Politics in Practice
March 31, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Margot Wood is a lover of YA lit and calls herself the Real Fauxtographer. She has a blog where she takes pictures inspired by her favorite YA fiction. If you haven’t checked it out yet, you really should because she does some amazing photography. If you are fan of this blog you know that a […]
March 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
A couple of weeks ago 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher hit a milestone: it has been on the bestseller list for 2 years straight. And it deserves it. Here are 13 reasons why I love 13 Reasons Why by Jay Asher and think that all teens, and teen librarians, should read it. “You can’t […]
March 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
In January I went to ALA and was astounded when I ran into two teenage girls. We all stood there and stared at the Pandemonium ARC. I believe there were longing caresses of the ARC itself involved but it had a huge DISPLAY ONLY sticker on the cover so we just sat there and dreamed. […]
March 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I am fairly new to the Twitterverse, and fairly addicted. It’s mostly Maureen Johnson’s fault (that woman is split your sides funny, you should definitely follow her). An avid Facebook user for years, I had no idea how rich the book culture was on Twitter. Here are 10 reasons why you should be on Twitter. […]
March 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Has it been a while since you read a good ghost story? Open the pages of Whispering Hills by Taryn Browning and prepare to be haunted. For as long as she can remember, seventeen-year-old Alexis Forbes can hear the thoughts of others. Most recently, she is disturbed by the dark, unfamiliar voice of a frightening […]
March 27, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
So last night I was thumbing through a journal and there was a one sheet ad from Harper Teen with all their starred books including Variant by Robison Wells. As the ad said Variant has received a starred review from VOYA magazine (and a lot of other places) and I thought to myself, “Hey, I did that!” Then I […]
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March 26, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Please join me me in welcoming school librarian Amianne Bailey to the TLT team. She will be joining us periodically to review middle grade fiction and provide us with a Middle Grade Moment (MG Moment). Today she reviews Okay for Now by Gary d. Schmidt. A Story of Baseball, Birds, and BulliesOkay for Now by […]
March 24, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
A little over 10 years ago planes crashed into the World Trade Center changing the landscape of the world we live in. There was a before and there is an after. In the after, we live with the constant drum beats of war. In the after, we live with the encroaching footsteps that trample our civil […]
March 23, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Last night was the midnight premiere for The Hunger Games movie, which I was not able to attend (insert frowny face here). But it was also the night for #figlitchat hosted by Figment and the topic was oh so appropriately The Hunger Games books. Fans of the series joined together to discuss the works and […]
March 22, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Last night on the #yalitchat (yes, there is a #yalitchat on Twitter and you should join them) we discussed love, romance and sex in teen fiction. So here are some of the highlights and my thoughts on the topics discussed. The Love Triangle Without a doubt, love triangles are popular in teen fiction. It is […]
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