Politics in Practice
November 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I have been following with waxing and waning interest for the last few months the chatter about the “New Adult” trend that publishers have been introducing. You can trace it back to St. Martin Press back in 2009, when they wanted to market books as coming-of-age stories with characters in their twenties. You can actually trace it […]
November 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
There are no shortage of YA Vampire books, many of them extremely popular. So here are 5 that are not wildly popular that I think should be – and as an added bonus, there are no sparkling vampires. Peeps by Scott WesterfeldThis book rocks! In this universe, vampirism is a disease. And every other chapter […]
November 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
So I am starting a new list, 10 MORE books you should read if you are a Buffy fan. And the first book that goes on that list you ask? The Immortal Rules by Julie Kagawa. (You can read the original list of Buffy related reads here.) At this point, I am only interested in […]
November 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Last night I was invited by Dr. Joni Bodart to speak to her MLS students. Since she teaches on the West Coast (I miss you place where I grew up), I had to drop in via my computer. It was a night of firsts for me. The first thing you should know is that it […]
November 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
The jungle hides a girl who cannot die (front cover blurb) The Fountain of Youth. The Holy Grail. It seems like we are always on the quest for immortality. But what if scientists had found the answer in a simple flower found deep in the rainforest? In Origin by Jessica Khoury, they have – but […]
November 29, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I recently received a special grant from my Friends of the Library grant to update our YA collection. They tacked on an additional $500.00 with the challenge that they wanted me to add more math and science related books in the collection. So the challenge was this: Can you find some YA titles that talk […]
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November 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
“President Cartier is the smallest of the five, so petite she looks almost like a child in an adult’s chair. Her brown hair curls in perfect waves, just like Lawrence’s. Her olive skin shows her age, creasing in fine lines across her face, the heaviest lines around her eyes. To her right sits Alaster Krane, the European president, known for […]
November 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Without a doubt, Dystopian is a hot genre right now. I have read a ton – I have bought a ton – and my teens are definitely asking for them. But after a while, they are all starting to blend together. Recently I began reading The Forsaken by Lisa M. Stasse (awesome cover), and I […]
November 27, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Ah, teenage love. The agony. The ecstasy. That first kiss. That first heartbreak. This is one of the glorious hallmarks of the teenage years. Zest books has 4 great titles that cover this topic for you: Crush: a girl’s guide to being crazy in love Dumped: a girl’s guide to happiness after heartbreak Kiss: […]
November 27, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
If your job description is anything close to what I’ve seen, you get to fill in the blanks for the nebulous population known as the “tweens”- that 10-12 year old scary time where they can’t quite fit in with the teenagers because they’re “little” kids but they want to DO everything the teenagers do, from […]
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