Review: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

They killed my mother.They took our magic.They tried to bury us.Now we rise.Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls.But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless king, maji were killed, leaving Zélie without a mother and her people without...

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Readers Advisory: Poetry and Short Stories

Surprise! Poetry. It's kind of forgotten in the world of YA and MG book suggestions except for when a teacher has assigned homework. I few years ago I went to a workshops on Conversational Read with a woman names Diane Frankenstein. She spoke about not only the importance of reading but the importance of the conversation that take place after reading. We librarians know all about that. If a kid wants...

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Blog Hop: Book Characters at the Bar.

Book Blogger Hop This blog hop is hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer. Question: "You meet an interesting person of the opposite sex at a club. Suddenly they start acting as if  they're a character in a novel you've read and they are firmly convinced thy ARE that character. First, which character is it, and second, how do you react." My Answer: Okay, I'm going to...

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Can't Wait Wednesday- Watch us Rise by Renee Watson and Ellen Hagan

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme (that will help me remember what to buy for my library) that's hosted by Wishful Endings. It's based off the weekly meme Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.  Boy I can't wait to read  Jasmine and Chelsea are sick of the way women are treated even at their progressive NYC high school, so they decide to...

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Blog Hop: Taking Notes

Book Blogger Hop This blog hop is hosted by Coffee Addicted Writer. Question: "Do you takes notes about the book you're reading as you read?" My Answer: Nope, even if I should. I Just finished up on a book committee that lasted a year and I didn't take one note even though it would have helped me if I had. I've also been slowly working on another project with a friend...

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Fresh Ink Edited by Lamar Giles

In partnership with We Need Diverse Books, thirteen of the most recognizable, diverse authors come together in this remarkable YA anthology featuring ten short stories, a graphic short story, and a one-act play from Walter Dean Myers never before in-print.Careful--you are holding fresh ink. And not hot-off-the-press, still-drying-in-your-hands ink. Instead, you are holding twelve stories...

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Can't Wait Wednesday: I Wish You All The Best by Mason Deaver

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme (that will help me remember what to buy for my library) that's hosted by Wishful Endings. It's based off the weekly meme Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.  Boy I can't wait to read  When Ben De Backer comes out to their parents as nonbinary, they're thrown out of their house and forced to move in with...

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Waiting on Wednesday: The Wicked King by Holly Black

Can't Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme (that will help me remember what to buy for my library) that's hosted by Wishful Endings. It's based off the weekly meme Waiting on Wednesday that was hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.  Boy I can't wait to read  You must be strong enough to strike and strike and strike again without tiring.The first lesson is to make yourself strong.After...

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I'M BACK AND READY TO READ!!!!

I think I've mentioned this from time to time, but for the last year I've been on a book award committee. Honestly I didn't count up how many books we read but it was somewhere in the realm of 80. I was so glad to be chosen but OMG it took up so much of my time. Every three months or so we got another list of books to read. Every list was a little longer than the last and while there were diverse...

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