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The Story’s the Thing: Wicked

by Erin Millar April 24, 2013 Leave a comment

Before college, I really wasn’t that interested in Broadway shows, and I thought musicals were a little cheesy.  I liked a few, but I wasn’t as “into” live theatre as I came early in my college years.  And one of the shows that contributed pretty intensely to my current obsession, the musical that is easily [...]

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Story’s the Thing: Beka Cooper Trilogy

by Anna Good February 13, 2013 2 Comments

You know those times when you just can’t put a book down, even if you have homework, or need to walk somewhere or hang out with people? Even if you only have time to read one page, one paragraph, you’ll read it because you just can’t put the book down? Even though this is probably [...]

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The Story’s the Thing: The Knife of Never Letting Go

by Erin Millar January 23, 2013 1 Comment

I’m not usually one for reading sci-fi (and I tend to consider any novel set on a completely different planet sci-fi), but I ended up picking up The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness a few years ago because it sounded pretty dystopian as well (I love me some dystopian).  But, to be [...]

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The Story’s the Thing: The Book Thief

by Erin Millar November 21, 2012 Leave a comment

We all know and love the power of story, and there’s nothing better than finding new ones to lose yourself in. Check back on the blog every Wednesday for an eclectic smattering of the bloggers’ favorite stories of all kinds. We hope you’ll discover new worlds, friends, and adventures–and maybe get re-acquainted with some old [...]

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I Can’t Believe A Year Went By So Fast

by Quinn Kess June 26, 2012 4 Comments

A lot can happen in fifteen years, let me tell you. In fifteen years, a boy wizard went from being an obscure children’s book to one of the most beloved and known characters in the history of literature. Harry has spawned music, other books, an online advocacy organization (hi, everyone!), and an online community which [...]

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One of the Good Ones

by Erin Millar June 6, 2012 Leave a comment

“And I thought about books.  And for the first time I realized that a man was behind each one of the books.  A man had to think them up.  A man had to take a long time to put them down on paper…It took some man a lifetime maybe to put some of his throughts [...]

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Please Call Your Mother!

by Quinn Kess May 13, 2012 Leave a comment

Before I go any further, I want to wish every mother in the world – present, future, and (whether by love or paperwork) adopted, a very happy Mother’s Day. The world would not be what it is without you all. Thank you for everything you have done and everything you will do. Now, if you [...]

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Look for Alaska All You Want, You Won’t Find It In Sumner County, TN

by Erin Millar May 9, 2012 3 Comments

On the heels of the public reading at University of Oregon protesting an Arizona school board’s ban on multiple books, Sumner County in Tennessee has banned John Green’s Looking for Alaska from schools’ curriculum.  This is the second county in Tennessee to ban Looking for Alaska from its schools, the first being Knox County. There [...]

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Kids On Books

by Erin Millar May 2, 2012 2 Comments

In case my previous blog posts haven’t made this apparent yet, I love me some literacy.  And I love the organizations and efforts to spread literacy through the world. Knowing that, it’s really no wonder that I got all fangirly excited about an organization in Denver, CO called Burning Through Pages. What got my attention [...]

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Justice Screaming for Solutions

by Quinn Kess March 2, 2012 Leave a comment

Quinn talks about the heroine that inspired her: Valentine Wiggin from Ender’s Game

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