http://librarianlorraine.wordpress.com keeping up with (or trying to) the new YA crop Sat, 29 Dec 2007 17:44:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I just realized that the book I'm most excited about reading in 2008 ... won't be available until 2009! August 2009! Frank Portman's King Dork is one of my favorite-ever books, so I'm hoping that this means that Andromeda Klein will be quality - and worth the wait... http://librarianlorraine.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/andromeda-klein/ I love lists! There is something so hopeful about a fresh list, untrammeled by experience and second thoughts. Teen books I'd like to read in January08: Laika by Nick Abadzis Rat Life by Tedd Arnold Your Own, Sylvia by Stephanie Hemphill Swift Pure Cry by Siobhan Dowd My Life as a Rhombus by Varian ... http://librarianlorraine.wordpress.com/2007/12/29/to-be-read-preliminary-list/ I like teen books a lot. It's one of the things that makes being a teen services librarian so enjoyable. But every year, I find myself scrambling to catch up with the year's new, notable books - the ones on the Printz, BBYA and National Book Awards lists. So ... http://librarianlorraine.wordpress.com/2007/12/27/hello-world/