I have not slept well in days. Last night was mostly okay. Went to bed at 2:30 ish and got up at eight. Percy wanted to stay up and talk for a while, but I made him go away. Weasleys. Go figure. And speaking of Percy, aesc and metaphoracle, consider this an official plea for my fourth chapter and a first part of someone's long overdue birthday fic.

Genetic engineering seems to be the big thing in YA lit these days, with House of the Scorpion, Dr. Franklin's Island, Taylor Five, and Double Helix all getting good reviews, lots of publicity, etc. Funny that at a time when books that center on religion (different aspects, i.e., The DaVinci Code and other Dan Brown books and the Left Behind Series) dominate the adult bestseller list, science and technology are some primary contemporary themes in teen lit. After I finish Tithe, I have Kissing the Rain by Kevin Brooks and The Last Chance Texaco by Brent Hartinger. Also, I will finish listening to The Two Towers at the end of this week and The Return of the King is sitting on my half of the ref desk. The more I listen to those books, the more LotR icons of pegkerr's I want to take, now that I know how the phrases fit into the book. Yay books. So many books and so little money. skalja will be happy to know that my two Fables compilations arrived on Monday and I get to start reading them.

The 2004 ALA Teen Read Week theme is "It's Alive @ Your Library," a sort of amalgamation of horror, suspense, mystery, science-fiction, etc. How very tempted am I to do a library Fear Factor and make my Teen Advisory Board eat worms? I won't, of course, but my sick mind thinks it's funny.

Last Saturday, I went to Books of Wonder with my coworker Amy. The following are conversations I had with authors.

1) Fangirling, starring Cedar and Edward Bloor:

Cedar: Hi.
Edward Bloor: Hello, thanks for coming.
Cedar: As a librarian, I really appreciated Story Time.
Edward Bloor: Thank you. Where are you a librarian?
Cedar: TownIWorkIn, New Jersey.
Edward Bloor: I used to live in Trenton.
Cedar: I won't tell.
Edward Bloor: (giving Cedar her book and laughing) Well, I live in Florida now.
Cedar: (runs out of intelligent things to say and smiles benevolently)

and later:

Cedar: Sorry to interrupt, but I just had to ask: You did name George (one of the main characters in Story Time) after Cutter and Dewey, right?
Edward Bloor: Yes I did. Only a librarian would notice that.
Cedar: Okay thanks I need to leave before I drool on the table.


2) I really need to read this book, starring Cedar and blackholly

Cedar: Hi.
Holly: Hi. *signs book*
Cedar: *says something stupid about cool signatures, tries not to curl into small mortified ball, as Edward Bloor is about two feet away.*

3) Hopelessly cool authors, starring Cedar and libba_bray

Cedar: Hi.
Libba: Hi! *signs book* You have a cool name.
Cedar: Thank you. Old family name.
(Amy asks some questions about Libba's book, we walk away for a bit, we go back because Amy and I want to ask her about possibly visiting the library)

Libba: So what have you read lately? What's good in YA?
Cedar: ...

Okay, so how many YA books do I read in any given week? Two? Three if I'm having a good week, and I couldn't name ONE? I am a loser. But we had much fun. Libba is awesome.


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