This weekend I was fortunate enough to attend a great Teen Librarian conference in Ottawa put on by CLASY (Canadian Libraries Are Serving Youth) and the CLA. I met lots of awesome people serving teens and got some books to boot!
I got to meet Deborah Kerbel, YA author, and received Lure, her latest novel. It's a ghost story and sounds fantastic. I can't wait to read it.
A panel spoke about trends in teen literature and booktalked their favourite picks of 2010. The Way It Is by Donalda Reid was a pick and when I spoke with the panelists afterward and thanked them for talking about Canadian reads, they insisted that I take the book to try myself. It takes place in a small town in the 60s and apparently has an amazing romance. Yes please!
While we were in Ottawa, I stopped into Chapters (shocker) and picked up Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You by Peter Cameron - on sale! - and Gravity Brings Me Down by Natale Ghent. My library system is fortunate enough to be having Ms. Ghent visiting with us shortly and I volunteered to show her around. Embarrassed at having read none of her books, I bought The Odds Get Even as an e-book and her first YA title in paperback. Yay Canadian authors!
Finally, downloaded a bunch of e-galleys from the lovely people at Simon and Schuster including Red Glove (you're jealous, I know). While I didn't love White Cat I'm hoping Red Glove will be a better fit for me. The other one I'm really looking forward to is Boyfriends with Girlfriends by Alex Sanchez.
What did YOU get this week?
What did YOU get this week?
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