With all the basement remodeling, we've decided to expand our graphic novel section.
In the near future you can find the GN's next to the Manga section, but until then
you'll have to check out some of our new selections:
Blood Work
by Kim Harrison
Detectives Ivy and Rachel, vampire and witch, fight the evils of Cincinnati's
supernatural life. Part of The Hollows Series, Blood Work is the prequel to
Dead Witch Walking.
Castle: Richard Castle's Deadly Storm
by Brian Michael Bendis
"Castle's hero, Derrick Storm, comes to life in the pages of this
all new graphic novel. This 'adaptation' of derrick Storm's first novel
takes our hero from the gritty world of the private eye all the way
to the globe-hopping intrique of the CIA."
On your mark
Get ready
Set
Go!
If you haven't heard, November is national novel writing month.
You are either thinking:
Woo-hoo!
So what?
Or oh, that's nice (with alittle sarcasm thrown in)
What I like about the Young Writers Program is that
YOU, yes YOU!, get to decide what you want your goal to be.
Do you want to write the next exciting novel or
do you want to finish a short story?
Completely up to you!
Even if you don't call yourself a writer, you have the
ability to write--even if that means journalling your day.
Good luck and enjoy.
One of the many new titles I JUST checked in to circulate from our library is
"Wonkenstein: The Creature from my Closet" by Obert Sue.
If you are the tiniest bit a Diary of a Wimpy Kid fan, then hands down you will enjoy this book. Written in a similiar middle school boy voice, 12 year old Rob will leave you laughing from the beginning. You meet his sister, who when asked in the spelling bee to spell 'beautiful'--spelled her own name--Libby; his dad, mom and little brother Kevin, aka Tuffin.
Interspersed with cartoonish drawings throught out, this is an enjoyable read--no matter your age.
Reading through Book Page this morning, I was drawn to the question regarding parents asking about their daughter writing fan fiction.
The website Fanfiction is referenced--so I thought I'd hop on the bandwagon and head over to this cite. I've heard of fan fiction, but hadn't gone any further. All I can say is WOW!
As a self-proclaimed writer from kindergarten, I fell in love with the fact that there is a ton of writing going on --and with teens!! I haven't delved in completely, but enough to see that there is a place for writing teens (and adults) to share their interests--whether it be a certain character or character setting.
What character would you write about? Or setting?
Interesting.
With the trend of dystopian YA fiction, I wasn't surprised that how easily I was captured into Delirium. I fell in love with the snippets of 'rules' beginning each chapter...a poetry between religiousity and governmental regulations, deemed to keep us safe.
Safe from the each other.
Safe from ourselves.
Safe from love.
The biggest killer of them all.
Lena is set to have her procedure, so she can be 'cured' in 95 days, safely dreaming of never falling in love. Unlike her mother, who had the procedure 4 times and continually loved with her entire being. Loved so deeply, that it killed her. Lena wants nothing of the sort.
But then she meets Alex. Alex opens her world up to new possibilities, new truths--leading her to wonder what is truly reality. Lena will have many struggles and action to figure out if love is worth living or dying for.
Addie Carle is not shy. At all. She speaks for the unspeakable. The inside of the jacket cover describes her as "outspoken, opinionated and sometimes
obnoxious." As a reader, I would agree with that sentence.
What I like about Addie is that she cares about the world and the people around her.
You learn that in the first few pages when she describes all the things she worries about.
She has empathy.
So, in a world of mean girl books and movies, this book offered a glimpse of hope
of the other side of humanity--feelings and growth.
Of course, she's in 7th grade so there's THAT--but she sees the bigger picture...even with her boyfriend, Dushawn.
The story read quickly, being in poetic-diary-like form--which made
Addies voice even more authentic.
Thanks for some substance in a world of fluff.
A big congrats to Katie for winning the top 10 summer songs at TCPL!!
