The NFL, Up Close and Personal (Plus a Book Recommendation)

Something funny happened after screaming my way through the Steelers dramatic win last Thursday, in addition to watching the rest of NFL week 1. After the game, I signed onto Twitter, where real NFL players like Larry Fitzgerald and the ever-entertaining Chad Ochocinco were providing live commentary about the game–and in many cases discussing [...]

Just in time for football season–

When Jomo Rodger’s junior varsity football teammates give out goofy trophies at the end of the season, he gets the “If He Was Just a Little Bit taller, He’d Be a Big-Time Baller” award.  It’s better than the “Most Likely to be Kicked in the Ass By the Coach” award, but not by much.  And [...]

Oh, scratch my back with a hacksaw!

*Sigh*
Joseph’s post yesterday made me think about the sport I like, which led to me remember that WE ARE THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPIONS of the WORLD.
Ahem.
Thinking, saying, and/or writing that just never gets old.
To even further my excitement, there’s also the fact that hockey will be starting again in about a month and a half.  [...]

Six Degrees of Michael Cera

Lately I’m noticing that Michael Cera is connected in a lot of ways to exciting developments in movies that are connected to exciting books (not coincidentally for teens).  And the people that he’s connected to are also exciting.  And the best part is that all of these developments have some kind of creative and funny [...]

Good News about Dystopias

 

Dys + (u)topia.  According to www.dictionary.com  (Based on The American Heritage Dictionary, 2009), a dystopia is “an imaginary place…where life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.” So why would anyone want to read about them? What makes them – actually – fascinating? 
If they’re  like the books on the list put together by [...]

Make Your Shoes into Art

 
I am definitely not a nonfiction person (Sorry, Sara) and even less a craft person, but when I saw Custom Kicks: Personalized Footwear, I flipped. It’s packed with  colorful and zany ways to make sneakers, other shoes and even flip flops  into masterpieces. The author invited 150 artists to present their visions and includes URLs and other ways to contact [...]

What’s on your life list?

A life list is also known as a bucket list. It is a list of things that you want to do, see or experience during your life.
It is not about getting straight A’s. It is not about getting a good job when you graduate from high school or college.
It is about the fun, [...]

Girls Against Girls

“She’s my best friend. God, I hate her.” -Veronica Sawyer, in Heathers
Just about everyone has been the victim (or the perpetrator) of bullying at some point. Girls Against Girls by Bonnie Burton delves into the particularly devious ways that girls bully each other.

Do we bully each other because:
We’re biologically hardwired to act this way. According [...]

Vampires!

If Twilight whetted your appetite for vampire novels, check out these other great vampire books. Click on the book to see which libraries have a copy. To find later volumes in the series… ask a librarian!

Richelle Mead’s Vampire Academy series: Rose Hathaway (half human/half vampire) and her best friend are on the run after escaping [...]

Behind the Book: Meet Libba Bray!

A software glitch resulted in people being told registration was closed for this event…but it’s not too late!
Register now for Behind the Book: Authors Talk to Teens featuring Libba Bray.
Libba Bray’s Gemma Doyle Trilogy (A Great and Terrible Beauty, Rebel Angels, The Sweet Far Thing) tells the story of a group of young women [...]