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Best U.K. YA and Children’s Blog sites
England’s newspaper, The Guardian, has recommended the top 10 children’s book bloggers. The Book Addicted Girl, I Want to Read…
Everything Everything
What would you do if you were unable to leave your house because of a rare disease called SCID, or…
This Raging Light
Seventeen year-old Lucille has a tough road to travel: her mother is away on an indefinite vacation and doesn’t answer…
Adult Summer Reading Book Review – Proxy by Alex London
5 stars (LOVED it!). I first saw this book on tumblr and all I cans say is that tumblr points…
Adult Summer Reading Program Book Review – Merciless by Danielle Vega
5 stars (LOVED it!). Merciless. Certainly this book by Danielle Vegas is anything, but merciless. With bible-crazy girls and a…
Adult Summer Reading Program Book Review – Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige
5 stars (LOVED it!). When I saw that sentence printed onto a book I had to look at it. Ever…
“More Happy Than Not”
Adam Silvera’s More Happy Than Not reminds me of a Junot Diaz-type urban, “let me spit it to you” tale,…
Mexican Whiteboy by Matt de la Pena
A couple of weeks ago the Library Association of Rockland County hosted author Matt de La Pena at the Valley…
YA Books-to-Movies Adaptations Coming Summer 2015
The 4 most popular are: “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl,” “Paper Towns,” “Diary of a…
Recent Trends in Young Adult literature
According to an article on the YALSA website, the American Library Association division for teens, recent trends in publishing fall…
Holy Cow by David Duchovny
Yes, that David Duchovny from X-files and Californication. This was a fun book and a quick read. Elsie Bovary is…
Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline
Last year this author gave a talk sponsored by the 5 SOCSD libraries. The book has consistently been on the…