Lovely librarians, we have so much YA goodness for you this month!! First, professional kid-scarer R.L. Stine (Fear Street series) has won two awards: the 2016 Chicago Tribune Young Adult Literary Award AND the 2015 Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice and Career Achievement Award in Young Adult! The highly anticipated debut transgender romance IF I WAS […]
Tag: IF I WAS YOUR GIRL
Stars for IF I WAS YOUR GIRL
Friends, we made the bold statement last Fall that IF I WAS YOUR GIRL by Meredith Russo is going to be HUGE. Then the buzz started (and that was before we shared Meredith’s amazing author note): https://twitter.com/_ash/status/647451368756633600 If I Was Your Girl: a story about one trans girl that is a story for ALL humans beautifully […]
Booklist Spring 2016 YA webinar
Today Anne “sweet teeth” Spieth highlighted her favorite teen titles during Booklist‘s YA Announcements: Spring 2016 webinar (twitter hashtag #YASpring16). For those who weren’t able to listen in, here are Anne’s top picks: Highlights from Fall 2015 BREAKAWAY by Kat Spears (A 2016 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults nominee) | ISBN: 9781250065513 | Hardcover […]
Macmillan Library @ PLA 2016 (Booth #1559)
We’re ridiculously excited to see you in the Mile High City next month at the Public Library Association conference! Stop by the Macmillan (adult) booth #1559 and come to our great events on the schedule below. Wednesday, April 6 Booklist Book Buzz 9:30-10:30am Colorado Convention Center | Mile High Ballroom 1–2 Get the inside scoop […]
What Are YOU E-Reading?
Here are the 5 most popular titles you’ve recently downloaded from Edelweiss* (maybe we’ll see some of them on a LibraryReads list soon!): REDEMPTION ROAD by John Hart ALL IS NOT FORGOTTEN by Wendy Walker SHELTER by Jung Yun IF I WAS YOUR GIRL by Meredith Russo ALL THE BIRDS IN THE SKY by Charlie […]
ALA Midwinter 2016 “Three’s Company” Book Buzz Titles
Here are LOTS of reading recommendations courtesy of Anne’s “Three’s Company” Book Buzz at ALA Midwinter 2016: TITLE TBA* by Liane Moriarty | 9781250069795 | On Sale: July 26 MOST WANTED* by Lisa Scottoline | 9781250010131 | On Sale: April 12 THE 14TH COLONY* by Steve Berry | 9781250056245 | On Sale: April 5 ALL […]
2015 Thanksgiving Reads
Thanksgiving is almost here! After all the cooking, cleaning and shopping, why not take a minute to relax and read? Here are 5 bestselling titles out now and 5 of our favorites coming out in 2016 that you can read and recommend: Available Now THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah THE GIVENNESS OF THINGS by Marilynne […]
NYPL F15 Romance Book Buzz
This morning Anne presented her favorite new and upcoming romance novels at a New York Public Library Romance Book Buzz. While she only discussed the titles listed below in detail, there’s a full Edelweiss collection of 200+ red-hot reads spanning contemporary/paranormal/historical romance to sizzling hot erotica, New Adult, and books OK for YA! OBSESSION FALLS […]
2015 Long Island Book Buzz
Today Anne traveled to lovely Long Island and presented all these great Macmillan YA and Adult titles at a full-day book buzz: Adult BOYS IN THE TREES* by Carly Simon | On Sale: Nov. 24 LUST & WONDER* by Augusten Burroughs | On Sale: March 29 MOST WANTED* by Lisa Scottoline | On Sale: April 12 […]
Teen Talk Tuesday (10/20/15)
Hey there, YA-lovin’ librarians. We’ve got SO MUCH good stuff for you this month! We recently announced our Books for Teens Twenty-SixTEEN titles, including Flatiron Books’ first two YA titles, IF I WAS YOUR GIRL by Meredith Russo and AMERICAN GIRLS by Allison Umminger. If you were in the tri-state area and attended the AAP […]