White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick

Topic:

“The Rejectionist: A YA Op-Ed Mad Lib for Your Editorial-Writing Convenience“. The Rejectionist. Sunday, October 16, 2011.

Life on Mars edited by Jonathan Strahan

• “Goodnight moons”
• “Wahahla”

Welcome to Bordertown edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner

• “Shannon’s Law”
• “A Tangle of Green Men”

Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities by Chris Barton,illustrated by Paul Hoppe

• “Cherokee Author”
• “Black Man, White Man”

Emily
Children’s

Jenny
Adult
Name of the Wind and Wisemans Fear by Rothfuss
Lamentation, Canticle, Antiphon by Ken Scholes
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Never Knowing by Chevy Stevens

Young Adult
Star Crossed by Elizabeth Bunce
Incarceron, Sapphique by Catherine Fisher
Ring of Solomon by Jonathan Stroud
Okay for now by Gary Schmidt

Children’s
The Girl who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Boat of her Own Making
A Tale Dark of Grimm by Adam Gidwitz
Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick
Blackhope Enigma by Teresa Flavin

Picture Book
Shout ,Shout it Out- Denise Fleming
Press Here by Herve Tullet
I want my Hat Back- Jon Classen
Ruby Violet and Lime by Jane Brockett
Stars by Marla Frazee
Lego Ideas Book and/ or the Lego Star Wars Character Encyclopedia

Karl
Audiobooks:
Leviathan Trilogy
The True Meaning of Smekday
Revolution
The Jeeves and Wooster novels by P.G. Wodehouse

Creativity:
What It Is and Picture This
Masters: Collage
The Map As Art
Modern Masters series
Pinterest

Improve Yourself:
The Power of Now
Man’s Search for Meaning
“Let something go”

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Roll call:
What reading habit do you have that is a pet peeve for somebody else?

Topic:
Fall 2011-2012 TV

Upcoming:
Short stories
Welcome to Bordertown edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner

• Shannon’s Law
• A Tangle of Green Men

Life on Mars edited by Jonathan Strahan

• Goodnight moons
• Wahahla

Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities by Chris Barton,illustrated by Paul Hoppe

• Cherokee Author
• Black Man, White Man

White Crow by Marcus Sedgwick

A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, orginated by Siobhan Dowd

Roll call question:
Do you have an unconscious reading list litmus test for potential friendships?

Topic:
LGBT characters in YA literature -

The Swivet (Colleen Lindsay) “On Being Used, the Lack of LGBTQ Characters in YA, and Why It’s Important to Work Together” by Joanna Stampfel-Volpe (guest blogger)
http://theswivet.blogspot.com/2011/09/guest-blogger-joanna-stampfel-volpe.html

Publisher’s Weekly: “Authors Say Agents Try to “Straighten” Gay Characters in YA“
http://blogs.publishersweekly.com/blogs/genreville/?p=1519

Malinda Lo: “I have numbers! Stats on LGBT Young Adult Books Published in the U.S.” – Updated 9/15/11
http://www.malindalo.com/2011/09/i-have-numbers-stats-on-lgbt-young-adult-books-published-in-the-u-s/

Upcoming:
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Short stories from:
Welcome to Bordertown edited by Holly Black and Ellen Kushner

• Shannon’s Law
• A Tangle of Green Men

Life on Mars edited by Jonathan Strahan

• Goodnight moons
• Wahahla

Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities by Chris Barton,illustrated by Paul Hoppe

• Cherokee Author
• Black Man, White Man

City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare

Roll call question
What are your favorite places to read?

Topic
“2012 Newbery Reading List”, by Hunt, Jonathan. January 27, 2011, School Library Journal Heavy Medal: Mock Newbery blog.

Recommendations
Jenny
Virginia Euwer Wolfe – Neustadt Award winner
Monday is One Day by Arthur Levine
Which Way by Marthe Jocelyn
Go outside

Emily
DC Comics reboot of their entire universe

Karl
Anti-recommendation: Don’t watch Bill and Ted Adventures cartoon

Adrienne
Teen Read Month partnering with Kevin Stark of Toy and Action Figure Museum, a Color Nook for top readers of a school and public library provided by Sonic, Corp, posters and a drawing of all participants for a set of books.

Upcoming
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

If Rocks Could Sing

Press Here by Herve Tullet

Perfect Square by Michael Hall

A Suitcase Surprise for Mommy by Cat Cora

This Plus That : Life’s Little Equations by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Shout! Shout It Out! by Denise Fleming

Recommendations

Emily
Game of Thrones obssession – HBO tv show

Cathie Sue
Water your plants

Jenny
Go to the library and check out picture books
Defying Gravity – TV show

Adrienne
String cheese

Karl
Technical problems? Check physical connections first.
E. Lockhart’s Ruby Oliver series

CHALLENGE TO LISTENERS

Decide a book for each us to read. You name it we will select and read! We double-hair-of-the-dog DARE YOU! Post in comments or send to cyacast @ gmail.com.

Upcoming
City of Fallen Angels and the entire TMI series by Cassandra Clare
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy by Albert Marrin (Random House website)

Roll call question from Rummanah Aasi: What are your reading pet peeves?

Topic: “Non-white heroes the kiss of death in the marketplace,” by Gerritson, Tess. Murderati. 2011, May, 17.

Recommendations

Cathie Sue
To Twinkle: Lola & the Boy Next Door and Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins
Texas Gothic by Rosemary Clement Moore
Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge
Garden Trug

Karl
Lost by Jacqueline Davies
Turntable.fm
Christine Lavin and her song “Air Conditioner” (YouTube)
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen

Jenny
Queen of Sheba
Psalms of Isaac series by Ken Scholes
Wayne Coyne “The Womb”

Emily
Game of Thrones on HBO
Roadside Assistance
Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead by Joe Cross (Documentary)

Adrienne
So You Think You Can Dance update
50 Documentaries to See Before You Die on Current TV hosted by Morgan Spurlock
Feed by M.T. Anderson (audio version)

 Upcoming

6 children’s books

•      If rocks could sing  by Leslie McGuirk
•     Press Here by Herve Tullet
•     Perfect Square by Michael Hall
•     A Suitcase Surprise for Mommy  by Cat Cora
•     This Plus That : Life’s Little Equations by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
•     Shout! Shout It Out! by Denise Fleming

City of Fallen Angels and the entire TMI series by Cassandra Clare
A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness

How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won A Bubba-Sized Trophy by Crystal Allen

Roll Call Question:
What is your literary boggart?

Topic:
Radical Change: As public libraries reinvent themselves, are we losing our leaders? by Margaret Tice. Library Journal. July 1, 2011

Extended:
New York Public Library Scavenger Hunt
Find the Future:  NYPL game site
Gothamist article

Recommendations:
Karl
Austin, Texas
Dallas Museum of Art

Jenny
Ken Scholes – author of Lamentation, Canticle and Antiphon
Relaxation

Cathie Sue
Stay out of the heat and have air conditioner reads.

Emily
I’m Down by Mishna Wolff
Spotify

Adrienne
Minions – get some
Karl’s recommendation:  Peter’s Evil Overlord list

Upcoming:
Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and It’s Legacy by Albert Martin

6 children’s books

•      If rocks could sing Leslie McGuirk
•     Press Here by Herve Tullet
•     Perfect Square by Michael Hall
•     A Suitcase Surprise for Mommy  by Cat Cora
•     This Plus That : Life’s Little Equations by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
•     Shout! Shout It Out! by Denise Fleming

City of Fallen Angels and the entire TMI series by Cassandra Clare

Delirium by Lauren Oliver

Delirium movie deal by Deadline New York

Topic
“Are All Lists Created Equal? Diversity in Award-Winning and Bestselling Young Adult Fiction” by Casey H. Rawson. The Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adult. YALSA. Spring, 2011.

Rawson’s Masters papers full version (PDF)

Recommendations

Jenny
Talk of the Nation, July 6, 2011 “YA Author Apologizes to ‘Wall Street Journal’ Critic”, NPR.
Super 8 the movie

Karl
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, audio version read by Alan Cumming
Artwiculate – Twitter # tag game

Emily
“aarrgghh” “aargh” “grrrooowwl”

Adrienne
So You Think You Can Dance update
Red Blood Road by Moira Young
Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon the movie

Upcoming
How Lamar’s Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy by Crystal Allen
Flesh & Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and It’s Legacy by Albert Martin
6 Children’s Books
If rocks could sing Leslie McGuirk

•     Press Here by Herve Tullet
•     Perfect Square by Michael Hall
•     A Suitcase Surprise for Mommy  by Cat Cora
•     This Plus That : Life’s Little Equations by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
•     Shout! Shout It Out! by Denise Fleming

Further
“Is Young Adult Fiction Too Dark?” with Marty Moss-Crane. RadioTimes. WHYY. July 6, 2011.