YA Books about Consumerism & Media Consumption by Jane Gov, Youth Services Librarian updated 2/20/2020 Feed by M.T. Anderson Identity crises, consumerism, and star-crossed teenage love in a futuristic society where people connect to the Internet via feeds implanted in their brains. For Titus and his friends, it started […]
YA Books About Advocacy & Activism
Published on :YA Books About Advocacy & Activism by Jane Gov, Youth Services Librarian updated 2/20/2020 Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed New York Times bestselling authors Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed have crafted a resonant, funny, and memorable story about the power of love and resistance. YES […]
10 YA Books About Race
Published on :10 YA Books About Race by Jane Gov, Youth Services Librarian updated 12/11, 2017 This month, our book club discussed The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas. It was the most highly rated book we have ever selected for YA Book Club–with five star ratings from everyone. The book’s […]
5 books you need to read in celebration of GLBT Book Month
Published on :Read with Pride June is GLBT Book Month™, a national celebration of authors and books that reflect the GLBT experience. No longer a place for just books, libraries are transforming lives by fostering community, understanding and access to the very best in GLBT literature and community resources. Below are five of my favorite LGBTQ […]
YA Book Swap
Published on :…wherein I cleaned out my home library and gave away hundreds of books. And others came to swap out their old books for some new stuff to read. And played board games. And listed our top 5 books of the year. Our official BEST OF 2015 list: The Martian by […]
Side Effects May Vary — a review
Published on :If it’s been a while since you’ve read The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, or seen the movie, but can still remember how much you loved Hazel and Gus, you might be ready for another cancer-plagued teen romance… but watch out, ’cause this one has a twist. Like […]
Steampunk Books
Published on :Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction that incorporates the new with the old—the ‘old’ typically being set in Victorian London (or a similar place) with the old dresses, top hats, and those prim manners… And the ‘new’ being those futuristic inventions such as technology or objects with clockwork gadgets […]
Sync YA Summer: Awesome Audios
Published on :Is listening to an audiobook the same as reading a print book? Some say yes; some say no. It’s certainly a different experience and a lot depends on the performance of the audio narrator. The important part is that it’s still a reading experience. Audiobooks are perfect for the multi-tasker! […]
What Could Be Scary About Food?
Published on :Our Summer Reading Club theme this year. What could be scary about that? After all, summer is a time to drop in to the library, pick up a good book, fix a snack, and dive into words and tastiness. Well, later this summer, on August 7th, we have our infamous Fear Factor […]
Watch the Anime, Read the Manga
Published on :Have you seen the new Toonami lineup yet? Yes, anime almost all night, every Saturday. Even better, we have the manga for almost the whole lineup. You can read the printed versions, which are often very different from the version which shows up on American television. The ones we have […]