{"id":10203,"date":"2014-06-13T08:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-13T12:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/?p=10203"},"modified":"2014-06-12T18:38:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T22:38:04","slug":"tweets-of-the-week-june-13th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/2014\/06\/13\/tweets-of-the-week-june-13th\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweets of the Week: June 13th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few conferences are coming up, so check out these hashtags for more info: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/yallfest?src=hash\">#<b>yallfest<\/b><\/a>\u00a0 You can see the full author line up <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justjaredjr.com\/2014\/06\/10\/what-authors-will-be-at-yallfest-2014-jjj-book-club-can-tell-you-exclusive\/\">here.<\/a> Also check out either <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ala14?src=hash\">#<b><strong>ala14<\/strong><\/b><\/a> or\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/alaac14?src=hash\">#<b>alaac14<\/b><\/a> (The conference real one is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/alaac14?src=hash\">#<b>alaac14<\/b><\/a><strong><\/strong>, but many people are using\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ala14?src=hash\">#<b><strong>ala14<\/strong><\/b><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>After all the anger last week at that article slamming YA (and YA readers), here is something positive:<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maureenjohnson\"> @maureenjohnson: <\/a>A good article about YA has apeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAtlanticENT\">@<b>TheAtlanticENT<\/b><\/a>. Now THIS is the way to start the morning. <a title=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2014\/06\/why-fault-in-our-stars-is-not-ya-fictions-savior\/372441\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/HtAQjxSyV3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/entertainment\/archive\/2014\/06\/why-fault-in-our-stars-is-not-ya-fictions-savior\/372441\/\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boothheather\"> @boothheather<\/a>: Ten reasons why it is okay to read YA <a title=\"http:\/\/www.matthaig.com\/ten-reasons-it-is-okay-to-read-ya\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/fL8XOTwMcL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.matthaig.com\/ten-reasons-it-is-okay-to-read-ya\/\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YABliss\"> @YABliss<\/a>: This week&#8217;s YA Releases! <a title=\"http:\/\/www.yabliss.net\/2014\/06\/ya-releases_9.html\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/Y7SDItFBKO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.yabliss.net\/2014\/06\/ya-releases_9.html\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/yalit?src=hash\">#<b>yalit<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenmalonewrites\"> @jenmalonewrites:<\/a>MG lovers: have you discovered Middle Shelf Magazine yet? I interviewed the editor-in-chief on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheKidliterati\">@<b>TheKidliterati<\/b><\/a> here: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.kidliterati.com\/2014\/06\/reaching-readers-through-middle-shelf.html\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/7Tkzqqdejy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.kidliterati.com\/2014\/06\/reaching-readers-through-middle-shelf.html\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sljournal\"> @sljournal<\/a>:Banned Comics Week is Coming \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Good Comics for Kids <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/xMMkl\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/wa1k4XEwLU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/xMMkl<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/this_is_teen\"> @this_is_teen<\/a>: Have you seen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mstiefvater\">@<b>mstiefvater<\/b><\/a>&#8216;s trailer for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sinner?src=hash\">#<b>Sinner<\/b><\/a> yet? We can&#8217;t get it out of our heads! <a title=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t-XqPxZnMUg&amp;sns=tw\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sXF117MXhs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t-XqPxZnMUg&amp;sns=tw\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HMHKids\"> @HMHKids<\/a>:Contemporary YA is on the rise! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PublishersWkly\">@<b>PublishersWkly<\/b><\/a> points to a few of our favorites: <a title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/1pkCf4g\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/rRHrmC3YuZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/1pkCf4g\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/yalit?src=hash\">#<b>yalit<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BookRiot\"> @BookRiot <\/a>: The World Cup Reading List: The Best Books About Soccer: <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/xQJry\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/05ClafPmMv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/xQJry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Movie\/TV:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4everYA\"> @4everYA: <\/a>YA Movie News: IF I STAY prologue, new trailer for THE GIVER, tons of INSURGENT updates and more. <a title=\"http:\/\/foreveryoungadult.com\/2014\/06\/10\/ya-movie-news-roundup-see-the-prologue-for-if-i-stay\/\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/UC4QE8Ym7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/foreveryoungadult.com\/2014\/06\/10\/ya-movie-news-roundup-see-the-prologue-for-if-i-stay\/\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BookRiot\"> @BookRiot: <\/a>New trailer for THE GIVER! <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/xN63O\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/CZXs2EN8Vb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/xN63O<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DivergentsUK\">@<b>DivergentsUK<\/b><\/a><small>: <\/small>Finally we have a Uriah! Everyone please welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeiynanLonsdale\">@<b>KeiynanLonsdale<\/b><\/a> to the Divergent family! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Divergent?src=hash\">#<b>Divergent<\/b><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Insurgent?src=hash\">#<b>Insurgent<\/b><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/B6Xyw6TNWv\">pic.twitter.com\/B6Xyw6TNWv<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YAmzine\"> @YAmzine: <\/a>Who should direct <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rainbowrowell\">@<b>rainbowrowell<\/b><\/a> Eleanor &amp; Park&#8230; <a title=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SzpUuC\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/uutJldhvZR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/SzpUuC<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\"> @netflix : <\/a>Seatbelts, everyone! Reimagined Magic School Bus series coming to Netflix <a title=\"http:\/\/nyti.ms\/1ph0113\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/1naEZ0jveX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/nyti.ms\/1ph0113\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Kody_Keplinger\"> @Kody_Keplinger:<\/a>Um, freaking out a little. One of my favorite actresses was just cast in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheDUFF?src=hash\">#<b>TheDUFF<\/b><\/a>! <a title=\"http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2014\/06\/cbs-films-sets-cast-for-the-duff\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/B4HO9JEIz6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.deadline.com\/2014\/06\/cbs-films-sets-cast-for-the-duff\/?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Librarianship:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JensBookPage\"> @JensBookPage: <\/a>Good news! RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tashrow\">@<b>tashrow<\/b><\/a> Libraries see light after years of cuts <a title=\"http:\/\/buff.ly\/1ulvqiq\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/gFH1zfbCWx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/buff.ly\/1ulvqiq\u00a0<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/libraries?src=hash\">#<b>libraries<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sljournal\"> @sljournal: <\/a>Making Your Maker Space: Building for Hands-on Learning in Libraries <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/xPKTF\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/z1lBtL6kaj\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/xPKTF<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sljournal\"> @sljournal: <\/a>ALA Announces First Ever Winner of the Lemony Snicket Prize <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/xPAd7\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/rno3IDJkwZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/xPAd7<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blogs\/Articles:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BookRiot\"> @BookRiot: <\/a>Why Isn&#8217;t Just Reading Enough Anymore? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kimthedork\">@<b>kimthedork<\/b><\/a> with a rant about what publishers want from readers: <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/xPE7m\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/uHhe65o661\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/xPE7m<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maureenjohnson\"> @maureenjohnson: <\/a>The best response I&#8217;ve seen yet to last week&#8217;s crappy YA article: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.nerve.com\/books\/a-young-adult-authors-fantastic-crusade-to-defend-literatures-most-maligned-genre\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/whDdfZzn99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.nerve.com\/books\/a-young-adult-authors-fantastic-crusade-to-defend-literatures-most-maligned-genre\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PWKidsBookshelf\"> @PWKidsBookshelf:<\/a>The Dudes Who Read Young-Adult Fiction | New York magazine <a title=\"http:\/\/pwne.ws\/1xynKfh\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/7DF7fF7zrO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/pwne.ws\/1xynKfh<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naturallysteph\"> @naturallysteph: <\/a>Absolutely fantastic article by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jkbibliophile\">@<b>jkbibliophile<\/b><\/a>, &#8220;Harry Potter And The Forbidden Books&#8221;: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/05\/31\/315204299\/harry-potter-and-the-forbidden-books\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/tHUJSq9b48\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2014\/05\/31\/315204299\/harry-potter-and-the-forbidden-books\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/abbylibrarian\"> @abbylibrarian: <\/a>Okay, this post about readers&#8217; advisory and the READING SPA <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/amyeileenk\">@<b>amyeileenk<\/b><\/a> went on is AMAZING. Read, please. <a title=\"http:\/\/showmelibrarian.blogspot.com\/2014\/06\/thoughts-on-readers-advisory.html\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/DFELJfZZ6O\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/showmelibrarian.blogspot.com\/2014\/06\/thoughts-on-readers-advisory.html\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/quirkbooks\"> @quirkbooks\u00a0 <\/a> : The benefits of reading YA as an adult. <a title=\"http:\/\/huff.to\/1li3J7i\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/NOA8XdwVUR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/huff.to\/1li3J7i\u00a0<\/a> (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HuffPostBooks\">@<b>HuffPostBooks<\/b><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Just for Fun:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Scholastic\"> @Scholastic: <\/a>Which children&#8217;s book character are you? Fun quiz helps promote childhood literacy! <a title=\"http:\/\/www.helpthemread.org\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/svgUm5X0af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.helpthemread.org\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AALBooks\"> @AALBooks: <\/a>Looks like we no longer work on floor 9&#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/XpeCRTdMVg\">pic.twitter.com\/XpeCRTdMVg<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sljournal\">@<b>sljournal<\/b><\/a><small>: <\/small>YA Authors who Give Back, From John Green to Ellen Hopkins <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/xQBBb\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/rSqsvYBQb6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/xQBBb<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/harperteen\"> @harperteen : <\/a>RT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EpicReads\">@<b>EpicReads<\/b><\/a>: That time you fell for a character. . . and then they died. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BookNerdProblems?src=hash\">#<b>BookNerdProblems<\/b><\/a> \u00e2\u20ac\u201c\u00e2\u20ac\u201c&gt; <a title=\"http:\/\/shrd.by\/j9BTMr\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/NOewcAtJsy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/shrd.by\/j9BTMr<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LRS_CO\"> @LRS_CO\u00a0 <\/a> : What type of library user are you? Find out by taking <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pewinternet\">@<b>pewinternet<\/b><\/a> &#8216;s interactive quiz: <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/xQJSp\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/oREozTwWjb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/xQJSp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sljournal\"> @sljournal : <\/a>What&#8217;s On Your Summer Reading List? | Authors and Illustrators Respond <a title=\"http:\/\/ow.ly\/xSVXt\" href=\"http:\/\/t.co\/TDayW6uxvM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/ow.ly\/xSVXt<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>~ Jennifer Rummel currently reading <strong>Since You&#8217;ve Been Gone<\/strong> by Morgan Matson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few conferences are coming up, so check out these hashtags for more info: #yallfest\u00a0 You can see the full author line up here. Also check out either #ala14 or\u00a0 #alaac14 (The conference real one is #alaac14, but many people are using\u00a0#ala14). After all the anger last week at that article slamming YA (and YA &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/2014\/06\/13\/tweets-of-the-week-june-13th\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tweets of the Week: June 13th<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ddKk-2Ez","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10203"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10205,"href":"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10203\/revisions\/10205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.yalsa.ala.org\/thehub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}