MORE POSTS FROM JUNE 2013
Take 5: What’s On the Menu Today? Dessert! Check out these sweet reads
Collection Development, Devilish, Joan Bauer, Maureen Johnson, Rachel Cohn, Reader's Advisory, Sweet Reads, Take 5
|Since earlier today we mentioned Lisa Schroeder’s Cupcake Series, I suddenly have a craving for all things sweet. Here is a look at what is on today’s menu, book covers with cakes and cupcakes. Nom nom nom. Oh, and one slice of pie. Know any sweet reads? Share with us in the comments. The Sweetest […]
MG Book Review: Frosting and Friendship by Lisa Schroeder (reviewed by Tween reviewer Ceci)
Book Reviews, Frosting and Friendship, Lisa Schroeder, MG Lit
|A review of Frosting and Friendship by Lisa Schroeder from tween reviewer Ceci But first how I got an advanced reader copy of this book. My class had an assignment to write a letter to a famous person. I chose Lisa Schroeder because I loved her books, It’s Raining Cupcakes and Sprinkles and Secrets. I […]
#bestYAdad
#bestyadad, A. S. King, Atticus Finch, Booklists, Collection Development, Father's Day, Reader's Advisory, To Kill a Mockingbird
|The #bestYAdad list is a present to my husband. That’s right, I’m super cheap – but creative. You see, The Mr. is an excellent father. I pick ’em good I tell ya. But also, I was reading Eleanor and Park, which does make this list, and was so impressed with the dad I though to […]
Friday Finds – June 14, 2013
Audio Book Month, Friday Finds News Roundup, Mermaids, stereotypes, TPIB, World Book Night
|The Friday Finds is your spot for a summary of topics we’ve covered this week. We will have a list of things you may have missed here on TLT, as well as an item or two from the archives you may want to revisit. Each week’s recap will conclude with some links to interesting reading […]
If you follow me on Twitter (@tlt16), you know that the Tween and I are now audio book obsessed. Even if we are just in the car for a five minute drive she asks me to turn on whatever book we are currently listening to. We have gotten home and sat in the car for […]
Lists are a glorious thing. Yes, that’s right, I am singing the praises of lists. Dave Letterman has ridden on the coat tails of the Top 10 list for decades. We put together book lists and lists of movies. Each year radio stations count down the list of the best songs of the year. We […]
Behind the Scenes of Reality TV
A. S. King, Carl Hiaasen, Chomp, Reality Boy, Reality TV, Television
|Take a moment and sit in front of your TV and flip channels. Notice a pattern? The channels are full of shows called “Reality TV”. Dance Moms, which makes my skin crawl and I can’t figure out why children’s services isn’t involved. Supernanny. Wife Swap (seriously, who would do that?). Honey Boo Boo. If this […]
One of the hardest parts of collection development is keeping track of all of the series, trilogies, miniseries and more that are published in the YA world. The very worst thing for a patron and a reader is to not get a new title in a timely manner. I’m not gonna say that I have […]
Summer is coming, and so is this year’s SRP theme “Beneath the Surface”. Christie is going with a mermaid theme for one of her weeks because they are definitely beneath the surface. And mermaids are hot right now in part thanks to Animal Planet’s Mermaids: The New Evidence, which was its highest rated telecast ever […]
World Book Night, or In Which I Fail at Library* (by Robin)
Ender's Game, John Green, Looking for Alaska, orson scott card, World Book Night
|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 […]
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