Freedom to Read Week
February 24 - March 3

Today Corrie read
"Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

 Tomorrow Shannan will be reading "And Tango Makes Three" by Justin Richardson, "The Lorax" by Dr. Seuss, and "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll.

Think for yourself and let others do the same.
Freedom to read can never be taken for granted.

Shannan the librarian will be reading from "dangerous" books that folks in some places want banned! Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday at 3 pm and Thursday at 11 am.

Are you brave enough to check out the dangerous notions in BOOKS??

Freedom to Read Week
February 24 - March 3

Today Shannan is reading
"The Absolutely True Diary of a
Part-time Indian" by Sherman Alexie.

 Tomorrow Shannan will be reading "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley.

Think for yourself and let others do the same. Freedom to read can never be taken for granted.

Shannan the librarian will be reading from "dangerous" books that folks in some places want banned! Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday at 3 pm and Thursday at 11 am.

Are you brave enough to check out the dangerous notions in BOOKS??

The Big Read 2013- February

The Big Read 2013- Heather- February Part 2

Up to 22 books now, the latest installment is:

 Ever After by Kim Harrison. This is number 11 in a long running series set in the Hollows, featuring witches, demons and vampires- as mostly normal folk.  I really enjoyed this book, I think Kim can see the end in sight- number 13 I think, and is moving the characters in place for the finale.

Through the Ever Night by Veronica Rossi. This young adult novel is number 2 in a trilogy. It is very good. Set after an environmental disaster where the magnetosphere has disappeared letting in an alien atomsphere.  Some of the people have ensconced themselves in underground bunkers while others were left to fend for themselves. Years later the bunkers are failing and the storms are intensifying. What will happen to our two main characters Aria and Perry?  Thumbs up for this series.

There are still a few more that I need to add for February, I guess there will be a Part 3!

I see that Jeri has joined the fray. I also have a goodreads account that features this contest. When I figure out my account I'll post it here too.

The Big Read 2013 continued

This is Jeri and I am also participating the "The Big Read 2013". I'm not sure if I can read 100 books in a year, but I'm willing to try. Especially if I can count the children's books that I read as part of work! Books like this:



You can follow my adventures in reading 100 books in a year on my Goodreads account at this address: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4834673-jeri

Come along for the adventure and join us in The Big Read 2013.

Big Read- February Part 1

The Big Read 2013- Heather- February Part 1

Well I had a very good weekend reading wise. Stayed up waaaayyy to late on Saturday reading. I finished 3 books, two were very good and one not. I'll start with the Not.
S.E.C.R.E.T by L. Marie Adeline. This novel is getting a lot of talk in the media. It is from a Canadian author and is supposed to be the New Fifty Shades.  I did not like it, as far as erotica goes- blah.

 Unravel Me by Tahereh Mafi. This is the second book of a series, I think a trilogy. It is a young adult novel. I really enjoyed it, hence staying up until 8 in the morning to finish.  At the end of the first book Shatter Me I was not so enthused. It seemed like the xmen but this novel was great.  Everyone is talking about Chapter 62- "very sexy" as my friend Monique says. I wonder how long I'll have to wait until the next (last?) book- sigh.

 Days of Blood and Starlight by Laini Taylor.  This is also the second book of a series, again a trilogy. It is also a young adult novel.  It is an angels and demons book- Seraphim and Chimera, set in world that is connected to Earth through portals.  This is a good series- lots of twists and turns and angst. The first book is called Daughter of Smoke and Bone.

I'll post the books I read at the beginning of the month is a later post.

Enjoying the Challenge.  Keep Reading.

Greatest Books of All Time Week 4

Greatest Books of All Time
Week 4

100 Greatest Books
of All Time.
 
Votes for the week of February 15, 2013 are in! 
The nominees are:

Title	Author	Publication Date
Harry Potter & the Philosopher's Stone	J.K. Rowling	1997
The Sharky
Kylie Jean	Marci Peschke	2011
The Stand	Stephen King	1978
Warrior Cats	Erin Hunter	2003
The Outsiders	S.E. Hinton	1967
Bible
Gone with the Wind	Margaret Mitchell	1936
Dracula	Bram Stoker	1897
Velveteen Rabbit	Margery Williams Bianco	1922
Pokemon	Tracey West	1996

What is your favourite book of all time? Cast your vote by commenting here at the bottom of this post, posting a note on our facebook page or adding it to our in-house ballot box.

Each Friday we will tabulate the votes and post them on our
Facebook, Twitter and Blog accounts.

One vote per visit please.

The final Top 100 will be announced at the end of December.

So far Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is in the lead.

The Big Read- January

The Big Read- January Reads for Heather

This will be a bit of a long post. I'm going to update all my reads for January.  Please take into account I was on vacation and enjoying some super fluff!

Darkness Reborn by Stephanie Rowe


Darkness Surrendered by Stephanie Rowe
These are from her Order of the Blade series.  They are a lot like JR Wards series The Black Dagger Brotherhood.  Romance with a paranormal twist. I didn't get these through the library, bought them on my ipad.



The Vanishing Act by Mette Jakobsen, is available as an interlibrary loan.  This book had great reviews but it made me mad. I can't stand little whispers that are never revealed!







The Unnaturalists by Tiffany Trent. This is a young adult book. It is steampunk, which is a cross between the victorian age and the future. Pretend oil was never discovered. Got to love steampunk. Science is a religion in this rendition.  There will be a second book.







Iced by Karen Marie Moning.  This is a new series following the completion of her Fever series. The world is the same but the main character is Dani O'Malley.  I really like Karen Marie Moning, although this book is a little creepy, the 14 year old protagonist is being scoped out by way older men- yuck.  Maybe she'll magically age as it is a book about the fae.






Rebel Heart by Moira Young.  This is the second book of the Dustlands series.  It is a dystopian young adult book. They are worth reading.











Crescendo, Silence and Finale by Becca Fitzpatrick. The is a four book series called Hush Hush.  It is a young adult series.  I've read better but once I start I always feel I need to finish the series.  That explains why I'm still reading Anita Blake, Ha.
 The Last Dragonslayer by Jasper Fforde. Again this is a young adult book.  I love Jasper Fforde and have his newest Thursday Next book in my to read pile.  This is the start of a series. It is set in England as most of his work is. There is also a little bit of dystopian thrown in, most of his books feature that as well.  He is an excellent author but very unique. Try him out.

Under the Never Sky by Veronica Rossi. Yet another young adult book set in a dystopian world.  The second of this trilogy is just out, have that waiting on my to read pile as well.  This is set after an environmental catastrophe where there are people living underground in sealed pods and the above people who are trying to make it living on the surface.  No magic in this series. It is good, give it a try.






Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi. Young adult. This part of a series, a trilogy I believe. There is a 1.5 short story that is available on e-book, Destroy Me. The second in the series has just been released- Unravel Me, on the waiting list for that one.
This series started out good but it is turning into the Xmen. We'll see how it goes.







Notorious Nineteen by Janet Evanovich. The 19th in the Stephanie Plum series. It was better than 18. Worth a giggle.









Well that's the end of January.  Give them a try.  I'll update February soon so the posts aren't so onerous.

The Big Read for 2013

Heather (that's me) the Children's Programmer here at the library has joined the 100 Book Celebration!

I keep track of all the books I read during the year (memory is going) and seeing as it is Sylvan Lake's 100th Birthday and the library is joining the celebration by having a 100 Book Challenge for 2013, I have decided to share with you my reading for the year.
From the get go I will warn you that I read mostly light fluffy stuff: lots of paranormal, young adult and female authors.
Let's start then.  This past week I read the first two books of a trilogy.
Unearthly by Cynthia Hand





Hallowed by Cynthia Hand





This is a young adult trilogy. The third book is out, I'm on the waiting list.  It is about angels, angel-bloods (part human part angel) and dark wings (fallen angels). The newest craze is angels. This is a mediocre series, there are a lot of loose ends that I hope get picked up in the final book. Not a bad read.  Romance and teenagers, a little drama and death.

I will be posting the books I have read already this year in a future post.  I think I am at book 16.

Join the challenge!  

The Big Read is a fabulous way to celebrate our centennial.

Greatest Books of All Time Week 3

100 Greatest Books
of All Time.
 
Votes for the week of January 27, 2013 are in! 

The nominees are:

Title	Author	Publication Date
1984	George Orwell	1949
Creepover	P.J. Night	2012
Hound of the Baskervilles	Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	1902
Lord of the Flies	William Golding	1954
The Wars	Timothy Findley	1977
To Kill a Mockingbird	Harper Lee	1960
100 Years of Solitude	Gabriel Garcia Marquez	1967
Frankenstien	Mary Shelley	1818
Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	Muriel Spark	1961
Diary of Anne Frank	Anne Frank	1947

  

What is your favourite book of all time? Cast your vote by commenting here at the bottom of this post, posting a note on our facebook page or adding it to our in-house ballot box.

Each Friday we will tabulate the votes and post them on our
Facebook, Twitter and Blog accounts.

One vote per visit please.

The final Top 100 will be announced at the end of December.

So far Little Women by Louisa May Alcott is in the lead.