MORE POSTS FROM MARCH 2014
Canary, Sexual Violence and a Culture of Athlete Adoration (a guest post by author Rachele Alpine)
|Today we are honored to have a guest post by debut author Rachele Alpine. She will be participating in the #SVYALit Project Google Hangout on Air tomorrow, March 26th at Noon Eastern. My main character Kate’s story in Canary started in 1999 when I was in college. I was taking an education class where my […]
ARCS to Movie DOUBLE GIVEAWAY!!!
2014 Releases, Andrew Smith, book based movies, Giveaway, John Corey Whaley
|It’s no secret that I adore book based movies. (Really, who doesn’t?) I’ve gone opening night to both The Hunger Games and Catching Fire, and I saw Mortal Instruments: City of Bones. I really liked Beautiful Creatures (once I let go of the fact that it was based on the book). I’ve seen both […]
So, you know when you’re paging through the offerings on NetGalley or Edelweiss and a book just jumps off the electronic shelf at you? Or maybe you don’t? Did you know you can get free electronic review copies here or here? Especially if you’re a librarian. So this just jumped at me when I saw […]
Many families have their own unique quirky traditions. In my grandparents house, it was a glass chicken candy dish. Every time we visited we would throw down our bags and run to get a piece of candy from the chicken. When my grandparents passed away, my aunt went on a quest and made sure that […]
The Myth of Not Enough
Librarianship, Professional Development, Sunday Reflections, Things I Didn't Learn in Library School, Things I Never Learned in Library School, Work Life Balance
|The other day, a librarian I really respect was musing on Twitter that she wasn’t doing enough for the profession. I was so surprised to hear that because I always think of her as super active and doing really great things for her community. When do you know that you’re doing enough? Are we ever […]
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: How to Balance the Divergence in Us All – real talk about Teen Services Christie’s My Side Effects May Vary Bucket List Why My Teens Only Policy for Teen Programming – a discussion of the age of consent Middle Grade Monday – I May Never Be Warm Again (alternate […]
In the third grade, my daughter read and loved Fudge by Judy Blume. So I asked her if she wanted to read Double Fudge, and she looked at me and said, “Oh I am not allowed because it is above my level.” I had a very visceral reaction to this reply. My first thought was, […]
Tagline: “You can’t change your DNA . . . even when it says you’re a murderer.” Blurb: “The Scarlet Letter meets Minority Report in bestselling author Sophie Jordan’s chilling new novel about a teenage girl who is ostracized when her genetic test proves she’s destined to become a murderer.” What if they developed a test […]
If you are like me, spring break has already passed and you are frantically trying to fill out your summer reading planning. Part of the problem is that you don’t know when school is going to end exactly- while here in Texas we’re less apt to have to stretch the school calendar, others I […]
What is CliFi? An Earth Day Primer
Cli Fi, Collection Development, Earth Day, Eliot Schrefer, Environment, Mike Mullin, Mindy McGinnis, Reader's Advisory, Speculative Fiction
|So I’m flipping through my February 2014 issue of VOYA Magazine and I see a head-shot of author Mindy McGinnis – what is she doing there I wonder? Her book, Not a Drop to Drink (I’m a fan), is mentioned as being an example of CliFi. Wait – what is this CliFi thing? You know […]
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