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So much exciting stuff has been happening over on our teen blog that this Teen Thursday we're giving some highlights! First of all we announced our August Buzz Book and it's a good one. "Fairy tales, bewitched cake, the ghost of Jacob Grimm – we’re enchanted by Far Far Away (and so are reviewers and … Continue reading Teen Thursday
This Thursday is a glorious one! The Austin Teen Book Festival made a very exciting announcement this morning we can't wait to share with you: "We have been waiting so long to tell you some never-done-before fest news! #ATBF13 is thrilled, over the moon, totally freaked out to announce Dark Days vs Fierce Reads! Why … Continue reading Teen Thursday
SALVADOR World War Z by Max Brooks World War Z is about a zombie invasion. The invasion began in China and has spread to other countries, there have been dramatic attempts to stop the spread but they have all failed. Its format is part of what makes World War Z so great. It's told … Continue reading What We’re Reading
HARDCOVER FICTION Marker to Measure Drift by Alexander Maksik On a remote island in the Aegean, Jacqueline is living alone in a cave accessible only at low tide. With nothing to protect her from the elements, and with the fabric between herself and the world around her increasingly frayed, she is permeated by sensory experiences … Continue reading New Releases
~post by Steven Last night, I dreamed that Chris Gethard burned down my house. After having read A Bad Idea I'm About To Do in its entirety, it took me a little longer than normal to shake the dream-logic off of this particular night-terror. It's not that Chris Gethard is an arsonist or even a … Continue reading Tonight The Stand Up Sit Down Book Club is Having Only Bad Ideas
We are excited to bring you another Austin Teen Book Festival Update! Be sure to mark your calenders for Saturday, September 28 for a day of YA madness. For each author our Teen Press Corps came up with some interview questions, here are some highlights: Suzanne Young - The Program "What is your dream car? … Continue reading Teen Thursday
TA'NECIA Wait for You by Jennifer L. Armentrout writing as J. Lynn "This book is SOOOO good. Jennifer L. Armentrout really knows how to build character relationships. Avery has a secret, and she's decided to go to school as far away from home as possible in order to keep it. Then Cameron walks into her … Continue reading What We’re Reading
HARDCOVER FICTION & Sons by David Gilbert The funeral of Charles Henry Topping on Manhattan’s Upper East Side would have been a minor affair (his two-hundred-word obit in The New York Times notwithstanding) but for the presence of one particular mourner: the notoriously reclusive author A. N. Dyer, whose novel Ampersand stands as a classic … Continue reading New Releases
Hello YA lovers, first of all happy Thursday to all of you! This week we have an exciting piece of news to share. One of our favorite authors, "Ruta Sepetys was decorated with Lithuania’s 'Cross of the Knight of the Order' by the President of Lithuania in a ceremony last weekend at the nation's Presidential … Continue reading Teen Thursday
HARDCOVER FICTION These Mortal Remains by Milton T. Burton & George Weir In These Mortal Remains, Sheriff Bo Handel returns in a mystery which will have Burton's many fans hooting and hollering. Bo Handel knows Texas's Caddo County inside and out, from the town drunks to the teen troublemakers with too much time on their hands. But when … Continue reading New Releases
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