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2014

December 8, 2014 by Heather Booth

12 Blogs of 2014: R. David Lankes

Truth be told, I’m not an avid blog reader. Since the demise of Google Reader, I’ve not devoted much time to finding a new tool to help me organize and track my blog reading. The blogs I do read belong to those people who I can count on to get me thinking and give me […]

April 30, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

TPiB: Free Comic Book Day at the Last Minute

  We’ve ALL been there. We’ve been meaning to get something together and it’s falling through the cracks due to summer reading, personal things, random things blowing up. Someone higher than us saw something in the newspaper or an online article and says, HEY WE NEED A PROGRAM FOR THIS DAY and says YOU! DO […]

March 13, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: Books Christie is Judging by the Blurb

I have finished my term as Rainbow Project Chair, and find myself off of book committees for the FIRST time since 2004, first as a member and then co-chair of the Amelia Bloomer Project, then as a member then chair of the Rainbow Project. If you count, that’s 10 YEARS of reading specifically themed books […]

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Christie’s Winter 2014 Books To Look For

February 25, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Looking for something to pick up, or something to get you out of the doldrums of winter? Look no further than these 8 books- all coming out in Winter/Spring 2014 (some already released and getting huge buzz) and ready to be snatched up by teens (and teen specialists) everywhere…. JANUARY/ FEBRUARY INFINITE by Jodi Meadows […]

TPiB: Teen Tech Week on a Shoe String

January 20, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Teen Tech Week is March 9-15 and it is coming up FAST! The theme for this year is DIY @ Your Library and you can uptech it or downtech it as you see fit, so it’s extremely versatile as themes go if you want to run with the theme (unlike Check In @ Your Library, […]

ALA Midwinter 2014: Christie’s Highlights

January 15, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Midwinter is called the “Business” conference because this is where most of the meetings happen for the awards and booklists for the year. The Youth Media Awards are Monday starting at 9, and anyone in youth and teen services are haunting the area or Twitter or media feeds to hear what’s been nominated and what’s […]

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10 to Look for in 2014- Christie’s Most Wanted (as of today….)

January 2, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Looking forward, at least for today, and there are so many titles to drool over! Of course, I say that every year, but OH, so many good ones it’s hard to narrow it down to 10! “This second novel begins in 1940, immediately after the first book ended. Having escaped Miss Peregrine’s island by the skin […]

Christie says Hello to 2014

January 1, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

  Resolutions….  New Year’s….  Yea yea yea…. 1. Blog More: I need to be better about blogging on a schedule. In my defense, however, I do blog quite a bit, and if Karen needs something, I am the go-to person. But I need to stick to a schedule. (Karen’s note: I think Christie rocks. Hands […]

What Robin is Anticipating in 2014

December 26, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Here are 10 books I am excited for in 2014 *The Impossible Knife of Memory by Laurie Halse Anderson (January 7, 2014) I was fortunate enough to get and advanced copy of this, and it’s brilliant, and just as important as her other issue novels. This is an eye opening look at post traumatic stress […]

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