Hey book lovers, I'm baaaaaaaaaack! Ah, Covid. There's so much that could be said about the events that have elapsed since I last posted on this blog, both in my personal life and in the world...
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Hi all! This is a column I wrote last month for my school's newspaper. I hope it makes you think! A beautiful teenage girl is looking off into the distance. She might be floating in water o...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/11/hi-all-this-is-column-i-wrote-last.html
I've posted before about the importance of trying new things when reading. Everyone has their comfort zone, that reading niche that they feel safe in, but branching out is a key way to escape a...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/11/trying-new-things-plays.html
Hi guys! I know I normally review classics and less recent YA books, but today I'm doing a newer one--Cristina Moracho's amazing realistic fiction novel, Althea & Oliver. I wrote a shorter revie...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/10/best-new-books-althea-oliver-by.html
It wasn't love at first read for The Perks of Being a Wallflower and I. In fact, when I first read it a few years ago, I didn't like it at all. I kept my copy of it buried in the back o...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/09/book-of-month-september.html
Sorry for the gap in posting! School's start has been busy for me, but I did have a very interesting question posed to me in English class, which I wanted to share. Imagine you've been assign...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/09/definition-of-literary.html
Hi all! I'm back from camp and now ready to give a tell-all of my summer reads. I was not able to read all of the Original Eighteen books that my friend and I brought, which was probably fort...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/09/summer-reading-report.html
Update: I now leave for camp in only two days. Whoa. So, here's part two of my perhaps-unattainably-long camp book list. Oh well. New motto: one can never have too many summer reads. ...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/06/camp-books-part-2.html
I am thrilled to share that I depart for camp in exactly seven days. I think I've previously mentioned that camp is one of the best places in the world to do some reading, and thus is my pre-ca...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/06/camp-reads-part-1.html
I've said it before and I'll say it again--I'm a realistic fiction girl. I like my characters relatable and my settings within the realm of earthly possibilities. But how do you learn anythi...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/06/trying-new-things-science-fiction.html
So, I promised I'd read this book for you guys--and, wow, I actually managed to get around to it! Gotta love school libraries. I just have to say, Laurie Halse Anderson keeps on proving her...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/06/book-of-month-may.html
Books have always been an important part of my summer routine. I take ten or so books to my sleepaway camp every year, and, as I read them over and over throughout the seven weeks, I feel a hug...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/05/summer-all-stars.html
Mother's Day is a great time to bond with your mom--if that involves the two of you walking four miles up the Hudson, so be it. Today made me remember an important experience that I had as a li...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/05/recalling-on-mothers-day.html
Ah, philosophy. Everyone's read too many deep, idealogical books that end in pretension and confusion. Although the back cover of Ruth Ozeki's A Tale for the Time Being reads like a fast p...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/04/book-of-month-april.html
I'm back from the gorgeous southwest! As all of us book lovers know, one of the best parts of vacation is definitely reading, and I did a lot of that. Going Bovine was one of the new books t...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/04/going-bovine-by-libba-bray.html
Hey everyone! So, lately I've been in an adventurous mood. Next Saturday I'll be heading to the southwest for April break, and I'm really excited to see the beautiful red rocks, canyons, etc....
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/04/adventuresome-reads.html
How often do we get to read a novel that is almost painfully earnest in its portrayal of teenage romance? How often do we get to read romantic fiction that isn't fantastical, corny or explici...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/03/book-of-month-march.html
It's a little late in the month, but I just found out that March is Women's History Month. Yay! March 8th, specifically, but if you forgot to mark your calendar this time around it isn't too ...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/03/beauty-queens-by-libba-bray.html
Ah, spring. Sunshine! Birds, trees, flowers! More sunshine! Spring is far and away my favorite season. I tend to be delusional about it--I'm the person who starts "smelling spring" in l...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/03/spring-reads.html
It can be really, really difficult to find reading time. At least it is for me, and I know it is for most of my peers and many adults. Collectively, we don't read enough. I end up feeling g...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/03/finding-more-reading-time.html
Let's face it: we're all busy people. Who has time these days to slog through line after line of single spaced, philosophical, unapproachable or even plotless novels? Especially as February w...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/02/book-of-month-february.html
How many of you caught the Vermeer exhibition at the Frick Museum in NYC? Open from October to January, and also featuring other Dutch painters (including Rembrant and Hals), the show was a bea...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/02/girl-with-pearl-earring-by-tracy.html
There are good authors. There are great authors. And there are authors you fall in love with. For me, Laurie Halse Anderson is of the third category. I've read six of her books, and every...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/02/authors-to-fall-in-love-with-laurie.html
Happy Valentines Day, everyone! I can't think of a single holiday that is so simultaneously loved and hated. So, whether you're feeling the love or not so much, here are some books to get you...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/02/romance-for-valentines-day.html
Hi everyone! I've decided to start a new custom on Blog For (Teen) Book Lovers. At the end of every month, I'll post about one Book of the Month--my favorite book that I read during a given ...
http://blog4booklovers.blogspot.com/2014/01/book-of-month-january.html