The Yarn
December 31, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I clench my jaw. He won’t do as I ask because my input is valuable, or even because I am his queen. He’ll only agree to consult me because it will make me feel better?The general turns to go. “Wait.”He whirls, and it’s possible I imagine his flitting look of impatience. God, what do I […]
December 31, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
The library world, at least the teen portion of it, seems to go through waves of guilty confessions. We hear things like… I never watched Buffy I don’t really like John Green’s books I never finished The Book Thief, To Kill a Mockingbird, Jane Eyre, Harry Potter, The Outsiders… I only read what I have […]
December 28, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Christmas is over so I won’t bore you with my witty intro that makes the song get stuck in your brain (mmmm . . . brains!) No, I’ll just dive right into it. These are my favorite things.Collection Development Tools: Netgalley/Edelweiss I work at a smaller library now, and run a blog, so I really […]
December 27, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
These days it seems like Hollywood is raiding YA fiction for it’s screenplays. We have Beautiful Creatures, City of Bones, and Ender’s Game to look forward to, while every day it seems another news release screams another book has been optioned, sometimes even before the series is complete (*cough* Insurgent *cough*). So I thought that while we’re talking crossovers for teens, we could […]
December 27, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
“Don’t count every hour in the day; make every hour in the day count.” – unknown Everyone always has their favorite things that they love to do at work, things that just make your day. Mine is doing things with the kids, whether it’s just sitting down and hanging out or having a formal program. […]
December 26, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen . . . Show Me How to Live, guest blogger Eric Devine talks YA Lit to the guys in his classI love this post for a couple of reasons. 1) TLT can be kind of Estrogen heavy and I always appreciate getting a guys point of view. 2) Eric writes really well and I […]
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December 22, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Gumdrop on trees and Whiskers on reindeer and…. that’s not the lyrics? But, wait, the song is supposed to be from an EASTER movie I’ve been told (although why the Song of Music is an EASTER movie I’ve never figured out….) And would Maria and Scarlett have a fight over the drapes if they were […]
December 21, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Raindrops on roses and zombies eating kittens, Bright copper boys and warm fuzzy kisses, Page after page, turning with need These are a few of my favorite reads . . . MG Reads, approved by my tweenThe One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateLiar & Spy by Rebecca SteadWonder by R J PalacioThe Cavendish Home […]
December 21, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I almost hate the title of this post because one of my not so favorite things is the song “My Favorite Things”. So, HA…now it’s stuck in your head as well. You’re welcome! Well, 2012 is coming to a close and this year has really shaped me has a professional librarian (I didn’t say mature) […]
December 20, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Kids who love the arts often hang out in our libraries. Chances are when you attend the school musical, you know half the kids on stage and wonder why you have never met the other half. How can you serve the superstar aspirations of those kids? Could the library be more than a repository of […]
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