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Take 5: Weird Science
BZRK, Collection Development, Jessica Khoury, Kat Zhang, Kathy Reichs, Lauren Oliver, Mad Science, Michael Grant, Neal Shusterman, Reader's Advisory, Scholastic, Science, Science Fiction, Seizures, Virals
|I recently received a special grant from my Friends of the Library grant to update our YA collection. They tacked on an additional $500.00 with the challenge that they wanted me to add more math and science related books in the collection. So the challenge was this: Can you find some YA titles that talk […]
What’s the (Short) Story?
Bullying, Collection Development, Fantasy, GLBTQ, GLBTQ Fiction, Paranormal, Reader's Advisory, Short Stories, Steampunk
|In my review of The Curiosities, I mention that short stories seem to be a hard sell to teens. Most often, they are also a mixed bag; I have yet to come across a short story collection where I thought every story was a divine work of inspiration (although The Curiosities comes close). But here […]
Book Review: The Curiositites: a collection of stories by Maggie Stiefvater, Tessa Gratton and Brenna Yovanoff
Book Reviews, Brenna Yovanoff, Collection Development, Curiosities, Maggie Stiefvater, Magic, Paranormal, Paranormal Romance, Short Stories, Tessa Gratton, Zombies
|A vampire locked in a cage in the basement, for good luck. Bad guys, clever girls, and the various reasons why the guys have to stop breathing. A world where fires never go out (with references to ice cream.) Are you curious? The Curiosities began as a writing experiment between three friends, popular YA Lit […]
Take 5: True Confessions of a Sci Fi Reader with Maria Selke
Across the Universe, Beth Revis, Black Hole Sun, Collection Development, David Macinnis Gill, Eye of the Storm, Human.4, Insignia, Kate Messner, Maria Selke, Mike Lancaster, S. J. Kincaid, Science Fiction
|I’ve always been a science fiction reader. Well, “always” if you count the fact that there wasn’t much science fiction available for younger readers when I was a kid. I got my start in fantasy with Narnia. I ventured into science fiction with A Wrinkle in Time, and never looked back. I continued to read […]
What do I call that? Genre 101 with Georgia McBride
Collection Development, Dystopian, Fantasy, genres, Georgia McBride, High Fantasy, Month9Books, Paranormal Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction
|I love speculative fiction so much that when I started Month9Books, I added the commonly misunderstood term to our tagline: “speculative fiction for teens and tweens where nothing is as it seems.” Those of you who are genre fiction fans, and in particular speculative fiction fans, may already know what it means. But for those […]
5 GNs for Halloween Scares by Karen D
Book Reviews, Booklists, Collection Development, Graphic Novels, Halloween
|5 Great Graphic Novels for Halloween Scares Ghost Huntby Shiho Inada PARTNERS IN FEAR The decrepit building was condemned long ago, but every time the owners try to tear it down, “accidents” start to happen–people get hurt, sometimes even killed. Mai Taniyama and her classmates have heard the rumors that the creepy old high school […]
Take a step back in time with guest blogger Jennifer McGowan (Historical ya fiction spotlight)
A Mad Wicked Folly, Born Wicked, Collection Development, Gilt, Historical fiction, Jenn McGowan, Jennifer McGowan, Maid of Secrets, The Falconer, The Key and the Flame, The Wicked and the Just
|Earlier this week I confessed that Historical Fiction is my Achilles heel (I even managed to turn a post about historical fiction into a post about epidemics – I am that awesome) when it comes to collection development – so I enlisted help! Today I bring you a guest blog post by someone who writes historical […]
Setting Up the Case: Are book reviews overly positive and is that a problem? As a librarian, collection development is one of the hardest, most time consuming parts of my job. My goal is to build a collection that will circulate. To meet this goal I have to understand my patrons – in this case […]
Let’s talk Access! And why libraries are radically unsafe places, and that’s a good thing!
Access, Censorship, Collection Development, Reader's Advisory
|Access: Noun1. the ability, right, or permission to approach, enter, speak with, or use; admittance: They have access to the files. 2. the state or quality of being approachable: The house was difficult of access. 3. a way or means of approach: The only access to the house was a rough dirt road. (from dictionary.com) […]
Drum roll please . . . some of the books that will make this fall epically awesome. Or awesomely epic. Or cool beans if you are feeling retro about it all. Ask the Passengers by A. S. King Sure, you could say I am bragging that I have a signed copy – but mostly I […]
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