As much as much as I agree with "Leslie Knope"'s book blurb about The Bell Jar (“My official statement is that is, overall, a bummer.”), I'm all in for Ron Swanson.
I can get behind Nathan Adrian...(badum dum) as Finnick Odair.
My favorite YA title confirms my suspicions that I'm "a smart aleck and kind of a badass — that is, you know all the places where a young lady is supposed to scream for help, but you generally prefer to rely on your sword hand. Also you make a killer cherries jubilee." What does yours say about you?
Oh snap, King Henry VIII will be playing Valentine in the Mortal Instruments. Except I'm officially over it. I want more news about the Beautiful Creatures movie, not this hooey, Hollywood Crush! OH WAIT. You did. I was just on vacation.
Perhaps my favorite news this week via tweet:
Followed up by this news about a short story just published by Melina Marchetta.
I was away, and NPR clearly waited for this moment to post their 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels list without several of my favorites on it to avoid my wrath. If you're going to call it the best of...shouldn't it actually be? But I digress. Sure I agree with many of the fabulous titles on the list. In fact, I've read more than half. But...why are some authors on multiple times, when others, AHEM (see above), didn't make it even once? And why are some things on the list clearly identifiable as children's classics or as being originally published with an adult audience in mind? The whole thing is a great idea, but a little too arbitrary for me to agree entirely with. In all seriousness, good effort, NPR; always great to bring attention to these fabulous YA titles. (But next time try harder. Apparently I am still grumpy from my earlier case of the angries).
Here is an interesting read about the overall White-ness of the NPR list.
I can get behind Nathan Adrian...(badum dum) as Finnick Odair.
My favorite YA title confirms my suspicions that I'm "a smart aleck and kind of a badass — that is, you know all the places where a young lady is supposed to scream for help, but you generally prefer to rely on your sword hand. Also you make a killer cherries jubilee." What does yours say about you?
Oh snap, King Henry VIII will be playing Valentine in the Mortal Instruments. Except I'm officially over it. I want more news about the Beautiful Creatures movie, not this hooey, Hollywood Crush! OH WAIT. You did. I was just on vacation.
Perhaps my favorite news this week via tweet:
Followed up by this news about a short story just published by Melina Marchetta.
I was away, and NPR clearly waited for this moment to post their 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels list without several of my favorites on it to avoid my wrath. If you're going to call it the best of...shouldn't it actually be? But I digress. Sure I agree with many of the fabulous titles on the list. In fact, I've read more than half. But...why are some authors on multiple times, when others, AHEM (see above), didn't make it even once? And why are some things on the list clearly identifiable as children's classics or as being originally published with an adult audience in mind? The whole thing is a great idea, but a little too arbitrary for me to agree entirely with. In all seriousness, good effort, NPR; always great to bring attention to these fabulous YA titles. (But next time try harder. Apparently I am still grumpy from my earlier case of the angries).
Here is an interesting read about the overall White-ness of the NPR list.
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