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Anime Review Sites
Here are some helpful links for anime review and general links on understanding the medium:
THEM anime reviews. Good for getting the synopsis of a series. See: Reviews tab and then scroll alphabetically: http://www.themanime.org/
Anime for Libraries. These reviews are done by librarians: http://www.animeforlibraries.com/
Gilles’ Service to Fans. Author is the writer of Anime Companion books. Good for [...]
Booklist’s top 10 picks for YA SF/Fantasy 2008
Searching for your next fix beyond Tamora Pierce? Look no further than Booklist Online’s top ten SF/Fantasy picks for Youth, 2008–hot off the presses:
http://www.booklistonline.com/default.aspx?page=show_product&pid=2719491
You will recall that yours truly picked Nancy Farmer’s The Land of the Silver Apples earlier this year as one of her favorites! : )
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YALSA Best Book Nominees 2009
As of May 5, there have been 70 titles officially nominated for YALSA’s Best Books for Young Adults 2009. You can view the nominations at:
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/bestbooksya/bestbooksyoung.cfm
What’s your favorite?
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New Adult Fiction
Since teens often enjoy reading adult fiction, here is a list of some of the titles currently popular with our community this month, April 2008. They’ve just been added to our collection.
Bell at sealey head
McKillip, Patricia A.
Branch and the scaffold
Estleman, Loren D.
Catch
Mayor, Archer
Clean cut
La Plante, Lynda
Cold case
Wilhelm, Kate
Dance with dragons
Martin, George R. R.
Dark of day
Parker, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Best Sellers April 2008
Looking for a hot read? Here is a list of best sellers that have just been added to our public library catalog.
Acheron
Kenyon, Sherrilyn
Adventures of Slim & Howdy
Brooks, Kix
Art of Racing in the Rain
Stein, Garth
Bright Shiny Morning
Frey, James
Broken Window
Deaver, Jeffery
Comforts of a Muddy Saturday
McCall Smith, Alexander
Dalhousie #5
McCall Smith, Alexander
Dark Summer
Johansen, Iris
Death and Honor
Griffin, W. E. B.
Death [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Hot YA Titles of 2007
I’m working my way through a stack of books that have been on my ‘to read’ list for too long: The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, The Friday Night Knitting Club, The Lottery Rose, I Am The Cheese, Hidden Talents, Dairy Queen, Nothing But the Truth, Martin’s Mice, Poppy, Monster (again), Gathering Blue, Messenger, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Catalog Your Personal Reading
I discovered this site while reading through material for gifted middle schoolers. Use it to get book recommendations, make or comment on book reviews and keep track of all those titles you read for work and pleasure. At the end of the year, you may not recall the individual books you’ve read but a search in [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Books and Movies
We haven’t talked about books and movies lately so I thought I’d give you a peek at what I’ve been viewing lately. Kingdom of Heaven is an excellent movie for middle schoolers who would rather get their World History from buff Orlando Bloom in chain-mail than a stuffy history book. Don’t miss the second disk which [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Holiday book picks
If you are like me, you are the family ‘book choice go-to’ person and are now receiving a lot of requests for the best books friends and family should buy for their children and extended family. Here are a couple of good places to point them for making those special selections:
Amazon’s Top 100 Best Books [...]
Playaway
Recently I visited the Roseville Public Library and discovered Playaway digital audio books, becoming an instant fan. I’m talking this new format up with those in my own library system where we enjoy NetLibrary and audiobooks that must be downloaded to an MP3 player that the user provides. Note (and this is a big one): that [...]
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