Remember how I love blogging? It’s still totally true. I’m really enjoying being the member manager of The Hub. Despite my own advice on careful selecting professional projects, I’ve had so many amazing opportunities come up recently that I simply can’t turn them down. About a year ago, I had a bit of an identity… Continue reading One Librarian, Many Blogs
Category: reading life
Urban Fantasy Genre Guide
We’ve started a new kind of book club at my library: a genre book club. Each month, staff selects a sample reading list for a genre, patrons sign up for a book from the list, and then staff facilitate a discussion where each participant can discuss the book they read and how it relates to… Continue reading Urban Fantasy Genre Guide
Book Review: The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick
While visiting my brother in sunny California this summer, I cheated on my assigned summer reading by sneaking in some advanced readers’ copies into my beach reading. I was craving a feel good, layered contemporary YA romance, and while it wasn’t my favorite of Huntley Fitzpatrick’s novels, the companion to My Life Next Door still delivered… Continue reading Book Review: The Boy Most Likely To by Huntley Fitzpatrick
Young Adult Fiction for Fans of Doctor Who
This weekend is Doctor Who Comics Day, and we’re having a day of passive programming to celebrate. We’ll have Doctor Who Guess Who (A modified version the teen librarian made) as well as some crafty stuff set out all day. We’ve done a Doctor Who themed party for the 50th Anniversary in November 2013 and… Continue reading Young Adult Fiction for Fans of Doctor Who
Reading Recap: Paranormal and Steampunk YA
My grad school class has wrapped up, and so I’m back to blogging. I read a sampling of paranormal and steampunk YA. These are all backlist titles that I’d missed, and I do feel that even though none of them are new personal favorites for me, it does give me some more options for recommendations… Continue reading Reading Recap: Paranormal and Steampunk YA
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