Week 7: Assignment 3

Forever Young Adult is a site developed by the managing editor of Badass Digest and other young adult professionals, (film programmers, school librarians, YA authors etc...) from around the nation who are past their teen years. This site offers book, movie, and video reviews. Visitors to this site are just as interested in YA characters as they are in YA novels as a whole, magining  themselves dating or spooning with Peeta from The Humger Games. Described as a "non-stop internet slumber party,'" it is fittingly a little random and cluttered, but has some glitz and lots of graphics, with photos. This site is aimed at the more mature young adult female who wants to kick back with a cocktail while reading or looking at a chic flick. Given the vast number of reviews and comments, it seems to be a fun site with a growing following.

Teenreads is a clean, crisp site which is maintained by 27 teens from around the nation who blog, write book reviews and share feedback. This site also features contests, polls and a newsletter.
The teen board members change on a six month basis which I imagine keeps the ideas and perspectives fresh. I noticed 581 voters on one of their polls so this site is building an audience. Moreover, getting teens to collaborate together in such a positive way is a mark of this site's success.