Here’s an LISNews article about a recent bill in Oklahoma that proposes to pull books with “homosexual” and “sexually explicit” content from kids and YA book collections. This seems a little nutty to me, if the bill passes a panel will be appointed that will select the sequestered books? And I love the quote from [...]

There’s an essay by Naomi Wolf on YA Novels in the New York Times Book Review. She looks at series like Gossip Girl, A-List and the Clique. Of the series mentioned I think I’ve only read the first volume of Gossip Girl, and that was because the publisher was handing it out at an ALA [...]

Sorcerers & Secretaries by Amy Kim Ganter amazon
I’ve previewed some of Tokyopop’s original graphic novels online. They put out so much product, but only a few of the titles appeal to me. After seeing a couple chapters of Sorcerers & Secretaries online I decided to order the book.
Nicole goes to school and has a [...]

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Johanna’s new favorite Batman panel is my new favorite Batman panel too. I really like Alfred in Batman and the Monster Men.

This is one of those posts where a blogger blogs about being less than enthusiastic about blogging. I’ve been feeling less than invested about blogging library issues recently. I don’t tend to be focused on blogging about a particular topic in any case, but I’m having a hard time focusing on the library stuff. Partially [...]

Has anyone had random magazines that they have not subscribed to show up at their house? I now have an April issue of Ladies’ Home Journal, but I have not subscribed to the magazine. Maybe someone is being mean and pulling a horrible prank on me to make sure I read tips about how to [...]

Gorgeous Carat by You Higuri (amazon)
I enjoyed the first couple volumes of You Higuri’s series Cantarella, so I had a feeling that I’d also like this story about jewel thieves in turn of the century Paris. The story opens as the Paris nobility are besieged by a mysterious jewel thief named Noir. Florian is [...]

I get all my Death Note movie news from Telophase. The official web site shows you some goodies if you click around in Light’s room. Here’s a pixelated version of the movie trailer on You Tube, although a much higher quality version is available if you click on the power button on the TV to [...]

Manga Blog, Love Manga, and Preco
Precocious Curmudgeon and Sequential Tart comment on the updated Great Graphic Novels For Teens list. I wonder if the YALSA folk have any plans to use this as an outreach opportunity with local comics retailers? It seems like it might be a good opportunity to promote graphic [...]

Inspired by a comment on my previous post, I decided to see where exactly one would go to find decorative switch plates. I thought that the laundry-themed one in my future home would be a unique example, but did you know that there are actually many different laundry switch plates out there to choose from?
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