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Today @KirkusReviews...

...I wrote about Lisa McMann's Crash:

Same formula, same quirks, same result: Crash will very definitely appeal to McMann’s fanbase and it isn’t likely to change the minds of those who haven’t enjoyed her previous books. So, if you’ve liked her previous titles, pick it up; if not, pass on it.

Lunchtime links.

• At Flavorwire: Art Inspired by Your Favorite YA Literature. (*whisperyells* EXCEPT THEY AREN'T ALL YA!!)
• At SF Signal: MIND MELD: Rebranding Fiction as Young Adult. (via FW)
• George Orwell on P.G. Wodehouse.
• Nine Free College Level Writing & Literature Classes at Coursera.
• Fables/Unwritten crossover... WEIRD.
• Yet again, xkcd brings me joy.
• The 2013 Rainbow List has been announced.
• The Reconstructionists: a year-long celebration of remarkable women.
• Neil Gaiman reads his story 'Down Among the Dead Men' (via Forbidden Planet):

 

Kindle Daily Deal: YA today.

RAE CARSON'S THE GIRL OF FIRE AND THORNS IS $1.99 TODAY.

Ahem.

In case you haven't guessed, I'm a BIG FAN.

(And the sequel is also excellent.)

(That's the UK cover, btdubs. Pretty, right?--->)

Moonstruck.

There are a couple of nods to Goodnight Moon in this exhibition by artist Gregory Ito:

(via Beautiful/Decay)

Nancy Drew/Alfred Hitchcock-inspired photography.

From Holly Andres' Sparrow Lane:

Drawing on the formal and thematic conventions of Nancy Drew books, 1970s horror films and Alfred Hitchcock, the series depicts girls in search of forbidden knowledge.

I especially like this one (maybe because the staircase gives it a Twin Peaks vibe?):

Loads more at the artist's website, and WELL worth a spin through, if ONLY for the killer clothes!

(via Beautiful/Decay)

The 2012 American Indian Youth Literature Awards...

...have been announced, and the YA winner is Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School, by Adam Fortunate Eagle.

Click on through for the other winners & honorees.

(via Waking Brain Cells)

[ETA: Errrr... these were actually announced LAST YEAR. Sorry about that. Ah, well, nothing wrong with highlighting 'em again, right?]

Another new tumblr to follow!

It's a Children's Book (Not Young Adult)!

(AKA Monica Edinger vents about her pet peeve, and much fun is had by all.)

Yet another tumblr to follow:

#giffy reviews.

According to the producers, the film adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars...

...could begin shooting late this summer.

P.G. Wodehouse vs. A.A. Milne.

At the Paris Review:

The two men were initially friends: exactly the same age, and both comic writers, they moved in the same circles in 1920s London, playing on the same cricket team and contributing to many of the same publications. In 1928, they even collaborated on the adaptation of Wodehouse’s A Damsel in Distress. By the 1930s, their friendship had cooled somewhat—Wodehouse defenders cite jealousy—but it wasn’t until World War II that things became actively hostile.

Austenland clip.

 

(via Shannon Hale, naturally)

The Scholastic Kids & Family Reading Report.

From the highlights:

Kids say that ebooks are better than print books when they do not want their friends to know what they are reading, and when they are out and about/traveling; print is better for sharing with friends and reading at bedtime.

The whole report is downloadable, though I'm going to save that for tomorrow: tonight is all about Kevin Bacon and The Following.

Lunchtime links.

• At Flavorwire: The Best Fictional Libraries in Pop Culture. (via an email from Adam, subject line: "Now this better make the teeny bopper blog.")
• I compiled the links to my posts about Alex Award winners on a Pinterest board. Same goes for the Printz award. (I'm a bit horrified about how FEW of those titles I've written about. Eeek.)
• After reading this interview with Katherine Applegate, I'm even more positive that there's NO WAY I can read this year's Newbery winner, The One and Only Ivan. I'm pretty sure that I would drown in an ocean of my own tears. Either that or get so dehydrated (from the crying) that I would dry up and blow away. OR LOOK LIKE THE DESICCATED CHIPMUNK THAT JOSH FOUND IN OUR BEDROOM YESTERDAY. Ahem.
• MOAR PLAGIARISM. (via Cuddlebuggery, Chronicler of ALL THINGS SCANDALOUS.)
• Reader’s Advisory Challenge for 2013. (via Liz B)
• Colleen on Midwinter. Still so very much wish I could have been there.
• Peter Brown on his Caldecott Honor. (via the comments of Betsy's post on the 2013 awards)
• At BookRiot: Perfume inspired by dead writers.

Kindle Daily Deal: 2013 Alex Winner & Dorothy Sayers!

Julianna Baggott's Pure and Dorothy Sayers' Gaudy Night are both $1.99 today.

COINCIDENTALLY, THEY ARE BOTH ALSO AWESOME.

Today's Kindle Daily Deal: YA today.

Patrick Ness' The Knife of Never Letting Go is $1.99 today.

If I didn't already own it, I would totally buy it.