MORE POSTS FROM OCTOBER 2012
We’ve been talking about all sorts of horror and things lately (see My Horrific Life or I Eat Cereal But I Am Not A Serial Killer), and more will come throughout October. I am a fan of the 80’s horror movies, back when you knew that the blood was fake and the killers were behind masks. So I […]
This year, I am excited (and honored) to be a first round panelist (judge) for the Science Fiction and Fantasy panel of the 2012 Cybils. The Cybils are the Children’s and Young Adult Bloggers’ Literary Awards. They are taking public nominations for awards through October 15th. You can nominate a title published between last year’s […]
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away (sometimes referred to as Texas), two library branches got together for an epic – and out of this world – day of books and fun with Tweens and Teens known as Star Wars Reads Day A battle was being fought between good […]
Freeing your life with words . . . (TPIB: poetry and writing crafts)
Crafts, Ellen Hopkins, Poemcrazy, Poetry, Susan Wooldridge, Tilt, TPIB
|I never wrote a poem,At least one that I’d shareBut if I wrote a poemDoes that mean I won the dare? It seems like there is not enough poetry in the world today, if you ask me. I have been doing poetry contests with teens in libraries for almost 20 years and each year, there […]
Should the sun beatsummer too fiercelythrough your afternoonwindow, you can slantthe blinds to temperheat and scatter light,sifting shadows this wayand that with a […]
10 Perks of Being a Wallflower (by Heather B)
Laurie Halse Anderson, Movies, Rats Saw God, Rob Thomas, Sherman Alexie, Speak, Stephen Chbosky, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, YA Lit
|“We accept the love we think we deserve.” I first read The Perks of Being a Wallflower soon after it was published and was completely taken. I passed it to my younger brother, still in high school, who said something like, “If they gave us stuff like that to read in school, I might still […]
I’m almost certain that my journey behind the veil of normal society began with an obsession for the “Goosebumps” series by R.L. Stine. Starting in 1992 R.L. Stine dutifully released a new “tome” every month until 1997, and I believe my mom drove me to the mall to Walden’s Bookstore to buy almost every single […]
I eat cereal, but I am not a serial killer (Serial Killers in YA Lit)
Barry Lyga, Dan Wells, Jack the Ripper, Lionel Shriver, Maureen Johnson, Mysteries, Robert Cormier, Serial Killers, Thrillers
|This is a completely true story: One day I was picking my 6 year-old daughter up from Vacation Bible School and when I asked her how it was she said, “It was good. No one put duct tape on my mouth and locked me in the trunk.” As you can imagine, this was not the […]
“Velveteen Monroe is dead. At sixteen, she was kidnapped and murdered by a madman named Bonesaw. But that’s not the problem.” – back cover description “She walks a tightrope between psycho and smokin’.” Velveteen is now a resident of purgatory. Purgatory is a dark, ashen place that is, quite frankly, falling apart. There is no […]
I watched my first episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer my freshman year of college. I went home for a weekend because I was distraught after breaking up with my high school boyfriend. My younger sister, in an attempt to cheer me up, said, “at least your ex-boyfriend isn’t going around killing your friends,” and […]
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