tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:41:04 +0000photo contestcancerdiscarded booksduct tapetearjerkeraward winnerspace travelcultsmoviesquotationsimmigrationzombiesfairy talesarthorrorsurvivalmarblesdystopianACCTsummerbook evalfantasyOBNJholocaustmysteryroad tripsscience fictionBritishGSTBAmovie reviewprogramsteen book reviewhumorvotingromancedead peopleglbtqbridgeChristmasholidaygraphic novelabusegriefblindnessnonfictiongamingbullyingbeaded jewelryadventuremusic reviewsuspensenational library weekstrengthbook reviewteen read weeknew jerseynovels in verselovebanned bookspregnancymemoirpoetry contestGreek mythologyhardwear jewelrymangaillustrated fictionhistorical fictionschool shootingsbeach readscard gamescomicssteroidsclockswriting contestelephantswinterfundraisingbook revewespionagesexperfectionteen reviewbiographicalteens top tentaco bellshort storieswerewolvesclassicaladult book reviewveterensscienceadoptionsummer readingoceanographydrug useacceptancemonologuespublisher contestvampiresbook clubkidnappingmusicthrillerbook boxesfriendshipunicornsdreamsyalsachick litpoetrylove storyserieswritingsatiresuperherosvolunteersIrelandhistoricalReading, and Listening, and Writing, Oh My!<br><br>Ask me what I'm reading...http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (KMV)Blogger329125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-3534055977194374688Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:41:00 +00002012-01-25T15:41:04.190-05:00GSTBAbook reviewfantasyadventurehistorical fictionMatty is the daughter of Nottingham's most famous falconer.  After her mother is brutally murdered by Prince John's men, her father teaches her many things to help her not only survive, but thrive as well.  It turns out that Matty is exceptional at falconry in her own right, at times it seems as though she is almost part bird, and she certainly is able to communicate with them through sound and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/GCdkxqB8_P8/hawksmaid-by-kathryn-lasky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/GCdkxqB8_P8" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/hawksmaid-by-kathryn-lasky.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-488458817257965838Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:00:00 +00002012-01-17T14:04:25.529-05:00teen book reviewbook reviewfriendshiplove storycancerI admit it: John Green can do no wrong. Even though I didn't love Paper Towns as much as everyone else seemed to, I just can't help but dig every little thing about this author. The Fault in Our Stars is no exception - and, in fact, it might be my favorite John Green book yet. Hazel has terminal cancer. She's basically normal except that her lungs don't work (hence the oxygen tank perpetually in http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/et9vyto1VIE/fault-in-our-stars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/et9vyto1VIE" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/fault-in-our-stars.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-3441977510830402499Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:55:00 +00002012-01-11T16:55:43.383-05:00teen book reviewbook reviewpregnancyfriendshipacceptanceadoptionabuse Mandy has had a pretty rough life, but she's had enough of feeling powerless, unloved, and unlucky.  She's found a solution - at least a partial one - and is headed across the country by train to meet the woman who she hopes will become the adoptive mother of her unborn child. Jill thinks that it's absolutely ridiculous that her fifty-year-old mother is planning to go through with an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/rtxdfSli-4M/how-to-save-life-by-sara-zarr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/rtxdfSli-4M" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-save-life-by-sara-zarr.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-4294402828971760932Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:15:00 +00002012-01-10T14:17:23.402-05:00teen book reviewbook reviewfriendship"This girl is different" is Evie's personal mantra.  She's been homeschooled her whole life, opting now - beginning her senior year - to enroll in a public high school.  She lives in a sustainable home, complete with chickens, a cow, and solar energy.  She doesn't know who her dad is, but it's totally fine; her mom is practically every bit as "hippy" now as she was when Evie was conceived.  Her http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/UIXKuNtNhtk/this-girl-is-different-by-j-j-johnson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/UIXKuNtNhtk" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/this-girl-is-different-by-j-j-johnson.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-1626553522366879993Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:01:00 +00002012-01-03T11:03:25.562-05:00GSTBAteen book reviewmysterybook reviewfantasyadventuredead peoplesurvival Very often I opt not to review books when I can't figure out to whom they might be recommended, but since this title is up for consideration for a Garden State Teen Book Award nomination, I figure I might as well jot some thoughts down. The Toymaker is a creepy story, with lots of unsettling bumps along the way, and filled to the brim with a super haunting atmosphere.  Mathias has spent hishttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/4YVJ6MMUX7Q/toymaker-by-jeremy-de-quidt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/4YVJ6MMUX7Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2012/01/toymaker-by-jeremy-de-quidt.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-5132151284147524384Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:24:00 +00002011-12-28T11:24:57.403-05:00GSTBAteen book reviewfairy talesbook reviewfantasyadventureJacob Reckless was just a child when he first found the entrance in his father's study.  Once John Reckless went missing, Jacob felt close to him by being around his things, and one day he simply came to realize the meaning of the inscription on the mirror in the study: The Mirror Will Open Only for He Who Cannot See Himself. Now it's been twelve years of adventures in a world where Jacob goes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/9NNon4kceA4/reckless-by-cornelia-funke.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/9NNon4kceA4" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/reckless-by-cornelia-funke.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-8500146563861359804Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:25:00 +00002011-12-23T10:25:32.393-05:00teen book reviewbook reviewdead people Ivy has been raised by her single mother her whole life in a small, dark Pennsylvania village.  Ivy spent many of her childhood days playing in the basement of the town's pharmacy, owned and operated by twins Adolf and Abner Rumbaughs.  When she is seven, she finds a disturbing secret -- her introduction to the mother-love curse of the Rumbaughs.  A curse bound by blood and strong enough to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/TVyMuMX-CLk/love-curse-of-rumbaughs-by-jack-gantos.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/TVyMuMX-CLk" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/love-curse-of-rumbaughs-by-jack-gantos.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-5197565904202504943Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:17:00 +00002011-12-20T11:19:31.211-05:00GSTBAartteen book reviewbook reviewbullyingwritingTod Munn is a bully.  And this time he got caught doing something really bad, landing him in after-school detention.  He's stuck with Mrs. Woodrow writing in a notebook every single day for a whole month.  His friends - Rob and Rex - are mad because they are outside the school picking up garbage every afternoon, while Tod gets to stay inside, writing stories.   Through Tod's "stories," the readerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/85d2Z_CNFYA/scrawl-by-mark-shulman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/85d2Z_CNFYA" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/scrawl-by-mark-shulman.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-1874639386939497015Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:00:00 +00002011-12-20T11:01:52.673-05:00GSTBAnonfictionteen book reviewsexbook reviewInterested in sex?  (Yeah, you are.)  This book has pretty much everything you might have ever wanted to know, and a whole bunch of stuff you probably didn't want to know -- but probably need to know. From the super-basic (and sometimes boring) information about the parts of the body and the reproductive system, through often uncomfortable topics of masturbation, sexual identification, birth http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/qBTX16q0J8c/sex-book-for-teens-uncensored-guide-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/qBTX16q0J8c" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/sex-book-for-teens-uncensored-guide-to.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-4757520302044516395Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:06:00 +00002011-12-19T10:09:40.898-05:00 I have a lot of reading to do!  Click here to see what the professional review journal, Kirkus, is claiming as the Best Teen Books of 2011. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/otxmRtqiDz8/kirkus-best-books-for-teens-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/otxmRtqiDz8" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/kirkus-best-books-for-teens-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-6524553078495394632Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:58:00 +00002011-12-16T13:59:56.939-05:00GSTBAgraphic novelteen book reviewbook reviewfantasy Aliera Carstairs is not really all that cool, at least not according to her super-girly high school classmates.  But to her fencing opponents, Aliera is magic (though perhaps still not liked for it).  When a new boy at school, Avery Castle, seems to be paying attention to Aliera, she's flustered and confused, but since he's the nicest looking boy she's ever seen, she pushes aside his quirky http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/_XdhtNSDAAU/foiled-by-jane-yolen.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/_XdhtNSDAAU" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/foiled-by-jane-yolen.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-1617292215495521047Tue, 13 Dec 2011 20:25:00 +00002011-12-13T15:35:34.911-05:00GSTBAteen book reviewbook reviewhistorical fiction Samantha and her mom have just moved from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to Jackson, Mississippi in the year 1962, when segregation is still firmly established in much of the south.  Sam's dad died a war hero, and they decided to move closer to her dad's hometown, where Sam's mom got a job as a professor at a local white college.  When her mom decided to give a series of lectures at Tougaloo, an http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/O_LGTiV_s8Q/sources-of-light-by-margaret-mcmullan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/O_LGTiV_s8Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/12/sources-of-light-by-margaret-mcmullan.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-5580813208542982422Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:43:00 +00002011-12-13T15:33:37.372-05:00teen book reviewbook reviewfriendshiplovesuspensedead people It's Liz's eighteenth birthday, and it seems that life couldn't get much better.  She had a party with her closest friends, her stepsister, and her super cute boyfriend out on her family's boat, complete with cocktails and birthday cake.  But then, before anyone else is awake, she finds her body in the water just off the boat, and she meets up with Alex Berg, a classmate who died in a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/K_cAAwKUQZY/between-by-jessica-warman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/K_cAAwKUQZY" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/11/between-by-jessica-warman.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-8857258611279861730Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:05:00 +00002011-12-13T15:28:56.350-05:00immigrationteen book reviewbook reviewfriendshipgriefhistorical fiction We meet Raisa in Poland, living alongside the only family she has left since her sister left for New York City a few years before, and we are beside Raisa when she decides she must travel to try to rejoin her sister.  We follow Raisa by ship though her journey to America, where she meets and cares for young Brina after her mother dies aboard the vessel.  And we struggle along with her as she http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/3Ynvjq_bMJ0/threads-and-flames-by-esther-friesner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/3Ynvjq_bMJ0" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/11/threads-and-flames-by-esther-friesner.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-3035667286627725944Mon, 21 Nov 2011 19:05:00 +00002011-11-21T14:06:54.175-05:00Riviera for Skype is a Skype call recorder. It automatically records Skype calls and conversations to MP3 files. Very convenient for recording interviews, tech talks, conferences, audio casts, pod casts for learning later, etc.You may get more food for thought from Riviera for Skype 3.6.26169 home page: http://www.jiteco.com/skype_call_recorder.html Here is a link to download Riviera for Skype http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/XlO46CcRlK0/skype-call-recorder.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/XlO46CcRlK0" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/11/skype-call-recorder.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-3485589209580913950Wed, 16 Nov 2011 21:45:00 +00002011-12-13T15:31:44.381-05:00teen book reviewbook reviewBritishabuse Karyn is pressing charges of rape after a bad night at a classmate's house.  Her brother Mikey is out for revenge. Tom says he didn't do it; says that she wanted it but then changed her mind in the morning.  Ellie is his little sister, set on supporting him and believing in him, no matter what. It's a matter of "he said, she said" unless Ellie wasn't really sleeping the whole night like http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/mKXy6dC4s_A/you-against-me-by-jenny-downham.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/mKXy6dC4s_A" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/11/you-against-me-by-jenny-downham.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-3316148941239121527Tue, 01 Nov 2011 18:48:00 +00002011-11-01T14:51:49.246-04:00graphic novelbook reviewpregnancylovesurvival Take one look at Habibi and you know you are in for a masterpiece from the author/illustrator of Blankets.  This thick tomb of story and artwork is completely captivating, thought-provoking, and inspirational. The story is told in pieces, skipping delicately through time.  Dodola first met Zam when she was a teenager and he was only three years old, both of them orphans with no money, no foodhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/WTv0-yWEF3U/habibi-by-craig-thompson.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/WTv0-yWEF3U" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/11/habibi-by-craig-thompson.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-2751633542346846999Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:59:00 +00002011-12-13T15:32:00.307-05:00teen book reviewmysterybook reviewadventureseriesespionage Katrina Bishop has grown up involved in the family business, especially around art museums - stealing from them, to be exact. She maneuvers her way into a fancy prep school only to find herself getting kicked out a few months later because she's caught in an exceptional prank. Only she knows that she didn't commit the offense, as creative and elaborate as it was. When W.W. Hale, an old http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/vYtDD3P0dDc/heist-society-by-ally-carter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/vYtDD3P0dDc" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/heist-society-by-ally-carter.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-4953299217102582656Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:11:00 +00002011-10-31T11:36:12.467-04:00teen book reviewbook reviewmusicgrieflove storyIn this follow-up to If I Stay, we learn a lot about where Adam has been and who he has become in the years directly after his (ex-)girlfriend Mia woke up from a coma after an accident that killed her entire family.Adam "Wilde Man" Wilde is the lead singer and guitar player of the chart-topping Shooting Stars, he has hot model girlfriend Bryn on his arm, and he's got a steady supply of cigaretteshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/AcF1urn4Cco/where-she-went-by-gayle-forman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Kate @Pisc)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/AcF1urn4Cco" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/where-she-went-by-gayle-forman.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-5436844203205799298Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:45:00 +00002011-10-19T15:45:56.290-04:00adult book reviewbook reviewgriefOskar Schell is unlike any nine-year-old you or I have ever encountered.  His business card lists countless of his specialties, interests, and skills.  But one thing that he doesn't have - which he desperately wants - is his father, who was killed in the September 11 World Trade Center terrorist attacks.  When he finds a key in a blue vase on the top shelf of his father's closet, he is determinedhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/yZ_fsnzd65E/extremely-loud-incredibly-close-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/yZ_fsnzd65E" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/extremely-loud-incredibly-close-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-5804144742616720162Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:00:00 +00002011-10-19T15:00:11.190-04:00graphic novelteen book reviewmysterybook reviewFernandez Britten is a private investigator, a self-proclaimed "researcher," commonly known in the field as "The Heartbreaker" because of the heartache he has brought to many of his clients by surfacing the truth.  When he gets a call from Charlotte Maughton, daughter of a wealthy owner of a large publishing house, about her husband's murder, Britten is intrigued enough to take the case.  http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/9QrLBi537aM/britten-and-bruightly-graphic-novel-by.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/9QrLBi537aM" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/britten-and-bruightly-graphic-novel-by.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-514370019951040786Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:24:00 +00002011-10-19T12:24:50.009-04:00teen book reviewbook reviewgriefLaurel was a pretty typical high school student.  She's checking out colleges, checking out boys, studying for standardized testing, and sharing every moment possible with her best girlfriend.   But that was Before. The night that her mother, father, and brother Toby venture out to Freezy's for ice cream with Mr. and Mrs. Kaufman -- the night that Laurel decides to go home early to finish her http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/RUqhinrCotE/beginning-of-after-by-jennifer-castle.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/RUqhinrCotE" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/beginning-of-after-by-jennifer-castle.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-4146407201703971859Sat, 08 Oct 2011 16:22:00 +00002011-10-08T12:22:32.454-04:00teen book reviewmysterybook reviewdystopianadventuresuspensescience fictionHe knows that his name is "Thomas," but he can't remember much else to tell you.  He arrived through the Box same as all the other teenage boys, one a month for two years, all with no memories of life before and all feeling pretty rough around the edges. Thomas quickly learns the ropes of life in the Glade, knowing immediately -- though he doesn't really know why -- that he wants to be a Runner.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/g2ETZ-8J92E/maze-runner-by-james-dashner.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/g2ETZ-8J92E" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/maze-runner-by-james-dashner.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-6839304545821598811Tue, 04 Oct 2011 19:48:00 +00002011-10-04T15:48:34.607-04:00Love this blog post and this recommended reading list. October 15 is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day: http://www.october15th.com/TLT: Teen Librarian's Toolbox: Teen Issues: What does October 15th mean?: In Megan McCafferty's dystopian world, everyone over the age of 18 is infertile due to a virus so teenage girls are paid to help bring new c...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/fmHUNs_nYis/tlt-teen-librarians-toolbox-teen-issues.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/fmHUNs_nYis" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/10/tlt-teen-librarians-toolbox-teen-issues.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28229551.post-864269837831623090Thu, 29 Sep 2011 19:00:00 +00002011-09-29T15:01:20.451-04:00dreamsbook reviewSo this is what dreams are made of . . . or rather, this is where dreams are stored, alongside all the memories that are created through experience, knowledge, and love. Hope loves her sister Honey very much.  But when Hope's parents literally leave Honey behind, they tell Hope to forget her sister.  Hope is devastated, and finds it hard to obey her parents.  She revels in seeing Honey through http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~3/BZeX1aaGYwU/memory-bank-by-carolyn-coman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (KMV)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/katethelibrarian/~4/BZeX1aaGYwU" height="1" width="1"/>http://katethelibrarian.blogspot.com/2011/09/memory-bank-by-carolyn-coman.html