YA New York

One. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (the film) comes out in theaters on Friday. Our LA correspondent Jami B. will be attending and writing up a review. I’ll also be going, with luck, and I may chime in as well.

Two. Terry Gross interviewed Michael Cera (who stars as Nick in the film) on her NPR show, Fresh Air. The interview was almost entirely good, except that she failed to mention the film is based on the fantabulous book by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan. Umm … hello? Anyway, you can read about and listen to the interview here.

Three. It’s Banned Books Week, as you’ve probably already heard. There are about a million great books that have been banned, so try picking one up. My personal top three from the “frequently challenged” list include the works of Philip Pullman (killing God makes you not so popular), Lois Lowry (dystopian societies are a no-no), and Stephen Chbosky (all sorts of ban-attracting stuff in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, but I’ll say no more). Anyway, while I adore those three authors and their works, I’d encourage you to have your pick — there are gazillions of amazing books being banned all the time.

Four. There’s a new blog in town, started by Michael Grant, author of Gone and something like 700 other books, all under pseudonyms. Michael is really cool, because he created this massive group blog called Stupid Blog Name, and he invited all sorts of people to contribute. Including me! I was so surprised and amazed, and even more surprised and amazed when I looked at the site today and saw that MEG CABOT is blogging on the site too. Umm, hello? I cannot believe I am occupying the same web space as Meg freaking Cabot. And Michael freaking Grant. You should go check it out, and soon.

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