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Boys and Reading
Robert Lipsyte author and winner of the 2001 Margaret A. Edwards award wrote in the New York Times Sunday Book Review: Boys and Reading: Is There Any Hope? He writes that novels are “bought by female… more →
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Teen Angst, the Apocalypse and the Classroom -- Ender's Game (Hood, 2013)
wrote 1 day ago: During one of my curriculum units (yes, I’m going to be an English teacher), we compiled a sel … more →
I Changed My Mind
wrote 3 weeks ago: It’s funny because when one claims, “I changed my mind,” it typically implies some … more →
So What Do You Do Exactly? Tween Lit Edition
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wrote 1 month ago: Liz dressed up for Harry Potter, obviously It’s been a while since I’ve posted an entry … more →
Vampire Literature and Eternal Youth
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wrote 1 month ago: I just realized that today we live surrounded by vampires…;). We see them everywhere, especial … more →
The Fault in our Stars
wrote 1 month ago: Can you remember the last time you read a book so perfect that while reading you’d pull yourse … more →
Review: Eleanor & Park
wrote 1 month ago: Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Yes, it is just as amazing as everyone sa … more →
Reading again
wrote 2 months ago: So – business at work has been fairly relentless just recently so reading has been the escape! … more →
Sunday Shares
wrote 2 months ago: It’s been a while right? Between being sick and keeping up with tumblr and writings, my intern … more →
Of Dragons and Music and Dangerous Secrets
wrote 2 months ago: Seraphina Strikes a Most Positive Chord Seraphina ($17.99, Random House Books for Young Readers, age … more →
Can we please stop rewarding authors for writing bad LGBTQ fiction for teens?
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wrote 2 months ago: A little over a year ago, I read this book that was so awful, it turned me off of reading for a coup … more →
Dark Secrets Will Come To Light
wrote 3 months ago: You know from time to time I go on the international movie data base to look at The Twilight Saga’s … more →
Fiction is Not Your Life Coach
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wrote 3 months ago: No one can deny the allure of fiction. Most people enjoying escaping into other world’s and pe … more →
Some Reviews
wrote 3 months ago: http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B006L3NF52/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8&showViewpoi … more →
Reading in January
wrote 3 months ago: Having had a couple of days off work with a very annoying reappearance of an old health problem ther … more →
Amazon Reviews Please!
wrote 3 months ago: http://www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews If you adored Sweet Jasmine, Cakes and Magic please could yo … more →
My tailbone hurts.
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wrote 3 months ago: Today’s post is sponsored by the huge patch of black ice I slipped on while trying to meet my … more →
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, book three), by Philip Pullman, 2000
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wrote 3 months ago: I did it. I read through the final book of this trilogy. If you haven’t read my first two reviews, y … more →
author of the year
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wrote 4 months ago: As Neil Gaiman was my 2011 ‘author of the year’, for 2012 it goes to John Green. The Fault in Our St … more →
The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, book two), by Philip Pullman, 1997, Book Review
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wrote 4 months ago: The Subtle Knife continues the story of Lyra, who is destined to change the universe as we know it. … more →
