I participated this year in the wonderful Book Blogger Holiday Swap. I had a great time putting together a package for my giftee Cass, of the blog Bonjour, Cass. And, delayed gratification junkie that I am, I put off opening the package I received until it was Chanukah and everyone was opening all their presents. [...]
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Betsy Bird of Fuse#8 is running a poll to assemble our collective top 100 children’s chapter books (books for kids under 13 who can read chapter books on their own). No YA here, strictly children’s books. Her method is to have everyone submit a hierarchical top ten, which she will weight and combine with scores [...]
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It’s that time of year… Time to set a lot of probably impossible but definitely inspirational reading goals for myself, egged on by the fellowship and community of my fellow book bloggers! I’ve organized the challenges by when they are “due.” Some of the challenges I’ll meet with YA books, but I’d like to throw [...]
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J. Kaye’s wonderful Book Blog is home to all sorts of tantalizing reading challenges. I’m intrigued by so many of them, but I thought I would start off easy with her 2009 Young Adult Book Challenge. Participants are challenged to read 12 YA books during the year and post a list of them on our [...]
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The great children’s literature blog 100 Scope Notes posted a game a few months ago that leads you on a scavenger hunt through the internet to create your own fantasy and YA book covers. I’m a little late to the party, but I had such a great time making them (and they came out so [...]
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