Today, in honor of the holiday, I have two very scary stories to tell you.
First, I need to tell you about my phone. You know how when you type a text, your phone tries to second-guess what you are going to say? Maybe you are trying to write something like:
I am going to the [...]

There are four things I have to say before I get on to today’s topic:
1. It’s still TEEN READ WEEK! So go to your library before it’s over! Which is TOMORROW! You can still vote for the Teens Top Ten here.
2. If you live in or around New Canaan, Connecticut, you get TWO chances to [...]

First of all, I have to yell it loudly: IT’S TEEN READ WEEK!
This is important for several reasons. The first is that your library is probably doing some good events! The second is that you can vote for your favorite YA novels of 2006. And, why, look at that! (*cough, cough*) 13 Little [...]

E. Lockhart gave me a copy of The Boy Book the other week. Lucky me, right? So here I am, wandering around my apartment reading about what actually happened to Ruby Oliver and Jackson (Jackson is one of the best depictions of a skeevy guy I’ve ever read). In my other hand, I had a [...]

There was some swearing today in the MJ Philly office.
Okay. There was quite a bit of swearing. There was so much swearing that I am a bit shocked that I did not cause the wallpaper to fall off the wall in big strips. But I had a good reason.
I was attempting to set up a [...]

Girl At Sea is literally going to be done tomorrow. Tomorrow! So, if you’ve written to me recently (or maybe even not recently) and I haven’t written back—I’m sorry, and I plan on answering a whole lot of e-mail over the next few days.
But why settle for e-mail?
This week happens to be rich in opportunities [...]