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Take 5: Through the Looking Glass
Alice in Wonderland, Collection Development, Lewis Carrol, Reader's Advisory, Twisted Fairy Tales
|Twisted fairy tales are nothing new and there are a slew of them. This fall TV season, however, Once Upon a Time is getting a bit more specific with a special Alice in Wonderland themed spinoff (on ABC). In case you didn’t know it, there is also a very popular Alice video game called Alice […]
Take 5: Science Fiction That Actually Takes Place in (Gasp) Space (a list with apparently 10 titles on it in honor of The Hitchhiker’s “Trilogy”)
aliens, Beth Revis, C. S. Lewis, Collection Development, Madeleine L'Engle, orson scott card, Reader's Advisory, Science Fiction, Space
|When I was reading These Broken Stars, I was a little giddy because here was a science fiction title that actually took place in space. There has been a lot of science fiction published lately, but a lot of it tends to be more Earthbound involving new tech (think the awesome BZRK series by Michael […]
While historical fiction may be my Achilles hill (although I have now read 10 historical fiction titles this year – please hold your applause until the end of the post), nonfiction is something I like but just don’t ever read enough of. As a reviewer for VOYA, they occasionally send me a nonfiction title to […]
Scholastic Book Fair: September
Collection Development, Middle Grade Fiction, Reader's Advisory, Scholastic
|Now that school is back in session, it’s time to resume our Scholastic Book Fair here on TLT. Here are five new titles from Scholastic. Seeing Red by Kathryn Erskine “So everyone just sits there and says nothing? How’s anything ever going to get better?” Red Porter’s daddy has died. While Red and his mom […]
Booktalk This! When You’re Tired of Emo Vamps (by Kearsten)
Booktalk This, Booktalks, Collection Development, Reader's Advisory, Vampires
|Burned out on vampire romances? Wish the creatures lurking in the dark were a little more bloodthirsty (or possessing more of a sense of humor)? Me, too! I spent the week rereading Justin Cronin’s The Passage, an epic, sprawling novel of the build-up to and the aftermath of a completely terrifying vampire-virus apocalypse. Cronin’s vamps are deadly and truly […]
Take 5: Scorchers, aka It’s #DragonDay (list by Cuyler)
Christopher Paolini, Collection Development, Dragons, Eragon, Mari Mancusi, Rachel Hartman, Reader's Advisory, Scorched, Seraphina, Take 5
|What’s scarier than vampires, zombies, and werewolves combined? Dragons, baby. These fiery serpents have seared their way into fiction for years and they’re here to stay. Everyone needs a little fire-breathing, knight-eating goodness in their reading piles this Fall, so why not take a gander at these scorching tales: 1) Seraphina by Rachel Hartman- Seraphina […]
Take 5: It’s Elementary (YA Fiction for fans of Sherlock)
Collection Development, Mysteries, Reader's Advisory, Sherlock
|While reading The Naturals by Jennifer Lynn Barnes, I couldn’t help but think that fans of the BBC Sherlock (or the CBS show Elementary) would enjoy reading it. Which got me thinking: What other YA books would Sherlock fans enjoy? Below is a list of 10 titles that fit the bill and I recommend. You […]
Take 5: Mouth Watering Reads (Foodie Fiction for Teens)
Bittersweet, Collection Development, Dairy Queen, Foodie Fiction, Hope Was Here, Joan Bauer, Reader's Advisory, She's So Money, Tantalize
|Foodie Fiction are those yummy reads that somehow manage to incorporate food into the story. Your main character can work at a restaurant. They can bake. They can participate in a cookie exchange. (I did that once and I am really sorry to everyone that had to eat my cookies). Or, as in the case […]
Take 5: Important Books on a Difficult Topic – Sexual Violence in the Lives of Teens
Christa Desir, Collection Development, Fault Line, Laurie Halse Anderson, Matthew Quick, Reader's Advisory, Sex and Sexuality, Sexual Violence, Speak, Take 5, Teen Issues, Trish Doller
|When I lost my baby, I went into a deep, dark hole. The only thing that helped me claw my way out of the darkness was to read books about other women having a miscarriage. It helped me know that I wasn’t alone, that what I was feeling was perfectly normal, and that I could […]
STEM Girls: Books with girls rocking science and math
Collection Development, Math, Reader's Advisory, Science, STEM Education, Strong Heroines
|Earlier this week I reviewed 3:59 by Gretchen McNeil, a book that has a main character, a girl, that is basically a physics wiz. A lot of times, female main characters are into fashion or music and even sometimes sports. But a lot of times, if our main characters are into academics they are also […]
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