Booklist: Pride Month Reading (This Month at YALSA’s Hub)

This month at the Hub I had a booklist of titles you can read and share to celebrate Pride month.

You can head over to the Hub to read the full post and tell me if I missed any books you’d put on the list!

Gaming Unplugged: Board Games, Card Games, and Party Games to use in Teen Programs (This Month at TSU)

This month (or technically last month) at Teen Services Undergound I have a post up about Gaming Unplugged for teen programs. Basically I’m talking about a lot of my favorite board games and party games to play!

I included some favorite board games, cheap card games, and games that require no budget or materials.

You can head over to TSU to read the full post!

2017 Alex Awards Winners: An Interview with Sarah Beth Durst on The Queen of Blood (This Month at YALSA’s Hub)

This month at the Hub I have an interview with Sarah Beth Durst, the author of The Queen of Blood which was one of YALSA’s 2017 Alex Award winners.

Sarah is one of my favorite authors to interview and I loved this book. You can head over to the Hub to read the full post and hear about Sarah’s inspiration for this series as well as her reaction when she heard about her big win.

Blind Date With a Book (This Month at TSU)

This month (or technically last month) at Teen Services Undergound I have a post up about my latest version of a Blind Date with a Book display (AKA the best display and my favorite one to make).

You can head over to TSU to read the full post!

How (and Why) I Went All Digital With My Organization: My Alternative to a Bullet Journal (This Month at TSU)

This month at Teen Services Undergound I have a post up about how to go about how and why I went all digital with my organization tools.

Basically I tried the planner/bullet journal route and it didn’t work very well for me so if you’ve had similar woes maybe I can help you optimize your smartphone tools to get yourself organized. It’s been a real game changer for me.

You can head over to TSU to read the full post!

Booklist: Read-a-Likes for Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (This Month at YALSA’s Hub)

This month at the Hub I have a new booklist of read-a-likes for Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon.

Nicola Yoon’s debut novel Everything, Everything took the book world by storm when it was published in 2015. This May readers will get to see this much loved story come to life on the big screen when the film adaptation starring Amandla Stenberg and Nick Robinson hits theaters. In the meantime this booklist has everything, everything you might want to read if you are a fan waiting for the movie to come out.

You can head over to YALSA’s Hub to read my list of read-a-likes and start your reading before the movie comes out!

2017 Nonfiction Award Finalists: An Interview with Pamela S. Turner and Gareth Hinds on Samurai Rising (This Month at the Hub)

This month at the Hub I have an interview with Pamela S. Turner and Gareth Hinds, the author and illustrator (respectively) of Samurai Rising which was a finalist for the 2017 Nonfiction Award.

You can head over to the Hub to read the full post and get some insights from Pamela and Gareth about their process and inspirations for the book.