A few conferences are coming up, so check out these hashtags for more info: #yallfest You can see the full author line up here. Also check out either #ala14 or #alaac14 (The conference real one is #alaac14, but many people are using #ala14).
After all the anger last week at that article slamming YA (and YA readers), here is something positive:
@maureenjohnson: A good article about YA has apeared in @TheAtlanticENT. Now THIS is the way to start the morning. http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/06/why-fault-in-our-stars-is-not-ya-fictions-savior/372441/ …
Books:
- @boothheather: Ten reasons why it is okay to read YA http://www.matthaig.com/ten-reasons-it-is-okay-to-read-ya/ …
- @YABliss: This week’s YA Releases! http://www.yabliss.net/2014/06/ya-releases_9.html … #yalit
- @jenmalonewrites:MG lovers: have you discovered Middle Shelf Magazine yet? I interviewed the editor-in-chief on @TheKidliterati here: http://www.kidliterati.com/2014/06/reaching-readers-through-middle-shelf.html …
- @sljournal:Banned Comics Week is Coming — Good Comics for Kids http://ow.ly/xMMkl
- @this_is_teen: Have you seen @mstiefvater‘s trailer for #Sinner yet? We can’t get it out of our heads! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-XqPxZnMUg&sns=tw …
- @HMHKids:Contemporary YA is on the rise! @PublishersWkly points to a few of our favorites: http://bit.ly/1pkCf4g #yalit
- @BookRiot : The World Cup Reading List: The Best Books About Soccer: http://ow.ly/xQJry
Movie/TV:
- @4everYA: YA Movie News: IF I STAY prologue, new trailer for THE GIVER, tons of INSURGENT updates and more. http://foreveryoungadult.com/2014/06/10/ya-movie-news-roundup-see-the-prologue-for-if-i-stay/ …
- @BookRiot: New trailer for THE GIVER! http://ow.ly/xN63O
- @DivergentsUK: Finally we have a Uriah! Everyone please welcome @KeiynanLonsdale to the Divergent family! #Divergent #Insurgent pic.twitter.com/B6Xyw6TNWv
- @YAmzine: Who should direct @rainbowrowell Eleanor & Park… http://bit.ly/SzpUuC
- @netflix : Seatbelts, everyone! Reimagined Magic School Bus series coming to Netflix http://nyti.ms/1ph0113
- @Kody_Keplinger:Um, freaking out a little. One of my favorite actresses was just cast in #TheDUFF! http://www.deadline.com/2014/06/cbs-films-sets-cast-for-the-duff/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter …
Librarianship:
- @JensBookPage: Good news! RT @tashrow Libraries see light after years of cuts http://buff.ly/1ulvqiq #libraries
- @sljournal: Making Your Maker Space: Building for Hands-on Learning in Libraries http://ow.ly/xPKTF
- @sljournal: ALA Announces First Ever Winner of the Lemony Snicket Prize http://ow.ly/xPAd7
Blogs/Articles:
- @BookRiot: Why Isn’t Just Reading Enough Anymore? @kimthedork with a rant about what publishers want from readers: http://ow.ly/xPE7m
- @maureenjohnson: The best response I’ve seen yet to last week’s crappy YA article: http://www.nerve.com/books/a-young-adult-authors-fantastic-crusade-to-defend-literatures-most-maligned-genre …
- @PWKidsBookshelf:The Dudes Who Read Young-Adult Fiction | New York magazine http://pwne.ws/1xynKfh
- @naturallysteph: Absolutely fantastic article by @jkbibliophile, “Harry Potter And The Forbidden Books”: http://www.npr.org/2014/05/31/315204299/harry-potter-and-the-forbidden-books …
- @abbylibrarian: Okay, this post about readers’ advisory and the READING SPA @amyeileenk went on is AMAZING. Read, please. http://showmelibrarian.blogspot.com/2014/06/thoughts-on-readers-advisory.html …
- @quirkbooks : The benefits of reading YA as an adult. http://huff.to/1li3J7i (via @HuffPostBooks)
Just for Fun:
- @Scholastic: Which children’s book character are you? Fun quiz helps promote childhood literacy! http://www.helpthemread.org
- @AALBooks: Looks like we no longer work on floor 9… pic.twitter.com/XpeCRTdMVg
- @sljournal: YA Authors who Give Back, From John Green to Ellen Hopkins http://ow.ly/xQBBb
- @harperteen : RT @EpicReads: That time you fell for a character. . . and then they died. #BookNerdProblems ––> http://shrd.by/j9BTMr
- @LRS_CO : What type of library user are you? Find out by taking @pewinternet ‘s interactive quiz: http://ow.ly/xQJSp
- @sljournal : What’s On Your Summer Reading List? | Authors and Illustrators Respond http://ow.ly/xSVXt
~ Jennifer Rummel currently reading Since You’ve Been Gone by Morgan Matson