YA Books Central | Lauren Thoman | Activity https://yabookscentral.com/members/laurenthcw/activity/ Activity feed for Lauren Thoman. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 03:09:11 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 b593c1b4ca4eb6c491c9cdcc23e46bad Lauren Thoman, Listings Manager added National Geographic Kids Almanac 2017 to Middle Grade Non-Fiction https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/81403/ Thu, 09 Mar 2023 02:00:09 -0500
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May 10, 2016
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April 12, 2016
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March 08, 2016
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May 03, 2016
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June 27, 2013
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May 03, 2016
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April 12, 2016
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February 24, 2015
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February 23, 2016
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June 26, 2014
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November 03, 2015
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March 03, 2015
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January 27, 2015
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August 26, 2014
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April 29, 2014
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July 15, 2014
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March 04, 2014
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March 05, 2013
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January 07, 2014
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March 04, 2014
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November 05, 2013
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July 01, 2014
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March 01, 2014
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June 03, 2014
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January 14, 2014
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January 07, 2014
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March 06, 2014
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February 11, 2014
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January 07, 2014
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January 28, 2014
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May 14, 2013
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April 05, 2016
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May 24, 2016
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8+
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October 01, 2013
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March 21, 2016
]]> 0 7cb5784bd479fb488d00c9bfef70c6b9 Lauren Thoman posted an update: A beautiful story of grief and healing, friendship and found […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/13529/ Mon, 03 Oct 2016 17:08:20 -0400 A beautiful story of grief and healing, friendship and found family
It’s always a little risky, both as a writer and a reader, taking on a book told from multiple points of view. It’s hard enough to find a book with one narrator I love, let alone two or more. Throw on top of that a non-linear structure — KIDS OF APPETITE opens on a scene that…Read more

]]> 0 078fdefb04096c2136720a380a5a11d2 Lauren Thoman posted an update: A dark, gorgeous tale of monsters For the past couple years, […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/12583/ Tue, 05 Jul 2016 14:53:09 -0400 A dark, gorgeous tale of monsters
For the past couple years, Victoria (V.E.) Schwab has been focusing on her adult books, with Vicious and her Darker Shade series. However, This Savage Song takes her back to her start in YA, with an urban fantasy that explores the question of what it means to be monstrous. For readers of her adult works, expect a…Read more

]]> 0 d4dac5c827a7769e5345b55c1ebb2186 Lauren Thoman posted an update: Beautiful, poignant story of family, grief, healing, and […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/12576/ Mon, 04 Jul 2016 00:08:58 -0400 Beautiful, poignant story of family, grief, healing, and first love
It’s well-known that parents are scarce in YA literature. Either they’re dead, or they’re absent, or they’re around but strangely invisible. It’s understandable; YA is about teens, and it’s hard to put teens front and center if their parents are continually barging in and trying…Read more

]]> 0 8975e26701d2da05cbc318a43410c7fa Lauren Thoman posted an update: Magic, murder, intrigue, and fabulous coats As with most high […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/11211/ Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:42:44 -0500 Magic, murder, intrigue, and fabulous coats
As with most high fantasy, A Darker Shade of Magic starts slow and quiet, building a world that is like ours, and not like ours, brick by brick. We meet Kell, a mysterious wanderer in a fabulous coat, who travels between worlds as easily as stepping from one room to another. There is Grey London, which…Read more

]]> 0 e61878c11f3fe7d5a741015e123fc57a Lauren Thoman posted an update: Lush, confident, and wholly immersive A Gathering of Shadows […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/11210/ Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:35:44 -0500 Lush, confident, and wholly immersive
A Gathering of Shadows is a different beast from its predecessor, A Darker Shade of Magic. While the first book in V.E. Schwab’s excellent fantasy series devoted itself largely to establishing the rules of its multiple (and occasionally magical) Londons, introducing its characters, and then throwing them all…Read more

]]> 0 f55463b4431f8fcf09fe42390c1d1f6f Lauren Thoman posted an update: Hopeful, moving, inspiring, and immensely satisfying Ruta […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/11069/ Mon, 08 Feb 2016 15:20:47 -0500 Hopeful, moving, inspiring, and immensely satisfying
Ruta Sepetys has a unique gift. She finds the tragic stories that history forgot and brings them to life through her books, educating her readers on these lost pieces of the past while simultaneously taking them on a heartfelt and emotional journey alongside her characters. Salt to the Sea is a…Read more

]]> 0 2e5fa5a22958edf329cd211b8221c65f Lauren Thoman posted an update: A beautiful, vivid, and compulsively readable portrayal of […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/9938/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 19:30:49 -0400 A beautiful, vivid, and compulsively readable portrayal of life in Gold Rush-era America
Before I dig into my thoughts on the first book in Rae Carson’s new Gold Seer Trilogy, let’s discuss genre for a minute. While WALK ON EARTH A STRANGER is being marketed as a fantasy, and while the opening chapter firmly establishes Leah Westfall’s abili…Read more

]]> 0 54823cb380cd4b01e5080d4ac477cb6a Lauren Thoman posted an update: A beautifully crafted tale full of honest emotion and raw […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/9143/ Mon, 08 Jun 2015 02:16:13 -0400 A beautifully crafted tale full of honest emotion and raw truth
From its very first page, ?EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU utterly captivated me with its poetic, sparse prose and keen emotional insight. Each word feels carefully chosen to immerse the reader in the Lee family’s household, which seems ordinary at first — in spite of the dead girl no…Read more

]]> 0 d86edbff2efc7de83f1cb0bffa80f5c7 Lauren Thoman posted an update: A quiet, contemplative maybe-apocalypse I really love a […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/8374/ Tue, 24 Mar 2015 14:41:08 -0400 A quiet, contemplative maybe-apocalypse
I really love a well-executed multiple-point-of-view book, but they’re hard to execute well. I’ve read a lot of multiple POV books by authors I otherwise enjoyed where the attempt to jump from one head to another kind of fell flat. Either one POV resonates more than the other(s), or they all sound kind of…Read more

]]> 0 cbd87dbe2b787712501fc7ad11d2a7ce Lauren Thoman posted an update: Full of sharp wit, abundant strangeness, and endless […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/8228/ Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:25:38 -0400 Full of sharp wit, abundant strangeness, and endless quotability
The first thing a reader notices when they pick up MOSQUITOLAND is the voice. Self-proclaimed strange protagonist Mary Iris Malone (“Mim”) leaps off the page, a precocious, declarative and impulsive girl with a view of life and people that is, even at its most stable, a little ask…Read more

]]> 0 d1589cfb8a4ab6a39b92be0ab7e25ddd Lauren Thoman posted an update: A thoughtful, honest story of loneliness, heartache, and […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/7981/ Tue, 10 Feb 2015 18:15:04 -0500 A thoughtful, honest story of loneliness, heartache, and hope
Suicide isn’t a topic most people like to discuss. It’s upsetting and sad, and I doubt the majority of folks want to believe that it’s a subject they’ll ever have to deal with personally. Of course, they think, if they ever need to talk about it, they will. They will get a suicida…Read more

]]> 0 4bb1d3fdfad37232eac40db8d999496a Lauren Thoman posted an update: Raw, tragic, and ultimately hopeful After reading Forman’s d […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/7890/ Sat, 31 Jan 2015 15:07:01 -0500 Raw, tragic, and ultimately hopeful
After reading Forman’s debut novel, If I Stay, and its sequel, Where She Went, I knew Forman was not afraid of tackling difficult subjects and handling them with care, which is why I was interested to see her approach to one of the most upsetting and relevant topics in our society today, teen suicide. Though t…Read more

]]> 0 ced33bd4b61bbecf1ab97b00e1311989 Lauren Thoman posted an update: As compulsively enjoyable as reality TV is watchable Man, […] https://yabookscentral.com/activity/p/7664/ Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:55:47 -0500 As compulsively enjoyable as reality TV is watchable
Man, this book was fun.

Everything about the premise of this book appealed to me. Sisters. Revenge. Reality TV. International travel. Romantic shenanigans. It sounded like exactly the sort of breezy, light read that would leave me with happy butterflies in my tummy and a goofy smile on my face.…Read more

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