I haven’t done a links post in a while, occupied as I’ve been with catching up on book reviews (I’m still not done, by the way…that’s a threat AND a promise!). So here are a few news stories and whatnot that have caught my attention: <\/p>\n
First, a worthy cause for your consideration–Guys Lit Wire<\/a> is doing another short holiday book fair for Ballou High School, which now has an impressive new library facility. But guess what? No room in that facilities budget for books. So: let’s help them get there. They started with less than one book per student, and now they’re up to a ratio of five books per student, which is fantastic but still considerably less than the recommendation of (if I remember correctly) 11 books per student. The book fair’s still running for two more days<\/b>, and I’ve made my donation–Allegiant<\/i> by Veronica Roth, A Corner of White<\/i> by Jaclyn Moriarty, and Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass<\/i> by Meg Medina. Go read about it here<\/a>, and buy a few books off the Powell’s wishlist<\/a>!<\/p>\n \nToday via the New Yorker<\/i>‘s Twitter feed, a story about the big Literary Feuds of 2013<\/a>. A few of these were familiar, such as the “Claire Messud and likeability” kerfuffle and the Booker Prize business, but a lot of them were new to me. Quite an intriguing recap of the past year’s Privileged People Problems…<\/p>\n \nLatinos in Kid Lit is doing their own 12 Days of Christmas Book Giveaway, raffling off 12 fabulous kids’ books by Latino\/a authors between Christmas and Three Kings Day. Go enter<\/a>!<\/p>\n