Albany High School Librarian
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Facilitator for Capital Region BOCES Young Adult Book Group
Adjunct Professor
- St. John Fisher College
- University at Albany
Original Content @ Readers Be Advised
Past Blogger for Times Union Books Blog and YALSA's The Hub
Reviewer for VOYA, School Library Connection, & School Library Journal & Active Goodreads Reviewer
TeenReaderCon Chairperson (2016) and Committee Member (2016-18)
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YALSA Appointments
- 2020 Best Fiction for Young Adults Committee member
- 2019 William C. Morris Award Committee member
- 2018 Great Graphic Novels for Teens Selection Committee member
- 2022 Excellence in Nonfiction Award Committee Chairperson
- 2024 Alex Award Committee member
What I'm Reading Now...Alicia's Bookshelf
Knowing that this is part of a series makes me reconsider a two-star rating but as a standalone book, I thought it was okay. The provocative opening of the story, sharing Tally's unique living situation along with her best friend was int...
Romance sometimes rubs me the wrong way in literature, particularly in young adult literature if it's not done right (or inserted into a story where it's not necessary), so a straight "romance"-type story wasn't a first choice but accide...
by Ruta Sepetys
Precious.
Ruta Sepetys' words are what amazes and captures the readers just as vividly as her characters, situations, and history.
It's 1945, the world is warring and there are many who are fleeing their homelands in the hope of a re...
by Stephen King
So the headiness of the writing is apparent in King's thickness and description, there was something magical and transformative about the childhood characters all experiencing "it" and arching over the years to come back to "it". While I...
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