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Leila
Maine. Mainemainemaine.
Librarian. Okay, okay. Uber-librarian. Minus the MLS. That might happen. Someday.
Interests: So many things: <br><b>Good TV:</b> Twin Peaks, Buffy, Black Books, Doctor Who, Deadwood, Saxondale, Veronica Mars, Spaced, MST3K, etc., etc., etc. <br><b>Possibly Less-Good TV:</b> Pretty Little Liars, Bones, The OC, etc. <br><b>Movies:</b> Shaun of the Dead, Slither, Jezebel, Scream, Serial Mom, Friday the 13th, Die Hard, Dirty Dancing, True Romance, Wild at Heart, BBC Pride & Prejudice, etc., etc., etc. <br><b>Music:</b> Townes Van Zandt, Justin Townes Earle, Guy Clark, The Flatlanders, Slaid Cleaves, Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, The Blasters, Ryan Adams, Dwight Yoakam, John Prine, Iris DeMent, Lucinda Williams, etc., etc., etc. <br><b>Crafts:</b> knitting, spinning, sewing, and whatever I happen to be currently selling in my <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/bookshelvesofdoom">Etsy shop</a>. <br><b>Gardening:</b> though it's more about picking out the seeds and harvesting the vegetables than, you know, <i>weeding</i>.
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BIG CHANGES AFOOT.
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Due in part to all of the issues Typepad has been having lately, The fear that I'm going to wake up one morning and discover that ten years of work has just disappeared, Wanting to change up the look of... Continue reading
Posted Jun 16, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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Today @KirkusReviews...
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...I talk about Brian Conaghan's When Mr. Dog Bites: He’s a fan of wordplay, and has developed his own personal slang, a creative combination of stream-of-consciousness, cockney rhyming, pop-culture references, and plain-old Scottish teenager. All that, when peppered with the... Continue reading
Posted Jun 16, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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New YA: June 15-21.
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New hardbacks: Dark Metropolis, by Jaclyn Dolamore: If you’re not in a questioning frame of mind and would like an adventure with atmosphere, some chills, and a bit of romance, give it a try! If you’re feeling like something with... Continue reading
Posted Jun 15, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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Confession: I don't really know what Kendall and Kylie Jenner are famous for.
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From ONTD: Aspiring “authors” Kendall, 18, and Kylie, 16, arrived for their book signing at Barnes & Noble at the Grove in Los Angeles, where they posed with the novel for three minutes, scowled and refused to answer questions, then... Continue reading
Posted Jun 14, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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"True, child worries about a prized ribbon being cut in half don’t measure up to adult anxieties about job security or rent increases, but that doesn’t make them any less valid or real."
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At Avidly: Cleary is just one example of an author who wrote for a certain age range, but whose writing can benefit and engage the ages beyond. As a kid reader, Mr. and Mrs. Quimby’s worries about money and jobs... Continue reading
Posted Jun 14, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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The second annual New Visions Award...
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...is now taking submissions: The New Visions Award, which was created in 2012, will be given to a middle grade or young adult fantasy, science fiction, or mystery novel by a writer of color. Established by Tu Books, an imprint... Continue reading
Posted Jun 14, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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Links, etc. shared on Twitter: June 7-13.
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Posted Jun 14, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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Two literary World Cups.
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They are: The World Cup of Literature, at Three Percent, and The Poetry World Cup 2014, at The Missing Slate. Any others that you've run across? Continue reading
Posted Jun 13, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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Humble Bundle: Audiobooks!
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Lots of stuff, ranging from The Perfect Storm to Fight Club to How Music Works. Currently, $10 will get you the whole collection, and I have no doubt that they'll be adding more as the sale goes on. Continue reading
Posted Jun 12, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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The finalists for the 2014 Mythopoeic Awards...
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...have been announced. The Children's list is: William Alexander, Ghoulish Song Holly Black, Doll Bones Joseph Bruchac, Killer of Enemies Sarah Beth Durst, Conjured (<--YESSS) Robin McKinley, Shadows (<--ALSO YESSS) Click on through for the other categories. See also: Sarah... Continue reading
Posted Jun 12, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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SO. EXCITED.
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So, I'll post more about this once I've got all of my 'i's dotted and 't's crossed, but... ...HERE'S A SNEAK PEEK AT MY LIBRARY'S FIRST BIG SUMMER READING PROGRAM!: Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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YA: Category or Genre?
There's a GREAT conversation on THAT VERY TOPIC going on at Twitter right now, starting here: I happen to consider YA a genre. My question is why so many YA people are troubled by the idea. — Steve Brezenoff (@sbrezenoff)... Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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Semi-Grown-Up Gumshoes: Three Adult-Market Girl Detectives.
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I've been meaning to read Sara Gran's Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead for, well, years. Finally, tipped over the edge by Colleen Mondor's response to a recent Kirkus column of mine... That one sounded like a poor... Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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"YA doesn’t need rescuing. All it needs is a change in the way people talk about it."
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From the Atlantic: That’s not even to speak of modern YA, a rich genre dominated by female authors who write about everything from cyborg mechanics living in futuristic Beijing to female spies being tortured for information during World War II.... Continue reading
Posted Jun 10, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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The 2014 LIANZA Children’s Book Awards finalists...
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...have been announced. The YA list is: Recon Team Angel, Book 3: Ice War, by Brian Falkner Dear Vincent, by Mandy Hager When We Wake, by Karen Healey Bugs, by Whiti Hereaka Mortal Fire, by Elizabeth Knox Cattra’s Legacy, by... Continue reading
Posted Jun 10, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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School district disinvites Tim Federle due to "concerns" about Better Nate Than Ever.
From Twitter: Another Monday, another school visit canceled because my book is too gay. #WeNeedDiverseBooks—and so do diverse kids. pic.twitter.com/gOAAHKWiYk — Tim Federle (@TimFederle) June 9, 2014 And no, it's not the first time. Continue reading
Posted Jun 9, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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Today @KirkusReviews...
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...I wrote about Lucy Saxon's Take Back the Skies: A couple of weeks back, I put together a list of stories about airships. Included on the list was Lucy Saxon’s Take Back the Skies, which is one I’ve been looking... Continue reading
Posted Jun 9, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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"Independent bookstores sell books from all publishers. Always."
While I have a love for independent bookstores—I worked in one for years and continue to shop in them on a regular basis—I also use Amazon a whole lot. Because it's convenient; because it allows me to shop in my... Continue reading
Posted Jun 9, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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Query for the collective brain: Advanced 7-year-old reader, nothing too scary or fantastical.
Request via the FB: My nephew is 7, but is a pretty advanced reader. My sister-in-law is having difficulty finding books that give him the reading challenge he wants, without content that is too far beyond his years. (He doesn't... Continue reading
Posted Jun 8, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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Bank Street's 2014 Best Children’s Books of the Year...
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...has been released. Here are the links to the lists: Under Five Five to Nine Nine to Twelve Twelve to Fourteen Fourteen and Up I love these lists and look forward to them every year—because it's fun to see how... Continue reading
Posted Jun 8, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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New YA: June 8-14.
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New hardbacks: Trouble, by Non Pratt When Mr. Dog Bites, by Brian Conaghan Wicked Games, by Sean Olin Push: The Game: Book 2, by Eve Silver The Strange Maid: Book 2 of United States of Asgard, by Tessa Gratton Born... Continue reading
Posted Jun 8, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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Links, etc. shared on Twitter: May 31-June 6.
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Posted Jun 7, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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"In short, he made it clear that the book was being challenged because of its politics and its content."
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Cory Doctorow at boingboing: My publisher, Tor Books, is sending 200 free copies of the paperback of my novel Little Brother to Booker T Washington High School, because it's the first school where any of my novels has been challenged... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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How NOT to Convince People to Read, in 5 Simple Steps.
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Not linking, because yuck. 1. Back up your assertions with pearl-clutching statistics that don't really mean anything: Most YA books are bought by adults, omg the shockhorror. Most groceries are also bought by adults, but that doesn't mean that said... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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Yesterday @KirkusReviews...
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...I put together a list of upcoming YA romances that I've got my eye on. Anything I should add to it? Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2014 at bookshelves of doom
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