Readers Advisory: Dystopia

I know some people are over the whole "dystopia" thing but I'm not. That's mostly because I'm ready for the fall of the government and the chaos that's to come. I have a first aid kid and a backpack full of supplies in the trunk of my car RIGHT NOW. I'm ready!! Also with The Darkest Minds coming out in a few days, I figure why not!! Hello friends, this is my new blog series. We librarians know (and...

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Readers Advisory: Romance

Readers Advisory Hello all! As you may know, I'm a Librarian. A few months ago, I sat on a diversity panel at a Librarian event. On this panel, we talked about our experiences with literature as minorities and our feelings on how the literature has changed as we've grown into our roles as librarians. During the questions portion of our panel, we were basically asked various versions of the same...

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Review: Emergency Contact by Mary Choi

For Penny Lee high school was a total nonevent. Her friends were okay, her grades were fine, and while she somehow managed to land a boyfriend, he doesn’t actually know anything about her. When Penny heads to college in Austin, Texas, to learn how to become a writer, it’s seventy-nine miles and a zillion light years away from everything she can’t wait to leave behind.Sam’s stuck. Literally, figuratively,...

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