tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51531246216528650682024-02-19T02:17:06.278-05:00WCPL YOUNG ADULT BLOGwabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.comBlogger210125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-21571129965622950862010-11-15T09:45:00.000-05:002010-11-15T09:45:04.962-05:00While I was out...I MISSED you! I've been gone for TWO WEEKS, recovering from surgery. Now that I'm back, I've discovered tons of books waiting for me to give all of you, so I will waste no time. I have so many to show you, I'm just going to send them upstairs and let you dig into them yourselves! In no particular order, our new books:<br />
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<em>Angel</em> by Cliff McNish...<br />
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<em>I, Emma Freke</em> by Elizabeth Atkinson...<br />
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<em>Draw the Dark</em> by Ilsa J. Bick...<br />
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<i>The Absolute Value of -1</i> by Steve Brezenoff...<br />
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<em>The Freak Observer</em> by Blythe Woolston...<br />
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I've also refreshed our supply of Lurlene McDaniel's books, if you're interested!<br />
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I promise I'll get back to giving you full introductions to our new books--once I get through this giant pile next to my desk...wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-6048173961103533562010-11-15T09:22:00.000-05:002010-11-15T09:22:52.980-05:00Mother / Daughter Craft Samples Are Here!Teens and moms! I came back from my sick leave to discover we now have SAMPLES of our mother / daughter craft!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you haven't signed up for the program yet, drop by the library or give us a call and we'll sign you up! Hope to see you Thursday!</div>wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-6520416887086225192010-11-01T15:32:00.000-05:002010-11-01T15:32:40.671-05:00YA Mother-Daughter Craft with Candie Cooper!I am so excited about this craft!<br />
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The amazing Candie Cooper will help us all make our very own picture frames--decorated to match our unique personalities.<br />
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If you haven't met Candie, she's a local author and artist who comes in to teach us all how to be CRAFTY. In other words, she's a real Crafty Lady. We love Candie. <br />
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So daughters, bring your moms, moms, bring your daughters, and join us for a night of crafty fun!<br />
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This event is open to students grades 6 to 12--sign up at the upstairs circulation desk!<br />
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(The picture is yoinked from <a href="http://candiecooper.typepad.com/savvycrafter/">Candie's blog</a>)wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-42831288401245098022010-11-01T11:00:00.000-05:002010-11-01T11:00:45.143-05:00Listen up--New Audio!We have new audio books! (I knew you'd be excited.)<br />
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We have Cassandra Clare first three <em>Mortal Instruments</em> novels! <em>City of Bones</em> read by Ari Graynor, <em>City of Ashes </em>read by Natalie Moore, and <em>City of Glass</em>, also read by Natalie Moore.<br />
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<em>Beautiful Creatures</em> by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, read by Kevin T. Collins and Eve Bianco, is here.<br />
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By Maggie Stiefvater, we have <em>Shiver</em>, read by Jenna Lamia and David Ledoux, and <em>Linger</em>, read by Dan Bittner, Pierce Cravens, Emma Galvin, and Jenna Lamia.<br />
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<em>Going Bovine</em> by Libba Bray, read by Erik Davies, has arrived!<br />
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<em>Leviathan</em> by Scott Westerfeld, read by Alan Cummings, is here.<br />
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And, last but not least, We have <em>Will Grayson, Will Grayson</em> by John Green and David Levithan, read by MacLeod Andrews and Nick Podehl!<br />
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Nearly as strange as it sounds, <em>ZvU</em> tackles one of life's most troubling questions: Which is better, zombies or unicorns?<br />
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The debate first sprang up on <a href="http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2007/02/16/more-on-blurbs-plus-zombies/">Justine Larbalestier's blog</a>, then spread to <a href="http://blackholly.livejournal.com/81750.html">Holly Black's blog</a>, eventually overtaking both. Larbalestier proclaimed zombies were superior; Black insisted unicorns were WAY better. The two decided to ask other YA authors to contribute short stories about either zombies or unicorns that were then gathered up into this anthology.<br />
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Both creepy and utterly hilarious, <i>ZvU </i>is made of awesome. Don't believe me? Check out the authors! Team Unicorn, led by Holly Black, is: Kathleen Duey, Meg Cabot, Garth Nix, Margo Lanagan, Naomi Novik, and Diana Peterfreund! Team Zombie, headed up by Justine Larbalestier, is Libba Bray, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Cassandra Clare, Maureen Johnson, Scott Westerfeld, and Carrie Ryan!<br />
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So which are you...Team Zombie, or Team Unicorn? Show your pride with <a href="http://promo.simonandschuster.com/zombiesvsunicorns/downloadables.php">downloads from Simon & Schuster</a>!<br />
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<i>Other </i>by Karen Kincy is here!<br />
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Gwen Williams has a big secret. She's an "Other," a shapeshifter, and although her talents are acceptable in most areas, her tiny Washington hometown isn't too keen on vampires, centaurs, pretty much anything <i>different</i>.<br />
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Now a werewolf pack has moved into town, and Others are showing up dead. What follows is a paranormal murder mystery. Police are struggling to find a murderer they're sure is, well, paranormal in origin, ignoring the possibility of a serial killer. while Gwen and her friends are hunting the murderer themselves. This one's great for mystery fans and fantasy fans alike. <br />
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We now have <i>The Fallen 1</i>, which includes both <i>The Fallen </i>and <i>Leviathan</i> by Thomas E. Sniegoski and <i>The Fallen 2</i>, which is made up of the third and fourth books: <i>Aerie</i> and <i>Reckoning</i>. <br />
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Aaron's eighteenth birthday arrives, along with the unsettling discovery that he is now hearing voices. In his head. Like he's crazy. Aaron spent his childhood moving from foster home to foster home and isn't sure who to trust with his fears. <br />
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Aaron wants to talk with one of the girls he knows from school, but Aaron doesn't really have an easy time trusting people, especially the strange man who follows him around, insisting that Aaron is the son of a mortal and an angel. According to the Mystery Man, Aaron has been chosen to redeem the Fallen. Aaron tries to ignore the news. He also tries to pretend he doesn't have all the supernatural abilities he's discovered. But he can't deny it all for long. Dark powers are rising, and mostly they're just out to kill him.<br />
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The second <i>Fallen* </i>novel has arrived! Here is <i>Torment </i>by Lauren Kate:<br />
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But as she learns more about her past, Luce begins to wonder if Daniel has told her the whole truth. She knows he's hiding something from her. What if the past he told her they shared wasn't true--what if she's really destined to love someone else?<br />
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<i>13 to Life</i> by Shannon Delany has arrived!<br />
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Jessie Gillmansen's entire life was torn apart when her mother died. Now all she wants is for her life to stay exactly as it is. When she gives the new guy, Pietr Rusakova, around her high school, she has no idea how much change he's brought to her hometown. Pietr has a very dangerous secret, and he's brought a whole lot of trouble to town with him.<br />
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From Iron-Age Ireland, we have <i>Shapeshifter </i>by Holly Bennett! <br />
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A shapeshifter, Sive is now trapped in the form of a deer, running for her life as a sorcerer chases her across Ireland. Throw in the child left on the side of a mountain, and you have <i>Shapeshifter</i>!<br />
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<i>Another Faust </i>by Daniel and Dina Nayeri<br />
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Instead of following the original Faust and his deal with the devil for wealth, power, and the like**; this take on the Faust legend five children vanish from around Europe, only to show up after years at a party in New York. They are, of course, accompanied by their beautiful governess, Madame Vileroy. When they begin attending the Marlowe School in Manhattan, they are instantly popular and successful. Of course, their governess's "gifts" help. But as the fun of their situation begins to wear off, the five realize their obsessions are taking control. Something must be done to escape the dark path they're on, before there's no going back.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">*The irony of having two books from two different series named <i>Fallen </i>has not escaped me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">**As always with retellings, I urge you to read through the original story of Dr. Faust FIRST.</span>wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-34056527443122199632010-10-18T15:27:00.000-05:002010-10-18T15:27:40.208-05:00You Picked Them: The Teens' Top Ten of 2010!<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Happy Teen Read Week!</strong></span></div><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></strong></div></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>October 17--23, 2010</strong></span></div><br />
Teen Read Week is again upon us, and if you're like me, that can only mean one thing...that the YALSA has announced your picks for the Teens' Top Ten list!<br />
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Without further ado, here is the <span style="color: #0b5394;"><b>2010 Teen's Top Ten</b>:</span><br />
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1. <i>Catching Fire</i> by Suzanne Collins<br />
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2. <i>City of Glass </i>by Cassandra Clare<br />
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3. <i>Heist Society </i>by Ally Carter<br />
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4. <i>Shiver</i> by Maggie Stiefvater<br />
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5. <i>Hush, Hush </i>by Becca Fitzpatrick<br />
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6. <i>Beautiful Creatures </i>by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl<br />
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7. <i>Along for the Ride </i>by Sarah Dessen<br />
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8. <i>If I Stay </i>by Gayle Forman<br />
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9. <i>Fire</i> by Kristin Cashore<br />
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10. <i>Wintergirls</i> by Laurie Halse Anderson<br />
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What's the best thing about this list? All <strong><span style="color: #0b5394;">female</span></strong> authors! There's your proof: girls rock.<br />
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<strong>Congrats to all the authors! </strong>wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-65161634550436585232010-10-13T12:20:00.004-05:002010-10-13T13:56:19.797-05:00New Website, New Blog, New BOOKS!Guess what?<br /><br />The library is getting a new, beautiful website! As I write this Tech People are working hard to make the new site awesome.<br /><br />Part of this new website will involve picking this blog up and dropping it in a new spot. Now the teen blog will live on the website, and I will have to learn to use a whole different blogging platform. That will be funny for you to watch, even if you aren't in the same room with me.<br /><br />I'll give you all the new info when the site goes live. Which should be Monday...maybe.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I have new books for you to read!<br /><br /><em>Pendragon, Book Ten: The Soldiers of Halla </em>by D.J. MacHale<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNi4SfFNvzMS6_6SMyFT-fPtIeDnyII-tKl5oUQnOkJggZmIDlfxj2S3OecNOHOPJ_a070E1petx8sWiFUAhIqarPWGvLKtrP3iUPYShWB6eVj_BXsTOqS36deGCiycombc9IhYObgWWM/s1600/halla.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527606056217348434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNi4SfFNvzMS6_6SMyFT-fPtIeDnyII-tKl5oUQnOkJggZmIDlfxj2S3OecNOHOPJ_a070E1petx8sWiFUAhIqarPWGvLKtrP3iUPYShWB6eVj_BXsTOqS36deGCiycombc9IhYObgWWM/s400/halla.jpg" /></a><br />This is the grand finale, at least of this series. Bobby Pendragon and the other Travelers, as they join forces to take Saint Dane down. This is your chance to find out the answers to all the questions you've had through the first nine books, and Bobby's only chance to finally save Halla and, well, everywhere else. No pressure.<br /><br />Fans of Alyson Noel's <em>Immortals</em> books can pick up <em>Shadowland,</em> book three of the series.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_tqS5y3VDl7gP17QCJ8LXXn-hOhaKCvqJzHIgk5mymVoXQRVr_xByKx4sRMyr5pN97dQR1mwdQsz-JUFk8_FBjsYpLRa7bbu0iNrgM_XLMd47l7RxIglKvBI7X2j4LrtnKIAP6cTYyU/s1600/shadowland.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 268px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527606072060552610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL_tqS5y3VDl7gP17QCJ8LXXn-hOhaKCvqJzHIgk5mymVoXQRVr_xByKx4sRMyr5pN97dQR1mwdQsz-JUFk8_FBjsYpLRa7bbu0iNrgM_XLMd47l7RxIglKvBI7X2j4LrtnKIAP6cTYyU/s400/shadowland.jpg" /></a><br />Ever and Damen have a huge problem: Damen has been cursed, and a single touch from Ever will kill him. Death would mean an eternity in the Shadowland, an abyss for lost souls. Clearly, neither of them want that to happen, so Ever searches for a cure with Magick. Then she meets Jude, a surfer with magical talents. Jude seems familiar to Ever, and she finds herself drawn to him even as she searches for Damen's cure. As, Damen pulls away from Ever in hope of protecting her from the darkness in his soul, Jude and Ever grow closer, and Ever's love for Damen is put to the test.<br /><br /><em>Deadly Little Lies</em>, the follow-up to <em>Deadly Little Secrets </em>by Laurie Faria Stolarz has arrived!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlAF7SA1tYHSz0_PiCKBrRViXtWpoLwVNkNJp7gk2dGDVsKkyilgR5AD7Vd3hwyz0w4XHOgbX1Difgys4nFKjeHsRdvpa-TNs4_Z41V9EZTMo5BYum9vCfYqwGSpOrrrZbLnK2VVtR6U/s1600/dll.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527606055363314818" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxlAF7SA1tYHSz0_PiCKBrRViXtWpoLwVNkNJp7gk2dGDVsKkyilgR5AD7Vd3hwyz0w4XHOgbX1Difgys4nFKjeHsRdvpa-TNs4_Z41V9EZTMo5BYum9vCfYqwGSpOrrrZbLnK2VVtR6U/s400/dll.jpg" /></a><br />This is where we run into a problem. Because I haven't read the first book yet, too many other people wanted it. I waited. But since I haven't read the first book, I can't tell you anything about the second book for fear of giving away part of the plot of <em>Deadly Little Lies</em>. Here's what you NEED to know: Camelia loves Ben, Ben has a gift (and a curse)--he can see a person's future when he touches them (this is called psychometry),and MAYBE Ben loves Camelia. Probably he loves her. Then Something Else happens, and then it's summer, and AFTER summer is when the book begins.<br /><br /><em>Flygirl </em>by Sherrie L. Smith, which looks REALLY GOOD.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6cT2T4-7CxqgD2MhGuBfr17omTPGXCmCI8H-TlzVV3D-pJK4ELvVZV0QPUmJZLxCaMgegCsJ2rsV7wD1ZRhgs9q6Bkf6dpsTNRZaouTrjRFufGZtvCXocXSnJZyxke0SJI8odNRzZxM/s1600/flygirl.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527606057754528002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB6cT2T4-7CxqgD2MhGuBfr17omTPGXCmCI8H-TlzVV3D-pJK4ELvVZV0QPUmJZLxCaMgegCsJ2rsV7wD1ZRhgs9q6Bkf6dpsTNRZaouTrjRFufGZtvCXocXSnJZyxke0SJI8odNRzZxM/s400/flygirl.jpg" /></a><br />Ida Mae Jones went flying with her pilot father as often as she could, but his death puts the sky out of reach for her. Ida is black and female--both traits will keep her feet firmly on the ground. World War II could change all that. The Army has formed the WASP--Women Airforce Service Pilots--and Ida can join. But only if she uses her light skin to pass as a white girl. Ida has always longed to fly, but she quickly finds out that denying her family and her history is a lot harder than it sounds. Ida must find a way to fulfil her dreams without losing herself in the process.<br /><br />(This one is going on my reading list.)<br /><br />Look for updates on the new website in the next few days!wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-57859156395059515512010-10-12T07:59:00.002-05:002010-10-12T08:03:06.131-05:00We have a winner!Congrats to <strong>Valerie</strong>, winner of our Mockingjay Giveaway! <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4t0rchMEKRsbqA3dxicEgZY2wXsOVt9JguKCYQhRMnbB57LaSbbU6OOSn9Je6-t_ebbG3DS4fea_KbPO5yYMauYlu_mZL_OKyW-9eepFPkj6pNFuh_GWpzxd2XkymPVlx-uJbChskYM/s1600/mjgiveaway.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW4t0rchMEKRsbqA3dxicEgZY2wXsOVt9JguKCYQhRMnbB57LaSbbU6OOSn9Je6-t_ebbG3DS4fea_KbPO5yYMauYlu_mZL_OKyW-9eepFPkj6pNFuh_GWpzxd2XkymPVlx-uJbChskYM/s400/mjgiveaway.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527144186640091858" /></a><br />Thanks to everyone who entered--and watch for more giveaways in the coming months.wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-74508201421403699372010-09-28T08:38:00.001-05:002010-09-28T15:51:39.529-05:00Win a Copy of Mockingjay!Have you finished it yet?<br /><br />I had my own, personal copy of <em>Mockingjay </em>preordered from the moment The Internet would let me do it, back before it had a cover or even a name! When it finally arrived, I carried it around with me for three days without even opening it, because I felt it was "too precious to read."<br /><br />I'm always a bit worried about the end of a series--any series. It's far too easy for authors to try to cram in more information than is necessary or leave out so much that we're all frustrated that we don't know how, for example, Harry and his friends managed to get from the battlefield to, well, the rest of their lives. Sadly, each reader thinks that a different amount of information is vital. Some would be satisfied with the knowledge that life would go on, while others would want to know the birth dates of the protagonist's children, their occupation, their yearly gross income, the make and model of their car, and so forth.<br /><br />I am somewhere in the middle. If an author wraps up two hundred pages of conflict with a paragraph designed to convince me that everything will be just fine after all, I <em>will not believe them.</em> Instead, I will roll my eyes, sigh, and pick up the next book from my reading pile. I have a pile of books I must read. It's very tall. I have much less patience for the last book in a series. If an author screws up that last book, the final volume in a series...I hate the whole series. Ask me how many times I've read through the Harry Potter books (I lost count at 20). Now ask me how many times I've read them since the last book came out (not once). Why? Because, in my opinion, J.K. Rowling blew the ending (naturally, you may disagree with me, I expect it). This is coming from the girl who had her ENTIRE BEDROOM decorated in Harry Potter paraphernalia. I made my own wand. Really. I didn't just love those books. I LIVED those books. But now they sit undisturbed on my bookshelf, flanked by my Harry Potter bookends*.<br /><br />I tell you all this in order to make it clear to you how high my standards are for series fiction, so you won't take it lightly when I tell you:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio34pMhRpdABnpOrxTZqhk6O2ytBX_x-_UWzIEE-YspTnPnlL6p1PYKO8dWh06m-Z3tVkdh4A9-58Au29S959gp7JNkufi8k0kJqbkUjlW60372fosBCiDUDrzx2T6_xy3FhjnuN_2rKw/s1600/lovemockingjay.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 107px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514189788950240354" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio34pMhRpdABnpOrxTZqhk6O2ytBX_x-_UWzIEE-YspTnPnlL6p1PYKO8dWh06m-Z3tVkdh4A9-58Au29S959gp7JNkufi8k0kJqbkUjlW60372fosBCiDUDrzx2T6_xy3FhjnuN_2rKw/s400/lovemockingjay.jpg" /></a><br />It was beautiful--wonderful! I can't express in words how fantastic it was! I could tell you why, but it would mean Spoilers, and we are a Spoiler-Free zone here on the blog.<br /><br />Instead, I will tell you the following:<br /><br />1. Collins wrote in just enough information for me to be content with Katniss' story. I didn't put the book down thinking that she'd left me with too little information or certain that life wouldn't have worked out so seamlessly for everyone after all they'd been through in the first two books.<br /><br />2. I cried. A lot.<br /><br />3. I wanted to strangle several main characters (because they weren't doing what I thought they should). I wanted to murder others (because they were so evil). Still more characters just needed a hug, after all they'd been through (including some of the ones I wanted to strangle).<br /><br />4. At one point near the end, I may have screamed.<br /><br />5. The scream may have taken place in the middle of the library.<br /><br />6. I have caught myself singing several of the songs from the book, despite the fact that I don't know what the actual melodies should be. I made up my own.<br /><br />7. I take comfort in the knowledge that I'm not the only person who has done this**.<br /><br />Oh, and one other thing. I loved <em>Mockingjay </em>so much, I feel the urgent need to give a copy away.<br /><br />That's right! I have a brand new, shiny, hardcover copy of <em>Mockingjay</em> to give to one of you. In order to get your chance to win it, you have to do one simple thing...<br /><br />Well, one thing other than walk into the library. We'll assume you are already here.<br /><br />Go to the circulation desk upstairs, get an entry form. Then you will answer my little trivia question, because I like to check and see that you're paying attention. Then you must fill out the rest of said entry form COMPLETELY before handing it to the person behind the desk. They will then put it in the Legendary Re-purposed Coffee Can, and you will be entered.<br /><br />The not-so-fine print? Here it is:<br /><br />You, personally, may only fill out and turn in one entry form. One. Not twelve. One. So when I open the top, I shouldn't see five entries from you. I should see one with your name on it. Just the one. That's 1. One. Uno. Unless you jump through some hoops for me. I'll explain in a moment. If you jump through the aforementioned hoops, I will see your name more than once, but it will be in MY handwriting.<br /><br />Your entry must be filled out all the way. Completely. If you don't have a phone number, make sure we have an alternate means of contacting you to tell you that you've won. It's important. If I can't reach the winner, I'll get all whiny and depressed.<br /><br />You must be in grades 7-12 to participate. If you aren't, you're out of luck. Sorry.<br /><br />All that being said, there is something you can do to increase your odds that I will permit. Several somethings. In fact, I encourage you to do these somethings:<br /><br /><blockquote><strong>If</strong> you leave a comment on THIS post right HERE and say, "Gee, Laura, I really want that book!" I will write your name and e-mail down on an entry form and pop it into the can. Just be sure to enter your E-MAIL while filling out the comment form! Otherwise I will be unable to notify you that you've won.<br /><br /><strong>If</strong> you visit Twitter and say something like "@wabashteens, I must have Mockingjay!" <strong>use the hashtag #MockingjayGiveaway</strong>, and I will write your name down on an entry form and pop it in the can too. If you win, I will @ reply to you via Twitter telling you how you can pick up your book. Be prepared for this to happen. Watch for a reply on Twitter.<br /><br /><strong>If</strong> you visit our page on Facebook and leave a comment on the "<strong>Mockingjay Giveaway!"</strong> announcement, I will write your name down on an entry form and pop it in the can AGAIN. </blockquote><br />So really, you actually have FOUR chances to win.<br /><br />I will draw a winner on <strong>OCTOBER 11 at 5:00 P.M.</strong>. Be sure you've entered before that time!<br /><br />I'll notify you the following day and tell you what you need to do to pick up your prize (which is to say, you'll need to walk in, tell the librarian your name, and the librarian will hand you the book. Easy, right?).<br /><br />If you have not yet read any of the previous books of <em>The Hunger Games</em> trilogy, I strongly urge you to go read them now. There is a reason I loved them so much that I have not one, but two <em>Hunger Games</em> t-shirts.<br /><br />For those of you who've already finished reading <em>The Hunger Games </em>trilogy, might I make a few suggestions? First, read Suzanne Collins' other books--like the <em>Gregory the Overlander</em> series. Then try <em>The Knife of Never Letting Go </em>by Patrick Ness, <em>Maze Runner </em>by James Dashner, <em>Incarceron </em>by Catherine Fisher, or <em>How I Live Now</em> by Meg Rosoff if you're looking for more books set in dystopian societies, or read <em>Graceling </em>by Kristin Cashore or any of Tamora Pierce's books if you're looking for a strong female protagonist. That list could go on forever. If you've read all those and still want more ideas, you can ask me on Twitter (@wabashteens), ask me here, or even ask me on Facebook on the Wabash Carnegie Public Library page. And you can certainly feel free to come visit me in person! <br /><br />*Until December, when I read through all seven books in seven days. Watch for updates...<br /><br />**Really. Look it up on YouTube if you don't believe me.wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-41263078387248074882010-09-25T07:39:00.011-05:002010-09-25T14:16:59.783-05:00SPEAK Loudly (and Banned Book Week)On September 18, 2010 an opinion piece was printed in the Springfield, Missouri <em>News-Leader</em>. The post was by a man named Wesley Scroggins (a Dickensian name if I've ever heard one).<br /><br />In it, Scroggins, an associate professor of marketing at Missouri State University*, criticises several books: <em>Speak</em> by Laurie Halse Anderson, <em>Twenty Boy Summer</em> by Sarah Ockler, and <em>Slaughterhouse Five</em> by Kurt Vonnegut. He labels them "filthy" and advises the Republic school district get rid of them (never mind the fact that he homeschools his kids, so this has no effect on him**).<br /><br />I could recount the entire sordid business for you, but instead I am going to send you on a little scavenger hunt, <a href="http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100918/OPINIONS02/9180307/Scroggins-Filthy-books-demeaning-to-Republic-education">here to read what Scroggins wrote</a> and to read <a href="http://madwomanintheforest.com/this-guy-thinks-speak-is-pornography/">Laurie Halse Anderson's response on her blog, "This Guy Thinks SPEAK Is Pornography" </a>and<a href="http://sarahockler.com/2010/09/19/on-book-banning-zealots-ostriches/"> Sarah Ockler's reaction, "On Book Banning, Zealots, and Ostriches"</a>. I'd give you a link for Kurt Vonnegut too, but he passed away in 2007. He can't speak up about this anymore, so the rest of us will for him. <br /><br />The book world sprang to action. Indiana English teacher Paul Hankins started a Twitter feed #SpeakLoudly to protest Scroggins' desire to ban<em> Speak</em>, <em>Twenty Boy Summer</em>, and <em>Slaughterhouse Five</em>. Sarah Ockler held a contest challenging people to Speak Loudly in their community and online and tell her what they did in support of the Speak Loudly campaign for a chance to win a "Wesley Scroggins Filthy Books Prize Pack!" I love her sense of humor. Speak Loudly has since evolved into a larger movement. Hankins now has a <a href="http://speakloudly.org/">Speak Loudly website </a>dedicated to fighting book banning. Among other things, speakloudly.org has compiled as many anti-<em>Speak</em>-banning blog entries as possible and their collection is still growing. He's done an amazing job on this. Paul Hankins is now added to my list of Book Heroes.<br /><br />I should have written this entry up last week, but I confess, I was in shock. <br /><br />I mean, I get <em>Slaughterhouse Five</em>. Mostly because it's been banned before. Widely. It's about a war and it's pretty violent. But it was taught in three separate college courses I took AND I read it in high school, because <em>that's how good it is</em>. Sure, it's rough. It's a book about war. And poor Billy Pilgrim has a rough go of it. He's sent overseas, he fights in the Battle of the Bulge, he's separated from his unit, and he's taken prisoner by Germans. Who steal his shoes! So he's barefoot--in WINTER! From that point, Billy is moved to a P.O.W. camp in a former slaughterhouse in Dresden. Dresden is then bombed. Extensively. The city is reduced to a smoking crater, comparable to the surface of the moon. This actually happened during WWII, and Vonnegut was there. In fact, he was cut off from his unit and taken to the same POW camp Billy is sent to. Then he witnessed the bombing of Dresden. He called the experience, "utter destruction" and "carnage unfathomable." Vonnegut's novel reflects the brutality he experienced. It's hard to read, but it HAPPENED. <em>Slaughterhouse Five </em>is a classic. Students read it, study it, and walk away with a greater understanding of war. But it still gets banned a lot.<br /><br />I don't even get the whole <em>Twenty Boy Summer</em> banning. Why? I don't even think Scroggins read the book. But then, I doubt he read any of them. It sounds more like he had someone point out all the scenes that they had problems with, and he just summarized them. But <em>Twenty Boy Summer </em>is about the loss of a loved one, not wild teenage party fun. There are books dedicated only to partying teenagers, but <em>Twenty Boy Summer </em>isn't one of them. Sarah Ockler explains:<br /><br /><blockquote>I’m not going to spend a lot of time defending my book other than to say what those who’ve read it already know — despite its lighthearted title, TBS is not about parties and sex. It’s about two girls struggling in the aftermath of a major tragedy, with grieving parents and unfamiliar situations and secrets that threaten to kill their friendship. It’s a scary world for them, and my job as a writer is to tell their story honestly, without judgment. And I know I’ve done my job because I hear from teens who’ve experienced devastating loss, and they tell me how much the book meant to them or how they could relate to the characters more than they can relate to their own friends sometimes. One email like that is all I needed to know that I did what I set out to do.</blockquote><br />And <em>Speak</em>?<br /><br />Of all the YA novels I've read in my lifetime, I can think of not one other novel that has had a more positive impact than <em>Speak</em>. Rape isn't an easy thing to talk about. Some victims go years before ever sharing their experience with someone else or getting help. In the novel, Melinda begins her freshman year alone, shunned by her friends because she called the police while at a party over the summer. What her friends don't know is that Melinda made the call because she was raped. She begins the school year a selective mute, unable to admit what happened to her. By the end of the year, Melinda finds the strength to speak out against her attacker and opens up to her art teacher (I love her art teacher). <br /><br /><em>Speak </em>is one of the most vitally important works of young adult literature out there. It opens a line of dialogue in the home, the classroom, between friends, and I've even heard of it being used therapeutically. Reading many of the blogs <em>Speak </em>fans have posted this week, I have been awestruck at how much good <em>Speak </em>has done. Now more than ever, it is clear that no library should be without it. Melinda didn't just get her own voice back; she gave others back their voices too. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100922/OPINIONS02/9220371/Anderson-Description-of-Speak-story-may-mislead-Republic-s-citizens">Laurie Halse Anderson wrote a response to Scroggins' opinion piece</a>. It's a must-read.<br /><br />The fight to keep <em>Speak </em>in Republic Schools is making good progress, thanks to Speak Loudly and the hundreds of blogs individuals have contributed. You can read another <em>News-Leader</em> article, in which Scroggins tries to convince us he didn't call <em>Speak </em>pornography, despite the fact he did, both in his editorial (link up above) and in <a href="http://www.news-leader.com/assets/pdf/DO164334921.PDF">his original complaint to the school board</a>. But we can't just stop caring about this issue now that things are looking up. <br /><br />Books are banned all over our country constantly. Textbooks are rewritten to avoid hot topics (Maureen Johnson was just talking about textbook censoring yesterday). Authors are uninvited to speaking engagements (it's happened to Ellen Hopkins twice). Banned Book Week starts <strong>today</strong>. It's our yearly reminder that we can't just shrug our shoulders when someone tries to take a book away from us. Books are ideas; books are <em>powerful</em>. No one should ever be able to take away the freedom to read.<br /><br />Have you <em>seen </em>my bookshelf? Good luck taking my books away. They go with me to the grave. Maybe if someone is really nice, I'll give them away in my will instead of insisting that they line my coffin so I can take them with me to the afterlife, ancient-Egypt-style. <br /><br />To Wesley Scroggins, I give my favorite piece of U.S. war propaganda:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmLVrEkoRwcQOIhaRGwq_OJNsGXcPj4ElSEudkAvTgvQWe6S4XfcVqwZK50vuuJkF8Mh3cDiTKKDuq7Rrnl5ZJKK2-ASK62SJ7BhGHqGl3derBPLm3u-rMIWPOCrwcTW9D_BgUzWFrZA/s1600/Nazi+book+burning.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmLVrEkoRwcQOIhaRGwq_OJNsGXcPj4ElSEudkAvTgvQWe6S4XfcVqwZK50vuuJkF8Mh3cDiTKKDuq7Rrnl5ZJKK2-ASK62SJ7BhGHqGl3derBPLm3u-rMIWPOCrwcTW9D_BgUzWFrZA/s400/Nazi+book+burning.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5520928580046113538" /></a><br />Even though I am a pacifist, I really like this poster.<br /><br />This week I encourage you to celebrate Banned Book Week by reading <em>Speak</em>,<em> Twenty Boy Summer, Slaughterhouse Five</em>, or another banned book (I recommend Sherman Alexie's <em>The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian</em>). <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/ideasandresources/free_downloads/2010banned.pdf">You can find a title here, on the ALA's list of challenged and banned books from 2009-2010</a>. <a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/index.cfm">Here is their list of banned classics</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://speakloudly.org/">You can also get involved in Speak Loudly by visiting the organizations website</a> and by using the #SpeakLoudly tag on Twitter, writing about how Speak and other banned books have changed your life, and by talking to your teachers, parents, and friends.<br /><br />I hope to see lots of banned books getting checked out next week!<br /><br /><em>*What does that job title say to me? It says, "Smart enough to be a college professor means smart enough to KNOW BETTER."<br /><br />**This is according to every resource I've found, including the Springfield <em>News-Leader </em>and Sarah Ockler's website. If I discover otherwise or can clarify this further, I'll let you know.</em><br /><br /><em>Picture courtesy of Creative Commons, was a WWII propaganda poster released by the U.S. Department of War Information.</em> <br /><br /><em>Note: This is my personal rant. As with all the other blogs I write here, I'm sharing my own opinions, not the library's official stance on any issue. Sorry I have to put this in here, but such is the world we live in. </em>wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-88840342021839886672010-09-20T08:41:00.000-05:002010-09-20T08:42:23.819-05:00A Confession (and my review of Cassandra Clare's latest)I may have accidentally, possibly, blacked out in the bookstore. <br /><br />Really. There's no other explanation for how I ended up with Cassandra Clare's <em>City of Ashes </em>AND <em>City of Glass</em> on the passenger seat of my car when I haven't even finished <em>City of Bones </em>yet. I mean, I work in a library, I could just check them out, right? Apparently not. <br /><br />I think it was book fumes. The smell of paper and ink? Book fumes. <br /><br />Yeah. That was it. The fumes were too strong, and I succumbed to them. Book fumes convinced me that I needed to OWN the first three books of <em>The Mortal Instruments</em>, not just to read them.<br /><br />What?<br /><br />The first book, <em>City of Bones</em>?<br /><br />Yeah. I bought that too. But--it was on a different day! It isn't my fault!<br /><br />Okay, well, it kind of is...but there's an explanation!<br /><br />See, I read <em>Clockwork Angel</em>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3t0_S7LIPYbc5sgB2A7YJB42IW6j7A-nOuZ5IoMPIVvO9UQRrZu-AgS0E5nB4copyT1UexU4w8qiuM_SGQPFDfgIPJ4MKUdpcnbLddbDKaJMmFWzCzTbbUTPK2a9MksQX7ygLhvtyel8/s1600/clockworkangel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3t0_S7LIPYbc5sgB2A7YJB42IW6j7A-nOuZ5IoMPIVvO9UQRrZu-AgS0E5nB4copyT1UexU4w8qiuM_SGQPFDfgIPJ4MKUdpcnbLddbDKaJMmFWzCzTbbUTPK2a9MksQX7ygLhvtyel8/s400/clockworkangel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515310687017492690" /></a><br />And it was really, <em>really </em>good. Seriously good. And it was more than just me liking the whole Victorian setting, much more. I could not put it down. It was fantastic, addictive, I couldn't get enough. And when I finished it, I was talking with some of my book-lover friends, and they were shocked to hear I hadn't read <em>The Mortal Instruments</em> books yet. Frankly, so was I. Because the second I put down <em>Clockwork Angel</em>, I thought, "Hey! maybe there are parallels between the two series! I need to know about them, don't I? Don't I?" And by the time I'd finished that sentence, I had City of Bones in my hands and was on my way out of Walmart. The truth is, I think I just needed more Cassandra Clare, not another episode of Laura's Fun with Literary Analysis.<br /><br />I mean, <em>Clockwork Angel </em>is wonderful! I loved it. <strong>Really </strong>loved it. It's the kind of book I like to read instead of watching television, because I hate commercials so much, I stopped watching television. TV on DVD, all the way. <br /><br />What? <br /><br />You want me to talk about <em>Clockwork Angel</em>? While avoiding spoilery?<br /><br />Well, I think that can be arranged. <br /><br />Lots of people urged me to read <em>The Mortal Instruments</em>, but I have a LLLOOOOONNNNGGGG list of books to read. It's really long. But <em>Clockwork Angel </em>is a new series, and it's actually set BEFORE <em>The Mortal Instruments</em>, so I thought I'd be okay starting with <em>Clockwork Angel </em>first. <br /><br />It was more than okay. I never felt confused about anything Shadowhunter-y. So don't worry about reading <em>Clockwork Angel </em>first. <br /><br />Naturally, I can't tell you if it's a better idea to read one series <em>before </em>starting the other, but I can say with great confidence that <em>Clockwork Angel </em>in no way spoils <em>City of Bones </em>(or the first 255 pages of <em>City of Ashes</em> I don't think I've put these books down since buying them). I doubt it spoils anything.<br /><br />I <em>might </em>be a tad biased. I LOVE Victorian literature. I am also quite fond of contemporary works set in the Victorian era. <br /><br /><em>Clockwork Angel</em> follows Tessa Gray, newly arrived in London. Tessa believes she is meeting her brother, but instead she meets up with the Dark Sisters, who claim Tessa's brother sent them to escort her to her new home. <br /><br />Unfortunately for Tessa, the Dark Sisters kidnap her and force her to develop a supernatural talent Tessa never knew she possessed. Tessa attempts to escape, and in the process meets up with Shadowhunters Will and Jem (Jem! *swoons*), who bring her to London's Institute, where she will be safe while they work to determine why she was kidnapped, what the Dark Sisters were planning, and what force the sisters served.<br /><br />All that is paraphrased from the publisher's blurb. No spoilers.<br /><br />Now I will say my piece, avoiding spoilers.<br /><br />One fault I often find with many contemporary books with historical settings is that characters often think or behave in a way contrary to what was socially acceptable during the time they lived. Cassandra Clare does not in any way, shape, or form fall into this trap. She gives us a simple and elegant explanation for her characters' "modern" behavior: The Shadowhunter world is set apart from the mundane world. So, Shadowhunter relationships are without the strict social separation between classes. Mercifully for Tessa, Shadowhunters are also more open to women (HOORAY!). Tessa is permitted far more freedom at the Institute than she could have had anywhere else. That little explanation makes the whole book tons of fun to read, even after all the classes I took in college that stressed the strict social order and the lack of women's rights through history. Believe it or not, it was this solution that made me love <em>Clockwork Angel</em> as much as I do. <br /><br />Character analysis time. <br /><br />Tessa is American, brought over to a new country and, sadly, left alone and friendless. I immediately liked her. Why? She loves to read! Moreover, Tessa is the kind of protagonist YA lit (and every other genre of literature) thrives on. She isn't the most beautiful girl in the room, she's nervous about taking on new challenges and meeting strange people, she misses her brother and her aunt, and she makes mistakes. That means readers like you and me have an easy time relating to Tessa. We can see ourselves being her friend, or even BEING Tessa, were we dropped in a foreign country and left to fend for ourselves in the 1800's. Tessa makes <em>Clockwork Angel</em> appealing from the moment you pick it up.<br /><br />I often wanted to clout Will, because he ought to know better. Also because he shouldn't act the way he does with people who care about him. He's arrogant, overconfident, and narcissistic--on the surface. We can only guess what Will is really like. I think something Very Bad happened to Will, and he doesn't want to deal, so he stalks the streets of London with his weapons looking for a fight. I think he's trying to atone for...something. If he would just start being <em>kind</em>...But I can relax, because Cassandra Clare mentioned on Twitter that Will would be smacked about in the future, so I won't have to think about doing it myself all the time.<br /><br />I adore Jem (And not just because he's well behaved around Tessa). He's compassionate and a true gentleman. In Tessa's day, that was a Big Deal. I think it's a Big Deal NOW. He opens up to Tessa about his storied past rather than<em> KEEPING SECRETS </em>(*cough* Will), and what he went through only makes me like him more. But Jem has problems of his own. I only hope he can solve them before--<br /><br />I stopped myself, see? <br /><br />There is also some question (in my view) as to whether Jem told us--Tessa, that is--the whole truth. But that might just be my own paranoia...<br /><br />Cassandra Clare can be very proud of <em>Clockwork Angel</em>. She's totally won me over. I am hooked. And with the sheer volume of books she has coming out in the next two years alone, we won't be left waiting for long.<br /><br />If you want to ask question or chat about the book with Cassandra Clare (and who wouldn't? I have!) <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/37113.Q_A_with_Cassandra_Clare">go to Goodreads and join in the discussion</a>wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-11992414191705492602010-09-13T13:05:00.011-05:002010-09-13T15:19:57.261-05:00Seven Evil Ex-Boyfriends, Killer / Hero Robots, Zombies, and Mirror's EdgeWe have new graphic novels!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoEp2o_1oaVQCBMZcyJAVe-Erpnl2B-V4Kk3MkNvXRYvpY9LNIO-ltH7JK9kfV2W8XdwDhceBfCFIzbuM02pgMV1g9-vDpp4idN55MDtoFjfvUwVD7V6_CTcuMV1ihAS3IszS_jaE1aE/s1600/scott+pilgrim1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDoEp2o_1oaVQCBMZcyJAVe-Erpnl2B-V4Kk3MkNvXRYvpY9LNIO-ltH7JK9kfV2W8XdwDhceBfCFIzbuM02pgMV1g9-vDpp4idN55MDtoFjfvUwVD7V6_CTcuMV1ihAS3IszS_jaE1aE/s400/scott+pilgrim1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516475585936757154" /></a><br /><em>Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life</em> and <em>Scott Pilgrim vs. The World</em>, in which Scott Pilgrim (23 years old, Rating: Awesome) meets up with his dream girl: Ramona V. Flowers (Age Unknown, Status: Scott Is an Idiot), while he is, unfortunately, dating a girl named Knives (Knives Chau, 17 years old, Status: Totally Crazy) which isn't that big of a deal when you consider that Ramona has Seven EVIL Ex-Boyfriends that Scott must face, one by one, before he can really date Ramona. Oh, and there's punk rock and some fighting (the girl's name is KNIVES, remember?). <a href="http://www.scottpilgrim.com/">Here's the official website</a>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZgWISWBfdeeXT06R62Zd1E43pFdWOO2sFvrWqf2oFwp_XEhUQ64SrSeD3DcxUiJse3N_T4dz3Kch9HfO5wluudKaYFqbDVAg3GS28MgprD-UEuhJhriGTYh3wyZRnZSEWVIJ96gdQd0/s1600/scott+pilgrim+2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ZgWISWBfdeeXT06R62Zd1E43pFdWOO2sFvrWqf2oFwp_XEhUQ64SrSeD3DcxUiJse3N_T4dz3Kch9HfO5wluudKaYFqbDVAg3GS28MgprD-UEuhJhriGTYh3wyZRnZSEWVIJ96gdQd0/s400/scott+pilgrim+2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516470866568174002" /></a><br /><br />Scott Pilgrim's various adventures <a href="http://www.scottpilgrimthemovie.com/">became a film</a>, and you can make your own <a href="http://www.scottpilgrimthemovie.com/avatarCreator/">Scott-Pilgrim-style-you here</a>.<br /><br />(The avatar maker thing loads faster if you don't keep punching the heart. Oh, and <a href="http://www.scottpilgrimthemovie.com/avatarCreator/download/index.php?f=/1284404092767img9243658.jpg">here is mine</a>.) <br /><br />I also snatched up the next six volumes of <em>Pluto Urasawa X Tezuka</em> because <em>it's just that good</em>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvEU9824tPQFyp5Fz0ykCuUuW257YV0LTur1qIrvQqmroovHP5PJNG63ypLQM1BVJXwLlaKHkBmIZov544JaDIn9akUHyFME7GYX-yAGI7V7rQIe1Swf7cFLiby4AaB-WBVT0hdc_jUM/s1600/pluto234567.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 378px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvEU9824tPQFyp5Fz0ykCuUuW257YV0LTur1qIrvQqmroovHP5PJNG63ypLQM1BVJXwLlaKHkBmIZov544JaDIn9akUHyFME7GYX-yAGI7V7rQIe1Swf7cFLiby4AaB-WBVT0hdc_jUM/s400/pluto234567.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516479382153931778" /></a><br />We now have volumes 1-7, and we're waiting for 8.<br /><br />I love this series.<br /><br />Basically, it's a retelling of <em>Astro Boy</em>, but if you're like me, you had no idea what <em>Astro Boy </em>was until you did some research. <br /><br /><em><strong>A Ridiculously Simplified Synopsis of <em>Astro Boy</em>:</strong><br /><br />After the tragic death of his young son Tobio, Doctor Tenma creates an immensely powerful robot replica of Tobio to take Tobio's place. Tenma treated Astro (the robot copy) just like his son, but when he realized Astro could never take Tobio's place (it had to do with cubes over flowers), he gave Astro to an EVIL CIRCUS GUY named Hamegg, who was very evil. Luckily for Astro, the new head of government security, Professor Ochanomizu, sees him perform and persuades Hamegg to give Astro up. Ochanomizu treats Astro well, and they discover Astro has super-powers that he uses to save the world from robot-hating humans, human-hating robots, robot-hating-robots, human-hating-humans, and space invaders.</em><br /><br />In <em>Pluto</em>, humans and robots live together in peace. But the seven most powerful robots in the world are being destroyed serial-killer style. Through the series, we are introduced to each robot while the murder investigation is underway. <em>Pluto </em>is a lot like the old film noir mysteries. It is also VERY GOOD. You should, therefore, go read it. <br /><br /><em>The Unwritten 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity</em> by Mike Carey and Peter Gross<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlps7F75gwdpOqgV8d3hu8iEskGUr5pKv2RZMQyeDPq_2ABt2MskSWXW_9Mjcl6PorPG6ABlcgkmwO2vVXtSdB68ZAIz8-7_N4glraKcyMWoZYLqMW34YdLRKpK01EnAxgcM-000XJfHo/s1600/theunwritten1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlps7F75gwdpOqgV8d3hu8iEskGUr5pKv2RZMQyeDPq_2ABt2MskSWXW_9Mjcl6PorPG6ABlcgkmwO2vVXtSdB68ZAIz8-7_N4glraKcyMWoZYLqMW34YdLRKpK01EnAxgcM-000XJfHo/s400/theunwritten1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516491161229623154" /></a><br />Wilson Taylor has written a series of fantasy novels about Tommy Taylor. The books are hugely popular--Harry Potter popular. When Wilson goes missing, his fans hope he'll reappear someday with one more book...<br /><br />Meanwhile, the real Tom Taylor, the son Wilson abandoned, has lived his life half-worshiped, as if he were really the character his father wrote, living and breathing. Tom's life is becoming hauntingly similar to Tommy's as "he's drawn into a strange literary underworld where the power of storytelling is as strong as any spell" (from the publisher's blurb. I really liked it). <br /><br /><em>Not Simple</em> by Natsume Ono <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vXVWvve1C1mYJ7fKaWulwHqNGGwRqenMUmptwD-hdGgBWMyMUgJ8E-u0e0DQ2rf3K6axisBwgvRm19ruJhb6JzjCFvpWzJ0pQ54Yd9SHN4PK9B70FD8XedFjxEvShFfjbiZZqVnLWqw/s1600/not+simple.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-vXVWvve1C1mYJ7fKaWulwHqNGGwRqenMUmptwD-hdGgBWMyMUgJ8E-u0e0DQ2rf3K6axisBwgvRm19ruJhb6JzjCFvpWzJ0pQ54Yd9SHN4PK9B70FD8XedFjxEvShFfjbiZZqVnLWqw/s400/not+simple.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516493060746836962" /></a><br />Ian was separated from his sister as a child. But as he grows older, he decides to leave Australia to take an international quest to find her. He travels to England and later America, where he meets Jim, a reporter writing a book about Ian's life: <em>Not Simple</em>. Ian's story is told backwards through Jim's narrative, resulting in a story within a story, a book inside the book. This is the kind of thing people like me write papers on. <br /><br />And, <em>Pride and Prejudice and Zombies</em> by Jane Austen and... *shudders* Seth Grahame-Smith <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK8IcdYSaD4APIxNeiDZoI9fM51aTfFXSnDrUvY2FekBmVCu3TDrJXCQv2ozYT-yqPNFTP6ri5dtyDWSKs2R-Ctnjmd8PrwCCtd4lTuxzSnp0o61yDTKKkroSFItdTAWwJ8JGcDDrCzQ/s1600/ppandz.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXK8IcdYSaD4APIxNeiDZoI9fM51aTfFXSnDrUvY2FekBmVCu3TDrJXCQv2ozYT-yqPNFTP6ri5dtyDWSKs2R-Ctnjmd8PrwCCtd4lTuxzSnp0o61yDTKKkroSFItdTAWwJ8JGcDDrCzQ/s400/ppandz.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516495130186262978" /></a><br />I'm not even going to say anything about this. Just...read Jane Austen's novel too, okay? I mean, I'm a lit major, this is like taking a razor blade to the Mona Lisa. Really. But, you go ahead...have fun... *backs away from graphic novel*<br /><br />I am a girl, as you know. What you might not know is that I am also a Gamer. Have you played <em>Mirror's Edge</em>? Play it. It will make you want to leap off buildings in real life, but resist that. Instead, read this:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCAZm75JUCqZmmfQ3cjtwj-f3KyvHdpEDxLn4IvsJK_i32nTyCNVuM3CCh181dNjUEu9Ko0sMVR8eOEebDgYBFNztVGb9zmDZuI6t85DTYD2wt_TTcbCfF1B6iGu3_uMSZXzTYgaYgNQ/s1600/mirrorsedge.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGCAZm75JUCqZmmfQ3cjtwj-f3KyvHdpEDxLn4IvsJK_i32nTyCNVuM3CCh181dNjUEu9Ko0sMVR8eOEebDgYBFNztVGb9zmDZuI6t85DTYD2wt_TTcbCfF1B6iGu3_uMSZXzTYgaYgNQ/s400/mirrorsedge.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516488673010074066" /></a><br />I think there is nothing cooler than free running. I wish I could do it! But I all I manage is falling down and hurting myself with great frequency. <br /><br />And, last but not least: We have tons of new <em>Bleach </em>upstairs too.wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-8548578529762141192010-09-13T10:13:00.013-05:002010-09-13T12:57:49.150-05:00New Books, OR, How Sarah Rees Brennan Made My DayFirst we must talk about Sarah Rees Brennan (author of such YA titles as: <em>The Demon's Lexicon</em>, <em>The Demon's Covenant</em>, and <em>The Eternal Kiss</em>) and how she MADE MY DAY!<br /><br />I didn't sleep very well last night. I actually didn't sleep at all. Well, maybe I slept an hour. But that was it! So I am groggy. Not awake at all. In fact, I bet I am not even very nice right now, and people are avoiding me. But I could be wrong.<br /><br />The important thing is that I'm not in a sour mood anymore. And it is because Sarah Rees Brennan MADE MY DAY. <br /><br />Do any of you watch <em>The Vampire Diaries</em>? I started watching them last week, since the first season came out on DVD so I could rent it. Somehow, that show works. I don't know why. It just does. I have found myself captivated by it.<br /><br />As it turns out, I am not alone. Sarah Rees Brennan (who must be referred to with all three of her names at every moment because together, they sound so <em>epic</em>) watches the show too, and she has provided us with her commentary. <br /><br />Without further ado, <a href="http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/171425.html">go read</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://sarahtales.livejournal.com/">You should probably just read her blog every day now, because I told you to</a>. <br /><br />Now that I am in a happy mood, have some new books:<br /><br /><em>Soul Enchilada </em>by David Macinnis Gill<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfz4n47t7GK9cGNwL6nX0-vLUNoECfTEQMsgUt4PQgjghLsapt8Zq_rz0juhR7HgGZciskr02Pbk5vKUIuuDsCD6VhRWCTOxAvkFiERtMVoM3cThJzXkb1Nu3Yb-4P6MECj6t5ptHCGTk/s1600/soul+enchilada.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfz4n47t7GK9cGNwL6nX0-vLUNoECfTEQMsgUt4PQgjghLsapt8Zq_rz0juhR7HgGZciskr02Pbk5vKUIuuDsCD6VhRWCTOxAvkFiERtMVoM3cThJzXkb1Nu3Yb-4P6MECj6t5ptHCGTk/s400/soul+enchilada.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516424353234508562" /></a><br />One girl, one boy. Their eyes meet from across the car wash. It was love at first sight--except the girl's grandfather sold his soul to the devil for a classic Caddy and used HER soul as collateral. Now the devil's come around to collect, and he's taking the car AND her soul. Luckily Bug Smoot is fearless and ready for a fight. And Luckily that boy from the car wash is a secret agent dedicated to facing down the paranormal.<br /><br /><em>Eon </em>by Alison Goodman<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAxdb2L-iaBqhEw4jU53a2sRJWQFv-zEqAPYkKwOQDFcG8qsiQb0RpCsSOG1rD_GOjDwNRe97rsioGbp_RmBqCy7VeyLCoDj2usF74_iUJ6klXI34Op-49PQUgWcpJ4Rlofp4KGM7yTU/s1600/eon.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAxdb2L-iaBqhEw4jU53a2sRJWQFv-zEqAPYkKwOQDFcG8qsiQb0RpCsSOG1rD_GOjDwNRe97rsioGbp_RmBqCy7VeyLCoDj2usF74_iUJ6klXI34Op-49PQUgWcpJ4Rlofp4KGM7yTU/s400/eon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516425677586729778" /></a><br />Fans of Tamora Pierce and Kristin Cashore will love Eon. He's spent his whole life training to become a Dragoneye. Except Eon is really Eona, a sixteen-year-old girl, not the twelve-year-old boy she's been pretending to be. If her secret is discovered, she'll be executed. Women are forbidden to use Dragon Magic. And then everything falls apart.<br /><br />Also, I should mention that it IS possible to stand the way Eona is posed on the cover. Although you can't get out of that position without professional help. Otherwise it hurts. I would know. What? Yoga made me do it. <br /><br /><em>Fire: Tales of Elemental Spirits</em> by Robid McKinley and Peter Dickinson (two fantasy greats you should absolutely know)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTnYGHAPeaLJMdBoD-bKj3RYTA0sWgHpKZbsuncq0tnnB2N-W6QL6ABW3Sl3TOyfm8sMz7NJ2tBDf9cv9gvf2dUuknJPWM_fOg_Gq65YVGyepf4CO7z-kZ_ow7dvfHt5VZKV20wPIv7I/s1600/firetales.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnTnYGHAPeaLJMdBoD-bKj3RYTA0sWgHpKZbsuncq0tnnB2N-W6QL6ABW3Sl3TOyfm8sMz7NJ2tBDf9cv9gvf2dUuknJPWM_fOg_Gq65YVGyepf4CO7z-kZ_ow7dvfHt5VZKV20wPIv7I/s400/firetales.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516428412677874690" /></a><br />McKinley and Dickinson have written five short stories about creatures whose lives and deaths are centered around fire. With the two of them behind it, this book is bound to be a masterpiece of storytelling.<br /><br />Wow. That pun was completely unintentional. Sorry.<br /><br />Moving on.<br /><br /><em>The Indigo Notebook </em>by Laura Resau, author of <em>Red Glass </em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXPzkh75_bMUU2frwKYz6mrtU4MAS6HjIZEZqv7xrawlbhw75Rkat926LTHwaVGGcIRRNqSEZ4vyHlcAgW8FCHjQwkIQMmJM_sZzBc6YDCn1ZaYml2Y9Pwb8S7_v-RGedywuIH4eKgnc/s1600/indigo+notebook.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuXPzkh75_bMUU2frwKYz6mrtU4MAS6HjIZEZqv7xrawlbhw75Rkat926LTHwaVGGcIRRNqSEZ4vyHlcAgW8FCHjQwkIQMmJM_sZzBc6YDCn1ZaYml2Y9Pwb8S7_v-RGedywuIH4eKgnc/s400/indigo+notebook.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516428999623612290" /></a><br />Zeeta and her English-teacher mother, Layla, move from country to country yearly. Layla thrives on change, but Zeeta isn't so happy with their arrangement. <br /><br />Finding herself in the Ecuadoran Andes, Zeeta meets up with an American teen, Wendell, who has come to Ecuador searching for his birth parents. Zeeta agrees to help him in his search for the truth.<br /><br /><em>Deadly Little Secret</em> by Laurie Faria Stolarz<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxZLyrZ0A9nccaP2S_Y6JVeDQWEk0plCihLhMY_dWoq-3g2ZJVCh_U6leklYanf8K_LVGtLxZqgfmVEhc_TGKWmv4i2UhrRHJj18CaazlshJUW-pZUw3RM40DHcjBbP9n0id_qHbthoA/s1600/deadly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuxZLyrZ0A9nccaP2S_Y6JVeDQWEk0plCihLhMY_dWoq-3g2ZJVCh_U6leklYanf8K_LVGtLxZqgfmVEhc_TGKWmv4i2UhrRHJj18CaazlshJUW-pZUw3RM40DHcjBbP9n0id_qHbthoA/s400/deadly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516453430231628690" /></a><br />This novel begins with a near-death experience for poor Camelia, whose day couldn't have been worse. She hopes. After meeting up with mysterious Ben, the new boy in school who may or may not have been the cause of his ex-girlfriend's accidental death, Camelia's ordinary life becomes anything but--complete with mysterious telephone calls, packages, and thinly veiled threats. Now Camelia is wondering if she can really trust Ben, or if their secrets will keep them apart. <br /><br /><em>Jealousy </em>by Lili St. Crow, the third <em>Strange Angels </em>novel<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0T4cExK8zg1aKdExoHhE4g11klAaYGYeEs08EWAt02pLU0MgAYq0xJUKgY2cTldicVZC17Ke5Bb2yucFQDldxGbDKgxRGH3UndWSanRKjaGcwo29MuWOFZEv7IajwuxCiS7VBWC0V3I/s1600/jealousy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0T4cExK8zg1aKdExoHhE4g11klAaYGYeEs08EWAt02pLU0MgAYq0xJUKgY2cTldicVZC17Ke5Bb2yucFQDldxGbDKgxRGH3UndWSanRKjaGcwo29MuWOFZEv7IajwuxCiS7VBWC0V3I/s400/jealousy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516456676937353474" /></a><br />Poor Dru has finally made it to Schola Prima, home of the Order and training center for the djamphir, but the safety she was looking for is still out of reach. While Graves and Christophe struggle to...not...kill each other, Dru is still coping with the four-hundred-year-old psychotic nosferat Sergej, who wants her dead. Meanwhile, the Order is captivated by newcomer Anna, who wouldn't mind taking on Dru herself, so Anna can have what she really wants: Christophe.wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-69662400932049476492010-09-08T12:31:00.002-05:002010-09-08T12:39:40.432-05:00It's Never too EarlyI know the school year has only just begun, and all of you are doubtless concerned with all sorts of school-related things. But I would be remiss in my duties if I didn't throw little tidbits of information your way when I find them. So here is one of them...<br /><br />The Wabash County College Fair is being held at Manchester College on September 29 from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. It's totally free, and students can meet with representatives from 37 different schools. Just drop by the College Union that night, and you can pick up brochures, ask questions, learn about academic requirements, and so forth. <br /><br />If you want more information about this event, go read more about it <a href="http://www.manchester.edu/oca/PR/Files/News/CollegeFair2010.htm">here</a>.wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-84242365514480017302010-08-25T14:44:00.021-05:002010-08-27T11:14:45.676-05:00More New Series FictionFirst I have to say, these books are very...pink. And they mostly have girls on the cover. So if you dislike books that are pink with girls on the cover, you might want to try another post. But I will say this: Publishers market books to the people they feel will be the most likely to buy said books in vast quantities, so be aware. Sometimes this is misleading, so you'll want to be aware of that as you pick out books for yourself!<br /><br /><em>Broken Soup </em>by Jenny Valentine has a strange title, but I promise it will make perfect sense when you've read the book. It's also one of the many books that looks like "chick-lit" but ISN'T. Valentine also wrote <em>Me, the Missing, and the Dead</em> (I told you about that a few months ago. A few weeks ago? You don't really expect me to keep track, I hope), which I couldn't put down. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKJgKVFWupuiph8dYJh6g6peboxeq2Jl35utR9r-R6I1nYJ9gTSkqaxaYwqNswDLApcH1aNUiX4F3fkVgUqD6bKo4hTGkkyHZfQLEOA6mCN94aTmgpRxCjNfzQyBCrkhXelLkqMZay20/s1600/brokensoup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 289px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKJgKVFWupuiph8dYJh6g6peboxeq2Jl35utR9r-R6I1nYJ9gTSkqaxaYwqNswDLApcH1aNUiX4F3fkVgUqD6bKo4hTGkkyHZfQLEOA6mCN94aTmgpRxCjNfzQyBCrkhXelLkqMZay20/s400/brokensoup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510122631499874290" /></a><br />Rowan's brother is dead. Her father is gone. Her mother won't get out of bed. And Rowan is raising her little sister, Stroma, and trying to keep it all together.<br /><br />She's waiting in line when a boy walks up to her and hands her a photo negative, claiming she'd dropped it. Knowing she hadn't, Rowan tries to argue, but in the end, keeps it. Once developed, she discovers a mystery.<br /><br /><em>The Treasure Map of Boys: Noel, Jackson, Finn, Hutch, Gideon--and Me, Ruby Oliver</em> by E.Lockhart, is the third Ruby Oliver book.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9dnx3jRFTPo6vVjOtlVucqOAgKFrPxsO9oJmX5eyNaa6YAB8YoRIb1JFftaCEaLryPtFgIRFZocltbkV4xYm6WELuXMUhyvxjeO-Wh1BTylCPVKTfh2WynBL1aSiV0cT-FC-VuABX8w/s1600/treasure.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9dnx3jRFTPo6vVjOtlVucqOAgKFrPxsO9oJmX5eyNaa6YAB8YoRIb1JFftaCEaLryPtFgIRFZocltbkV4xYm6WELuXMUhyvxjeO-Wh1BTylCPVKTfh2WynBL1aSiV0cT-FC-VuABX8w/s400/treasure.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5510117718764688690" /></a><br />This is one series you'll want to give a chance, even if you're not the pink-girl-book kind of person. Why? In short, E. Lockhart is squirt-milk-out-your-nose hilarious. She takes funny to places it's never been before, and her novel <em>The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks</em> made me laugh so hard I felt like I'd done a thousand sit-ups the next morning (did you know you could pull your abdominal muscles when you laugh? You can. It is a painful discovery). <br /><br />So if you are drawn to humorous books, give Ruby Oliver a chance. She won't disappoint.<br /><br /><br /><br />From Frewin Jones'<em> Faerie Path </em>series, <em>The Seventh Daughter</em>*...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5DOgWpPQ8Y7JOTVpbWiK5fZu4yso1nr7ApwEBR3rAH-t048P6da6qO6gGk_2n0HAoaHgUL9sx_fBtl6F7R6ulobrkzw_d2Xsh0rEbWE8jF5SCbozbrYfiHQx68ZS9EQ2Wdr8grg2C7s/s1600/7daughter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB5DOgWpPQ8Y7JOTVpbWiK5fZu4yso1nr7ApwEBR3rAH-t048P6da6qO6gGk_2n0HAoaHgUL9sx_fBtl6F7R6ulobrkzw_d2Xsh0rEbWE8jF5SCbozbrYfiHQx68ZS9EQ2Wdr8grg2C7s/s400/7daughter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509440133023959474" /></a><br />and <em>The Immortal Realm </em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SlineCWqSZK20WoN0zK1x0zoRIn6kfHP7bvCFMXJ-rCQAyvUnCkbclcJxTYs8NpejoiSPdVf03MIfqEsS8O3mIb7ZBMWWcpWW-MUgdMxWClu0MrU9N-Z5pQuV_uleTakd_3wmfxAmZE/s1600/immortalrealm.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_SlineCWqSZK20WoN0zK1x0zoRIn6kfHP7bvCFMXJ-rCQAyvUnCkbclcJxTYs8NpejoiSPdVf03MIfqEsS8O3mIb7ZBMWWcpWW-MUgdMxWClu0MrU9N-Z5pQuV_uleTakd_3wmfxAmZE/s400/immortalrealm.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509440144218244050" /></a><br /><br />We have <em>Bleach 10 </em>(more volumes to come).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3L8_U2-9sJpb-4RIdHrSfEhPzoHK_lA-YpWbV4o5eDm2xXPP65v5pbMCDUYMsYfB8wWTrzQ7sCd8Dmmt-mzdJ1o6bX9IinGHmW3Zz92DvuK2DHmg8xA_mqlTA9XIxoNmATa6T9xsMag/s1600/bleach10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir3L8_U2-9sJpb-4RIdHrSfEhPzoHK_lA-YpWbV4o5eDm2xXPP65v5pbMCDUYMsYfB8wWTrzQ7sCd8Dmmt-mzdJ1o6bX9IinGHmW3Zz92DvuK2DHmg8xA_mqlTA9XIxoNmATa6T9xsMag/s400/bleach10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509471474593697202" /></a><br />The sequel to <em>Rules of the Road </em>(some of you might remember that from Battle of the Books this year), <em>Best Foot Forward</em>. Both are by Joan Bauer. But you Battle alumni should have known that already. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6zJa5wWAcK2sti6PfKjyHdmQrNuuNrGcYQZpmnRPCF0gaSOO4PKLf7kMuchwEFtMJO4nA8mU0LL0ahu1lPFhVSJm7TyreIjFJwI6b1OscrJkgulQiu_EMs-TQm2qnkOQBmExdLOqX3g/s1600/bestfoot.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc6zJa5wWAcK2sti6PfKjyHdmQrNuuNrGcYQZpmnRPCF0gaSOO4PKLf7kMuchwEFtMJO4nA8mU0LL0ahu1lPFhVSJm7TyreIjFJwI6b1OscrJkgulQiu_EMs-TQm2qnkOQBmExdLOqX3g/s400/bestfoot.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509475938398699458" /></a><br />It is on my reading list. But someone else gets it first. Because I am Nice.<br /><br /><em>Spells</em>, the sequel to <em>Wings</em>, by Aprilynne Pike<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGqaCTh4rMVMBR55qdfoMgx18WSJgM6GLDY4g8yw9KIcqbWHLv0DMZYqQp1iI2AhgvZ6QwE-sPPOOzRGbA_PMUG4DzRpa_Vpqxm2kNw-x7vDP8ugbj5aDHSr505JXGmJ09Zooa3TqpFQ/s1600/spells.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGqaCTh4rMVMBR55qdfoMgx18WSJgM6GLDY4g8yw9KIcqbWHLv0DMZYqQp1iI2AhgvZ6QwE-sPPOOzRGbA_PMUG4DzRpa_Vpqxm2kNw-x7vDP8ugbj5aDHSr505JXGmJ09Zooa3TqpFQ/s400/spells.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509476593921750082" /></a><br />Because you ASKED, I got it in hardcover--because, again, I am Nice. This installment continues Laurel's story as she struggles to balance her human life with her faerie identity. She doesn't want to leave her home--or David, her human boyfriend--behind. When she's summoned to Avalon, though, Laurel meets the faerie sentry Tamani, and is instantly drawn to him. Now Laurel must choose, and deal with the heartbreak that could result.<br /><br />The <em>Chaos Walking </em>series continues with <em>The Ask and the Answer </em>by Patrick Ness. <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fSxPdymI_l89feCW83cHqzSAz8zoVAwshvpQxfXdnx7ZzIfW0kO58z3zuxas_Eye4JDKhWXzDbgWjefcWcFjAEJ1BOWVlwfr4-PTO8PvYbpAo0hoxK37nvzuhQEMdPWnVQCmTFqHoag/s1600/askanswer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-fSxPdymI_l89feCW83cHqzSAz8zoVAwshvpQxfXdnx7ZzIfW0kO58z3zuxas_Eye4JDKhWXzDbgWjefcWcFjAEJ1BOWVlwfr4-PTO8PvYbpAo0hoxK37nvzuhQEMdPWnVQCmTFqHoag/s400/askanswer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509476587601464738" /></a><br /><br />Todd is running with the wounded Viola, but the two find themselves captured by Mayor Prentiss. Todd and Viola are separated, and he is imprisoned while the Mayor reveals his horrifying new order. Todd has no idea where Viola is, if she is safe, or if she is still alive. He doesn't know who the Answer are. And then the bombing begins. <br /><br />The third book in this series, <em>Monsters of Men</em>, is due out September 28, so if you haven't started reading this series, now is the time. I've got <em>Monsters of Men </em>preordered for us, <em>so watch for it on the new book cart after its release</em>! <br /><br />Have you read this yet?<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrk22JFmNNbC4A8qBFmWnvVmgiBUa9vq-kPIwQDuWzWfXzsX9YRUyYYOHynJ2GEbczudSERyYogHIWQbfi4aoo-mhA9dB3l7lUD-vdopZ0J7yDzn4fRzmAxpOmTiOf9B0cyOqFqvCE9o/s1600/goodspyyoung.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 269px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGrk22JFmNNbC4A8qBFmWnvVmgiBUa9vq-kPIwQDuWzWfXzsX9YRUyYYOHynJ2GEbczudSERyYogHIWQbfi4aoo-mhA9dB3l7lUD-vdopZ0J7yDzn4fRzmAxpOmTiOf9B0cyOqFqvCE9o/s400/goodspyyoung.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509835487325085554" /></a><br />You should. <em>Only the Good Spy Young</em> by Ally Carter, <em>Gallagher Girls </em>book four. <br /><br />I got hit by a car while reading this book. I couldn't put it down, so I was reading it and walking, and all of a sudden, out of the blue, <strong><em>BAM!</em></strong> <br /><br />It didn't really hurt all that much. It was mostly just a nudge, not even enough to really bruise. I was so surprised; I looked up from my book and realized--<br /><br />The car was standing still. <br /><br />I had walked right into it, while it sat parked in a spot in a space in the lot, just as it was supposed to be. It wasn't even pulled up too far or at a funny angle. It was just like all the cars around it. <br /><br />And we have all of Lurlene McDaniel's <em>Angels in Pink </em>series, <em>Raina's Story, Holly's Story, </em>and <em>Kathleen's Story</em>. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrWl8OYIqPbz8eCv2BIkVb8M6oi4TlUS8AKpdqrrfz_JtoCgP1ss52V4ugYWcfuuAGmzoOoN2yRHhv2_9mksFPVs2T0j5FC1-YzcF9I85jc6DTXrlw06L70rEqQCD6Q0WnN_S9t0lnzk/s1600/angelsinpink.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdrWl8OYIqPbz8eCv2BIkVb8M6oi4TlUS8AKpdqrrfz_JtoCgP1ss52V4ugYWcfuuAGmzoOoN2yRHhv2_9mksFPVs2T0j5FC1-YzcF9I85jc6DTXrlw06L70rEqQCD6Q0WnN_S9t0lnzk/s400/angelsinpink.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509841548690593234" /></a><br />Three best friends Raina, Holly, and Kathleen sign up as volunteers at Parker-Sloan General Hospital at Raina's persuasion. The three girls find romance, discover family secrets, and cope with tragedy as they grow closer together.<br /><br />Next we have <em>Pretty Little Liars </em>by Sara Shepard--or, to clarify, we have <em>Pretty Little Liars, Flawless, Perfect, Unbelievable, Wicked, Killer</em>, and <em>Heartless</em>--the first seven books in the series. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsw1k7M4gp-lHdSKlh1GGKn-ZfDIj18nnsfcWCRLbdAqu3ByFV1hHCKdTRM29bLtUiVbtlFSyMBwwswYoGJ5z9VoEg6HesJLLQ_dNZwponKyH1MRGT-VkB7vfGQ7k1uNbI3ueVU90nqqU/s1600/prettylittleliars.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsw1k7M4gp-lHdSKlh1GGKn-ZfDIj18nnsfcWCRLbdAqu3ByFV1hHCKdTRM29bLtUiVbtlFSyMBwwswYoGJ5z9VoEg6HesJLLQ_dNZwponKyH1MRGT-VkB7vfGQ7k1uNbI3ueVU90nqqU/s400/prettylittleliars.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509846205177342130" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdQ7uRnm4vhOBWDJ1H5m4a5GsxMqfw5dV8_HIHTGDARM1KCWbKEk_QLbS-e65pKSDLRVnveBO5ajtQ9KK2n9T_SlYKAFcRwQmCYURjy0bF_oBYkdLQ-M2T49CjqFStyFYvnCBl4HhMMc/s1600/prettylittleliarsgroup.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 398px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSdQ7uRnm4vhOBWDJ1H5m4a5GsxMqfw5dV8_HIHTGDARM1KCWbKEk_QLbS-e65pKSDLRVnveBO5ajtQ9KK2n9T_SlYKAFcRwQmCYURjy0bF_oBYkdLQ-M2T49CjqFStyFYvnCBl4HhMMc/s400/prettylittleliarsgroup.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5509846209485861522" /></a><br /><br />Now, I have a little confession to make.<br /><br />Those covers kind of freak me out. <br /><br />You know how some dolls aren't cute at all, but kind of scary? Or really scary? The dolls on these books look mean, but not frightening, until you flip the books over and look at the back covers.<br /><br />You see, the dolls on the covers were made to look identical to the models featured on the back, and it's CREEPY. I've taken to referring to them as The Demon Barbie Doll Books, so don't be confused if I call them that in the future. That's what the publisher gets for putting evil looking Barbie-esque dolls right there on the cover.<br /><br />As I'm sure you already know, there is a television series based on Shepard's <em>PLL </em>books on ABC Family. I have only seen one episode, because I don't have cable or satillite at home, but it seemed good. It had a <em>Desperate Housewives </em>kind of feel to it--miserable girls with dark secrets who have everything they want but still aren't content, mostly because of the secrets. <br /><br />Spencer, Aria, Emily and Hanna are all best friends with Alison, who they refer to as A. The five of them share a secret, something none of them talks about. Each of the girls loves A, but one day A vanishes without a trace and the girls feel something that surprises them a little. Relief. Because as wonderful as A was, bright, popular, the center of attention, she was also cruel and manipulative, someone they feared as much as admired.<br /><br />The real mystery is how A went missing--what happened to her, and how were her friends involved?<br /><br />Hey, don't look at me! I just started the first book.<br /><br />*<em>A.R. Quiz-takers BEWARE. <em>The Seventh Daughter </em>was not always the title of this book! The title USED to be <em>The Sorcerer King</em>, but it was SWITCHED in order to confuse you and make you think this book isn't worth any A.R. points when, in fact, it IS! Just look up <em>The Sorcerer King </em>when you want to take the quiz. And, for the record, the reading level is 5.8 and it's worth 12 points.</em>wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-81111839095876306192010-08-23T12:35:00.003-05:002010-08-23T13:19:43.647-05:00Did you know that...Every year the ALA (librarian-speak for the American Library Association) reveals the Teen's Top Ten--the books judged to be the top ten new titles for teen readers?<br /><br />But the ALA doesn't pick them. <strong>You </strong>do. <br /><br />You can now skip my whole rant by going to the Place Where Voting Happens: <br /><br /><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/teenstopten2010">Vote here!</a><br /><br />Now that you're done, you don't have to listen to me anymore. Isn't that nice?<br /><br />If, however, you chose to stick around, you get to hear more fascinating information about the 2010 Teens Top Ten list!<br /><br />Lots of you just left, didn't you?<br /><br />*sigh*<br /><br />In order for the list to happen, teens nominate their favorite books of the previous year. Nominators are members of book groups in 15 schools and public libraries all over the country. Kind of like what your math or science teacher would call a "random sampling"--a smallish-group of teens that can represent the whole (which is you). <br /><br />Now we get to talk statistics! Because I feel like it, that's why.<br /><br />When you hear on the news, "80% of today's youth finds this blog post boring," it isn't just a made-up number like that statistic is up there. Why? Because that would be a lie and the news people would get sued. Or eight out of ten of you would all think that this blog entry is boring, because the news said you had to. Wait. Maybe not that last one.<br /><br />You can tell my statistic is made up because it is a very low number for a blog about statistics. I mean, if I really asked you how boring you found statistics, you would say "VERY BORING!" or roll your eyes and walk away. Most of you would do this. Except for my friend Kat who actually went to school for Math and Crunches Numbers all day long. She told me I could call her if I needed to do math in my head, like to figure out sales tax or how big a tip to leave. Kat is nice.<br /><br />But most of you, I'm guessing, would call statistics "boring," leaving me with no other choice but to MAKE YOU BORED! And if I really asked all of you, we might, perhaps find out that 99.9999% of you find statistics to be skull-crushingly, mind-bendingly, sleep inducingly boring.<br /><br />Or we might find that 33.8% of you hate statistics, 12.2% of you don't really care whether I talk about statistics or not because you're indifferent to statistics in general, and all the rest of you LOVE statistics and dance around the room when someone starts talking about them.<br /><br />In order to find out how many of you think I'm boring, I could go out and ask you each, "Do you think statistics are boring?" And then you would answer me. Then I could tally up my results and tell you with complete certainty that X% of you think I am boring and Y% of you hang on my every word. <br /><br />But let's face it. I am not a people person. I like to sit in the back of the room with my book and pretend I don't exist. That makes things quieter, you know? So I would need to do what all other scientists and pollsters around the world do, which is CHEAT.<br /><br />That's what it is, really. At least, that's what it is when you're me and someone tries to explain statistics to you.<br /><br />Most statistics are complied using Random Sampling (which is not a proper noun, but it looks more important that way). Using my Boredom Poll model, I would feed, say, the yearbook from your high school into a computer. The computer would then spit out names of people it picked using a complicated formula that makes it random. This is where the philosopher in me wants to say, "Nothing is random." But that's a blog for another day. An accurate sample is BIG--the more people the better. Let's say, for the purpose of argument, that I rounded up 100 people from all the area high schools using my computer program and asked them my questions. That would be a Random Sample. And, given how our country schools are pretty tiny, it is an okay-ish sample size. I would then take your answers and have Kat crunch the numbers to tell me the real percent of you who think, "Laura is being very boring in this blog post, and I wish she would talk more about sneezing pandas <br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzRH3iTQPrk?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzRH3iTQPrk?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />or angry goats,<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0zJUoWDgBMo?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0zJUoWDgBMo?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />or the time you got caught in the revolving door,<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HeafsydZaV4?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HeafsydZaV4?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />which kind of looked like this but without all the broken glass.<br /><br />Now back to my point.<br /><br />The ALA takes a random sample of teens from around the country and asks them, "What were your favorite books this year?" And they give the ALA lists. And the ALA takes the lists and compiles them into a Master List and then YOU VOTE! <br /><br />And once you've voted, the ALA compiles the votes AGAIN and then during Teen Read Week, which is October 17--22, it announces the 2010 TEEN'S TOP TEN!<br /><br />And then we throw a party because <em>Paper Towns</em> won. Oh. Wait. That was last year.<br /><br />Voting for this year's list opens TODAY! So...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/teenstopten2010">Go VOTE!</a>wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-51763766297014171782010-08-16T15:24:00.003-05:002010-08-16T15:33:05.637-05:00New Series FictionBehold!<br /><br /><em>The Dangerous Days of Daniel X: Watch the Skies</em> by James Patterson and Ned Rust!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyZ3TkuvFgGBSUR7VN2Owfy5m9Xse_bSqusJpGhpxnz_P8_keWWXvAJq6FNcuIFYTmVWfWQDcE1LhFMIID3cbb0lK4pttqcFkyrsw_oMlN94DpCVDnq_l7mgg2A5khGDhf0v9NUemU1I/s1600/watch+the+skies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeyZ3TkuvFgGBSUR7VN2Owfy5m9Xse_bSqusJpGhpxnz_P8_keWWXvAJq6FNcuIFYTmVWfWQDcE1LhFMIID3cbb0lK4pttqcFkyrsw_oMlN94DpCVDnq_l7mgg2A5khGDhf0v9NUemU1I/s400/watch+the+skies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506106778818725842" /></a><br />Daniel fights creatures of gut-wrenching terror in this second installment of alien mayhem!<br /><br />The fourth Blue Bloods novel: <em>The Van Alen Legacy</em> by Melissa De La Cruz...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09mOtf-NbKuPFLOCyE7ALvFyumvcgAavqiJdsIxJW7o0fYs6H_g6PgWm_fPmg9czUKakfsX-K5bo4Iu9FDSyHi_IGrv_yEfq3mweRcLm76SrREnDxRPpeKuWTZEIjno7emwLr8TseNoU/s1600/vanalen.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi09mOtf-NbKuPFLOCyE7ALvFyumvcgAavqiJdsIxJW7o0fYs6H_g6PgWm_fPmg9czUKakfsX-K5bo4Iu9FDSyHi_IGrv_yEfq3mweRcLm76SrREnDxRPpeKuWTZEIjno7emwLr8TseNoU/s400/vanalen.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506106775583661330" /></a><br />The Blue Bloods are in a battle for their very survival as the threat of the Silver Bloods grows and--I don't know what that means. Sorry. Romance, vampirism, and so forth. Enjoy.wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-14845453101408864592010-07-26T13:33:00.003-05:002010-07-26T13:57:51.935-05:00The Best Books I'd Never Read (Until Today): As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQu9SGrMASNOz1GQ978nERoUdjJ62HVY9JQOkPuzQJ6TaXsESZPa9BR78h5dTsyUr-v9ay6nXUpeBpHDW-X1dMH_odbCPsp0iBjygaOF1Cf09rhNS6FhcQQHCA1Ew_N1bogLdyvtmCda8/s1600/as+easy+as+falling.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQu9SGrMASNOz1GQ978nERoUdjJ62HVY9JQOkPuzQJ6TaXsESZPa9BR78h5dTsyUr-v9ay6nXUpeBpHDW-X1dMH_odbCPsp0iBjygaOF1Cf09rhNS6FhcQQHCA1Ew_N1bogLdyvtmCda8/s400/as+easy+as+falling.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498290028136630402" /></a><br />Vital statistics: <em>As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth </em>by Lynne Rae Perkins, all-around-awesome book. <br /><br />I have had some vacations go horribly wrong in my life, but even my worst moments couldn't compare with Ry's summer.<br /><br />What begins as an innocent trip to archaeology camp goes horribly awry as he first discovers the camp no longer exists, then manages to first lose his cell phone charge, then his train (along with backpack and majority of possessions), then a large quantity of blood (nosebleed), then one shoe, then the vision in one eye (he ran into a cable).<br /><br />Meanwhile, his mother and father are on a sailing trip, out of touch, and having a "fabulous" time. Except for the mast breaking. And the twisted ankle. And the robbery.<br /><br />And Ry's grandfather is concussed.<br /><br />And missing.<br /><br />And he isn't altogether sure where he is, except he may or may not have lost the dogs, if there were dogs at all.<br /><br />(There were.)<br /><br />The dogs are on their way to the old house, Incredible-Journey-style.<br /><br />If they could remember where the old house was. <br /><br />And since his family just moved...Ry can't very well depend on the neighbors to come to the rescue...<br /><br />But in between all the losing, Ry does a lot of finding. He finds Del, for one, and the two embark on a family-finding, true-love-tracking adventure. <br /><br />Here's my favorite quote, which I must share. It involves the replacement shoes Ry is forced to purchase following the loss of the aforementioned boot. The shoes in question are white lizard-skin loafers with gold chain (one chain is missing): <br /><br />"The shoes were a metaphor for the decline of western civilization: crappy and glitzy and barely useful, but pretty comfortable. This is the narrator's opinion. Ry didn't think that thought specifically, but he felt as dispirited as if he had."<br /><br />Oh--and it goes on!<br /><br />"The contrast between the shoes and the striped tube socks was interesting. Probably a metaphor for something depressing, too. It looked as if a lawm mower-riding failed gambler in shorts with a potbelly should be attached to his legs."<br /><br />It goes without saying that the above caused me to laugh hysterically, inhale sweet tea, and choke. But it was worth it.<br /><br />Now that I've finished <em>As Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth</em>, I'm reading Lynne Rae Perkin's novel <em>Criss Cross</em>--the one that won the Newbery Medal.<br /><br />And if the Printz committee is paying attention to little old me...take a good long look at this one.*<br /><br />*The above sentence is my way of saying, "Give this book LOTS of awards because it is GOOD and I LOVED it.wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-25326275415676592402010-07-20T14:18:00.008-05:002010-07-20T14:27:00.236-05:00Presents!Next week on this very day, it will be My Birthday! You may leave presents for me at the circulation desk. I like yarn.<br /><br />But for now, I will give you gifts.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFekFHjjQ7m398PgBG7YCTSlPQVENu8NOKrKNQ3NgthE4ZkSTabnQkrJp-upo8FP2q0e15NucLDDv932sFt0PnkDETB7J5XnMsN0w4N4UvGwmo-1SqGED-GFdAZB5MU3gPpQN1GPPWhY/s1600/splendor.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGFekFHjjQ7m398PgBG7YCTSlPQVENu8NOKrKNQ3NgthE4ZkSTabnQkrJp-upo8FP2q0e15NucLDDv932sFt0PnkDETB7J5XnMsN0w4N4UvGwmo-1SqGED-GFdAZB5MU3gPpQN1GPPWhY/s400/splendor.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496070969723382162" /></a><br /><em>Splendor</em> by Anna Godberson<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-K3rKTM2rP6gFy9iUeB46w6IcHVb1CkjFgoQn8aAWT12ceeSoorrCAc74528d8fo_bsX27E1_GqR2TMfjY6AmYvp5axiEVdx6TCDFIXI9OyX4OQ1oFLrCk1o9kiuGI1FU7a9NFSX3Ook/s1600/badgirlsdontdie.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-K3rKTM2rP6gFy9iUeB46w6IcHVb1CkjFgoQn8aAWT12ceeSoorrCAc74528d8fo_bsX27E1_GqR2TMfjY6AmYvp5axiEVdx6TCDFIXI9OyX4OQ1oFLrCk1o9kiuGI1FU7a9NFSX3Ook/s400/badgirlsdontdie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496071158462305490" /></a><br /><em>Bad Girls Don't Die</em> by Katie Alender<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgIPzgHvAAmEEB7dEi1FiBSDH4Sfhyxg1MqHSdNC6H55T49Zi076dCqV-tOdZDXVkzvO4WRdNZi8z3SloFHphi3q5AvSScojILC-CoIg42VuQ31f6B_OfSn1sbX9b0AQvk_MKlHBlYHY/s1600/crashintome.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgIPzgHvAAmEEB7dEi1FiBSDH4Sfhyxg1MqHSdNC6H55T49Zi076dCqV-tOdZDXVkzvO4WRdNZi8z3SloFHphi3q5AvSScojILC-CoIg42VuQ31f6B_OfSn1sbX9b0AQvk_MKlHBlYHY/s400/crashintome.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496071286196241090" /></a><br /><em>Crash Into Me</em> by Albert Borris<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA24R23c9Ovgk0Fwu1wzucfjnoEMG-wncTc6ydSU0b-V0EGzWixWqGXmrFkFSXKdgvhf5awdCGgu98Qd_jpW-VYkdMs-GNOYRGtis_U7nTZT3kUDja1zqvdZgNkLmVMne203s_4HZDCY8/s1600/everlost.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA24R23c9Ovgk0Fwu1wzucfjnoEMG-wncTc6ydSU0b-V0EGzWixWqGXmrFkFSXKdgvhf5awdCGgu98Qd_jpW-VYkdMs-GNOYRGtis_U7nTZT3kUDja1zqvdZgNkLmVMne203s_4HZDCY8/s400/everlost.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496071498906633618" /></a><br /><em>Everlost </em>by Neal Shusterman (this is Book 1 of the Skinjacker Trilogy)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9myRvLyrMq20paQ7nZK0RERDP6LldqAHLGNVQgeppTmsWxrQNldxFid4ygmwKZV4u7n3Z2kJxOxOYzQsbl1MhEGMXzTP-jsi8uLQArRiys-g32qRH4ZCOcszMWzcedJnifA3EhhKkK0/s1600/prophecy+of+the+sisters.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx9myRvLyrMq20paQ7nZK0RERDP6LldqAHLGNVQgeppTmsWxrQNldxFid4ygmwKZV4u7n3Z2kJxOxOYzQsbl1MhEGMXzTP-jsi8uLQArRiys-g32qRH4ZCOcszMWzcedJnifA3EhhKkK0/s400/prophecy+of+the+sisters.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496071699905217218" /></a><br /><em>Prophecy of the Sisters</em> by Michelle Zink<br /><br />And, last but not least... <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHjGvY_R-f4Co0aoZJGQfnyd8rmBWzS1eel-4yhQ0_3jq23WLX0mviDXEJe6eymTtCdUMDHtvt1M6VZ9UOk2TgtxPSCe9pFcQWEpQSB2Z5axzVpkUys4o-e55WKaCAwFQXpf1iXeXWnQk/s1600/justanotherhero.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHjGvY_R-f4Co0aoZJGQfnyd8rmBWzS1eel-4yhQ0_3jq23WLX0mviDXEJe6eymTtCdUMDHtvt1M6VZ9UOk2TgtxPSCe9pFcQWEpQSB2Z5axzVpkUys4o-e55WKaCAwFQXpf1iXeXWnQk/s400/justanotherhero.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5496071814981165378" /></a><br /><em>Just Another Hero</em> by Sharon M. Draper<br /><br />You may unwrap them now.wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-59434934983101677582010-07-16T08:32:00.003-05:002010-07-16T09:06:19.741-05:00The Best Book You've Never Read, First EditionWhile I was moving paperbacks around, changing shelving, I realized that some of my most-favoritest books haven't been read...recently. <br /><br />I'm not going to admit how long it's been since they were first popular, because that would mean admitting exactly how much time has passed since my high school days. It really hasn't been that long, but it has been long enough that I don't want to have to count the years. I don't want to get depressed. I have a birthday coming up, and that isn't the time to wax nostalgic about how I am basically a wizened crone.<br /><br />All I need are a dozen or so cats, really. Then the image would be complete.<br /><br />As I thought about my birthday, I remembered an awesome book, a book which involved the end of the world. The world, I must add, was scheduled to end on my birthday. At least in this novel.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltU2FY2zlv9aZzHJjf5hyM4kCYK9kqbN7cW0R-iMkC6D6_vmiZH8VztTudfLC1x_-2e8q5RLoCtmgwrMHrkBWbpPgDloO5RUb7NxHJcLnS5hnHb0m0GChgAaCRijkMCXCMe5H49RaUi0/s1600/armageddon+summer.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjltU2FY2zlv9aZzHJjf5hyM4kCYK9kqbN7cW0R-iMkC6D6_vmiZH8VztTudfLC1x_-2e8q5RLoCtmgwrMHrkBWbpPgDloO5RUb7NxHJcLnS5hnHb0m0GChgAaCRijkMCXCMe5H49RaUi0/s400/armageddon+summer.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494498180067354546" /></a><br /><br />Armageddon Summer by Jane Yolen and Bruce Coville scheduled the end of the world on my birthday, July 27, 2000. Really. Well, they wrote it. Reverend Beelson is the one who said it. Teenagers Jed and Marina, brought into Reverend Beelson's cult by their fanatical parents, are forced to reassess their own beliefs as they prepare for The End of the World. Which also happens to be Marina's 14th birthday. <br /><br />I loved this book when I was in high school. Not just because of the birthday thing, though that was a plus, but because Yolen and Coville created a suspenseful page-turner with DEPTH. That's really rare. It gets you thinking about philosophy, how our faith impacts our views of reality, and how love and friendship changes our lives. <br /><br />On top of all that, you can pick this up, put it down, or read it all in one sitting. It's the perfect summer read!<br /><br />As I become more and more decrepit, my hair thinning and turning white, liver spots randomly appearing, my voice growing raspy and frail, I will think of more great books from back in my day that you might have missed. Provided I live that long.* And that my memory holds out... <br /><br />*<em>Despite her varied complaints, whines, and false assertions, Laura remains young. Ish. Also, she is in realitively good health, aside from allergies. So no worries. In addition, she feels that her birthday would be a crummy time for the world to end, though her birth may have been some kind of portent announcing the end of all. We'll just have to wait and see.</em>wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-42817591791396614232010-07-10T13:46:00.000-05:002010-07-10T13:46:00.350-05:00Drowning in new books!For some reason, a full five of our new books this time around are water-related in some way or other. I don't know why this is, unless it means that, subconsciously, I really want to go swimming.<br /><br /><em>Sea Change</em> by Aimee Friedman...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWmRXJnwvRK8CWw2mtotFyEkS400aOwi9TNkweq_x5-j-xqrM5tYGMBHy0un35fr8eg19duzhF9sdYP8NoYG0rhRAL_QlG1Sn-3BwiIw0MDDwkfvJ5US292Zr9q2U9l-67to4yD0q0lI/s1600/sea+change.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 245px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWmRXJnwvRK8CWw2mtotFyEkS400aOwi9TNkweq_x5-j-xqrM5tYGMBHy0un35fr8eg19duzhF9sdYP8NoYG0rhRAL_QlG1Sn-3BwiIw0MDDwkfvJ5US292Zr9q2U9l-67to4yD0q0lI/s400/sea+change.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490867887193949346" /></a><br />Miranda Merchant leaves New York behind for the summer, taking a ferry to Selkie Island, a place of legend. She feels a connection to the island, its history, and to a local boy named Leo. Things head toward romance, and then it all gets paranormal. As per usual. <br /><br /><em>The Shape of Water</em> by Anne Spollen...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qFFAhz6yKE4gVmty536yPomUWCfWO87FjRrIJciGtZaynqDx6POissdnzBtlz_RyN6j0nGCydPajXhgfepjbrAmRXGJTtx42Bw_f53PdARDrW2PGvhY5g0UfNGE2I4BCgph__0TszXc/s1600/shapeofwater.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3qFFAhz6yKE4gVmty536yPomUWCfWO87FjRrIJciGtZaynqDx6POissdnzBtlz_RyN6j0nGCydPajXhgfepjbrAmRXGJTtx42Bw_f53PdARDrW2PGvhY5g0UfNGE2I4BCgph__0TszXc/s400/shapeofwater.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490867895101487874" /></a><br />Magda's mother is gone, and now she's consumed by anxiety and loneliness. Her mother always told her the world was filled with secrets the two of them shared, but instead of the strange and the beautiful, now Magda fears, madness. A school of fish begins to haunt her and her only escape is through fires she sets in the marshes near her home. Magda must unravel family secrets to find a stable place in the world. <br /><br /><em>A Blue So Dark</em> by Holly Schindler...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhID6Rno9YLLAlw1VJC3HE9_tNYjKY4G2vD79_oRUQOp12QITfIGZBON_q77dOC9eiw-9nb74y7SC5A4pOBIlgeQIeSXn5gxBp8Hc_o1O2n847F9mu0ztL-jjipovq2GVrgNSHQUfp-Cnk/s1600/a+blue+so+dark.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhID6Rno9YLLAlw1VJC3HE9_tNYjKY4G2vD79_oRUQOp12QITfIGZBON_q77dOC9eiw-9nb74y7SC5A4pOBIlgeQIeSXn5gxBp8Hc_o1O2n847F9mu0ztL-jjipovq2GVrgNSHQUfp-Cnk/s400/a+blue+so+dark.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490877251863392674" /></a><br />For this one, I'm just giving you the publisher's back cover rant, because it's better than what I could write--it's really good:<br /><br /><em>Mom knew that the mermaids--hand-carved from driftwood by the owner of a souvenir shop--were all I wanted to take home from Florida. As she bought them, she looked down at me, her eyes not just glittering but snapping with fire like two Forth of July sparklers. She ran her finger down the length of my nose, almost like you'd stroke a favorite pet, and said to the salesman, "We're just alike, me and Aura." And you know, back then, the idea of that didn't scare the absolute hell out of me.</em><br /><br />I'll clarify: Aura's schizophrenic mother causes her to shun her creative talent, but as her mother's condition worsens, she embraces her artistic ability, her family, and finally escapes her fears.<br /><br /><em>The Keening</em> by A. LaFaye...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdRr3V9PJLIQto40WV7NKlpiRU8rnpp4MOf8D8ZL5WTO8Y-Oi1yhTPvsisqugsfa7MM3wB7lgj6j_oskUp5KEDawFpxKu_mA9bo1gvs2QgOX8VtsLWFyOMm1SFHWQHIrZGi_vaPn8Ir0/s1600/keening.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEdRr3V9PJLIQto40WV7NKlpiRU8rnpp4MOf8D8ZL5WTO8Y-Oi1yhTPvsisqugsfa7MM3wB7lgj6j_oskUp5KEDawFpxKu_mA9bo1gvs2QgOX8VtsLWFyOMm1SFHWQHIrZGi_vaPn8Ir0/s400/keening.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490867909158158226" /></a><br />In 1918, Lyza's greatest regret is that her only artistic talent is carving letters into wood, until her mother's death in the influenza epidemic. Her heartbroken father begins to prepare for the return of Liza's mother, and Liza concentrates on keeping him from being committed to a work farm even as daily funeral marches pass their Maine home. She must rely on her own talents and courage to survive.<br /><br />See, the water? It's on the cover. I'm sure it's in the book too, but it wasn't on the back cover or in the little part I read...but water! On the cover! It's there. <br /><br />Looking toward the future, <em>The Carbon Diaries: 2015</em> by Saci Lloyd, shows us the world five years from now (eep!) when global warming will be/is tearing the world apart. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLouDOgYzBvQpuCjat9nLga4hMDR2Wjmzru1Ch-4zg-CFXtAv5Y-57DfFowANcQbxtvaRYXCL5Q7eb83dFGX3k_NPJh45d689N8BHWt6Ut_j6NoWqO5ZwElroKhbvrz6_N7GrLR4fA_kg/s1600/2015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 185px; height: 280px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLouDOgYzBvQpuCjat9nLga4hMDR2Wjmzru1Ch-4zg-CFXtAv5Y-57DfFowANcQbxtvaRYXCL5Q7eb83dFGX3k_NPJh45d689N8BHWt6Ut_j6NoWqO5ZwElroKhbvrz6_N7GrLR4fA_kg/s400/2015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490867524370877746" /></a><br /><br />Laura (not me) turns 16 and is awarded her carbon debit card, but she's busy juggling exams, her band, and trying to catch Ravi's eye. But as natural disasters hit and her parents grow closer to divorce, life just keeps getting worse. Laura must brace for impact as the worst hurricane in history heads straight for her London home, holding on to whatever normalcy she can.<br /><br />How water? Global warming means flooding, silly. And it's a wonder London is above water for poor Laura. England being an island and all.<br /><br />You know, now that I'm looking back over these, I'm thinking that some of them also have something else in common...mental illness. Hmm...wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-14961713880021292402010-07-09T14:59:00.000-05:002010-07-09T14:59:00.255-05:00New HardcoversFinally, I am at the end of all the new books, and I must say, it's taken a great deal of time and effort to--<br /><br />I'm not fooling anyone, am I?<br /><br />Without further ado, the hardcovers that didn't fit in any other category and therefore have there own post! Incidentally, these are also the books that I'm most eager to read myself, in addition to <em>The Cardturner</em>, <em>For the Win</em> and <em>As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth</em>. You can read more about those titles <a href="http://wabashteens.blogspot.com/2010/07/for-guys-and-girls-i-suppose.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><em>The Sky is Everywhere</em> by Jandy Nelson...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CcOoU7d8w90blp9z6H3msHuBG7UCOVi35uH69rIKJREy8kbHLCHssPq2miVxYvY-xe4wWfQpe-k1J1LOO3EA147BQ2XloyTGPTIb_Bx-1f6Y6x_4nC3VHNVQuIVtkx-P5-sep-Cco7E/s1600/sky+everywhere.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CcOoU7d8w90blp9z6H3msHuBG7UCOVi35uH69rIKJREy8kbHLCHssPq2miVxYvY-xe4wWfQpe-k1J1LOO3EA147BQ2XloyTGPTIb_Bx-1f6Y6x_4nC3VHNVQuIVtkx-P5-sep-Cco7E/s400/sky+everywhere.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490885877548380770" /></a><br />Lennie is quiet, a voracious reader, happily in the shadow of her older sister Bailey. But when Bailey dies, Lennie is suddenly the center of attention. Suddenly, she has not one boy in her life, but two. Toby, Bailey's boyfriend, who shares Lennie's grief, and Joe, the new boy in town, whose musical talent attracts Lennie. One boy helps her leave her sorrow behind, the other comforts her during it.<br /><br />Needless to say, there will be some choosing involved...<br /><br /><br /><em>Before I Fall</em> by Lauren Oliver...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNXrSA-tM3SVL3FwPsMzM-4M9aoF36CxUVq31UMLGO3bmOgG-DHNW9s_JmTXRmxH4UYEb3vj6IKYd2uSRNAE48dbRHfabUput3s12ro30KRWurETR2dixeb_02G2MjY7vtVIyB3aURFA/s1600/before+I+fall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjNXrSA-tM3SVL3FwPsMzM-4M9aoF36CxUVq31UMLGO3bmOgG-DHNW9s_JmTXRmxH4UYEb3vj6IKYd2uSRNAE48dbRHfabUput3s12ro30KRWurETR2dixeb_02G2MjY7vtVIyB3aURFA/s400/before+I+fall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490886299701987730" /></a><br /><br />Samantha Kingston's charmed life has come to an untimely end. She leaves behind her boyfriend, her terrific best friends, her popularity, and on February 12, a Friday, she dies.<br /><br />But that isn't how the story ends.<br /><br />Samantha gets a second chance--actually, she gets seven. She relives her final day through one week, a week to solve the mystery of her own death and to rediscover the value of everything she's about to leave behind. <br /><br /><em>Fever Crumb</em> by Phillip Reeve...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKfWmO-fcK9U4ZkOA76eIV1kjCwwzKv9eWcPDs7ZZn9uWl1NmuLdAnkJdtmGAolNxZDIws6_9uf_yxF7Rvm1Aw-cIVPDTIRktXnel4ky25HnnNo6zpl_0cnBxg36T4WGM3BW7I1cAfOw/s1600/fever+crumb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrKfWmO-fcK9U4ZkOA76eIV1kjCwwzKv9eWcPDs7ZZn9uWl1NmuLdAnkJdtmGAolNxZDIws6_9uf_yxF7Rvm1Aw-cIVPDTIRktXnel4ky25HnnNo6zpl_0cnBxg36T4WGM3BW7I1cAfOw/s400/fever+crumb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490885871129075474" /></a><a href="http://wabashteens.blogspot.com/2010/07/for-guys-and-girls-i-suppose.html"></a><br /><br />This description is a bit complicated, all good fantasy is. But you'll have to bear with me through my convoluted summary. <br /><br />Fever, adopted and raised by Dr. Crumb, is the only girl ever to have served as apprentice in the Order of Engineers. Women, in their society, are considered incapable of doing the work, believed to be unreasonable creatures. Now Fever must leave Dr. Crumb behind and work alongside Kit Solent, an archaeologist, who is attempting to gain entrance to a locked room.<br /><br />See, the room used to belong to a man named Auric Godshawk, the last of the Scriven overlords. The Scriven weren't human, they used to rule the city, but were killed off in a coup. Think Revolutionary War. <br /><br />As Fever tries to get the door unlocked, memories that aren't her own begin to haunt her. Kit seems very interested to learn all about them. Fever remembers nothing of her life before Dr. Crumb but what he told her: she was orphaned. But now she's beginning to question all of what she thought was true, where the memories are coming from, why strangers want her dead, and what her role is in unlocking the secrets of the past.<br /><br />Original fantasy novels are few and far between, and this is one of them. I wait for these kinds of books; I love them. I'm very excited! But...I have to finish reading the two other books I've started this week before I let myself start another. One of the many trials of library life.wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-62447925796519371452010-07-07T15:41:00.001-05:002010-07-07T15:41:00.214-05:00Free Audiobooks! FREE!I just discovered something fantastic. I'm very excited about this, and I don't even listen to audiobooks all that much.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.audiobooksync.com/">SYNC</a>, an online community (it's a Ning, like the Nerdfighters community) that wants to build up a bigger audience for audiobooks, is giving us all FREE audiobooks for the rest of the summer.<br /><br />On top of all that, they are books you will actually WANT to read--or listen to in this case--because they are good!<br /><br />They give you two titles each week--they started on July 1, so you have only the remainder of today to get this week's selection--one YA novel and one "classic" that goes along with it. The books might have similar themes, one might be a retelling on the other, both might have horrifying monsters--you get the idea.<br /><br />Without further ado, the schedule:<br /><br /><strong>July 1 - July 7</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhOOqj6m72ajte20_dYxaMDW5YXvUrvdkmqWx2QssppW5ymFh8AzcPOfFJ5UyLItzqiF37wzoW5O-57MJ0GV97BVQLN_rPzFbzvYOq86vzhXn6u5j4df_wb4ZDvSy8EiV4mrYXuGbNwE/s1600/maximum.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyhOOqj6m72ajte20_dYxaMDW5YXvUrvdkmqWx2QssppW5ymFh8AzcPOfFJ5UyLItzqiF37wzoW5O-57MJ0GV97BVQLN_rPzFbzvYOq86vzhXn6u5j4df_wb4ZDvSy8EiV4mrYXuGbNwE/s400/maximum.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491239385578925186" /></a><br /><em>The Angel Experiment</em> by James Patterson<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZw9DzMUb0xWSiWcRHTcPLqCMwVkPlM849OD2uqO_CE7qRvVysto1AhrocOBpsu0fe2v2jncrh_57MXYrwlnkfbwYxViynh1fMErOqmDMXi4-ntzmfqsu7PhWaonxp3J953c5wuMkFYU/s1600/frankenstein.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZw9DzMUb0xWSiWcRHTcPLqCMwVkPlM849OD2uqO_CE7qRvVysto1AhrocOBpsu0fe2v2jncrh_57MXYrwlnkfbwYxViynh1fMErOqmDMXi4-ntzmfqsu7PhWaonxp3J953c5wuMkFYU/s400/frankenstein.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491242797914965458" /></a><br /><em>Frankenstein</em> by Mary Shelley<br /><br /><strong>July 8 - July 14</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeXXvoF1AcUNn0lim2Sma6xFSEVyyTAV27QZ3kYWRIsGyxeMAkItIjYuxJRHEBnCdRaarCJja3jYHP1duT4l7TgpQRWJqJyi1WSvtglVJt1Rv1WRGVgkgiRtElRvsYjKKmXRjpW4dMdQ/s1600/end+line.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 271px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeXXvoF1AcUNn0lim2Sma6xFSEVyyTAV27QZ3kYWRIsGyxeMAkItIjYuxJRHEBnCdRaarCJja3jYHP1duT4l7TgpQRWJqJyi1WSvtglVJt1Rv1WRGVgkgiRtElRvsYjKKmXRjpW4dMdQ/s400/end+line.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491239093870141906" /></a><br /><em>Over the End Line</em> by Alfred C. Martino<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZChifIm7HOYywYg0sSUaEm-8LCSe03NwSWyS9qyL5dX0tGdwsluHUK0PLmUXjBZK7ErNJNCtwMbL8ZCNOZaDO-pjYiJhFrwI5Yk1katCALi_Brx66OxSkMaD7HqTJYiOaF8msjdpDL60/s1600/powerofone.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 326px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZChifIm7HOYywYg0sSUaEm-8LCSe03NwSWyS9qyL5dX0tGdwsluHUK0PLmUXjBZK7ErNJNCtwMbL8ZCNOZaDO-pjYiJhFrwI5Yk1katCALi_Brx66OxSkMaD7HqTJYiOaF8msjdpDL60/s400/powerofone.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491242797745162290" /></a><br /><em>The Power of One</em> by Bryce Courtenay<br /><br /><strong>July 15 - July 21</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAoLdjAnHqPqsFkwxSwshvKFPZ-N4Xu7Gd_0JRYMAhpyDQmNk9BHLuFk9gnKSgUwyqnBfxzkZJAIPu22I9tymQBuGUVvsQXGEPqryKlrpm2Mk3SBzEOYaaZTCafnhTYAHcQbh67XG3UI/s1600/bloody+jack.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 272px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTAoLdjAnHqPqsFkwxSwshvKFPZ-N4Xu7Gd_0JRYMAhpyDQmNk9BHLuFk9gnKSgUwyqnBfxzkZJAIPu22I9tymQBuGUVvsQXGEPqryKlrpm2Mk3SBzEOYaaZTCafnhTYAHcQbh67XG3UI/s400/bloody+jack.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491239089419791602" /></a><br /><em>Bloody Jack</em> by L.A. Meyer<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9z68t8E45sT0mP8z6RoY6hwi5A93N0P1NC-zCO-vWXddkprIEQIufp6tNuTEbNlu4TOFqJ8eZ4TTkB_23PlPZM0NcG9bSMkgKfoEMFMtBxzXjs0CLz5I0D-Y2anrgArBT9DD0vtyeV9E/s1600/treasure+island.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9z68t8E45sT0mP8z6RoY6hwi5A93N0P1NC-zCO-vWXddkprIEQIufp6tNuTEbNlu4TOFqJ8eZ4TTkB_23PlPZM0NcG9bSMkgKfoEMFMtBxzXjs0CLz5I0D-Y2anrgArBT9DD0vtyeV9E/s400/treasure+island.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491242808719830994" /></a><br /><em>Treasure Island </em>by Robert Louis Stevenson<br /><br /><strong>July 22 - July 28</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYFOOM7QNeZZgVrgo8JjxRVdbqhzMGs7_sqOyZH9Vxo1mZ3s6p0JNw2HWbtOIWP5HD-mIp3wEPAXG0r5ggzaPhLuINx46MrVsa_IWA-omyUXd-NBr1ykXmEaNsDD7h6XCENJEpr3oGBg/s1600/looking+glass.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYFOOM7QNeZZgVrgo8JjxRVdbqhzMGs7_sqOyZH9Vxo1mZ3s6p0JNw2HWbtOIWP5HD-mIp3wEPAXG0r5ggzaPhLuINx46MrVsa_IWA-omyUXd-NBr1ykXmEaNsDD7h6XCENJEpr3oGBg/s400/looking+glass.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491239688226926738" /></a><br /><em>The Looking Glass Wars</em> by Frank Beddor<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5P2C4srxwl5qsddwCL9lErx4UQXFk3cOg_tE2KKpqWU578fdZz7_lcoRt1rw80EnHFxTD7U_tBYKJBdg2ir-9TN7H29Z3ZODTenL-3bNYtpQZaGsiCJPOPJ6Qzf4cQ64cZ67z-hury4/s1600/alice+in+wonderland.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH5P2C4srxwl5qsddwCL9lErx4UQXFk3cOg_tE2KKpqWU578fdZz7_lcoRt1rw80EnHFxTD7U_tBYKJBdg2ir-9TN7H29Z3ZODTenL-3bNYtpQZaGsiCJPOPJ6Qzf4cQ64cZ67z-hury4/s400/alice+in+wonderland.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491246020357486978" /></a><br /><em>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</em> by Lewis Carroll<br /><br /><strong>July 29 - August 4</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6UXiu8wi-2MIEE9YllBLAenI9G2ivTFq_qJsAq_3gLHtSP93z4pP3N9ndhXUG_E_cvWJNxQ8CAR2YDuFAscxWBs9gglMEKSJWaAk-z2vxTk0eLwoorac5TZNur9jS1HYijMTBcVHVjA/s1600/hunger+games.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 261px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg6UXiu8wi-2MIEE9YllBLAenI9G2ivTFq_qJsAq_3gLHtSP93z4pP3N9ndhXUG_E_cvWJNxQ8CAR2YDuFAscxWBs9gglMEKSJWaAk-z2vxTk0eLwoorac5TZNur9jS1HYijMTBcVHVjA/s400/hunger+games.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491239695710638386" /></a><br /><em>The Hunger Games</em> by Suzanne Collins<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHV20Q33-EXV-97xY38aMv6SICfQO96kLynhp8wAdQgW9vWw6gJ8OYGvcX_4ZEby47sHQ0YiZNEnVPoAEHqnVz1KrtywCA3gIcQ1ZEyOY4jbLRWrN98Y9_4DP0qzNCxETkU7amjioDx5E/s1600/the+lottery.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHV20Q33-EXV-97xY38aMv6SICfQO96kLynhp8wAdQgW9vWw6gJ8OYGvcX_4ZEby47sHQ0YiZNEnVPoAEHqnVz1KrtywCA3gIcQ1ZEyOY4jbLRWrN98Y9_4DP0qzNCxETkU7amjioDx5E/s400/the+lottery.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491246035198145170" /></a><br /><em>The Lottery</em> by Shirley Jackson<br /><br /><strong>August 5 - August 11</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh93JlSWGBAmatoJsm0_sc6S311-4IEtGAluFcinTZKLtVwe1WcY3MXSwnyba4RH45wSEeThvjcoIEpaViczdo2c5ScwmqxhYZveD_nANGdKcx1ritUIiNJPiASraJtGvfB8eMO_KZZtcI/s1600/does+my+head+look.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh93JlSWGBAmatoJsm0_sc6S311-4IEtGAluFcinTZKLtVwe1WcY3MXSwnyba4RH45wSEeThvjcoIEpaViczdo2c5ScwmqxhYZveD_nANGdKcx1ritUIiNJPiASraJtGvfB8eMO_KZZtcI/s400/does+my+head+look.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491238821246734626" /></a><br /><em>Does My Head Look Big in This?</em> by Randa Abdel-Fattah<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83spmC-_EjSLY3_l3-uUCde4xKhQu78czMMxN31gctFxoBi-OZgxU1hyphenhyphenwyMD_TGTliT2VPQK0fPHq4qPTvlr1iwNwNbl7PZcy-R6V9zc8UkLuEplcI8o9zGzwIXw_91WFyX0VVdbNr2U/s1600/a+tree+grows+in+brooklyn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg83spmC-_EjSLY3_l3-uUCde4xKhQu78czMMxN31gctFxoBi-OZgxU1hyphenhyphenwyMD_TGTliT2VPQK0fPHq4qPTvlr1iwNwNbl7PZcy-R6V9zc8UkLuEplcI8o9zGzwIXw_91WFyX0VVdbNr2U/s400/a+tree+grows+in+brooklyn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491246029263982706" /></a><br /><em>A Tree Grows in Brooklyn</em> by Betty Smith<br /><br /><strong>August 12 - August 18</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuR6Gw2aweynTX3_wX4iR_YdOLE5VSJNJDKvQvsNTkfyaZUbIqh0FsOaxA57moU1XWQp01OCYPrVe-l7BbG_ZzfZiCyXFSz2kmJE6PtqvypVOmHYRDq98l0iR1I2vZhRD0pLL6sgLCKv0/s1600/beastly.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 280px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuR6Gw2aweynTX3_wX4iR_YdOLE5VSJNJDKvQvsNTkfyaZUbIqh0FsOaxA57moU1XWQp01OCYPrVe-l7BbG_ZzfZiCyXFSz2kmJE6PtqvypVOmHYRDq98l0iR1I2vZhRD0pLL6sgLCKv0/s400/beastly.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491238378948004706" /></a><br /><em>Beastly</em> by Alex Flinn<br /><em>The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde</em> by Robert Louis Stevenson<br /><br /><strong>August 19 - August 25</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5rqhgJ_2YIaFElB3C16H88FGeUwSLXqKsrPrW2d0WYtvmr6u5rmnly1NEUOKwoVze0tOpOTl9GUfaRuqh6-a4OQqYHjZxq4Osgx8Q6LjB4WgdleiVDIL9F56S8kmytIf22sd_Cp5HYs/s1600/wondrous.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ5rqhgJ_2YIaFElB3C16H88FGeUwSLXqKsrPrW2d0WYtvmr6u5rmnly1NEUOKwoVze0tOpOTl9GUfaRuqh6-a4OQqYHjZxq4Osgx8Q6LjB4WgdleiVDIL9F56S8kmytIf22sd_Cp5HYs/s400/wondrous.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491239377357022514" /></a><br /><em>Wondrous Strange</em> by Lesley Livingston<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_T6A-dfx3hi76wp1PiS96I0__JINK4HwEijE-vl4tPSuJov678duGDvGkEBYe9_NFlZlTO9rFOvoQB_GOH_egTmTZ6hEyKZHMyGNxSGop9i7nSmGZS5Wd9SQsO3o0gLOnMh1RLxHGW7M/s1600/midsummernights.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_T6A-dfx3hi76wp1PiS96I0__JINK4HwEijE-vl4tPSuJov678duGDvGkEBYe9_NFlZlTO9rFOvoQB_GOH_egTmTZ6hEyKZHMyGNxSGop9i7nSmGZS5Wd9SQsO3o0gLOnMh1RLxHGW7M/s400/midsummernights.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491247127997342418" /></a><br /><em>A Midsummer Night's Dream</em> by William Shakespeare<br /><br /><strong>August 26 - September 1</strong><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7dqsAO_VhYjXTGXZtd0N0aqojKZfVRFQu_cd3pHKAq_XCYW8SelvODMLh8RLXE5T1o91McbepPohK77WryvPrkwJEFARTCkADr7iKfyGgu8MDDdl0Oc5-Zw1iW8kxELvPazj10iyMmg/s1600/handbook.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ7dqsAO_VhYjXTGXZtd0N0aqojKZfVRFQu_cd3pHKAq_XCYW8SelvODMLh8RLXE5T1o91McbepPohK77WryvPrkwJEFARTCkADr7iKfyGgu8MDDdl0Oc5-Zw1iW8kxELvPazj10iyMmg/s400/handbook.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491239702169778802" /></a><br /><em>Handbook for Boys</em> by Walter Dean Myers<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIkUFi1WEXvAJcoGk5eQkoJ14iV_921os_m8G35Hook3gtDa66mfrDuXw6I3YmY4AtFkiyBQ67uPPlJcOhH1nLnSGe2lqfR6gkl0pWhykjwT74uyS5_0M5m4t_TKeWok2Mk-UlS96Iqg/s1600/olivertwist.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIkUFi1WEXvAJcoGk5eQkoJ14iV_921os_m8G35Hook3gtDa66mfrDuXw6I3YmY4AtFkiyBQ67uPPlJcOhH1nLnSGe2lqfR6gkl0pWhykjwT74uyS5_0M5m4t_TKeWok2Mk-UlS96Iqg/s400/olivertwist.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5491247328830232450" /></a><br /><em>Oliver Twist</em> by Charles Dickens<br /><br />This is what you need to do!<br /><br />1. You go to the <a href="http://www.audiobooksync.com/">SYNC </a>website.<br /><br />2. You click on the "YA Literature Listeners: Watch video and enter here" link. Or you can just click the word "here" right <a href="http://www.audiobookcommunity.com/group/sync">here</a>.<br /><br />3. Click the "Download audiobooks" link, or <a href="http://www.audiobookcommunity.com/page/sync-link">this one</a> [<em>Note: That particular link might expire when the two titles this week change, be warned. Just use the link to <a href="http://www.audiobooksync.com/">SYNC </a>in that case.</em>] It tells you some stuff about the books, like that they're in MP3 format and so forth, and that you must first download OverDrive, which takes less than five minutes and is also FREE. You'll need that program later.<br /><br />4. Once you've downloaded OverDrive, on the audiobook download page (link up in #3), you will see the two book titles on your right, under the green SYNC logo. Click "Get your SYNC Link" for the book you want (you can go back and get the other later).<br /><br />5. It will ask for your name and e-mail, type them in and hit "Submit"--you'll be redirected to the actual download page.<br /><br />6. Click "Get your SYNC Link" again<br /><br />7. Click "Download (Whatever book you choose) Now!"<br /><br />8. Overdrive, the program you downloaded earlier, will pop open, ask you where you want your book stored, click "Okay" and then ask what parts of the book you want, just tell it to download them all--the default option.<br /><br />9. When your book has fully downloaded, it's in OverDrive whenever you want it. You can burn it to a CD (or several) or easily transfer it to your iPod or other MP3-capable device. Like your phone. Or your Kindle. *Pulls Kindle out of bag, downloads books onto Kindle*<br /><br />This whole process takes less than five minutes. Trust me.<br /><br />What's awesome is that even though each title is only free for a week, the download never expires--those books are yours FOREVER. Meaning the next time your parents decide to drag you halfway across the country by car, you have something to entertain yourself with that doesn't involve hitting your siblings, fighting with your siblings, throwing things at your siblings until they finally notice, shoving things up the nose or in the ears of your sleeping sibling...you get the idea. And don't pretend you are "too old" to do any of those things. I'm in my 20's and I STILL do all of those things to my younger brother and would do far worse to him if I didn't know he could now hit harder than I can, and run faster.<br /><br />If you want to, you can even use the Ning community to talk about the books you're listening to, or you can talk to us on Facebook or here on the blog. Or in person, because I'm around the library every day (mostly).<br /><br />So go download free books now! <br /><br />And here's the link to <a href="http://www.audiobooksync.com/">SYNC </a>again...just in case scrolling up to look for it sounds too much like work.wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-8606845145089408902010-07-07T14:13:00.002-05:002010-07-07T14:13:00.084-05:00Some Short Stories, and Some Long OnesCan I just tell you that I have a LOT of new books right now, and keeping up is hard!<br /><br />Okay. I'm done. <br /><br />First come the short story collections. We have two.<br /><br /><em>Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd</em> edited by Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYnmSG1CBULGKHH8XIXAzEwdIoB-7XhUTY9D0pPJKKR1JSNaAXYQRPPPR_yq1h1_1snYpx52ji7QW-gvAz4zL5zcmiOrblALwUDv6FKzp3b-LUX5UlhyzC0hiAL6-ZNvb9TrcfWsccVg/s1600/geek.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFYnmSG1CBULGKHH8XIXAzEwdIoB-7XhUTY9D0pPJKKR1JSNaAXYQRPPPR_yq1h1_1snYpx52ji7QW-gvAz4zL5zcmiOrblALwUDv6FKzp3b-LUX5UlhyzC0hiAL6-ZNvb9TrcfWsccVg/s400/geek.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489758677511699858" /></a><br />Featuring stories from (drumroll please): M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, John Green, Hope Harson, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Barry Lyga, Tracy Lynn, Wendy Mass, Garth Nix, Bryan Lee O'Malley, Cynthia & Greg Leitich Smith, Scott Westerfeld, Lisa Yee, and Sara Zarr! Simply put, this book is Made of Awesome.<br /><br />I, of course, flipped right to the story by John Green. DFTBA.<br /><br />And, if you enjoy the story by Kelly Link in <em>Geektastic</em>, be sure to check out this collection of short stories, which is all Kelly Link all the time: <em>Pretty Monsters</em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAEMqxsZ3T-6S_x87eFxPbphxFLnGS8N3UggQZtPLUl4kaLmhNRZsJiO1y8NVOcUPPuaUf81_XpZR0Ef-ESbS2pAn0s-vHbZVm-5rELjMpqrgXSeRoPuxknS2OCfZZieiGFdY6QopEdU/s1600/pretty+monsters.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAEMqxsZ3T-6S_x87eFxPbphxFLnGS8N3UggQZtPLUl4kaLmhNRZsJiO1y8NVOcUPPuaUf81_XpZR0Ef-ESbS2pAn0s-vHbZVm-5rELjMpqrgXSeRoPuxknS2OCfZZieiGFdY6QopEdU/s400/pretty+monsters.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489758810580085394" /></a><br />The book contains, but is not limited to: A phone booth in Las Vegas (those are around), Aliens (who knows), Unhelpful Wizards (would you be helpful if you were a wizard?), Possibly carnivorous sofas (mine eats coins and darning needles), A handbag with a village inside it (seems that way sometimes), Tennessee Fainting Goats (exist), Dueling librarians (true story), A statue of George Washington (they make those, you know), A boy named Onion (it could happen--my grandpa's nickname was "Onions"), Pirates, An undead babysitter, A nationally ranked soccer player, Evil Cinderella, Shapeshifters, and An unexpected campfire guest.<br /><br />On to the long-ish stories. Novels.<br /><br />Tim Wynne-Jones' spooky and suspenseful <em>The Uninvited </em>...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSxfliYxHFOvvt1pDsF9xNSo_wYymgEQVWZm_WI6TjNS_dMF_rvfcvkc7yIogEphaEHHWnbdfgaYV6QH8h_jxxHCq_efrvK94RF6lYnZuv5384zpZKpgtSqaVEMhO5KHvKSaHj5hxurk/s1600/uninvited.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsSxfliYxHFOvvt1pDsF9xNSo_wYymgEQVWZm_WI6TjNS_dMF_rvfcvkc7yIogEphaEHHWnbdfgaYV6QH8h_jxxHCq_efrvK94RF6lYnZuv5384zpZKpgtSqaVEMhO5KHvKSaHj5hxurk/s400/uninvited.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490786137128275970" /></a><br />Mimi Shapiro flees NYU and an ill-advised relationship with one of her professors. She heads to her father's cottage in Canada only to discover that someone else is already living there, a little tidbit her father didn't mention when he told her where to find the hide-a-key. Jay, the other resident, instantly accuses Mimi of leaving strange tokens for him, snake skins, a dead bird, and so forth. Mimi, fresh off a road-trip, definitely isn't involved, so who's doing this? And what does he--or she--want? <br /><br /><em>Choppy Socky Blues</em> by Ed Briant...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuE1hJggGzhx8crUjTMECb96JWPpQRSXJvLAJq1zVPQh6yVNsEOOC1uOGgmqDKhcUhoITsil-k3yv4k5VzGomqBtzAh9xeP_8XC1gtgu5ix020XD3ekO_vcpgXfsDY464Er3E4XNJjvhg/s1600/choppy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuE1hJggGzhx8crUjTMECb96JWPpQRSXJvLAJq1zVPQh6yVNsEOOC1uOGgmqDKhcUhoITsil-k3yv4k5VzGomqBtzAh9xeP_8XC1gtgu5ix020XD3ekO_vcpgXfsDY464Er3E4XNJjvhg/s400/choppy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490786531943792546" /></a><br /><br />Jason Smallfield desires only one thing, to be as different from his father as he can. The complete opposite, if possible. His movie-stuntman dad lied and dumped his family like yesterday's trash. Jason even stops taking karate, his favorite thing in the world, just to avoid comparison to his father. But then he meets Tinga, a gorgeous girl about to test for her blue belt. Jason blurts out that he's about to take the same test...then has to turn to his father for help getting ready in time.<br /><br /><em>Asta in the Wings</em> by Jan Elizabeth Watson...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizL3amgmgQ-bV3TVh_HEuFE9nuANaBW5B6ZXMCg-hp9XKS-t83s9GoLagT1YAXhbsMHeNrWAt9IV6pNHU9DzYsND_X5KD528QSjB-tJU26jk1ptq9o9YC2tqwXSop7Gmdhw88dNrB37zI/s1600/asta.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizL3amgmgQ-bV3TVh_HEuFE9nuANaBW5B6ZXMCg-hp9XKS-t83s9GoLagT1YAXhbsMHeNrWAt9IV6pNHU9DzYsND_X5KD528QSjB-tJU26jk1ptq9o9YC2tqwXSop7Gmdhw88dNrB37zI/s400/asta.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490786517449758562" /></a><br />Asta Hewitt and her brother Orion have been isolated from the world by their delusional mother. The two are happy, creating their own peaceful, imaginary world. When their family is suddenly drug into the strange "real" world, Asta must find a way to fit in, while still staying true to herself and her family. Asta is a lovely narrator, funny and hopeful. This is a wonderful novel.<br /><br /><em>And Then Everything Unraveled</em> by Jennifer Sturman...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4oQW-l4ymxkCAiyjpC0nvNKYFa5bpGjqmxK3mOJzrh0YV_HvR2e3Zr2xzfRU1nfLzzMYrOhdcJZus5mmg1ul0g4uPcvIdaTkRXB5M2pojFO5ug3-u84eCpwGR6Xw_JJAB7ZscAR_EcI/s1600/unraveled.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 297px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ4oQW-l4ymxkCAiyjpC0nvNKYFa5bpGjqmxK3mOJzrh0YV_HvR2e3Zr2xzfRU1nfLzzMYrOhdcJZus5mmg1ul0g4uPcvIdaTkRXB5M2pojFO5ug3-u84eCpwGR6Xw_JJAB7ZscAR_EcI/s400/unraveled.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490786516358627186" /></a><br /><br />Delia is certain her mother isn't dead. But she's the only one who thinks so. So she's shipped off to New York City to live with her aunts, "one a downtown bohemian, the other an uptown ice queen." She's also stuck coping with her new school (snooty) and trying to avoid falling for the wrong guy. All the while, she's looking for her mother, finding lies and conspiracies, discovering that the wrong guy might not be so wrong after all and that some secrets might need to stay secret.wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5153124621652865068.post-31401595575563683102010-07-03T11:31:00.016-05:002010-07-06T08:29:15.040-05:00For GUYS (and Girls, I Suppose)Over the last month of the summer reading program, I have tried to find some of you books to read, and you do a lot of shrugging when I ask you if you like something...so I have decided to compile A Reading Guy-de. Get it? It's "guy" and "guide" put together!<br /><br />No one else is laughing. <br /><br />In fact, there were some face-palms. That means you think I'm a moron. <br /><br />You're right.<br /><br />Here, though, are some NEW books that don't involve the beheaded torso of some girl, or pink on the cover.<br /><br />The newest book from Cory Doctorow (who is made of awesome, so if you don't know him, read his stuff) <em>For the Win</em>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfIFvsBlwdd2k_5C27oioz7vOi6AuxwbtKn6fJw5zXv00N1O9pm9tynFuWuITTPEuSZmOXc8RhOeD_2N6VNf0gYH-Lom4YQLdksR46PXYbnoW9PLnsjcr7wGP83aVEBvqCjPqxQHvFE0/s1600/for+the+win.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhfIFvsBlwdd2k_5C27oioz7vOi6AuxwbtKn6fJw5zXv00N1O9pm9tynFuWuITTPEuSZmOXc8RhOeD_2N6VNf0gYH-Lom4YQLdksR46PXYbnoW9PLnsjcr7wGP83aVEBvqCjPqxQHvFE0/s400/for+the+win.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489771576329328754" /></a><br />I'm going to let the publisher describe it for you:<br /><br /><em>At any hour of the day or night, millions of people around the globe are engrossed in multiplayer online games, questing and battling to win virtual "gold," jewels, and precious artifacts. Meanwhile, others seek to exploit this vast shadow economy, running electronic sweatshops in the world's poorest countries, where countless "gold farmers," bound to their work by abusive contracts and physical threats, harvest virtual treasure for their employers to sell to First World gamers who are willing to spend real money to skip straight to higher-level gameplay.<br /><br />Mala is a brilliant 15-year-old from rural India whose leadership skills in virtual combat have earned her the title of "General Robotwalla." In Shenzen, heart of China's industrial boom, Matthew is defying his former bosses to build his own successful gold-farming team. Leonard, who calls himself Wei-Dong, lives in Southern California, but spends his nights fighting virtual battles alongside his buddies in Asia, a world away. All of these young people, and more, will become entangled with the mysterious young woman called Big Sister Nor, who will use her experience, her knowledge of history, and her connections with real-world organizers to build them into a movement that can challenge the status quo.</em><br /><br />That would be the blurb from the dust jacket of the first edition, brought to us all by Tor (and now I won't get sued).<br /><br />And although I love the U.S. cover, I have to say, the U.K. one is legendary, as it reminds me of an old Soviet-era propaganda poster.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSA5wRp91tQfNKrskhnK7Tqdkw3EdNzo9QlapMxZhpUTvMz-4g_aIChJHjk2SKv70qdInN0xf5WLmwoL01L62C4b0RdpdMDVO84SQbe_P4FTzrQBY5OyfjCIx_JOJwJskU16JaYHK2zlM/s1600/UKforthewin.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 260px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSA5wRp91tQfNKrskhnK7Tqdkw3EdNzo9QlapMxZhpUTvMz-4g_aIChJHjk2SKv70qdInN0xf5WLmwoL01L62C4b0RdpdMDVO84SQbe_P4FTzrQBY5OyfjCIx_JOJwJskU16JaYHK2zlM/s400/UKforthewin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489771566587068786" /></a><br />From the author of <em>Holes</em> (Remember <em>Holes</em>? If you don't, go read that too), Louis Sachar, we have <em>The Cardturner</em>.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWUztFDm8pRY9wzYsqojExdZdvrcdTmwxYfXGSUprGeEmbXbYRj3tdXY11qun0208L-S1crFUVxBQCLU_AhBNlb0sl7zZkJhT5SeaOtCihSOfUnJxg_9EAvF_ZoKj3-389LSeRDxcjZA/s1600/cardturner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwWUztFDm8pRY9wzYsqojExdZdvrcdTmwxYfXGSUprGeEmbXbYRj3tdXY11qun0208L-S1crFUVxBQCLU_AhBNlb0sl7zZkJhT5SeaOtCihSOfUnJxg_9EAvF_ZoKj3-389LSeRDxcjZA/s400/cardturner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489759335028226706" /></a><br />Alton's summer is looking bleak. Here is why: 1. His girlfriend dumped him 2. She did so in order to date his bast friend 3. He is penniless 4. He is jobless 5. His parents have forced him to drive his great-uncle Lester to bridge club four times a week and 6. He must be Lester's cardturner because 7. Lester is blind 8. Lester is old 9. Lester is sick and 10. Lester is RICH. <br /><br /><em>As Easy as Falling off the Face of the Earth</em> by Lynne Rae Perkins has eye catching illustrations to go along with poor Ry's many near-death experiences. They look like something out of <em>The Worst Case Scenario Survival Handbook</em>, which is a much-referenced part of my home library (I love the travel one too--it teaches you how to ask for towels to stop the bleeding in, like, five languages. You can't beat that.).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkmgX5YdO0PhJ1LPAhTtYRP4-x__60ukebws4eGhuK50xaNqRgLdEnRdapgodcv_tuRj-8VgFwsEhYnMNVK_CTT-Ze5RImbO6hnmzmlhDlTwlYyBuHw-FqIeCXOXvll0yIDZk6Isd_ww/s1600/as+easy+as+falling.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 264px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkmgX5YdO0PhJ1LPAhTtYRP4-x__60ukebws4eGhuK50xaNqRgLdEnRdapgodcv_tuRj-8VgFwsEhYnMNVK_CTT-Ze5RImbO6hnmzmlhDlTwlYyBuHw-FqIeCXOXvll0yIDZk6Isd_ww/s400/as+easy+as+falling.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489759800174148770" /></a><br />See, Ry was headed to archaeology camp, but before he could get there, it was cancelled, but when he tried to call home, his train left while he stood dumbstruck on the platform and now he has no food and no anything else and his parents are off in the Caribbean and his grandfather is concussed not to mention missing and Ry has to get home using only his wits and the lint from his pockets.<br /><br />A personal favorite of mine is the utterly original <em>Fade to Blue </em>by Sean Beaudoin.<br /><br />Part thriller, part dark comedy, part philosophical debate, <em>Fade to Blue </em>follows Sophie Blue, Goth-Girl Supreme, who is currently being stalked by a Popsicle-Truck-Driving Robot/Man who may or may not be her father, who vanished/spontaneously combusted/got abducted by aliens a year ago and Kenny Fade, the Basketball God with the gorgeous cheerleader girlfriend and the perfect life. What do they have in common? They're both pretty certain they're losing their minds.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtopFcMh9R-rK68EbDdMKaZC6kSdvu-A1peZiKtFIDfajB1aCd71RzTN3z8qLtWwgx_OQsaIKPkG-yb87pqAdZcXFkCHpezHrIwz2dL11JwNaaz_yoZf3EL_ghdWVTjG3LiduYojFR7rs/s1600/fade+to+blue.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtopFcMh9R-rK68EbDdMKaZC6kSdvu-A1peZiKtFIDfajB1aCd71RzTN3z8qLtWwgx_OQsaIKPkG-yb87pqAdZcXFkCHpezHrIwz2dL11JwNaaz_yoZf3EL_ghdWVTjG3LiduYojFR7rs/s400/fade+to+blue.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489783184842931890" /></a><br />This novel starts out, well...novel, then breaks into a graphic novel portion, then snaps back to prose without skipping a beat. And the ending--I'll just let you figure that out for yourself. <br /><br /><em>Wereling </em>by Steve Feasey, for those of you who aren't sick of the whole werewolf thing (I am).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIX37IR0YA7Wstb1zdYKdtgrIkDJv5h2ZNdjlEmxIamJdzRm7vfjInrDtbv8lm8hnBqR3kAzYfPNJTENR46kjewM2fweyjuU23LGuQO0wi8FUnY3QzemsevHDV1daL6UhMBnLG3zpw2I/s1600/wereling.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 268px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIX37IR0YA7Wstb1zdYKdtgrIkDJv5h2ZNdjlEmxIamJdzRm7vfjInrDtbv8lm8hnBqR3kAzYfPNJTENR46kjewM2fweyjuU23LGuQO0wi8FUnY3QzemsevHDV1daL6UhMBnLG3zpw2I/s400/wereling.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489779452583981090" /></a><br />Trey wakes up one morning in "retina-splitting, vomit-inducing agony" with his clothes shredded and his room trashed. Now he's being hunted by every demon out there and by the "most psychopathic bloodsucker to rock the Netherworld." All because he can take on a vampire and win. Maybe.<br /><br />And remember this one from earlier today? <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ldApGWvjCwpcFYXpEYDD8zib3_ONNO6M67rKNbP0NTMOcT3FFnfy1iZaUL5Gj5CYCHBYp53cSzpSNljIE90Y8LYs18_ndiqULTKhImWd5IFTGa1JiV3j1936ArungfxYCgJfcQQ45x8/s1600/lastthing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9ldApGWvjCwpcFYXpEYDD8zib3_ONNO6M67rKNbP0NTMOcT3FFnfy1iZaUL5Gj5CYCHBYp53cSzpSNljIE90Y8LYs18_ndiqULTKhImWd5IFTGa1JiV3j1936ArungfxYCgJfcQQ45x8/s400/lastthing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489777002747240802" /></a><br /><br />And there's always this one, a generation ship "waking up" and destroying the people on board...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuqBrNEz6fiduD9xmeWjV1yx6U65lREb7OmxiErprkq6hbKo998nFXLlaXcZy2_bMG4-yBUgsUD1M2QV_e-bPICCT1qlNoK8DdTcy375PgBnBf2Xm1per8wKDrxSQp7IQG0Bm05YAXiA/s1600/living+hell.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 273px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuqBrNEz6fiduD9xmeWjV1yx6U65lREb7OmxiErprkq6hbKo998nFXLlaXcZy2_bMG4-yBUgsUD1M2QV_e-bPICCT1qlNoK8DdTcy375PgBnBf2Xm1per8wKDrxSQp7IQG0Bm05YAXiA/s400/living+hell.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489777404460766066" /></a><br /><em>Living Hell</em> by Catherine Jinks.<br /><br />And the prison <em>Incarceron</em> (by Catherine Fisher), filled with prisoners who've lived inside its ever-changing walls there whole lives, until Finn decides to escape, that is.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vHIPWkTV9sGbqwL8V6-H3uhORzpw0mpUFQEg1DkfDpTaNBhmkSfEDo4u1EH-JU6YSmyTLTLu9Y2sXQiTHuaVTqIcYF6gMBpTU0mMBsXkqO7I2vNA5Fm596vzSeafeaL-IZR_oGf2vSQ/s1600/incarceron.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6vHIPWkTV9sGbqwL8V6-H3uhORzpw0mpUFQEg1DkfDpTaNBhmkSfEDo4u1EH-JU6YSmyTLTLu9Y2sXQiTHuaVTqIcYF6gMBpTU0mMBsXkqO7I2vNA5Fm596vzSeafeaL-IZR_oGf2vSQ/s400/incarceron.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489778606754724898" /></a><br />And <em>Maze Runner</em>, a giant experiment filled with boys with no memories, except Thomas, who knows more about the Glade than he wants to remember.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt9Y-3xfwHpbicQlzjT733a0SqfGb4Dq_Ho-5lAzL41EAXEddhf62gBP8e9oUnrbqeEhM5ceMVjXjVhhMU0vPNDl8KyX-5xSkTRmIB_2xCJLPJxMKSKur8lzf5kzZ3s0g-GtupYe_mmc/s1600/maze+runner.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRt9Y-3xfwHpbicQlzjT733a0SqfGb4Dq_Ho-5lAzL41EAXEddhf62gBP8e9oUnrbqeEhM5ceMVjXjVhhMU0vPNDl8KyX-5xSkTRmIB_2xCJLPJxMKSKur8lzf5kzZ3s0g-GtupYe_mmc/s400/maze+runner.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5489778805228491250" /></a><br />For those of you who enjoy literary fiction (books that make you think, the ones that have Symbols and Whatnot), take a look at these:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBRZTX3kHxmvZnRr-VGIW5-__OipwqdzJEdLtgyRVwJhgas6U8aWdbeGmL7NE4A_tKt_lLn4R3F0ywcc7peT3Xhj4Kx-kJjEgJLJ4X-NizoR8LF8Jmo-eEP63n5Tz_megWeShUnM4BBg/s1600/flash+burnout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDBRZTX3kHxmvZnRr-VGIW5-__OipwqdzJEdLtgyRVwJhgas6U8aWdbeGmL7NE4A_tKt_lLn4R3F0ywcc7peT3Xhj4Kx-kJjEgJLJ4X-NizoR8LF8Jmo-eEP63n5Tz_megWeShUnM4BBg/s400/flash+burnout.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490784337427757490" /></a><br />Flash Burnout by L.K. Madigan<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaExC8bWOe2LEAkvGr-5WksL_i7kftwDrIObk-WGfcA8uZNQ0YtskXVkdLVD9HKuui7ClVumoucAcAN-E_kVukN00pZiRuW8qVuzDU07OSm42Xj9dMlurpxh0LZycJjAU8jaKu_7fOI8/s1600/bovine.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaExC8bWOe2LEAkvGr-5WksL_i7kftwDrIObk-WGfcA8uZNQ0YtskXVkdLVD9HKuui7ClVumoucAcAN-E_kVukN00pZiRuW8qVuzDU07OSm42Xj9dMlurpxh0LZycJjAU8jaKu_7fOI8/s400/bovine.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5490783521203836770" /></a><br />And Going Bovine by Libba Bray.<br /><br />That's enough to get you started, right?wabashteenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09176392957044859753noreply@blogger.com0