by Coert Voorhees
Frankie looks up to his older brother Steve. Steve seems to have it all — he’s an excellent soccer player and is more than likely going to get a scholarship to college because of it, he’s smart, he’s cute, and he could get any girl he wants. Sure, Frankie and Steve’s parents seem [...]
Archives for July 2009
The Brothers Torres
Waiting on Wednesday: The Splendor Falls
My first WoW post. I probably won’t do this every week but there are a couple of books I’m really excited about. Here’s one of them:
The Splendor Falls by Rosemary Clement-Moore
Can Love Last Beyond the Grave?
Sylvie Davis is a ballerina who can’t dance. A broken leg ended her career, but Sylvie’s pain runs deeper. What [...]
Modern/Current Classic Teen Lit
I’m part of a group of people, mostly teen librarians, who get together and talk teen books. I love it! Our library system is made up of a bazillion branches so each branch only has one teen librarian (if it has one at all — in the smallest branches the manager seconds as the teen [...]
Girlfriend Material
by Melissa Kantor
Katie’s parents have this cycle. They fight, usually over her dad’s inattentiveness and her mom’s need to be acknowledged, things become tense in the house for a couple of days, then her dad buys her mom flowers or jewelry and things go back to normal for awhile. Not this time. This time Katie’s [...]
Library Loot: July 22-28
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
Along for the Ride
by Sarah Dessen
Auden acts on impulse, maybe for the first time in her life, and decides to spend the summer with her father. She has missed him since her parents’ divorce and has visions of getting some serious quality time with him before she heads off to college in the fall. In reality, Auden ends [...]
Library Loot: July 15-21
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
Derby Girl and the Inactives List
In my last post I linked the movie trailer for the upcoming flick Whip It and confessed my new love of roller derby. First I should probably give you a bit of background on my roller derby love. Up until about a month ago I had only a vague idea of what exactly roller derby [...]
Videos that Make Me Happy
Since I haven’t been motivated to pick up a new book to read and I’m slacking on reviewing the books I have read, I thought I would share the videos that are currently making me happy.
First, Maureen Johnson talks Suite Scarlett and New York City (via Alea @ Pop Culture Junkie):
Fast Tube by Casper
Second, Shiver [...]
Library Loot: July 1-14
Library Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out [...]
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