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Sunday, May 27th, 2007
9:37 pm - Library Meme
We heart libraries AND librarians. If you do, too, copy and paste this Meme Girls original meme into your blog, answer the questions, and share the library love.

1. How old were you when you got your first library card?
2. What's the first book you can remember reading from a library?
3. Did you ever participate in a summer reading program or other kids' event at a library growing up?
4. Do you remember when card catalogues weren't computerized?
5. When was the last time you went to the library?
6. How many books do you usually check out of the library at one time?
7. Name one great author you've discovered at your library.
8. What was the librarian at your elementary school like?
9. How many times a year do you go to the library?
10. If you could change on thing about your library, what would it be and why?

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Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007
9:24 pm - Deathly Hallows Prediction Meme
What do YOU think is going to happen in the 7th Harry Potter Book? Take this Meme Girls Original Meme, and share your predictions with the world.

1. Let's start off easy. How do you think this book will be different from the previous books in the series? How do you think it will be the same?

2. Is Snape a friend or foe?

3. Do you think Harry will have to give up his life to defeat Voldemort? If so, do you think Harry will stay dead?

4. Are there any characters who've played relatively minor roles in previous books that you think we'll see more of in this one?

5. Do you have any theories about what the remaining horcruxes are?

6. Let's talk death count. Who do you think bites the dust and why?

7. What role, if any, will Dumbledore play in this book?

8. Do you think we'll find out anything else about the night Harry's parents were killed? If yes, any guesses as to what?

9. Draco redemption: yay or nay?

10. Pick one thing that has happened in a previous book that you think will be important for this one, and tell us why.

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Friday, May 18th, 2007
9:33 pm - Television Meme- Your Network
This Meme Girls original meme is dedicated to all of the wonderful shows that just didn't get picked up for next season.

Congratulations! You've been put in charge of a brand new television network, dedicated to bringing canceled shows back to life for a new season. You've got ten hours of prime time to fill per week, and any show, regardless ofhow long ago it went off air, is eligible. What's playing on YOUR network next fall?

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Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
9:29 pm - Character Name Meme
Pick three characters from one or more of your books or WIPs and go to http://babynames.com or the baby name site of your choice to look up the meanings of their names. Copy and paste the meanings and your characters' names into your blog, and tell us if the meanings fit.

Jen's Answers

1. Lilah Covington, the narrator of PLATINUM. If we take the origin as Hebrew, Lilah means "lily." Other than drawing up visions of Lilly Kane from Veronica Mars, that sounds a little too delicate for my girl. As an English name, "Lilah" is both a variant of "Delilah" (which means "desired and languishing") and the feminine of Lyle. My Lilah is smart, strong, and highly desired, and she uses all of that to strategically protect the vulnerable side no one realizes she has. While Lilah doesn't seem at all like a female Lyle, I think the Delilah comparison works- even though her boyfriend isn't exactly a Sampson.

2. Annabelle Porter from TATTOO. Apparently, "Annabelle" means grace and beauty, which I'm guessing are the meanings of "Anna" and "Belle." This fits my Annabelle pretty nicely. Even though she's known as the shy one of the group, she's got more grace under pressure than Delia, Bailey, and Zo combined, and she's the type of person who will probably never realize how pretty she is.

3. Bronwyn, the MC of my just-for-fun project. Apparently, this name means "white-breasted." Ummmm... no comment.

So what about you guys? Do your characters' names fit?

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Thursday, May 3rd, 2007
7:44 pm - Banned Books Meme
I'm sure this has been done before, but the hullaballoo about the banning of Maureen Johnson's THE BERMUDEZ TRIANGLE made me want to do a banned book themed meme, so here it goes.

-Jen

How many banned books have YOU read? Below is a list of the 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990-2000, taken from the ALA website. Copy the list into your blog and bold the ones you've read. Use bold italics for any banned books that make your "all time favorite" list.

Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
Daddy's Roommate by Michael Willhoite
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Forever by Judy Blume
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Alice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
My Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Giver by Lois Lowry

It's Perfectly Normal by Robie Harris
Goosebumps (Series) by R.L. Stine
A Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton Peck
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Sex by Madonna
Earth's Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel
The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
The Stupids (Series) by Harry Allard
The Witches by Roald Dahl
The New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles Silverstein
Anastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois Lowry
The Goats by Brock Cole
Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane
Blubber by Judy Blume
Killing Mr. Griffin by Lois Duncan

Halloween ABC by Eve Merriam
We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier
Final Exit by Derek Humphry
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
What's Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda Madaras
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The Pigman by Paul Zindel
Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
Deenie by Judy Blume
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Annie on my Mind by Nancy Garden
The Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis Sachar
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin Schwartz
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Sleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna Cole
Cujo by Stephen King
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
The Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell
Boys and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
Ordinary People by Judith Guest
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
What's Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda Madaras
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Crazy Lady by Jane Conly
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher
Fade by Robert Cormier
Guess What? by Mem Fox
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Native Son by Richard Wright
Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women's Fantasies by Nancy Friday
Curses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel Cohen
Jack by A.M. Homes
Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. Anaya
Where Did I Come From? by Peter Mayle
Carrie by Stephen King
Tiger Eyes by Judy Blume

On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
Arizona Kid by Ron Koertge
Family Secrets by Norma Klein
Mommy Laid An Egg by Babette Cole
The Dead Zone by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Always Running by Luis Rodriguez
Private Parts by Howard Stern
Where's Waldo? by Martin Hanford
Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Running Loose by Chris Crutcher
Sex Education by Jenny Davis
The Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette Greene
Girls and Sex by Wardell Pomeroy
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
View from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis Roberts
The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
The Terrorist by Caroline Cooney
Jump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

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Tuesday, May 1st, 2007
9:21 pm - Writing Quirks Meme
Copy the questions into your blog and answer them. Then tag five other writers to do the same!

1. Do you outline?
2. Do you write straight through a book, or do you sometimes tackle the scenes out of order?
3. Do you prefer writing with a pen or using a computer?
4. Do you prefer writing in first person or third?
5. Do you listen to music while you write? If so, do you create a playlist, listen randomly, or pick a single song that fits the book?
6. How do you come up with the perfect names for your characters?
7. When you're writing, do you ever imagine your book as a television show or movie?
8. Have you ever had a character insist on doing something you really didn't want him/her to do?
9. Do you know how a book is going to end when you start it?
10. Where do you write?
11. What do you do when you get writer's block?
12. What size increments do you write in (either in terms of wordcount, or as a percentage of the book as a whole)?
13. How many different drafts did you write for your last project?
14. Have you ever changed a character's name midway through a draft?
15. Do you let anyone read your book while you're working on it, or do you wait until you've completed a draft before letting someone else see it?
16. What do you do to celebrate when you finish a draft?
17. One project at a time, or multiple projects at once?
18. Do your books grow or shrink in revision?
19. Do you have any writing or critique partners?
20. Do you prefer drafting or revising?

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Thursday, April 26th, 2007
2:04 pm - 7 Questions: 'Ships
Meme Girls Original Meme

Which 'ships do you sail? Take this meme and share the love for your favorite fictional couples.

A quick dictionary:

"Canon" means the pairing appears in the book/tv show/movie in question. Non-canon means that it does not. So, for example, Harry/Ginny is Harry Potter canon, but Ginny/Draco is not.

"Crossover" means putting two fictional worlds together. So Buffy/Wolverine is a crossover pairing, but Buffy/Angel is not.

"Ship" is shorthand for "relationship." So if you're a big fan of Bella/Edward, you're a Bella/Edward shipper. And now, for the meme...

1. Favorite Canon Book Pairings:
2. Favorite Non-Canon Book Pairings:
3. Favorite Canon TV Pairings:
4. Favorite Non-Canon TV Pairings:
5. Favorite Crossover Pairings:
6. Favorite love/hate relationship:
7. Favorite forbidden romance:

Bonus for Writers:
Favorite Pairings in your Books:

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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
4:38 pm - Meme Girls Original Meme by Robyn
Hey guys, it's Robyn. I'm working like crazy to finish my edits in the next week, and this meme is a welcome--but writing related--break.

Ever wondered what the cover of your work in progress might look like? Go to Google images and type in the title of your book. Post one of the top three images in your blog!

Here's mine: I'm working on The Ivy Legacy.

This is what I got:



How about you guys?

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Sunday, April 22nd, 2007
8:57 pm - Seven Questions: Author Daydreams...
This Meme Girls Original Meme is for anyone who's ever daydreamed about meeting their favorite author. You can only use each author once, so choose your answers carefully!

1. If you could meet any author in the world, who would you choose?

2. You've won a Super Special contest, and as a result, you get to have five authors over for dinner. Who do you invite and why? For bonus points, describe the evening.

3. A medium approaches you and says that you've been chosen to receive a visit from a dead writer of your choice... who do you ask the medium to channel and what would you ask them?

4. What author would you most like to read your writing?

5. If you could pick one writer to write the story of your life, who would you choose?

6. If you could co-write a book with any author, who would you most like to collaborate with?

7. If you could give one series author input on the next book in their series, who would it be and what would you tell them?

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Wednesday, April 18th, 2007
10:57 pm - The Dream Meme (by Jen)
What kind of dreamer are you? Answer the questions in this Meme Girls Original Meme, then tag five friends to do the same. And remember- the more details, the better!

Do you remember your dreams?
What's the best dream you've ever had?
What's the worst nightmare you've ever had?
What's the absolute WEIRDEST dream you've ever had?
Can you control your dreams?
Do you have any recurring dreams?
Have you ever had a flying dream?
How about one of those dreams where you go to school/work and realize that you're naked?
Have you ever had a dream that featured characters from a book, movie, or television show?
Have you ever had a dream where your teeth fall out?
Have you ever dreamed something that later came true?

Bonus question for writers:
Have your characters ever shown up in your dreams?

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Monday, April 16th, 2007
10:04 pm - Buffy Quiz...
I actually think this one is relatively accurate. I'm definitely more of a Buffy/Dawn mix than a Lilly/Duncan one!

You scored as Buffy Summers. You are a very strong individual. You do, however, have some trouble admitting how you truly feel. You've experienced a lot during your life, but you more than manage. Always willing to help, you're a great friend.

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Buffy Summers

83%

Dawn Summers

71%

Xander Harris

42%

Rupert Giles

42%

Tara Maclay

42%

Spike

33%

Anya

29%

Willow Rosenberg

25%

Which Buffy The Vampire Slayer Character Are You Most Like!?
created with QuizFarm.com

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Saturday, April 14th, 2007
6:52 pm - Veronica Mars Quiz
I'm on a hunt for the best quizzes on the net, so if you have any recommendations, be sure to let me know. This one is for those of you who watch VERONICA MARS. If you don't, you should (before it- *sniff sniff*- gets cancelled). Apparently, I'm a mix of Lilly (who's dead), Duncan (who has the personality of a sheet of cardboard), and Backup (who's a dog). I have to wonder what that says about my personality...

So which Veronica Mars character are YOU?

-Jen

You scored as Lilly Kane. You were once the most popular girl in school, but now you are six feet under. You come back in random blue-tinted flashbacks and scare the bejezzus out of a lot of people when you do.

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Lilly Kane

69%

Duncan Kane

69%

Backup (2.0)

56%

Veronica Mars

44%

Keith Mars

38%

Wallace Fennel

25%

Eli

13%

Logan Echolls

13%

Which Veronica Mars Character Are You?
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Wednesday, April 11th, 2007
7:53 pm - Teen Movie Meme
Teen Movie: A movie made for and about teens (and for those of us who never grew up).

Are you or have you ever been obsessed with a teen heart throb? Have you seen more than one of the American Pie movies? Can you name more than one teen slasher in which Sarah Michelle Gellar dies? Have you seen The Breakfast Club more than once? If so, flex your teen movie mental muscles and share your favorites with this Meme Girls Original Meme...


Favorite Teen Movie of All Time:
Favorite Classic Teen Movie:
Favorite 80s Teen Movie:
Favorite 90s Teen Movie
Favorite Teen Movie within the last five years:
Favorite Romance in a Teen Movie:
Favorite Character in a Teen Movie:
Favorite Kiss in a Teen Movie:
Favorite Quote from a Teen Movie:
Favorite Teen Movie Actor:
Favorite Teen Movie Actress:

Bonus Questions
What was the last teen movie you saw?
Which teen movie is ALWAYS on television when you're checking channels?
If your life was a teen movie, which one would it be?
Answer the questons in the prompt...

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Thursday, April 5th, 2007
3:18 pm - How nerdy are you? Meme by Robyn


This is a Meme Girls Original Meme!

How nerdy are you? Put an X next to each item on the list that describes you and then tally them up. Got 15 or more X’s? Welcome to the Nerd Core.

Have you ever:

[ ] Solved a Rubix cube?
[ ] Coded HTML?
[ ] Been to a Renaissance Fair?
[ ] Been to a ComicCon?
[ ] Bought a comic book and charged it to your credit card?
[ ] Used webspeak IRL (in real life?)
[ ] Edited a Wikipedia?
[ ] Participated in a roll-playing game?
[ ] Tried to memorize Pi past 3.14 (three sig figs) in your free time?
[ ] Used an ergonomic desk chair or keyboard?
[ ] Quoted Monty Python back and forth with a friend?
[ ] Discussed Nintendo’s name change of the Revolution to the Wii?
[ ] Participated in a trivia night or trivia contest?
[ ] Won a debate tournament?
[ ] Played chess at lunch in school?
[ ] Watched your friends play video games for more than an hour?
[ ] Been to a Harry Potter midnight party?
[ ] Recognized yourself in J.D. from the TV show Scrubs?
[ ] Seen an episode of Beauty and the Geek and thought the guys were cute?
[ ] Programmed extras into your graphing calculator?
[ ] Been to a MENSA meetup?
[ ] Done a happy dance after bowling a strike?
[ ] Referred to Lord of the Rings out loud as LotR?
[ ] Developed a shelving system for your books?
[ ] Hated the people on principle who said high school was the best time of their life?


Feel free to explain your answers :-) See you in the comments...that's where my answers will be.

xo Robyn

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Wednesday, April 4th, 2007
11:53 pm - A Meme Girls Challenge!
Today's challenge is for anyone who wants to stretch their creativity muscles. Answer a meme of your choice, either from Meme Girls or elsewhere, from the POV of a character in something you've written. If you've never written anything, make up a character as you go along!

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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007
1:01 pm - When you were little...
What were you like as a child? Take this Meme Girls original meme and tell us all about what YOU were like as a little kid. Try to remember what it was like being really young, and fill in your answers to the following questions.

When I was little...

1. My obsession was:

2. My favorite TV show was:

3. My favorite book was:

4. My favorite movie was:

5. My favorite food was:

6. My LEAST favorite food was:

7. My favorite stuffed animal was:

8. My favorite color was:

9. My favorite thing about school/preschool was:

10. My favorite game was:

11. My favorite toy was:

12. My best friend was:

13. My worst enemy was:

14. My "boyfriend"/"girlfriend" was:

15. My teacher's name was:

16. The name I called my mom was:

17. The name I called my dad was:

18. Another grown up in my life was:

19. My favorite thing to pretend was:

20. I was scared of:

And the bonus question...

What did you want to be when you grew up?

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Sunday, April 1st, 2007
12:03 pm - What States Have You Been To?
Taken from lavidaesunsolo.

Make an online map of all the states you've been to! Just follow the link below for the fun. Great site!

Here's mine:



create your own personalized map of the USA

Fun! And it only takes about a minute or two... so where have you been?

-Jen

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Saturday, March 31st, 2007
4:25 pm - The Playlist Challenge
For this meme, create a playlist of 5-10 songs for one of your favorite books, and post the playlist- along with any explanation you want to include about the songs- to your blog. For bonus points, design an album cover, too!

Book/Author:
Album Title:
Song 1:
Song 2:
Song 3:
Song 4:
Song 5:
Song 6:
Song 7:
Song 8:
Song 9:
Song 10:

If you've got books you'd love to see other bloggers do, post a list of those at the end of your meme so that someone can fulfill your request.

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2:15 pm - A Note on Fun
Hey guys!

This is just an update to clarify a couple of things about the site and its purpose, which is fun. I like memes. Robyn likes memes. We both like to procrastinate, and thought it would be cool if there were a place that gathered together lots of memes (especially memes that promote YA literature). There's been some confusion about whether it's okay to post the memes on your own blogs- and the answer is a vehement YES! It's great if you can tell people you got the meme here, but we know that as memes get passed around, the original source gets edited out, and that's fine, too! We're ecstatic when a meme starts making the rounds, no matter what, so please don't hesitate to take these and have fun with them- add on your own questions, get creative about your answers- whatever makes this fun for you is fine with us.

-Jen

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Wednesday, March 28th, 2007
7:49 pm - A Buffy-Themed Meme
Here's a Meme Girls original meme for all Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans. Fly your Buffy Freak flag, and share your favorite season, favorite villain, favorite vampire, and more!

Favorite Male Character:
Favorite Female Character
Favorite Adult Character:
Favorite Recurring Character (never a season regular):
Favorite Slayer:
Favorite Vampire:
Favorite Canon Pairing:
Favorite Non-Canon Pairing (never appeared on the show):
Favorite Season:
Favorite Episode:
Favorite Season Finale:
Favorite Season Premiere:
Favorite Big Bad:
Favorite demon-of-the-week:
Favorite Character Death:
Favorite Potential*:
Favorite Buffyverse actor:
Favorite Buffyverse actress:
Favorite Quote:

*Yes, I realize this may be an oxymoron. Answer it anyway.

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