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Vive le Livre & More |What We’re Reading
The news from Paris is sobering to say the least, so to combat that horrible helpless feeling, I asked the “What We’re Reading” crew from LJ/School Library Journal and Junior Library Guild to recommend...
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On with the Show | What We’re Reading
The LJ/School Library Journal team of readers went to the movies (and to the theater, the zoo, and on a quick trip to the land of dragons) as antidote to real life this week. Come join us as we laugh...
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Bring Out Your Bests | French on Fridays
I have a somewhat long commute to work these days, but usually I don’t mind the ride when I have a book to keep me company. Recently, my literary companion was the New York Times Arts section,...
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Goodbyes & Good Books | What We’re Reading
As 2015 ebbed, I asked the “What We’re Reading” gang about their favorite books of the year and if anybody had reconsidered an initial review or judgment of a book. Except for Meredith, they (and I)...
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Ch-ch-changes & Other Oddities | What We’re Reading
Oh dear “What We’re Reading” fans and friends, it’s been a woefully long time since we last posted. And by “we” I mean moi! So many excuses for the delay: regime change at LJ and School Library...
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Turning Pages, Catching Tears, Learning Languages | What We’re Reading
This week the “What We’re Reading” gang from LJ, School Library Journal, and Junior Library Guild discuss a smorgasbord of reading delights and devilments, from page-turners of all genres to...
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Rescuing Books, Remembering Harper Lee, Adding Rum | What We’re Reading
Stuff happens. I was in the middle of asking my colleagues at LJ/School Library Journal about the book they’d rescue from a fire (after the loved ones, human and otherwise, and the strongbox full of...
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Family, Friends, Farewells | French on Fridays
Last week I went to my friend Carrol’s memorial service in Indiana and took many books with me—but found no time to read any of them, let alone the New York Times on my Kindle. One thing I did read was...
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Bleeding Hearts, Group Minds, Artistic Pairings, O.J. Running | What We’re...
I sent my usual query to the “What We’re Reading” team last week and also talked a bit about my friend Carrol, who was a fantastic writer herself, as well as a voracious reader. Funny how those things...
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At the Movies | What We’re Reading
Spurred on by some good and bad movie-watching experiences over the weekend, as well as input from colleagues Mahnaz and School Library Journal’s Sarah Bayliss (who sent me this clip of a light-up lion...
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Running, Listening, Versing, Rhapsodizing, + Celebrating Sophie Hannah | What...
This week, the LJ/School Library Journal and Junior Library Guild staffers are revving up their engines for a poetry-infused “What We’re Reading” column—look for that next week. In the meantime, we are...
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Poetry + Prose = | What We’re Reading
After I jangled and jingled the cages of my fellow “What We’re Reading” correspondents for some verse before National Poetry Month melts away, WWR mainstays Mahnaz and Meredith complied, with a...
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Different Strokes, Different Books | What We’re Reading
Prompted by Barbara Genco’s confession/assertion (see below), I asked the WWreaders from LJ/School Library Journal and Junior Library Guild to discuss a book or writer whom they just didn’t cotton to,...
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Pre–Memorial Day Free-for-All | What We’re Reading
With a three-day weekend coming up and a moment or two before some of the LJ/School Library Journal staffers head down to ALA, the “What We’re Reading” crew roam freely all over the book map, with...
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Frisco, Chimps, Perfume, Translations, Suck Fairies, & More | What We’re Reading
What an all-star lineup for “What We’re Reading” (WWR) we have this week! To get started, we have Junior Library Guild’s (JLG) brand-new editorial assistant Maria Wang with her first (of many, we hope)...
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Junior Mints, J.S. Bach, Racial Cleansing, Hollywood High | What We’re Reading
Before some of the “What We’re Reading” team members head down to Orlando for the American Library Association (ALA) annual conference, we take a moment to discuss books about grammar and life,...
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After the Fourth | What We’re Reading
LJ, School Library Journal, and Junior Library Guild staffers climb back into the cockpit after a long holiday weekend in this post–Independence Day, postconference (the annual American Library...
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Politics, Escapism, & Podcast Extras | What We’re Reading
Last week when the whole world seemed ready to explode and nothing made any sense, I asked my “What We’re Reading” colleagues if they’re finding hope or escape or something in books. As usual, their...
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The Winner by a Nose | What We’re Reading
When I asked my “What We’re Reading” colleagues at LJ/School Library Journal/Junior Library Guild about horsey books (my film club was set to watch the 1979 classic The Black Stallion, based on the...
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On & off the Record | What We’re Reading
Last week I asked my colleagues at LJ/School Library Journal & Junior Library Guild if they had any second thoughts about books they’d read or reviewed, whether the excitement of the moment may...
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