October 1, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Special Guest A. S. King: Glory O’Brien’s History of the Future, plus Bleed Like Me by Christa Desir and Perfectly Good White Boy by Carrie Mesrobian Date: November 19th (Noon Eastern, 11 A.M. Central) Confirmed Guests: A. S. King (forthcoming 2014 and 2015 title), Christa Desir, Carrie Mesrobian Publisher’s Description: WOULD YOU TRY TO […]
September 30, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Something Old: Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas In my early days as a YA librarian, one of the first books I saw “go viral” if you will, was Rats Saw God by Rob Thomas. Early YA was often thought of primarily as “coming of age” or “problem novels”, and they focused on an intimate […]
May 21, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liG2yXdrZSs?rel=0] #SVAYLit Project Google+ Hangout on Air with the author Brandy Colbert (POINTE), Courtney C. Stevens (FAKING NORMAL), Carrie Mesrobian (SEX & VIOLENCE) and moderated by Christa Desir (FAULT LINE). This is our third discussion as part of the #SVYALit Project, with an emphasis on the topic of consent, an issue that plays a […]
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February 12, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Yesterday on Twitter, I kind of lost my mind. I do that on Twitter frequently. Sometimes it’s about the problems of women’s fashion. Sometimes it’s about television shows. Sometimes it’s about sex and our cultural insanity surrounding it. Yesterday it was about reader reactions to fiction and how some readers assume that any sort of […]
January 30, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
About two hours ago I hosted my first ever Google Hangout on Air to (mostly) non-disastrous effects. I’ll have to write you a post about what I learned about doing that some other time. But what I really want to talk about is the conversation that I had with authors Christa Desir, Trish Doller and […]
January 9, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS
Sherlock holds a sweet spot in my heart and not just I’m flooded with animated GIFs on my Tumblr feed of Sherlock and John kissing (I AM JOHN-LOCKED, etc.). And not just because it’s a brilliantly written and acted show. I love Sherlock because my daughter Matilda, age 10, also loves it. So it’s one […]
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October 8, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS
I didn’t set out to write a book about a sex-focused boy who gets nearly killed in a vicious assault. I didn’t set out to write about a boy at all. This book started with me being annoyed. Annoyed at the female heroines in lots of YA books. I was tired of the YA girl […]
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