Welcome!

Now that we've all gotten used to filling out the cards for our genre study every month, we're changing things up and going electronic. Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions for how best to store and access the wealth of knowledge we're gaining through our staff genre study every month.

Here's how it works:

Each month, the person leading the readers' advisory meeting will post on the genre being studied. Each participant will then be expected to post a comment to that blog post, briefly describing the book they read, how it fits into the genre, and its appeal for readers. This is in lieu of filling out the notecards. We may also end up using this blog to discuss other RA-related news and issues as we go along.

Please post your comments in this format:
        Book Title:

        Brief Summary:

        Comments on Appeal:

        Who Would I Recommend It To:

Ready? Go!

Young Adult Genre Study: Friends and Other Enemies

This month's YA study has us discussing one of OPPL's most popular subgenres: rich girl scandal lit. Join us Wednesday, January 20th at 2:30 pm to discuss the rise of Gossip Girl and its imitators.

Remember, this month we're going to start posting to the comments section of the blog in place of using the cards. So go ahead and comment on this post (with your Google ID), including:

Your Name:
Book Title:
Brief Summary:
Comments on Appeal:
Who Would I Recommend It To:

Go ahead and keep it short (within what could be shared in our two-minute time frame), just as you have been on the paper notecards.

Youth Media Awards presentation can be found here

Friends and Other Enemies Presentation Outline can be found here