August 2011
14 posts
Aug 10th
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10 great teen reads, a few recs from me! →
Journalist Alison Singh Gee asked my opinion on YA books parents should read to better understand their teens.  What would you recommend?
Aug 10th
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Aug 8th
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Are you reading YA Lit?  →
Aug 7th
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“Mr. Twit was a twit. He was born a twit. And, now at the age of sixty, he was a...”
– The Twits by Roald Dahl (via effyeahyoungadultlit)
Aug 7th
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Aug 2nd
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Aug 2nd
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“All good books are alike in that they are truer than if they had really happened...”
– Ernest Hemingway (via thebookishdark)
Aug 1st
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July 2011
35 posts
A Love Letter to the Mall →
I absolutely love this story by Ann Hood about her time as a teenage Jordan Marsh model or a “Marsha Jordan” girl at the Warwick Mall in Rhode Island.
Jul 30th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Jul 28th
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Sugar Rush
stephennaps: Another movie idea from my old blog… Sugar Rush Four innocent kids from Encino fall under the influence of a charismatic West Hollywood dessert chef, and after a whirlwind summer of decadent overindulgence, they fall headfirst into the upside-down world of sugar addiction.  Genre:  Food-porn morality tale.  Translation:  Requiem for a Dream meets Chocolat.  3D potential: ...
Jul 27th
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Writing Excuses 6.8: What an Agent Does →
Insight into the business of agenting from my own fabulous agent Sara Crowe!   
Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
“That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”
– Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake (via girlwithapen)
Jul 25th
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“There is something in particular about summer that is poignant, because we all...”
– Sherry Lefevre from NY Times article “The Instant Heirloom House” (via jennyhan)
Jul 24th
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Hunger Games
I thought I’d just pick it up and read a chapter… coming up for air several hours and 250 pages later.  This is good stuff!   Katniss is a badass!
Jul 23rd
Inara "I'd Rather Be Writing" Scott: YA Scavenger... →
inarascott: Ready for fun? On Aug 1, join me and authors Josephine Angelini, Angela Corbett, Kady Cross, Heather Davis, Bree Despain, Marley Gibson, Abbi Glines, Colleen Houck, Tara Hudson, Elana Johnson, Alexandra Monir, Lisa Nowak, Gregg Olsen, Amy Plum, Beth Revis, Lisa and Laura Roecker, Sophie Jordan,…
Jul 21st
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