Tag Archives: parental relationship

White Crow or, You’re Gonna Wish You Never Met Me

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.  

The Night Circus

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 [...]

A Monster Calls

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 [...]

Six Picture 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 Recommendations Emily Game of Thrones obssession – HBO tv show Cathie Sue [...]

Delirium or, We Used To Be Friends

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, [...]