Lots of great links for today:

• Tired of Monopoly? Try Moby-Dick: The Game of the White Whale and other literary board games.
• Check out 50 years of The Bell Jar covers. I like Contemporary Fiction, 1964 myself.
• YA authors talk about their shoplifting experiences–or the lack thereof. I’m in the goody-two-shoes category.
• Study finds more children are reading e-books, most still prefer paper books. So…pretty much like me.
• A house built around a gigantic bookcase? I want to go to there.
• This year’s Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction goes to Louise Erdrich for her book, Chickadee.
• Sarah Dessen talks about why high school isn’t necessarily the best time of your life–and why that makes YA compelling.
• There’s nothing like the first kiss.
• What it’s like being on the Printz committee.
• Breaking down the development in Act 1 of Morning Glory (which I just watched last night).
• I want to go to Netherfield!
• Only your official agent should be shopping your book.
• Like picture books? Of course you do! Tell Candlewick as part of their We Believe in Picture Books series.