I'm a high school librarian. And I like to read teen lit. Ok, I will say there are some popular vampire series books that make me wonder...where are the parents of these characters? They have no siblings, cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents? They can come and go any old time they want?! And my favorite: someone was killed/disappeared, and no one noticed they were missing? That's just sad.
Anyway, our department assignment was to read this article by Karin Perry Do You Read Books? First thing that comes to mind is: everyone thinks that's all I do all day (well, not really, but it would be dangerous to say otherwise). And I wish I could read books, read reviews, library articles all day long, what a wonderful job!! But so far, I'm troubleshooting computer problems/putting in repair requests, helping students with their MS Office skills, doing inventory, registering parents with online grade access and trying to finish reports (which are overdue, much to the dismay of one).
But I do, have, and always will like YA lit. Without it, there'd be no Hunger Games, Twilight, To Kill a Mockingbird, Outsiders, Delirium, Go Ask Alice, even The Pigman!
So try YA lit some time! And share...
Bell rang, school's out...time to READ some teen lit!! And oops, forgot to get my last two ILLs out to the kids before school was over for the day.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Our LMS Department Gives Us Books If We Review Them
I wish I could work on my blog and write reviews any time I wanted.
Here's my first on "Goodreads (Kimball HS)."
Before cell phones, before caller-ID, a guy could find a phone number, find out it's the girl next door, call her, hang up, call again, have a conversation with her, and repeat nightly. What happens next? Read "Not Exactly a Love Story" to find out. It's 1977, and 15-year-old Vinnie Gold is about to drop a Valentine into the locker of the girl he's had a crush on for the past two years to find out she's moved without even a goodbye. Next, he goes home and discovers his parents are getting a divorce. All kinds of changes are in store for Vinnie...turns out they're not all bad.
What did I think? My, how things have changed. No more secret calls at midnight - it's called stalking now. No more secret Valentine cards slipped in lockers - video cameras are everywhere.
Changes are changes. You'll never know what it really was like unless you lived it (It was suspenseful, secretive and fun - most of the time). More innocence, less "Catfish," - times were different then. Better? Worse? It's your call.
Here's my first on "Goodreads (Kimball HS)."
Before cell phones, before caller-ID, a guy could find a phone number, find out it's the girl next door, call her, hang up, call again, have a conversation with her, and repeat nightly. What happens next? Read "Not Exactly a Love Story" to find out. It's 1977, and 15-year-old Vinnie Gold is about to drop a Valentine into the locker of the girl he's had a crush on for the past two years to find out she's moved without even a goodbye. Next, he goes home and discovers his parents are getting a divorce. All kinds of changes are in store for Vinnie...turns out they're not all bad.
What did I think? My, how things have changed. No more secret calls at midnight - it's called stalking now. No more secret Valentine cards slipped in lockers - video cameras are everywhere.
Changes are changes. You'll never know what it really was like unless you lived it (It was suspenseful, secretive and fun - most of the time). More innocence, less "Catfish," - times were different then. Better? Worse? It's your call.
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