It's been a full week! The Fault in Our Stars movie adaptation came out last Friday, and while I still haven't seen it yet, it seem to have been on everyone's collective mind. I really liked the book - it was a really personal read for me as I had a friend in high school … Continue reading John Green, Summer Reading, and Librarian reunions
Tag: Hunger Games
My job title should be “Hunger Games Librarian”
I shouldn't complain! I do love The Hunger Games. I had another program yesterday. We made bows out of popsicle sticks and dental floss and arrows out of q-tips! Drugstore archery at it's finest. After practice you could shoot about 10 feet with some gesture toward accuracy. It was great! The best thing about the … Continue reading My job title should be “Hunger Games Librarian”
Busy bee, that’s me
This time of the year is a little crazy: summer reading is beginning, the fiscal year is ending (budgets! kill me!), new displays that need making (I'm stealing your ideas, Mary Kay!), people going on vacations - see above - and at least in here in MA today, it's unbelievably hot. Like 98 degrees and … Continue reading Busy bee, that’s me
YAs in the news, or Joel Stein is a meanie
Young adult literature - and young adult books, which is what I call the Gossip Girl novels - have been in the news a lot lately. There's the Hunger Games, Twilight, 50 Shades of Grey (I'll explain how this bondage/erotica trilogy is related to YA lit in a minute), and more movie adaptations are being … Continue reading YAs in the news, or Joel Stein is a meanie
