Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Nutmeg books



Voting for the 2009 Teen Nutmeg Book Award will take place in January. This holiday vacation is a great time to read one or more of the Nutmeg nominees before voting takes place. elsewhere is one of the nominees. It is written by Gabrielle Zevin and describes an interesting afterlife where people and animals age backwards until they are reborn again. Take a look at all the Nutmeg nominees at http://www.ewml.org/teennutmeg.htm. If you"ve read elsewhere or any of the other Nutmeg nominees tell us what you thought of it. Look for voting ballots at the library sometime in January

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Gift Ideas for the Holidays

Teen Librarians from libraries across Connecticut have put together a list of the best books to give teens as a holiday gift. The most popular choice was The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, a Connecticut author who also wrote Gregor the Overlander and its sequels. The Hunger Games is set in a futuristic society where teens are pitted against each other in a game of survival on a reality television show. Let us know if you've read this book or have any suggestions for books which would make a great gift. Here is the list compiled by some of Connecticut's Teen Librarians.

Friday, November 21, 2008

"Twilight" movie

Today's the day. The "Twilight" movie was finally released. If anyone has seen it and would like to post a review, we'd love to hear about it. Just remember to keep your review free of spoilers because many of us have not yet seen it.

Friday, November 14, 2008

Fantasy Award Winner


At the 2008 World Fantasy Convention held earlier this month in Calgary, Canada the award for best fantasy novel was given to Ysabel by Guy Gavriel Kay. It's here in the Teen fiction section. If anyone has read it, tell us if you thought it was the best fantasy book you've read this year.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Like audiobooks?


If you liked any of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, you'll enjoy this audiobook. It's the first in a series of books by L. A. Meyer about the adventures of Mary "Jack" Faber, a 13 year old orphan girl who disguises herself as a boy to escape street life. The narrator has a great British accent which takes a little while to get used to. Once you do, you'll be talking that way too (or at least want to.) If audiobooks aren't your thing, read the books. The library now has the sixth and latest in the series, My Bonny Light Horseman: being an account of the further adventures of Jacky Faber, in love and war.

Friday, October 17, 2008

New Teen Books

These are some new books in the New Teen Fiction section which sound like they would make great reading for Halloween: Evernight by Claudia Gray, Generation Dead by Daniel Waters, The Graveyard by Neil Gaiman, and The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong. Has anyone read any one of these yet? If so, tell us what you thought of it. Was it a good, scary Halloween read?

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

"Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist"

I know everyone is anxious for the release of the movie "Twilight," but has anyone gone to see this new movie? Like "Twilight," it is based on a book "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist" which was written by Rachel Cohn And David Levithan. The book was very interesting because the authors wrote alternating chapters--Rachel writing as Norah and David as Nick. I was wondering if the movie was as good as the book. If you read the book or saw the movie or both, let us know what you think.