Posted by: girlreading on: October 17, 2006
There would be no books without someone to write them. A salute goes out to authors. Those cramped-fingered-hunched-over-mad-rambling men and women who sweat blood and tears, enduring hunger, thirst, editors, agents and publishers just to get all that is in their heads onto paper and transform those swirling thoughts into a coherent story embodied [...]
Posted by: girlreading on: October 17, 2006
Okay, hopefully the guys are off reading…something. So, we can talk about books.
The hot story about chick-lit is how hot and trashy it is. Or, that’s what they are saying, anyway. Caught in the crossfire are the Gossip Girl and It Girl series by Cecily Von Ziegesar, A-List series by Zoey Dean and [...]
Posted by: girlreading on: October 15, 2006
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There are some videos on YouTube promoting Banned Book Week. Here is a link to the search results.
Enjoy!
Posted by: girlreading on: October 15, 2006
Hey, guys. Let’s talk. Let’s talk about books. Wait! Where are you going? Put the bat, ball, stick, skateboard, phone, mouse (computer), gps, steering wheel, mouse (animal), playstation, dead bug, remote control down. Don’t like books? How about comics? Did you know reading comics and graphic novels require higher reading skills than print books?
What are [...]
Posted by: girlreading on: October 13, 2006
The Quill Awards annouced their winners this week. Here are the ones that I had highlighted from my post last month.
Jump!
Posted by: girlreading on: October 9, 2006
According to Amazon, who is never, ever, ever, wrong, Abarat: Absolute (Book 3) by Clive Barker is due September 3, 2007, in the UK. The US Amazon web site has no info at all.
Posted by: girlreading on: October 8, 2006
MPA put out a (Magazine Publishers of America) Teen Market Profile (pdf) not too long ago. I’ve been meaning to post this for awhile. I saw this posted on YALSA blog. It’s worth the read. There is a lot of information that can be inferred for teen/ya librarians and what those patrons interests are.
Posted by: girlreading on: October 7, 2006
ALAN Review is hosting an online chat with the Sleeping Freshman Never Lie author, David Lubar. You can chat with the author on October 25. The week before, October 18, you can discuss the book online with the bookclub.
On the third Wednesday of every month there is a book discussion group and on the [...]
Posted by: girlreading on: October 7, 2006
Dear Quiznos,
You finally had a cool commercial.
Don’t frak it up.
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