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February 9, 2012
Book Club Questions for John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars
Book Club Questions for John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars is the first novel that our Wisconsin YA Bloggers/Authors/Educators/Librarians group chose to read for our book club. (We definitely need an official name!) We’ll be meeting this coming Sunday and I can’t wait to discuss it with these incredible [...]
Book Club Questions for John Green's The Fault in Our Stars
Book Club Questions for John Green's The Fault in Our Stars The Fault in Our Stars is the first novel that our Wisconsin YA Bloggers/Authors/Educators/Librarians group chose to read for our book club. (We definitely need an official name!) We'll be meeting this coming Sunday and I can't wait to discuss it with these incredible [...]
January 10, 2012
John Green Week
When my friend, the big-hearted, make-people-smile Heidi at http://www.yabibliophile.com/ decided to put together a John Green Week, I decided to join. I had already read Will Grayson, Will Grayson, which John Green co-wrote with David Levithan is one of the most unforgettable YA novels I've ever read. There were so many lol moments that I memorized [...]
December 20, 2011
Let’s Eat: A Novel Cuisine – Wisconsin YA Book Bloggers/Librarians Dinner!
Enjoy cooking? Try some yummy food inspired by ten YA novels written by eight awesome authors. On December 19th, seven Wisconsin YA book bloggers/librarians/book addicts met for our first book club meeting. And what a night we had!!! Heidi from http://www.yabibliophile.com , Rani from Next Chapter Bookstore http://twitter.com/#!/couldberuthless, Jillian from http://heisereads.blogspot.com, Erica from http://www.thebookcellarx.com Sasha http://twitter.com/#!/FzngWizbee, Maggie http://twitter.com/#!/MaggieMelchior and me. [...]
Let's Eat: A Novel Cuisine – Wisconsin YA Book Bloggers/Librarians Dinner!
Enjoy cooking? Try some yummy food inspired by ten YA novels written by eight awesome authors. On December 19th, seven Wisconsin YA book bloggers/librarians/book addicts met for our first book club meeting. Heidi from http://www.yabibliophile.com , Rani from Next Chapter Bookstore http://twitter.com/#!/couldberuthless, Jillian from http://heisereads.blogspot.com, Erica from http://www.thebookcellarx.com Sasha http://twitter.com/#!/FzngWizbee, Maggie http://twitter.com/#!/MaggieMelchior and me. We had a blast talking about [...]
December 11, 2011
Take Five with Holly Schindler, YA Author of A BLUE SO DARK & PLAYING HURT
FIVE QUESTIONS FOR YA AUTHOR HOLLY SCHINDLER ENTER TO WIN YOUR CHOICE OF ONE OF HOLLY'S NOVELS by listing which novel you would want in the comments' section. Tweet and/or post on Facebook for an extra entry each – let me know. Giveaway ends on December 21, 8:00 PM EST 1. From some of the [...]
Take Five with Holly Schindler, YA Author of A BLUE SO DARK & PLAYING HEART
FIVE QUESTIONS FOR YA AUTHOR HOLLY SCHINDLER ENTER TO WIN YOUR CHOICE OF ONE OF HOLLY'S NOVELS by listing which novel you would want in the comments' section. Tweet and/or post on Facebook for an extra entry each – let me know. Giveaway ends on December 21, 8:00 PM EST 1. From some of the [...]
December 5, 2011
Coping with Finals – Papers & Exams
Are you slammed with writing papers and studying for exams? Freaking out and feeling paralyzed on how to get through this intense time? Most likely, there aren't enough hours in the day for you to get all the work done. Perhaps you procrastinated and now it feels like you're living in HELL. Been there. Done [...]
October 28, 2011
Second Annual Holiday #Readathon, December 2-4, 2011
Second Annual Holiday #Readathon December 2-4, 2011 It is with great excitement that I'm hosting the Holiday #Readathon once again, thanks to the incredible encouragement and enthusiasm from those who participated last year. Together, we'll make it even BETTER this year. Join us ANY TIME during the #Readathon! Sign up is below – Fill [...]
October 17, 2011
An Open Letter to YA Author Lauren Myracle Regarding the NBA Fiasco
An Open Letter to Lauren Myracle: I have never met you, but I am a member of what I would call a family of YA lit bloggers, enthusiasts, and writers. What happened to you regarding the National Book Award fiasco must have been personally frustrating, painful, perhaps even devastating. I can only imagine the roller [...]
