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In her third novel, Sullivan looks at the idea of marriage and how it has changed—or not—over the decades, tying her story in to the 1940s De Beers ad campaign that made the diamond engagement ring a touchstone of American culture.
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Tag Archives: ALA
Talking to Sara Zarr about ‘How to Save a Life’
Exciting news: Sara Zarr’s fourth novel, How to Save a Life, is on sale today! Zarr’s first novel, Story of a Girl, was a National Book Award finalist, and her third novel, Once Was Lost, was described in BookPage as … Continue reading
Monday contest: Wolves and eternal love
Maggie Stiefvater has captivated both teens and adults with her Wolves of Mercy Falls series, in which Grace, a teen girl, falls in love with Sam, a boy who lives part of his life as a wolf. In the final … Continue reading
Lauren Myracle on challenged books, libraries and why her job is awesome
A few weeks ago I posted a short response to Meghan Cox Gurdon’s piece in the Wall Street Journal about the darkness of contemporary YA literature. In the blog post, I wrote: If I had a teen daughter, I’d give … Continue reading
My favorite moments from ALA 2011
After a weekend of meeting librarians and authors, reminiscing about favorite libraries and geeking out over new books, the BookPage crew returned from the ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans on Monday night. I snagged way too many review copies … Continue reading
Weekly links
BookPage is abuzz with prepping for ALA and RWA (not to mention proofing the August issue), but we still managed to do a healthy amount of web surfing. For your reading pleasure: Katie Crouch (who also writes books for adults) … Continue reading
What’s your favorite banned book?
Happy Banned Books Week! Since 1982, the American Library Association has celebrated our freedom to read by calling attention to the books that are most frequently banned in the United States. This year’s BBW runs from September 25-October 2. Here’s … Continue reading
Best of the blogs
For some reason (short attention span?) I’ve been reading tweets more than blog posts this week. So in addition to highlighting posts, here are a few follow-worthy hashtags: #SIBA10 — for dispatches from the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance trade show … Continue reading
Best of the blogs
It’s been a fairly slow week of book news, but a couple of blog posts still caught my attention. What posts would you recommend? The Best In Completely Trashy, Guilty-Pleasure Reading Posted by Sadie on Jezebel I got a kick … Continue reading
Feasting on children’s books
At what other formal occasion would you take a seat at your table in a grand ballroom and be greeted by a gaggle of giraffes on top of your plate? Only at the Newbery Caldecott Banquet, an annual event honoring … Continue reading
“ttyl” tops the list of challenged books
Yesterday the ALA released the top 10 list of most frequently challenged books. Lauren Myracle, the author of the “ttyl” YA series, topped the list. Since then, her twitter page has been abuzz with notes of congratulations! (She’s in good … Continue reading
