MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2013
Sunday Reflections: Imagining Others Complexly (by Robin)
A. S. King, Empathy, Healthcare, Laurie Halse Anderson, Poverty, Sunday Reflections, The Impossible Knife of Memory
|I have to admit, I’ve been really discouraged lately. All of the recent events in Washington DC, with the roll out of the Affordable Care Act website and the government shutdown, with it’s corresponding misinformation and lack of information, bringing our country up to the very brink of default for no particular reason, etc., has […]
This Week at TLT This week’s Sunday Reflection – We Can Be Heroes We all love A.S. King – read about her new book Reality Boy! Where are the POCs in the new Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Book Reviews The Dollhouse Asylum by Mary Gray Watermark by Krissi Dallas (reviewed by Cuyler Creech) Take 5 Crossover […]
Yesterday the cover for the third and final book in The Dante Walker trilogy by Victoria Scott debuted on Hypable. If you have not been reading this series, you are doing yourself a huge disservice. The war between heaven and hell is coming. Dante was sent to collect one important soul in The Collector (book […]
Who are we kidding, we all judge books by their covers. So here’s a cover sneak peek at some of the YA titles coming your way in 2014. More on the TLT Tumblr: December 2013 More Still More Some New (and Final) Books in Series and Trilogies Hey Look, There’s More More and tons from […]
For Those Who Watch American Horror Story, Don’t Call it Incest. It is abuse.
American Horror Story, Boys, Coven, Incest, Sexual Abuse, Violence
|Please note: The following conversation will contain spoilers for American Horror Story. Consider yourself warned. Also, this is a very sensitive discussion so there may be trigger warnings. Click to continue. I broke up with American Horror Story in the first season. It is, in fact, too much for me. But I find the main […]
Should there be more POC (people of color) in YA lit? Should teens in YA lit drink? What about have sex? The truth is, YA lit (or teen lit) should reflect the audience it is marketed to. And in many ways, it doesn’t. There are millions of teens, and just like the rest of the […]
Things on the White Island are anything but peaceful. Whitnee has just gained her memory back, and even though she’s surrounded by her friends, new information arises and she’s not sure who she can trust. The political circle of the island isn’t completely truthful, and the men who kidnapped Whitnee and brought her to the […]
Take 5: Authors Crossing the Boundaries Between Teen and Adult
Darynda Jones, Kelley Armstrong, Kim Harrison, Melissa de la Cruz, Sherrilyn Kenyon
|I am a huge reader, and when I need a break from things, I can be found in a book. I don’t limit myself to teen books (much, I think, to Karen’s consternation) and can be found reading a lot of paranormal and urban fantasy. What I have found interesting is that a lot of […]
Her life is weird. Her books are weird. And now her videos are weird, too. Kelly Milner Halls introduces KELLY’S CURIOSITIES, a video series of odd information for MSN at Bing! Check them out — if you need a little weird in your day! Today she is joining us for Heroes and Villains week with […]
What Bringing to Life a Literary Character Can Do for You – a guest post by Mary Gray, author of The Dollhouse Asylum
Boo Radley, Mary Gray, The Dollhouse Asylum, To Kill a Mockingbird
|As a teen, I moved every year. Can you imagine? Spending freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior years in four separate schools? That’s not to mention all the moving I did before that, including multiple schools in one year, often being lost in the curriculum, and immensely alone. But I studied hard, and was always determined […]
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