Recently I had a brief Twitter discussion about “Books for Boys” lists. A librarian I follow complained about people displaying “Books for Boys” lists without also displaying “Books for Girls” lists. I was hesitant to even wade into that discussion. One part of me can see that there are many and various ways to approach … More “Girl Books” for Boys

Wow, meeting my quota this month was tough. I’m deep into deadline hell with the sequel to AUDACIOUS and also had to contend with two weeks of spring break, with my daughters day camp in the second week being cancelled! The lovely folks at Arts Umbrella saved the day (at least three hours of it) … More March 2013 Book Quota – MET!

Publishing mergers are in the wind a lot these days. It’s not so much that I think one entity, possibly Amazon, wants to rule the entire universe, it’s that merging and acquiring has become somehow fashionable. Mergers and Acquisitions are the new vampires, the new dystopias, the new New Adults. They’re trendy. I don’t think … More Publishing Mergers to Become the New Adult Dystopian Vampires

I love the idea that students find this blog when trying to fudge their homework. I think I’ve made my feelings about traditional schooling pretty clear, especially my feelings about the way literature is integrated into Language Arts classes. I’ve reviewed and discussed a lot of books on this blog and I truly hope that … More Yes, I WILL help you do your homework.

I’m actually finding the book quota I set for myself at the beginning of the year not too difficult to meet so far. What I’ve discovered is that I’m inclined to get the quota books “out of the way” early in the month so I can go back to reading any old thing. Maybe I … More February Book Quota – MET!

An infographic appeared on First Book today. Go take a look at it and come back. I’ll wait. *Crickets* Interesting right? I know what we are supposed to take from this infographic and I certainly don’t dispute it. Kids in lower income neighborhood have far less access to books. Because the sources of this data … More Lies, Damned Lies and Infographics

VerseDay is here. Hop over to VerseNovels.com for a special guest post from poet and novelist Tim Sinclair. Here’s a taste: VerseDay #7 : Guest Blogger Tim Sinclair on Valentine’s Day and Giveaway! This VerseDay VerseNovels.com welcomes a guest blogger, Australian verse novelist and poet, Tim Sinclair. Also visit Marci Atkins’s blog for her VerseDay … More VERSEDAY #7

I read a lot. Not 365 books a year a lot but still, quite a lot more than your average pundit on the street. I think I read more than my mum for example, and she’s a retired librarian. Last year I read over 125 books, many of them ARCs or eARCs. I rated each … More Thematic Reading

It’s VerseDay again, and another installment of our yearlong celebration of verse. This week, in honor of Kill Your Darlings, an Allen Ginsberg biopic starring Daniel Radcliffe, that debuted at Sundance recently, I thought I’d take note of a few other films that celebrate (and I use that term loosely) the true lives of poets. … More VERSEDAY #4: Movies about Poets