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#YouTubeWeek: A BookTube Crash Course, a guest post by AbbyRoseReads
Today’s post is brought to you by my fantastically smart teenage friend Abby. I know Abby through the YA book club I run at the public library. She has previously guest posted on YALSA’s The Hub during Teen Read Week. Today Abby is giving us a crash course in BookTube. What is BookTube? It’s exactly [...]
We Call Upon the Author: A Literary Playlist
As a lifelong reader and writer, I’ve always had a special interest in songs that talk about reading, writing, writers, or books. I’ve compiled 20 of my favorite songs about these topics for your listening enjoyment. I’m also linking to other blogs and articles that compile their own lists. There are A LOT of songs [...]
Teenage Anthems: The Soundtrack to TLT’s Teen Years
We’ve got a music theme going on this week at TLT, so we decided to collaborate on a playlist to share with you. We each chose five songs that were important to us as teenagers. I won’t tell you how long I agonized over this. Only five?! Though I would have agonized even if I [...]
Take 5: You Spin Me Right Round, Baby: YA Books About Records
Record Store Day is Saturday, April 18. As a music fanatic, I think this is a day worth celebrating. From their website: “Record Store Day was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate and spread the word about the unique culture surrounding nearly 1400 [...]
Book Review: None of the Above by I.W. Gregorio
In I. W. Gregorio’s None of the Above, things are going pretty well for 18-year-old Krissy. She’s headed to State on a sports scholarship, has been dating Sam for 5 months, and always has her lifelong two best friends, Vee and Faith, by her side. We’re introduced to her on the morning of Homecoming. That [...]
Take 5: Teens, illness, and hospitals
Did you know that under the Teen Issues link up there on the menu bar, you can find lots of great posts and book lists organized by issue? Everything from addiction to violence is covered. If you don’t see a topic covered that you think is of interest, please leave a comment, tweet us (Amanda MacGregor @CiteSomething or Karen Jensen @TLT16), [...]
Book Review: Beast in the Mirror by Laura Bradley Rede
In Beast in the Mirror, a novella by Laura Bradley Rede, the story of Beauty and the Beast is reimagined with an interesting twist—Beast is a girl. 17-year-old Bella, a model, is just out of rehab for anorexia. She flies to Ireland to meet up with her cousin James, a photographer. Bella explains that [...]
Book Review: Rad American Women A-Z by Kate Schatz and Miriam Klein Stahl
Please go buy this book. Buy it for your library, your classroom, your kids, your friends’ kids, your neighbors, yourself. Maybe, just to be safe, buy like 10 copies, so you have plenty to hand out for gifts. This book would make a great graduation present, a birthday present for kids of all ages, and [...]
#FSYALit Book Review (and more): What If I’m an Atheist?
What If I’m an Atheist?: A Teen’s Guide to Exploring Life Without Religion by David Seidman REVIEW COPY COURTESY OF EDELWEISS ISBN-13: 9781582704074 Publisher: Simon Pulse Publication date: 3/10/2015 REVIEW: When I saw this title pop up on Edelweiss, asking for it was a no-brainer. As an atheist currently writing a novel that centers around an [...]
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