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September 23, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

The #SVYALit Project: When Yes is Not Really Yes, Coercion is Not Consent (part 2)

The #SVYALit Project Index The other night at karate, the sensei was passing out lanyards and the 5-year-old wanted one even though she wasn’t a student there. So she went and asked if she could please have one. His reply was this, “if you give me a hug, I will give you one.” I suddenly […]

April 15, 2014 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: My Favorite Friendships

I’m often struck by how beautifully written friendships are in YA. In fact, they are often much more important and detailed than any other personal relationships – dating or family. I suppose it makes sense, since the teen years are a time when we practice separating from our family and are only just learning how […]

October 30, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Take 5: Tumblrs that Rock

I am obsessed with Tumblr.  Blame Robin.  Anyhow, as I see it, Tumblr (outside of Twitter, of course) is so easy to use and I love, love, love the way it handles graphics (which is where its bread and butter is).  So now I am all Tumblr obsessed.  Here are 5 Tumblrs to follow if […]

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World Book Night, or In Which I Fail at Library* (by Robin)

June 10, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

April 23rd was the second annual World Book Nightcelebration in the United States. Briefly, individuals sign up to receive a box of twenty copies of a single title to hand out to light readers and non-readers that evening. The publishers and authors of the titles available give up their royalties, and special copies are printed […]

Booktalk This: The Geek edition

May 3, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

This quote has been circling the internet for a while, and as a life-long nerd and geek, I’ve worked to live up to the sentiment. This is not always easy, and it was especially difficult for me during high school, as I was torn between wanting to both appear “cool” AND to embrace that which […]

Booktalk This: Teary Reads

January 4, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

As a teen (way back in the early 1990s), my friends and I sighed over a story about one our crushes when he was in 4th grade: that was the year his teacher read Where the Red Fern Grows to him and his classmates (including our storyteller). The whole class was overwhelmed by that books’ […]

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My Emotional Soundtrack: What Keeps Me Sane

November 10, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

So the other day I talked about things that I just couldn’t go back to, even if I wanted to (if you missed it, go here).  Today, I thought that I’d share things that give me comfort.  It’s a rocky place out there, and while I consider myself a stable person, there are things that can […]

Shelf Talkers: The “C” Word in Teen Fiction

September 10, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

My Judy Blume fan.  Because Judy Blume “gets it”. Several years ago my grandmother went to the ER and they opened her up and said they were sorry, but there was nothing they could do for her.  She had cancer and, because she didn’t know it was there, it was so advanced that in just […]

Top 10 Tuesday: Top 10 Recs of the Week

May 1, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Every week here at TLT we declare a book our REC OF THE WEEK.  These are our favorites that we recommend you check out ASAP.  And because I like to pretend I am an artist (“I’m not an artist, I just play one on my blog.”), I like to come up with a unique pic […]

Harry Potter + The Fault in Our Stars = A fantastic Why YA? post by Leah Miller

April 30, 2012 by Karen Jensen, MLS

As part of our ongoing Why YA? series, Leah Miller, author of The Summer I Became a Nerd, shares two titles that moved her and why everyone should read them. Harry Potter is, as we all know, a beautifully written story. It will be with me for the rest of my life (not to mention […]

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