weird timeliness
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Blessed be, my witchy friends. How goes the spell-work? Messed with any thanes lately? Yeah, me neither. There just aren’t as many power-hungry Scottish nobles willing to commit a little regicide these days, are there? Anyway. ENOUGH CHIT-CHAT. I have news. Ready? Guys. GUYS. I saw The Witch on Sunday and I. Am. Freaking. Out. FREAKING OUT.…
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So this week’s topic is… “Conspicuous Consumption and Teen Markets” (dum dum DUUUM). This is like double weird timeliness, what with the Occupy movement appearing to be on its last legs and – oh, the irony – the Christmas consumergasm/shopping orgy beginning to strike us all with the temporary insanity of a European soccer riot. As I consider this thorny…
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How very à propos. Kind of eerie, actually… Tor.com writes about the Cybils Awards here. The Cybils are “awards are given each year by bloggers for the year’s best children’s and young adult titles”–their website is here. Since we are all bloggers and fans of YA lit, let’s all vote here!
The Reading Robyn 