Upcoming November events

This Wednesday will be our Explosion Box craft at Sellers Library from 3:30 to 5:00! I've started an example box, which you can see below. The outside is blackout poetry, the inside is cut up manga!

Next week on Wednesday from 3:30 to 5:00 will be our Anime Club meeting! We'll have snacks and vote on an anime to watch and play some anime bingo!

Friday the 29th will be our Hunger Games Night! From 6:00 to 8:00 we'll be playing Hunger Games related ...well, games, as well as trivia and crafts! Signups are currently open for the Explosion Boxes and Hunger Games Night. The Anime Club does not require registration. 

Lots of new books to check out!

Lots of new titles added to the teen collection this week! I met the authors of Fair Coin, Tragedy Papers and Empty (who also wrote Cracked) and all thee of the books sound great, but I really want to read Fair Coin! Here’s the full list:

FICTION

• The Sweet Revenge of Celia Door  by Karen Finneyfrock
• Sylo by D.J. MacHale
• Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout (book 4 of the Lux series)
• Dead River by Cyn Balog
• Champion by Marie Lu (book 3 in the Legend trilogy)
• The Elite by Kiera Cass (part of the Selection series)
• Thousand Words by Jennifer Brown
• Relic by Heather Terrell (book 1 of the Books of Eva series)
• Through the Zombie Glass by Gena Showalter (book 2 of the White Rabbit Chronicles)
• The Bitter Kingdom by Rae Carson (final book in the Girl of Fire and Thorns trilogy)
• Hunt by Andrew Fukuda
• Skinny by Donna Cooner
• Fair Coin by E.C. Myers
• The Tragedy Papers by Elizabeth Laban
• Empty by K.M. Walton

Any you’re looking forward to reading?

Cast your vote on Goodreads

If you've got a Goodreads account, voting is currently underway for their Best Books of 2013 awards! Categories include “graphic novels & comics”, “young adult fiction” and “young adult fantasy” among many others! Cast your vote for your favorite books!

I Was a Teenage Zombie

During the Halloween Party last Friday at the library, there was an iPad set up as a photo booth, allowing people to take their pictures and zombify themselves! Below are a couple of pics that turned out really well!