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Monday Quotes: Books That Made Us Cry

March 9, 2015 by Sandie 3 Comments

Monday Quotes: Books That Made Us Cry

This has been a week of reading sad and emotionally devastating books, and thanks to the NoVa Teen Book Festival, meeting the author of books that have made me cry, so today’s edition of Monday Quotes is dedicated to novels that touched me (and also Diana!) to the point of tears (sometimes really ugly tears)…. 

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Monday Quotes: Books to Movies 2015

January 26, 2015 by Sandie 1 Comment

Monday Quotes: Books to Movies 2015

We write about adaptations fairly often, but we hadn’t written anything about 2015’s offerings. Monday Quotes this week is dedicated to some of the YA books hitting the big screen in 2015. There are a few more books to movies 2015, but these are the ones we (or our kids) are excited to see this… 

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Monday Quotes: International Kiss a Ginger Day

January 12, 2015 by Sandie 1 Comment

Monday Quotes: International Kiss a Ginger Day

A redheaded friend informed me that today is International Kiss a Ginger Day, and although I’m a brunette, I figured I would help celebrate, since SO MANY memorable book characters are gingers. 1. Ron Weasley in HARRY POTTER by J.K. Rowling “Don’t let it worry you,” said Ron. “It’s me. I’m extremely famous.” 2. Eleanor… 

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Monday Quotes: New to Us Authors

December 8, 2014 by Diana 1 Comment

Monday Quotes: New to Us Authors

This week we’re highlighting  authors who are new to us — you know, the ones with an impressive body of work and a ton of fans but somehow we’ve only read one or two of their titles. There are so many amazing YA authors that it’s hard to keep up with everyone, especially if they… 

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Monday Quotes: National Book Award Finalists

November 17, 2014 by Sandie Leave a Comment

Monday Quotes: National Book Award Finalists

This week we’re celebrating the National Book Awards by quoting from books that have been finalists for the Award for Young People’s Literature. Below are some of my favorites from the past few years. What are your favorite National Book Award finalists? “Noggin” by John Corey Whaley But in that moment I understood what they… 

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Monday Quotes: YA Books Set Deep in the Heart of Texas

November 10, 2014 by Sandie 1 Comment

Monday Quotes: YA Books Set Deep in the Heart of Texas

We’ve been doing Monday Quotes for a while now and would love to know if anyone else wants to join in the fun, if we provided themes or prompts? We’ve gotten a couple of emails about it but have always just considered it a TLR feature. But if you are looking for an occasional and… 

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Monday Quotes: Politics in YA

November 3, 2014 by Diana 1 Comment

Monday Quotes: Politics in YA

Tomorrow is Election Day and voters will be electing governors, senators, mayors or voting for different legislative initiatives or amendments. Whatever is going on, it’s important for citizens to exercise the right to vote. So in honor of Election Day, we’d like to highlight YA books that in one way or another deal with political… 

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Monday Quotes: Scary Books

October 27, 2014 by Diana Leave a Comment

Monday Quotes: Scary Books

It’s that time of year again when witches are flying, ghosts are haunting, pumpkins are carved, and trick-or-treaters are anxiously waiting to grab their candy. In celebration of Halloween, we’d like to highlight some YA books with scary themes. It’s hard for me to believe that so many people love to read scary books, but… 

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Monday Quotes: Hooray for Grandparents in YA

October 20, 2014 by Sandie 1 Comment

Monday Quotes: Hooray for Grandparents in YA

Today would’ve been my beloved grandmother’s 105th birthday; I was 18 days shy of my 13th birthday when she died, and I was literally the last person she spoke to before she died. She lived with us, and I didn’t realize it wasn’t the norm to live with your grandparents until I was in junior… 

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Monday Quotes & Giveaway Winners

September 15, 2014 by Sandie 4 Comments

We’d like to thank everyone who read and commented on our posts last week. We are so happy to announce the giveaway winners of our anniversary week posts. Giveaway Winners (all have been randomly selected based on their post number thanks to Random.Org): Monday’s Winner of ONE of the following books — “Isla and the… 

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