I don’t know what it is about me and YPL. For some reason, I just become so engrossed in YPL fantasy that I can’t put it down. And then I have to recommend it to all the people (especially teenagers) in my life.

That’s the way it was with the Harry Potter series and the Bartimaeus trilogy.

Then, I began working on an article with suggested reading lists for kids this summer. The young adult librarian here at the local library told me about the Twilight series, saying kids just adore it. I’d seen the displays in Barnes and Noble for several weeks, advertising pre-orders of her fourth book.

So, a few weeks ago, I bought myself a copy. I have to admit, I loved the $10.99 price tag for a nearly 500-page book. Several dollars less than an adult book would cost.

Thus far, I’m about 120 pages into this, and I’m hooked. I even considered staying up past 11 p.m. last night (after I got home) to read some more of it when I knew full well that I had to be at work at 6 a.m.

I guess I’m just a hopeless kid at heart.