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The One Where I List Things I did at ALA Midwinter
In arbitrary list form, because I never post and pretending it's a list is somehow helping. Quick recap: I spent this weekend in Dallas, TX, at the American Library Association Midwinter meeting, as a part of the William C. Morris committee to choose the best YA debut novel published in 2011. ETA: I was remiss in not putting the link to the actual ( Read more... ) -
Favorite Reads of 2011
Livejournal is working again for now, and they extended my paid membership, and it's a new year, so I thought I'd make a point of actually posting to my Livejournal more often. Here's to good intentions! Here's my list of the top 15 reads for 2011, broken up into age-range categories again this year. These favorites include a few books not ( Read more... ) -
This is just to say
I'll be updating LiveJournal some time this week, at the very least with my top reads of the year. Possibly top everything: television, games, etc. I am obviously quite overdue for a post! -
Books Read: July 2011
OMG is Livejournal working again? I better hurry up and post my July books before this lovely period ends.
87. Johannes Cabel the Necromancer, by Jonathan L. Howard. 3 stars.
** 88. Autumn: Purification, by David Moody. Horror. Read ARC. 2 stars.
89. The Demon’s Surrender (Demon’s Lexicon, Book Three), by Sarah Rees Brennan. YA Paranormal. 3 stars.
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Books Read: June 2011
A big reading month for me. Lots of graphic novels and weird children's books that straddle graphic novels and illustrated stories (without being picture books).
**64. The Secrets of Tamarind (sequel to The Lost Island of Tamarind), by Nadia Aguiar. Juv Fantasy. 3.5 stars. Read ARC
65-66. Nightschool, Vols. 3-4, by Svetlana Chmakova. YA Graphic ( Read more... ) -
Died and Gone to Librarian Nerd Heaven
So, I went to the American Library Association Conference in New Orleans this past week, and I will be writing up more later, but first I have to squee about this: At the party celebrating Laini Taylor's new book, Daughter of Smoke and Bone, I met her, told her I loved her book without stammering too much, and ended up taking a group photo with her ( Read more... ) -
Sharing the Awesome Awards: Day Two
This is more of the fun listy award thingie from inkcrush's blog.
Day Two: The Characters
1. best female POV - Esme, from Sister Mischief, by Laura Goode
She's smart, poetic, vulnerable, and she tells it like it is. She's a self-described "word nerd". She also sounds like a real teenager.
2. best male POV - tie between Sam, from Hold Me Closer, ( Read more... ) -
Sharing the Awesome Awards: Day One
I love making lists and awarding books for highly specific categories, so when I saw janicu was participating in the Sharing the Awesome Awards, hosted by inkcrush, I decided to throw in my own winners, too. I've read over 80 books so far in 2011, and here's my best of the best (so far). They've broken the awards into three days, so look for posts about ( Read more... ) -
Books Read: May 2011
Better late than never, right? I plan on catching up and writing several posts this week, including doing my June books list and writing about my experiences at ALA in New Orleans, which includes stalking authors, hustling for ARCs, being late for all my committee meetings, trying to shell shrimp surreptitiously (say that three times fast!), ( Read more... ) -
Hold Me Closer, Necromancer contest
There's a contest going on to win a copy of one of my favoritest books ever, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer, by Lish McBride. You also might win an awesome book-related T-shirt. Or I might win, as is my hope. No offense. The link also brings you to an excellent interview Cindy Pon does with Lish McBride, wherein she reveals the tentative title of the ( Read more... )