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December 29, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Book Mail: Romances, thrillers, mysteries, dystopias, and more!

Let's close out 2022 with look at 22 new books!

December 28, 2022 by Riley Jensen

The Difference Between YA and NA, a former teen now new adult reader perspective

A former teen talks about the transition from reading YA lit to New Adult lit and why it makes a difference

December 27, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

Post-It Note Reviews: Quick looks at 9 new titles

Dangerous people, D&D, improv, and more!

More Recent Posts

Reclaiming Queer History, a guest post by James Brandon

October 10, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

In my years of research, I’ve discovered not only factual events and persons who literally changed the course of society as we know it today, but also something far greater and more personal to my well-being: a connection to a world I never felt a part of.

I Wrote a Book About the Pandemic. I’m Scared No One Will Want to Read It, a guest post by Sara Saedi

October 7, 2022 by Amanda MacGregor

I realized that I shouldn’t shrug off my work, because it’s about a pandemic. Maybe instead, what I did was write a book that acknowledged the pandemic. My hope is that I Miss You, I Hate This helps young people process all the loss they’ve endured the last few years.

Trend Watch: Discussing the Value of Reader’s Advisory and Creating an RA Menu

August 29, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Teen librarian Karen Jensen shares some thoughts about reader's advisory and the recent online trend of creating RA menus

Creating Teen Book Bundles to Increase Circulation, an Experiment

August 24, 2022 by Karen Jensen, MLS

By day, I work at the Fort Worth Public Library system in the Collection Development department (important note: this is my private and personal blog, they just let me talk about the cool stuff we do there sometimes). FWPL is a 17 branch system and like all large systems, we have branches of varying sizes. […]