MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2012
The Sunnydale Project, a celebration of all things Buffy
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Joss Whedon, The Sunnydale Project
|Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a whole bundle of awesome. There are few other shows that have tapped into the zeitgeist so perfectly an explained with humor, pathos and vampires – yes, vampires – the suck that can sometimes be the teenage years. Although the TV show has ended, the vision of Buffy lives on […]
Buffy and the Reversal of Halloween, a guest post by Nancy Holder
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Halloween Rain, Joss Whedon, Nancy Holder
|Fangirl Moment of Introduction: You are probably aware that I am a huge Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan. I have read almost every book and one of the worst days of my professional life was when I had to finally discard the collection because it was quite literally falling apart. The first book I ever […]
I spoke earlier about my library’s teen volunteer program (read about it here). It’s one thing for me to tell you how awesome it is (and it is), but what if I let a teen volunteer tell you how awesome it is. You see, earlier this week our teen volunteer came in and dropped off […]
Why YA? Because it’s important. And because I know what it’s like to live without it. Today, Lea Nolan, author of the new ya book Conjure from Entangled Publishing, shares her Why YA? story with us. Conjure is book 1 in the The Hoodoo Apprentice. In this awesome adventure there are messages in a bottle from […]
Book Review: My Super Sweet Sixteenth Century by Rachel Harris
Book Reviews, Historical fiction, historical romance, Rachel Harris
|On the precipice of her sixteenth birthday, the last thing lone wolf Cat Crawford wants is an extravagant gala thrown by her bubbly stepmother and well-meaning father. So even though Cat knows the family’s trip to Florence, Italy is a peace offering, she embraces the magical city and all it offers. But when her curiosity […]
GLBT History Month Author Spotlight: Alex Sanchez
Alex Sanchez, Author Spotlight, GLBT History Month, GLBTQ Fiction
|October is GLBT History Month, and here on TLT, we thought we’d highlight some of our favorite GLBT writing authors and books. Today, we’re looking at Alex Sanchez. Alex Sanchez was born in Mexico City, to parents of German and Cuban heritage. Bullied and harassed throughout high school, he has stated in interviews, presentations and […]
Sometimes you make moments happen in your library, and sometimes you just allow them to happen and stay out of the way. I recently got a call from a local art teacher who wanted to know if she could up an art display in the library – and there is never a real good reason […]
D.C. McGannon and C. Michael McGannon, authors of Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters: The Varcolac’s Diary, are on the set of their second book Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters: Witch Moon to interview characters from the books. Here they are with Darcy Witherington (Books 1 and 2) and Kerinnon (Book 1) engaged in […]
Today we are featured on the Texas Sweethearts and Scoundrels blog and I may get on my soap box and talk about how I feel strongly against Accelerated Reader. Also, check out the information on the Texas Book Festival!
The Poe in me: ya lit inspired by Edgar Allan Poe
Annabel Lee, Bethany Griffin, Chris Priestley, Edgar Allan Poe, Jessica Verday, Kelly Creagh, Mary Lindsey, Maureen Johnson, Nevermore, Steampunk Poe, The Dead of Winter, The Masque of the Red Death
|“Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary,. . .” – The Raven Most teens get a wad of cash when they graduate high school, and some of them do smart things with them. I, however, went the next day and bought 1) the ugliest flower shirt known to man, […]
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