I presented with Scott Rader from Hays Public Library at the Kansas Library Association this week. Our program was Readers’ Advisory with Style. We shared ways that we promote books in our libraries through passive RA materials like displays or graphics and through social media. Scott also discussed fanmixes for YA novels. Then we talked… Continue reading Readers’ Advisory with Style: KLA 2013 Presentation
Author: Molly Wetta
Doctober: Documentary Film Favorites
October is National Documentary Month. The idea started in a bar and is nerdy, so you know I’m on board. At my library, staff share their favorites all month. It’s a great way for me to get recommendations, because documentaries are some of the only types of movies that Mister BS and I can agree… Continue reading Doctober: Documentary Film Favorites
Book Review: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater Published: September 17th 2013 by Scholastic Press Source: ARC from publisher and purchased hardback from Rainy Day Books Synopsis (Goodreads): Now that the ley lines around Cabeswater have been woken, nothing for Ronan, Gansey, Blue, and Adam will be the same. Ronan, for one, is falling more and more… Continue reading Book Review: The Dream Thieves by Maggie Stiefvater
Feminist Fridays: On Broken Boys (guest post by Carrie Mesrobian)
Today I’m pleased to feature a post by author Carrie Mesrobian, whose debut novel, Sex & Violence, I reviewed earlier this week. A while ago on Twitter, I was gabbing with Heather of The Flyleaf Review and Asheley of Into The Hall of Books about our favorite juicy super-vampire series, The Black Dagger Brotherhood by… Continue reading Feminist Fridays: On Broken Boys (guest post by Carrie Mesrobian)
Book Review: Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian
Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian Published: October 1st 2013 by Carolrhoda LAB Source: ARC from publisher Synopsis: AT FIRST YOU DON’T SEE THE CONNECTION. Sex has always come without consequences for seventeen-year-old Evan Carter. He has a strategy–knows the profile of The Girl Who Would Say Yes. In each new town, each new school,… Continue reading Book Review: Sex & Violence by Carrie Mesrobian