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Another Point of View On 'Dark" Young Adult Literature, From the Wall Street Journal

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http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2011/06/05/should-book-covers-shield-young-adult-readers-from-the-world/ Apparently there was so much outcry over the negative article printed a couple of days ago by the wall Street Journal, that a different voice was allowed to speak. A very different viewpoint, and one I personally applaud. Again, thanks to Banned Books Week’s newspage for keeping the public up to date on these … Read more

The Innocent Mrs. Duff–Best 100 Mysteries of All Time

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The Innocent Mrs. Duff —   Elizabeth Sanxay Holding-1946-used I read Number 100, only recently. And had to jam it into the list, somewhere. Maybe it belongs a lower number, I don’t know and won’t try to figure it out, my mind has lost its ability to discern between good great and greatest, to coin a … Read more

"Too Dark" For Young Adults?

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I don’t read young adult literature, and don’t have any young adults around at the moment who do. So, I’m not in a position to say whether all the books out there for teens are full of horrific violent profanity ridden dreck or not. But apparently a writer for the Wall Street Journal has read … Read more

Lilian Jackson Braun, Author of The Cat Who Etc., novels dies at 97

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If you’re not familiar with this author, she wrote what seemed like a billion books involving a couple of cats that help solve crimes. Honestly, I didn’t realize she was still alive. Just as I was positive that Phyliss A Whitney had died many moons ago, when she only passed away within the last 10 … Read more