Welcome to the 20th weekly (acch! MONTHLY!) (see below) I HEART YA Blog Carnival! I HEART YA is a Blog Carnival for readers, writers, and lovers of young adult fiction. Every Tuesday there will be a blogging prompt that celebrates my favorite reading genre --YA fiction. Bloggers are invited to write their own take on the topic and post a link in the comment section, or if you prefer just put your thoughts in the comments. Either way, if you own a blog, grab the button to show your pride, and add your link to the list below. If you're not sure what to do, go to the I HEART YA tab for more details.


Before I go on, I need to make an announcement regarding the carnival. As an author, I've been trying like crazy to balance blogging with book writing, and honestly I'm coming up short. When I focus on the blog the writing doesn't get done, but when I focus on the book (like lately) the blog suffers. So I've decided it's time to transition this carnival to monthly rather than weekly. Not only will that free up my days a little for more writing, but it will allow me to focus on the carnival on the day its held, and turn it into something super fantastic. (How's that for hype!) So starting today, the I HEART YA Blog Carnival will be held on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. So mark your calendars and come back next month - Tuesday July 10. 


And now back to our regularly scheduled carnival. In case you live on the moon and haven't heard, the world lost a literary giant this past week. Ray Bradbury lived to the ripe old age of 91, and from what I understand he lived each of those years to their fullest. 


Here's a quote from Ray Bradbury's official website:


Throughout his life, Bradbury liked to recount the story of meeting a carnival magician, Mr. Electrico, in 1932. At the end of his performance Electrico reached out to the twelve-year-old Bradbury, touched the boy with his sword, and commanded, Live forever! Bradbury later said, I decided that was the greatest idea I had ever heard. I started writing every day. I never stopped.


Does that not sound like it came straight out of a novel or fantasy movie? I love it. 


Bradbury published something like a million (or maybe it was 500) stories, but is best known for Fahrenheit 451, which was published clear back in 1953--a dystopian novel about a firefighter in the future whose job is burning books rather than putting out fires. According to Wikipedia: "Bradbury has stated that the novel is not about censorship, but a story about how television destroys interest in reading literature."


 And remember, this was back in '53. I'm not even sure how much television they had back then.


So for today's carnival, I'm going to open it up to a thought or fond memory of Bradbury or one of his books - or thoughts on the premise to Fahrenheit 451 - does too much television mess with reading? Is it something to worry about, or are we too far gone? Share your thoughts.

And don't forget: 1. Add your link to the linkytool (Only once is necessary. Links will be removed after two months of not participating.) 2. Add your link to the comment section so we know you participated this week. 3. Grab the button if you haven't already. 4. Check out the other blog posts. Ready...set...go! (And see you on July 10!)


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