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12 Blogs of Christmas: YA Lit Quotes (We Heart Young Adult)
12 Blogs of Christmas, Book Quotes, Reader's Advisory, Tumblr
|To say that I love a good quote is an understatement. I have journals – yes, plural – where I have written down some of my favorite quotes from the books I have read over the years. And one of the things that I love most about the 21st century technology is seeing how others […]
Game For Your Life: Gamers in Teen Fiction (Kearsten)
Booktalk This, Collection Development, gaming, Reader's Advisory
|I’ve recently lost myself in playing The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and it got me thinking about teen books about roleplaying games (video, computer, and tabletop), and the possible dangers/adventures that might come with an excessive amount of gaming. I’m still waiting to be sucked into the world of the Elder Scrolls, but so far, […]
Take 5: YA Lit for Rose Tyler fans (Doctor Who), a guest post by Amy Diegelman
Cinder, Collection Development, Color of Rain, Cori McCarthy, Doctor Who, Grave Mercy, Leigh Bardugo, Leviathan, Marissa Meyer, Reader's Advisory, Robin LaFevers, Rose Tyler, Scott Westerfeld, Shadow and Bone
|“The first nineteen years of my life, nothing happened.Nothing at all.” Image property of Megan Lara at Megan Lara Tumblr Rose Tyler.Companion, friend, comforter, badass. Resourceful, empathetic, brave, determined. I could go on for days and days about all Rose Tyler’s amazing qualities (and trust me, I’ll get back to that in a second) but […]
More YA Lit for Doctor Who Fans
Collection Development, Doctor Who, Reader's Advisory, Rick Yancey, The 5th Wave
|Because I have now spent 20 years of my life doing Reader’s Advisory, when I read a book I have a tendency at the end to then think to myself, “Now who would like this book?” And I have some go to pop culture references in part because they are the things that I love. […]
Warning: The following post contains minor Doctor Who spoilers Until Doctor Who,I thought I hated sci-fi. Not to say that I didn’t watch or enjoy sci-fi. It was just that I always found excuses for why the books I read and movies I enjoyed couldn’t possibly be considered true science-fiction. I plowed through The Hunger […]
Take 5: Mind Bending Reads
Clive Barker, Collection Development, Mindbending Reads, Reader's Advisory, Take 5, The Thief of Always
|When Alice went down the rabbit hole, she entered a world full of twists and turns and the things that make you go hmmmmmm. That is also what happens in More Than This by Patrick Ness, which I reviewed earlier today. Here are 5 other awesome tales that keep you guessing as to what, exactly, […]
Haunted Readings: All Our Scary, Spooky and Otherwise Halloween Ready Book Lists in One Place
Book Lists, Fairy Tales, Halloween, Horror, Reader's Advisory, Scary, Thrillers
|Whether you are looking for twisted fairy tales, ghosts or more, we’ve got some great reads for you! Read if you dare. Alice in Wonderland retellings Aliens: They’re Here: Science Fiction with actual aliens Apocalypse Survival Tips from YA Lit Assasins: Teenage Assassins in YA Lit Beyond the Grave: dead narrators Bioengineering (Frankenstein 2012: YA […]
Take 5: Supernatural & Psychological Creepers
Collection Development, Psychological Thrillers, Reader's Advisory, Supernatural Thrillers
|Truth: after reading as much Lois Duncan as I could find, I spent a good part of my preadolescence convinced that I had a missing twin out there somewhere, and my telepathy was lingering in the back of my psyche, it was just taking its time in revealing itself. I credit those books with my […]
Good Reads List of YA with Witches
Croak by Gina Damico Tired and desperate from a wide variety of behavior issues, Lex’s parent send her for some rehabilitation with dear old uncle Mort – who, it turns out, is a grim reaper. It turns out, some of Lex’s problem behaviors may mean she is the perfect teen for the job. Something Deadly […]
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