL - stories about characters grappling with how history shapes identity, and how the past insists its way into the present moment.

Also, it is September, so naturally on my #MSWL is anything with fall or winter vibes, or Halloween vibes.

#MSWL that explores hoarding and it's effect on the family.

#MSWL - related: I want everyday magic in YA and MG. And I want writing that makes the every day seem magical.

#MSWL - books that reveal the magic pulsing just beneath the surface of things.

#MSWL - I want grounded fantasy a la SCORPIO RACES and THE DISAPPEARANCES by @EBain

I also want a YA fantasy that has deep world-building & plays with structure. Let me comp to the THE FIFTH SEASON w/ a straight face! #mswl

#MSWL - big emotion stories: stories that capture those emotional truths that as readers we've perhaps experienced but never put into words.

A novel that makes this it's theme song: open.spotify.com/track/3tA2Khh4… #MSWL

#MSWL Magical realism please! Especially those that have diversity of any form

#mswl Now that I'm full on the Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan train, give me some space stories that feel like SHARDS OF HONOR.

And this - where is this one?! I waaaaaaaant it! #MSWL YA

#MSWL In the vein of ALIAS GRACE by Margret Atwood, but YA. youtube.com/watch?v=A-fofQ…

A la John Tucker Must Die. #MSWL

One more #MSWL thought: would love to find a great story set in the world of #tennis!

#MSWL: DNA confirms Viking remains belonged to a female military leader mashable.com/2017/09/09/fem… via @mashable

open.spotify.com/track/1EGycWIc… I wonder what it would be like to see a dual POV about stalking? #MSWL