Subtitle: The Sprained Ankle Edition. I twisted my ankle helping with Winter Arts Night at school yesterday. Now, here I sit, swollen and purple foot propped up. Yay. Thankfully, it’s been a good week here at TLT.

This Week at TLT

YA A to Z: An Alphabet Soup of YA Authors – the list

Sunday Reflections: The 12 Blogs of 2014, an introduction and look back at previous blog hops

12 Blogs of 2014: The Mary Sue

Middle Grade Monday – Road trips and audio books and lexile levels: reflections on The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud

The Sexual Violence in YA Literature Project: Help us shape upcoming posts on LGBTQIA+ books

12 Blogs of 2014: Mary Had a Little Book Blog

The #SVYALit Project 2015 – Schedule and Book Preview

Dear Well Meaning Adult, Here’s how to buy books for teens on your list.

Social Justice Booktalks, a guest post by Cindy Shutts

Take 5: The Robot Test Kitchen’s Reading List

12 Blogs of 2014: Fat Girl Reading

Around the Web

Princess Shaming from A Chair, a Fireplace, & a Tea Cozy

This is a fascinating story about a project to build a role playing video game to help combat the spread of HIV among teenagers.

This week in authors being smart on the Internet: Anne Ursu.

Checklist for a successful Skype with an author.

A Top Ten list of Apps for 2014 from School Library Journal.

YALSA’s BFYA Nominations List

2015 YALSA Morris Award Finalists

Kirkus Best Teen Books of 2014

The 10 I Love My Librarian Award Winners for 2014