I feel like I’ve been neglecting this blog the last month. I took a continuing education class through YALSA on critically evaluating young adult literature, which was a great refresher for critical literary analysis and an overview of how YALSA awards committees work, and really helpful. But it meant I was doing discussion posts and… Continue reading Rewind: March 2015
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An Analysis of the 2014 Young Adult New York Times Bestseller Lists by Gender of Author
A perennial question was raised in a continuing education course I took on critically evaluating young adult literature: do boys read less because of all those “girly” books written by women? I’ll discuss more on that topic in a separate post. But this question, as well as other discussions about gender and sexism in the… Continue reading An Analysis of the 2014 Young Adult New York Times Bestseller Lists by Gender of Author
More 2015 New Releases in LGBTQ Young Adult Fiction
I’ve been working on a presentation for a workshop on collection development and readers’ advisory for LGBTQ YA, and so I’ve been looking for more new titles coming out. Here’s my first round up of 2015 LGBTQ young adult literature. The eight books below are newly released or coming out in Fall 2015.
Like, Try, Why: More Contemporary YA
Last week, I shared a some contemporary YA titles in my like, try, why post, and this week, I’m back with more. These are some additional heartfelt and issue-driven YA, but don’t worry. I’ve got one featuring some more light-hearted contemporary YA coming up. You can find the index of all readers’ advisory graphics here.
Pop Culture and Teen Programming
The theme for the monthly discussion at Teen Services Underground is pop culture and teen programming. They posted a list of questions to get librarians talking about their experiences with pop culture and programming. Here are my answers! What does pop culture in teen programming mean to you? Pop culture that captures the zeitgeist of what… Continue reading Pop Culture and Teen Programming
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