It's almost the end of 2012 and once again the end of the world came and went. Sorry Mayans! Goodreads tells me that over the year, I have read 72 books. At least, that's as many as I can remember reading. It will be 73 if I finish Tipping the Velvet today which I hope … Continue reading My Top 15 of 2012
Tag: YA lit
My first GSA meeting
GSA, for those of who you don't know or who aren't necessarily in a middle or high school context stands for Gay Straight Alliance. Last month, the director of the library and I were invited to attend a meeting of the Methuen High School GSA meeting. The topic that they were talking about at the … Continue reading My first GSA meeting
Book review roundup
Book review time! I haven't done some of these in a while, so here you go! Who I Kissed - Janet Gurtler - Let me just say that this is not the type of book that I usually read. It's a contemporary, sort of hot topic/problem novel, YA book. Generally, yuck. But, I did get … Continue reading Book review roundup
NaNoWriMo – Week 2
Two weeks of writing! Phew! To be honest, I'm a little surprised I've made it this far. I'm behind on the daily word count but I'm still going. Right now I'm 23,603 words and if I was on pace with the 1,666 words a day, I should be at 26,65. So I'm 3,000 words behind. … Continue reading NaNoWriMo – Week 2
NPR, prestige, and women in YA
I already subjected my delightful boyfriend to this rant the other day but I thought that I would share it with all of you! Sharing is nice, isn't it? It all started the other morning at work while I was checking my email and my YA blogs when I came across this post about the … Continue reading NPR, prestige, and women in YA
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