I followed the Someday my Printz Will Come blog from School Library Journal. I really liked this blog and am disappointed that it hasn't been updated in a while, perhaps it's more seasonal like some of their other blogs. The most recent post detailed how they currently find new books to review and ask for recommendations for better methods of discovery. Reviews, ARCs, goodreads and bookstores provide are their current sources but these methods are frustrating because books can easily fall through the cracks and there's no way they can read reviews for every book that's out.
The intended audience for this blog is library professionals that serve teen readers. Each post has anywhere from 11 to 30 comments, the most popular was one where the writer live-blogged while watching the teen book awards.
The second site I ventured to was http://cassandraclare.tumblr.com/ but I immediately closed it out because I haven't read her books yet and wanted to avoid spoilers!
The author Shannon Hale's site gave less content away and I was happy to browse her personable blog. She offers frequent updates and her latest post informed readers of her books and projects for the next 2 years. She also give an insider view and pictures of conferences that she's attended. Seems very popular with hundreds of facebook likes for each post. Her blog is geared more towards the readers of her books.
another page for good recommendations is from Yalsa on the ala site
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