Welcome Back to YA Cafe, where book lovers can gather and chat about teen literature. I’m your barista, along with Ghenet from All About Them Words.

Each Friday we pick from a menu of topics and share our thoughts on our respective blogs. We’ve also got plans brewing for interviews, events and even some exciting giveaways, so stay tuned! Join the discussion by responding in the comments, on your own blogs or on twitter using the hash tag #yacafe.

Dear Fellow Java-lovers,

YA Cafe will be taking a mini-break for the summer so that we can soak up some sunshine!  That’s right, it’s way too gorgeous out for us to stay indoors all day staring into our computer screens so we want you guys to go out and enjoy the summer.  (Of course, as I write this, it looks like it’s about to thunderstorm outside, but you know what I mean.)

Don’t worry: we will still post for our book club days.

On July 29th, we’ll be discussing TANGLED by Carolyn Mackler and on August 26 we’ll talk about SWEETHEARTS by Sara Zarr!

Just because we’re taking a break for the summer doesn’t mean Ghenet and I aren’t going to be thinking about and working on YA Cafe.  We’ve got some plans brewing and we’ll be back in the fall with more fun stuff like interviews!  Stay tuned.

We also wanted to open up the discussion to all of you reader friends.  We’re dying to know because we want to make YA Cafe super-awesome just for you!  Are there any topics you’d like to see us discuss in YA Cafe?  Any posts that were your favorites?  Please share!

Last, but certainly not least, I just wanted to send out a HUGE thank you to all you readers for your continued support of this project.  As Ghenet said on her post, when we first started YA Cafe, we thought it would only last through February and maybe March.  Now we’ve been going for several months and it’s only because of you guys and all your support, so THANK YOU!

Keep being awesome!