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Question: what should young people be reading?
Answer: books they want to read. Now here’s the longer version. A couple of days ago I had a really frustrating interaction with someone. Part of the frustration came from me not being in a position to...
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Review: The Time-Traveling Fashionista by Bianca Turetsky
The Time-Traveling Fashionista Author: Bianca Turetsky Publisher: Poppy (an imprint of Little, Brown) Pages: 262 ISBN: 9780316105422 Publication date: 5 April 2011 Review book source: I requested a...
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Review: Attack of the Vampire Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales by...
Attack of the Vampire Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales Author: David Lubar Publisher: Starscape (Tor) Pages: 224 ISBN: 9780765323453 Publication date: 24 May 2011 Review book source: ARC sent...
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Miscellany: more library history, women ruining everything (again), and...
Library history A few months ago, the Library History Buff Blog did a piece on early children’s rooms in public libraries. While the piece was short, I thought it was especially interesting to see the...
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I open at the close: reflections on Harry Potter
Last week my library did a Harry Potter movie marathon to get our patrons ready for the final film. It gave me some time to reflect on the books, the movies, and the cultural phenomenon that is Harry...
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A grown-up’s guide to YA lit
Over the last two months, I’ve been working on a guest post for In the Library with the Lead Pipe about YA lit. It’s been a great experience (I’ve never had an editor before!), and I’m really proud of...
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Mini-reviews: Spoiled, Wither, Huntress, Divergent, and The Midnight Palace
Argh, I read all of these books ages ago and kept meaning to review them and then didn’t. I’m going to keep these pretty short so I can make myself write them and then have this be done and stop...
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The Hub: Fintastic: the rise of mermaids and sirens
Photo by flickr user merwing little dear I’m really excited for autumn, but if you’re sad to say goodbye to summer, check out the mermaid and siren books I wrote about at The Hub. I also muse a little...
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The Hub: YA lit on the Simpson, Anne McCaffrey, and giving thanks
It’s only Thursday and it’s been a busy week at The Hub! The Simpsons episode that aired on Sunday dealt with YA/MG lit (with special guest star Neil Gaiman as himself). I was really impressed with how...
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Guest Blogging for The Desk Set
Last month I guest blogged for The Desk Set, a local group that — among other things — raises money for the Passages Academy libraries. (Passages Academy is the multi-site school in NYC for middle and...
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