Reminder: Re: Anime Club

Just a reminder that there will be Anime Club next Wednesday the 20th from 3:00-5:30pm and the following Wednesday the 27th at the same time.

The Anime Club will now be meeting every week. Our room is unavailable the first and last Wednesday of the month so those weeks we will keep our old day and time and meet on Friday from 5:00-7:30pm. Every week in between we will be meeting on Wednesday from 3:00-5:30pm.

Keep an eye on the teen website for schedules.

- Krista

We Can Has Video Games?

We have made yet another leap that lands us even further into the land of awesome than we were before...

We are now accepting donations of the following types of video games and systems that are in excellent condition: Playstation, Playstation 2, Playstation 3, GameCube, Wii, Xbox, and Xbox 360. At this time we will not be accepting any handheld or cartridge-based games or systems. All donated systems will be tested before being accepted. Please bring all donations to the front circulation desk.

Donated games will be added to the collection. Patrons can look forward to video game library programs, and many will be available for checkout!

As always, for more information contact us in any of the usual ways.

This is going to be awesome!

- Krista

Breaking Dawn

Well, I did it! I read Breaking Dawn. The series is over.

Before I express my opinion on this book I'd like to point out that it seems like the whole world hates it. Way before there should even be reviews, people were saying it was a horrible book. It's been said many times that it was drawn out and slow going. And I suppose if you just look at the 754 pages, it would seem that way.

However, upon reading the book I have this to say, it rocks. Really. It rocks hard. Stephenie Meyer proved in this book more than any other so far her skill as a storyteller. She kept the reader locked in on the emotions of the characters and really made you feel the spectrum, from desolation to blinding joy. That is a skill too often sacrificed in today's literature. As far as it being slow, I knew there would be criticism of this book. There's no pleasing everyone especially in the conclusion of a series that is so polarized. There's also bound to be some resentment as fans of the series don't want to see it end so there will never be a good ending. That being said, I think all other criticism of this book could be taken in stride, however, it is anything but slow. There were so many things happening. So many twists. It never got boring. All in all it was an spectacular journey and my mind cannot fathom how it could possibly have concluded in any other way.

Now I've got to hold my breath until Midnight Sun!

Also, I have a limited number of Breaking Dawn buttons and bookmarks that were sent to me by the publisher. Contact me in any of the usual ways to find out how to get one.

- Krista

More Advance Reading Copies

I just received a box of advance reading copies. If you would like to review any of these books, please contact me. Here are the titles:

Babylonne - Catherine Jinks
Deadville - Ron Koertge
The Darkness Under the Water - Beth Kanell
The Ghost's Child - Sonya Hartnett
All We Know of Love - Nora Raleigh Baskin
Anila's Journey - Mary Finn
Down Sand Mountain - Steve Watkins
Chameleon - Charles R. Smith, Jr.
The Savage - David Almond, Illustrated by Dave McKean
Kaimira: The Sky Village - Monk & Nigel Ashland
Robe of Skulls - Vivian French & Ross Collins
War Is...
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Volume II - M.T. Anderson

- Krista

...Fin!

Well, our first shot at a Teen Summer Library Program has come to an end. I think it went pretty well. The Pizza Party on Friday was a big hit. For future reference, four large pizzas and 20 breadsticks are not, in fact, adequate for feeding 15 teenagers. ...in case anyone was wondering. Thank you to everyone who came to the programs. These things don't happen without your participation. Keep in mind that I always like to hear program ideas from the people who would be attending the programs. So if you have any ideas for next year or for programs for the rest of the year, please contact me. Rumor has it the theme for next years summer program is "the arts".

My deepest thanks to the following people and organizations:
Jreck's subs, for feeding everyone at the Game Night.
Gamer Craze, for letting us borrow a controller for the Game Night.
Tyler Flanagan, for letting us play Rock Band, oh yeah, be sorry you missed that one, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl!
Cole DeSantis, for letting us use his Wii.
Rainbow Crabtree, for sharing her time, knowledge and food for our nutrition workshop.
Master Frank Palumbo, for sharing his knowledge and expertise of martial arts with us.
Beverly Ewart and Kelly Woodruff, for sharing their time and creativity for our scrapbook workshop.
Sarah Scafidi-McGuire, for sharing her time and expertise of yoga with us.
Donald Thompson, for sharing his knowledge and experience to teach us first aid and CPR.
Pizza Hut, for feeding everyone at the Pizza Party, or trying to...how does that much food disappear that fast?!?
Video Plus, for donating a $20 gift certificate to be given away in our Library Crawler Card drawing.

Thanks to everyone! I really think this was fun. Now send me some ideas on how to top this next year!

- Krista

Dream Girl by Lauren Mechling

"Good. A little overrated."

- Nicole Potter

Dream Girl was just released last week.

Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez

"description: Daisy is the only kid in her family that's not psychic. But a strange murder and even her psychic detective mother can't figure it out she takes it upon her self to figure out the crime. As she delves deeper into her towns strange history and discovers a vampire might be the culprit can she survive?
rating:excellent"

- Ansel Shipley

Dead is the New Black is scheduled for publication in September of this year.