MORE POSTS FROM AUGUST 2013
Book Review: Coda by Emma Trevayne
Book Reviews, Coda, cyberpunk, Dystopian, Emma Trevayne, first novel, Rainbow Project, YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults
|I step back from the mike. “Pixel,” I say, shaking my head when he glances at me. I stare the guy down. “Yeah, you don’t feel it. That’s because this is real music, and you’ve got to want it. You’ve got to let it get inside your head. Do that, and the high is better than some […]
MG Book Review: Star Wars: Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown
Book Reviews, Graphic Novels, Jeffrey Brown, Middle Grade Fiction, Star Wars Jedi Academy, Star Wars Reads Day
|So much fun! As a casual enthusiast of Star Wars, I was fully engaged by this story of Roan, a young boy from Tatooine (sound familiar?) Roan comes from a family with a long history of serving as Star Pilots. His Father and Grandfather are Star Pilots, and his older brother is attending Pilot Academy. […]
One of my friends, a cat owner and dog appreciator, is also a children’s librarian. Years ago, as I was lamenting about a lukewarm at best teen event, wishing I got some of the love and affection she so readily got from her younger patrons, she told me this: Little kids love you like dogs […]
This Week at TLT: Book Reviews Until it Hurts to Stop by Jennifer R. Hubbard Marie Antionette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender Antigoddess by Kendare Blake Blackout by Robison Wells In this week’s Sunday Reflection, Heather wrote about what she’s reading on vacation this year (spoiler alert – no teen books!) We have a guest […]
This week has been interesting. One of the two water mains broke in my town Monday night, causing us to massively conserve water on Tuesday (it’s now fixed). A storm came through on Tuesday, and knocked down tree limbs that took out my power on Wednesday. I have a teen lock-in tonight into tomorrow […]
Take 5: Fight the (Abuse of) Power – a look at the role of government in YA fiction
Collection Development, Government, Reader's Advisory, Teen Issues
|Earlier today, I talked about Blackout by Robison Wells and how it made me think about discussing the role of the government in our lives with teens. Technically, almost any dystopian will do that by definition. But here are 5 titles that I think will prompt some compelling discussion about the role and limitations (and […]
Blackout by Robison Wells and How I Learned to Question What Teens Are Learning About the Government
|Two interesting things happened last month: I read Blackout by Robison Wells and we learned that the NSA is getting access to a large amount of data about ordinary American citizens. And this past week, Salon has been running a series of articles about militant police forces. These combination of events really made me wonder: […]
Book Review: Antigoddess by Kendare Blake
Antigoddess, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Horror, Kendare Blake, Trojan War
|“Please,” she said. “Just tell me what you know.”“You can’t stop it, Athena,” Demeter said. “I see the feathers blooming under your skin. You’ll be weak. You’ll be too late.”“But there is a way to stop it.” “I don’t know. Not without great cost. There are tools that might help.” “What kind of tools?” Hermes […]
Book Review: Marie Antionette, Serial Killer by Katie Alender
Book Reviews, Katie Alender, Marie Antionette, Serial Killer
|This book was an interesting reminder of how important it is to READ THE WHOLE BOOK before you make a judgment. I almost didn’t finish this book. And, although I don’t think it is a great book by any means, it got better so it was an interesting experiment in reading. Synopsis: Struggling with […]
Things I’m Not Over: 3 of Christie’s Book Feels
cassandra clare, Clockwork Princess, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, J K Rowling, Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins
|We LOVE Popwatch blog at Entertainment Weekly, and they have a regular ongoing feature called “I’m Still Not Over” which is, quite frankly, genius. So inspired by this feature, we have decided to share with you some of the book moments, both good and bad, that we will never get over. By their nature, these […]
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