Cat vs. Human

This is evidence that soon cats will take over the world.

New Arrivals!!

October 1st - November 1st

The Masked Truth

YA Arm   

Armstrong, Kelley

Manners & mutiny

YA Car   

Carriger, Gail

Happily ever after

YA Cas   

Cass, Kiera

The conjurer's riddle

YA Cre   

Cremer, Andrea R.     

Dark tide

YA Don   

Donnelly, Jennifer

Sky Key

YA Fre   

Frey, James

Wolf by wolf   

YA Gra   

Graudin, Ryan

Traffick

YA Hop   

Hopkins, Ellen

Unspoken

YA Hun   

Hunter, C.

kid : old school

YA Kin   

Kinney, Jeff

The Rose Society

YA Lu   

Lu, Marie

Twilight/Life and Death

YA Mey   

Meyers, Stephanie

Newt's emerald

YA Nix   

Nix, Garth

The murder of an angel

YA Pat   

Patterson, James

Ice like fire

YA Raa   

Raasch, Sara

Carry on : the rise and fall of Simon Snow

YA Row   

Rowell, Rainbow

A mad zombie party

YA Sho   

Showalter, Gena

Black Widow : forever red    

YA Sto   

Stohl, Margaret

Autotuned Physics

Aaaaaand I am going to just leave this right here. Happy first day of November!

Book List: Halloween

Do you have any plans for the big night? Trick-or-Treating? Family Halloween Party? Scary movie night with friends? Or maybe you'd rather sit in and read some spooky tales instead? Well, either way it's time for a Halloween Book List! So here's a list of books that will leave you goosebumpy and a little scared to look under the bed:

Beating Heart by A.M. Jenkins

Following his parents' divorce, seventeen-year-old Evan moves with his mother and sister into an old house where the spirit of a teenager who died there awakens and mistakes him for her long-departed lover.

The Accident by Diane Hoh

A wispy, shadowy figure appears in Megan's mirror one day begging to trade places with her for just one week. The young girl begs her to let her live again. Gradually Megan comes to realize that she must grant this request.


Jade Green by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings.

20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill

A collection of fifteen original ghost stories by award-winning author Joe Hill, son of authors Stephen King and Tabitha King.



Pay the Piper by Jane Yolen and Adam Stemple

When Callie interviews the band, Brass Rat, for her school newspaper, her feelings are ambivalent, but when all the children of Northampton begin to disappear on Halloween, she knows where the dangerous search must begin.

All Hallows Eve: Thirteen Stories by Vivian Vande Velde

Presents thirteen tales of Halloween horrors, including ghosts, vampires, and pranks gone awry.




All the Lovely Bad Ones by Mary Downing Hahn

Travis and his sister Corey decide to boost business at their grandmother's Vermont inn by staging a few "hauntings" that soon draw tourists from across the country, but when their antics awaken a dark force, they must find a way to put to rest the ghosts they have disturbed.

The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn

Tired of the rules that have bound them ever since "the bad thing happened," twelve-year-old Diana ignores her brother's warnings and befriends the daughter of the new caretaker, setting in motion events that lead to the release of the spirit of an evil, crazy woman who once ruled the old Willis place.

Shadowed Summer by Saundra Mitchell

In the small town of Ondine, Louisiana, fourteen-year-old Iris uncovers family secrets when she conjures up the ghost of a boy missing for decades and decides to solve the mystery of his disappearance.



Intrigued? Don't forget to check our library's catalog to see if they're in!

New Arrivals!!

September 1st - October 1st

Six of crows

YA Bar

Bardugo, Leigh

The copper gauntlet

YA Bla

Black, Holly

The witch hunter

YA Boe

Boecker, Virginia

Lair of dreams : a Diviners novel

YA Bra

Bray, Libba

Mechanica

YA Cor

Cornwell, Betsy

The taking

YA Der

Derting, Kimberly

Michael Vey. 5, Storm of lightning

YA Eva

Evans, Richard Paul

The accident season

YA Fow

Fowley-Doyle, Moïra

The trouble in me

YA Gan

Gantos, Jack

Star wars : lost stars

YA Gra

Gray, Claudia

The tattooed heart : a Messenger of Fear novel

YA Gra

Grant, Michael

Redeemed

YA Had

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Magonia

YA Hea

Headley, Maria Dahvana

The fate of ten

YA Lor

Lore, Pittacus

Queen of shadows

YA Maa

Maas, Sarah J.           

Scorched

YA Man

Mancusi, Marianne

Shattered

YA Man

Mancusi, Marianne

Smoked

YA Man

Mancusi, Mari

The shepherd's crown

YA Pra

Pratchett, Terry

Library of souls

YA Rig

Riggs, Ransom

Jackaby

YA Rit

Ritter, William

Eleanor & Park

YA Row

Rowell, Rainbow

The blackthorn key

YA San

Sands, Kevin

The hired girl

YA Sch

Schlitz, Laura Amy

Zom-B fugitive

YA Sha

Shan, Darren

Thirteen chairs

YA She

Shelton, Dave

The walls around us

YA Sum

Suma, Nova Ren

Trouble is a friend of mine

YA Tro

Tromly, Stephanie

Zeroes

YA Wes

Westerfeld, Scott

Paper hearts

YA Wiv 

Wiviott, Meg

Spooky Bookish Facts

It's that time of year! Time for apple cider and horror novels. I just came across this list from Book Riot of creepy bookish trivia.

2. While books bound with human skin can be found in collections in several libraries, the Boston Athanaeum holds one of the few books bound with the skin of its author. While imprisoned, a highwayman wrote of his life, but could not afford to have it bound. Upon his death, he requested his skin be used and the memoir gifted to the man who had originally caught him.

4. Virginia Poe, late wife of Edgar Allen Poe, startled the family one night while singing and playing the piano. During that time, her lungs began to hemorrhage from her Tuberculosis and she started bleeding from the mouth.

12. Though it may seem like an odd ritual now, visiting the corpse of a loved (complete with hugging) was a common practice in the 19th century. After his wife died at a young age, Ralph Waldo Emerson made it a routine to have her coffin opened every morning so he could embrace her corpse. This carried on for a year.

Head over to Book Riot for the complete list!

Literary Clothing

So I own my fair share of literary and comic book inspired clothing, but I really don't think I will ever have enough. Especially if its Harry Potter inspired.

New Arrivals!

August 16th - September 1st

The copper gauntlet

YA Bla   

Black, Holly

The witch hunter

YA Boe   

Boecker, Virginia

Lair of dreams : a Diviners novel

YA Bra

Bray, Libba

Mechanica

YA Cor

Cornwell, Betsy

The accident season

YA Fow

Fowley-Doyle, Moïra

The trouble in me

YA Gan   

Gantos, Jack

Star wars : lost stars

YA Gra

Gray, Claudia

                       

Redeemed

YA Had   

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Magonia

YA Hea   

Headley, Maria Dahvana

The fate of ten

YA Lor   

Lore, Pittacus

Queen of shadows

YA Maa   

Maas, Sarah J.

The shepherd's crown

YA Pra  

Pratchett, Terry

The blackthorn key

YA San   

Sands, Kevin

The walls around us

YA Sum   

Suma, Nova Ren

Trouble is a friend of mine

YA Tro   

Tromly, Stephanie

Paper hearts

YA Wiv   

Wiviott, Meg

New Arrivals!!

August 1st - 15th

Never always sometimes

YA Als   

Alsaid, Adi

Me and Earl and the dying girl : a novel

YA And   

Andrews, Jesse

Every last breath

YA Arm   

Armentrout, Jennifer L.

Court of Fives

YA Ell   

Elliott, Kate

Crystal kingdom

YA Hoc   

Hocking, Amanda

Reawakened

YA Hou   

Houck, Colleen

King : a Prophecy novel

YA Oh   

Oh, Ellen

Warrior : a Prophecy novel

YA Oh   

Oh, Ellen

Fantastic Four. 4, The end is fourever

YA Rob   

Robinson, James Dale

Books Are My Bag

Um, can I tell you how much I love this bag? No, I can't, because it's inexplicable. Excuse me while I run off and get it.

New Arrivals!

July 16th - 31st

Fantastic Four

YA Agu

Aguirre-Sacasa, Roberto

Goodbye stranger

YA Ste  

Stead, Rebecca

           

Return to the Dark House

YA Sto

Stolarz, Laurie Faria

Trollhunters

YA Tor

Toro, Guillermo del

Spoilers as Punishment

So I just read an article that there's this math teacher in Belgium who keeps his students in line by threatening them with Game of Thrones spoilers. The Telegraph wrote "Asking his students which of them watched the fantasy drama, the majority raised their hands, to which the teacher responded: “Well, I’ve read all the books. If there is too much noise, I will write the names of the dead on the board.” Reported in the Belgian newspaper, the teacher continued: “They [the dead] are enough to fill the whole year and I can even describe how they die.”

Apparently he has only needed to follow through on his threat once. Ice cold!

Geek Zodiac

Check out this Geek Zodiac! Apparently, I am an Alien, which is "+ Intelligent. Technophile. Diplomatic. - Suspicious. Secretive. Inscrutable." And this was determined according to prominent works that came out in certain years. Mine originated from 1938 when Orson Wells radio broadcasted H.G. Well's book The War of the Worlds and everyone got freaked out. Where do you fall?

New Arrivals!

July 1st - 15th

Ink and bone  

YA Cai   

Caine, Rachel

Silver in the blood

YA Geo   

George, Jessica Day

           

Edda  

YA Kos   

Kostick, Conor

           

Deceptive : an Illusive novel

YA Llo   

Lloyd-Jones, Emily

           

Shadowshaper

YA Old   

Older, Daniel José

Lights out

YA Pat   

Patterson, James

The heart of betrayal  

YA Pea   

Pearson, Mary

Outrage

YA San

Sandford, John

Return to the Dark House

YA Sto   

Stolarz, Laurie Faria

Suicide notes from beautiful girls

YA Wei   

Weingarten, Lynn

LEGO X-Men

So, LEGO has really been killing it lately. Have you seen the Simpsons LEGO set?! They haven't made an X-Men set yet, but LEGO Cuusoo user DarthKy has shown the X-Men possibilities by building Xavier’s Institute for Higher Learning. The giant X-Mansion is built to fold out and is four stories tall. DarthKy wants to include 45 mini-figures and locations like the Danger Room and Cerebro.  Let's hope it gets made!

Redheads in Literature

I had never thought about it before, but a lot of my favorite literary characters (like, EVER) have been redheads, which is interesting since such a low percentage of the general population are red-haired. 

Young Adult author Alison Cherry has put together a great list of the best fictional redheads. "Perhaps my favorite thing about the group of characters listed below is that it shows just how different redheads can be. Underneath those fiery locks and freckles, there are introverts and extroverts, firecrackers and daydreamers, badasses and sweethearts."

Who is your favorite red-haired literary character? 

New Arrivals!

June 1st - 30th

99 days 

YA Cot

Cotugno, Katie

Fire with fire 

YA Han

Han, Jenny

           

The hunted 

YA Hig

Higson, Charles

             

Finding Audrey 

YA Kin

Kinsella, Sophie

           

To hold the bridge 

YA Nix

Nix, Garth

A book of spirits and thieves 

YA Rho

Rhodes, Morgan

The stars never rise     

YA Vin

Vincent, Rachel

Travelling Through Books

Sometimes we need to be reminded of one of the simplest and most powerful abilities of a book. When we are sick in bed or financially unable to explore the world, anyone can always escape to any time or place through books. I would love to have this framed so that I can always remember the simplest magic of books.

Silent Reading, YAY!

Raise your hand if you were also this kid. Yeah.. me too.

Goosebumps Movie

Did you know that Goosebumps is going to the big screen? Jack Black will be playing R.L Stine! What do you think?

Cats Who Read

So, I don't know if it's because I love books and cats, or if it's a real phenomenon, but it seems as though there is an abundance of photos and gifs on the internet of cats with books. Perhaps they secretly can read? I'd like to think so.

New Arrivals!!

May 16th - May 31st

The wrath & the dawn    

YA Ahd

Ahdieh, Renée

                               

Royal wedding 

YA Cab

Cabot, Meg

               

Lion heart 

YA Gau

Gaughen, A. C.

               

The edge of the shadows 

YA Geo

George, Elizabeth

P.S. I still love you 

YA Han

Han, Jenny

               

Off the page     

YA Pic

Picoult, Jodi

               

Daughter of deep silence 

YA Rya

Ryan, Carrie

               

The good girls   

YA She

Shepard, Sara

25 Famous Movies You Didn't Know Were Books

The lovely people over at Buzzfeed have put together a great list of 25 Famous Movies You Didn't Know Were Books. There were a few that even I as a librarian didn't realize were books! Such as Planet of the Apes (whaaaa?) and Rambo. Wow!

How many of the list did you already know were books? How many were you surprised about?

Which Book Next...

Once again, I am here to save the day! Here's a brilliant flow-chart for you to find the perfect book. And the answers are blank, so you won't find yourself cheating to avoid certain books or authors. You're welcome.

Deadliest Marvel Characters

Dang Wolverine!

New Arrivals!

April 16th - May 15th

Empire of night

YA Arm

Armstrong, Kelley

Guardians of the galaxy : Cosmic Avengers / vol. 1.

YA Ben

Bendis, Brian Michael

The cemetery boys

YA Bre

Brewer, Heather

Captain America : winter soldier

YA Bru

Brubaker, Ed

Undertow

YA Buc

Buckley, Michael

Rook

YA Cam

Cameron, Sharon

The heir

YA Cas

Cass, Kiera

City love

YA Col

Colasanti, Susane

The Isle of the Lost : a Descendents novel

YA Del

De la Cruz, Melissa

Saint anything : a novel

YA Des

Dessen, Sarah

Dangerous deception

YA Gar

Garcia, Kami

Dream a little dream

YA Gie

Gier, Kerstin

Palace of lies

YA Had

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Palace of Mirrors

YA Had

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

Ice kissed

YA Hoc

Hocking, Amanda

Rogue

YA Kag

Kagawa, Julie

Catalyst

YA Kin

Kincaid, S. J.

Beyond the veil

YA Lof

Loftis, Quinn

Out of the dark

YA Lof

Loftis, Quinn

A court of thorns and roses

YA Maa

Maas, Sarah J.

The novice

YA Mat

Matharu, Taran

Dorothy must die

YA Pai

Paige, Danielle

Dorothy must die : stories

YA Pai

Paige, Danielle

The wicked will rise

YA Pai

Paige, Danielle

Maximum Ride forever

YA Pat

Patterson, James

Challenger deep

YA Shu

Shusterman, Neal

An ember in the ashes

YA Tah

Tahir, Sabaa

Bad island

YA Ten

TenNapel, Doug

Black dove, white raven 

YA Wei

Wein, Elizabeth

Book Everything!

Can I please just get everything book themed? Including my coffee mugs? Someday I will own this and hundreds like it!

New Arrivals!!

April 1st - 15th

Empire of night 

YA Arm

Armstrong, Kelley

Guardians of the galaxy : Cosmic Avengers / vol. 1. 

YA Ben

Bendis, Brian Michael  

               

The cemetery boys 

YA Bre

Brewer, Heather

Captain America : winter soldier               

YA Bru

Brubaker, Ed

Palace of lies     

YA Had

Haddix, Margaret Peterson

               

Catalyst    

YA Kin

Kincaid, S. J.

Dorothy must die 

YA Pai

Paige, Danielle

               

The wicked will rise 

YA Pai

Paige, Danielle

                               

Black dove, white raven 

YA Wei

Wein, Elizabeth

Still Middle Earth to Me

Since the final Hobbit movie came out, I've been feeling such a lack. No more Tolkein to look forward to! Even though I didn't love the last movie, it's "still Middle Earth to me." What franchise have you been most sad to see end?

New Arrivals!!

These are the newest additions to our Young Adult collection.
If you'd like to place a reserve or locate a book in our collection, please visit our online catalog.

For new additions to our Book and Audio CD collection, 
visit our New Books page!
For new additions to our DVD, Video, and Blu-Ray collection, 
visit our New Movies page!

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March 1st -19th
   
Red queen    
YA Ave   
Aveyard, Victoria

Doll bones
YA Bla  
Black, Holly

Prudence
YA Car   
Carriger, Gail     
     
The seventh magpie    
YA Cha   
Chase, Nancy

Burning kingdoms
YA Des   
DeStefano, Lauren         
     
Perfect ruin    
YA Des   
DeStefano, Lauren   
     
The dead I know    
YA Gar   
Gardner, Scot         
     
Shadow scale
YA Har   
Hartman, Rachel         
     
Hostage run    
YA Kla   
Klavan, Andrew         
     
Crystal keepers      
YA Mul   
Mull, Brandon     
     
Vanishing girls      
YA Oli  
Oliver, Lauren

The winner's crime
YA Rut   
Rutkoski, Marie         
     
The winner's curse : a novel
YA Rut   
Rutkoski, Marie         
     
The Alex crow    
YA Smi   
Smith, Andrew          
     
Kin : a tale of beauty and madness
YA Stc   
St. Crow, Lili

How to Avoid Cracking the Spine of a Book

Lately I've been OBSESSED with Booktube. There's just something so inspiring about listening to other people talk about their book loves. Whenever I am in a reading slump, I just listen to Jean talk about the Argonautica or head over to BookRiot. And so often, you can find helpful tips on Booktube, like how to read a book without cracking the spine. 

New Arrivals!!

These are the newest additions to our Young Adult collection.

If you'd like to place a reserve or locate a book in our collection, please visit our online catalog.

For new additions to our Book and Audio CD collection, 

visit our New Books page!

For new additions to our DVD, Video, and Blu-Ray collection, 

visit our New Movies page!

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February 16th - 28th

The forgotten sisters  
YA Hal
Hale, Shannon
Published 2015         
      
The last time we say goodbye      
YA Han
Hand, Cynthia
Published 2015         
      
Better than perfect
YA Kan
Kantor, Melissa
Published 2015         
      
MindWar : a novel
YA Kla
Klavan, Andrew
Published 2014         
      
Inherit midnight
YA Mye
Myers, Kate Kae
Published 2015         
      
The Syndrome      
YA Pea
Pearson, Ridley
Published 2015         
      
Terminal  
YA Rei
Reichs, Kathy
Published 2015         
      
Zom-B bride  
YA Sha
Shan, Darren
Published 2015

Kansas State Can Prosecute Teachers

So, I just read an article that the "Kansas Senate passes  bill easing prosecution of teachers for distributing 'harmful material'." It is intended to be protecting kids from "pornographic material," but educators in Kansas attest that this is because of a sex-ed poster in a classroom. And now, senators are calling books by Toni Morrison "pornographic." I hope this isn't a sign of things to come.

What are your thoughts?

Cats and Books, Please and Thank You

Can I just have this as a wallpaper? Please?

Happy Sad Valentine's Day!

So it's almost Valentine's Day, so rather than suggest great love stories, I am going to instead provide you with a list of some of the most heartwrenching unrequited love stories in literature. Compliments of Bookriot, here are 25 Painfully Unrequited Love Stories from Literature. How many of these have you read?

New Veronica Roth Books!

Have you heard!? It was just recently announced that there will be a new Veronica Roth duology. As I am sure you are aware, Veronica Roth is the author behind the hugely popular Divergent trilogy. The new two-book set is to be released in 2017 and 2018. According to The Guardian the new books are going to be Star Wars-ish. I don't even know what that could realistically mean for her books, but I am excited regardless.

What do you think? Which author do you wish would come out with something new?

Reading Skillz

So it's a new year, and with the new year, I am sure you made some resolutions. Hopefully they are the bookish type! I will be participating in a few reading challenges myself. But I stumbled across this article, I thought you would enjoy. It is 7 Reading Hacks to Improve Your Literary Skills. Some of them are quite helpful and interesting, but then some... Don't read in bed?! Read aloud, or mouth along?! Some of these might take a bit of work....

Peanuts = The Smiths?

So I love Charles Schulz's Peanuts strip. I am actually in the midst of reading through all the collected strips that are currently coming out in two year volumes. And I also happen to love the 1980's Manchester, England-born band "The Smiths." But I NEVER made the connection between Morrissey's lyrics and the strips dark and existential themes.

Brava to the Oakland-based graphic designer Lauren LoPrete who began the Tumblr account named “This Charming Charlie” where she inserts Smiths lyrics into Peanuts panels. And they are seamless, my friends. Do you like Peanuts or The Smiths? What's your favorite newspaper strip?