Comments on: >From the people who brought you . . .

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:00:00 +0000

>Save it. I’m waiting for the board books.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:21:00 +0000

>Oh, Lookie here! Gawker Media make me smile somewhere every day!
http://jezebel.com/5051810/hackers-take-a-page-from-candace-bushnells-new-ya-novel-the-carrie-diaries

By: gail

gail — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:42:00 +0000

>I always thought series like The Gossip Girl and The A-list were influenced by SATC--upperclass young women, materialism, urban settings, drinking and partying. So Bushnell may be too late. I wonder if teen readers won't see a YA SATC as adult castoffs.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 17:19:00 +0000

>OMG! Agree! My TWENTY something friends think of that as an “old lady” movie (I’m 43.) Plus, don’t they already have this? It’s called Gossip Girl and it’s awesome.

By: Library Mermaid

Library Mermaid — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:50:00 +0000

>Can we “Just say no” like the sex ed commercials?

By: Brenda Ferber

Brenda Ferber — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 17:02:00 +0000

>In the realm of things that make me sick…
My kids went to a Bat Mitzvah last year for a girl named Lexi, and the theme of her party was Lex and the City.
Oy!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:07:00 +0000

>What took HC so long? I would have thought this would have been in the works months ago. Next: a clothing line.

By: Roger Sutton

Roger Sutton — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:40:00 +0000

>Monica, they’re publishing a Sex and the City spinoff for kids. I don’t know how this kind of trend-chasing works–SATC was the hot thing years ago and the movie has already disappeared. What kids will care?

By: Monica Edinger

Monica Edinger — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:47:00 +0000

>”This” like Facebook is blocked here at Dalton. Sigh. Will have to wait to view when I get home. (Would it be within the Newbery age-range, I wonder?)