Reading Beach is happening

Top Books of 2009-2010

And the winners are.....

10. Little Brother by Cory Doctorow
9. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
8. Burned by ellen Hopkins
7. Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
6. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins
4. Crank by Ellen Hopkins
3. The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
2. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
1. Unwind by Neal Shusterman

Honorable Mention: Thirteen Reasons Why (Jay Asher), Lord Loss (Darren Shan), Battle of the Labyrinth (Riordan), Slawter (Shan), Cirque du Freak (Shan), Marked (P.C. and Kristin Cast), Impulse (Hopkins), Hush, Hush (Becca Fitzpatrick), Firestorm (David Klass), The Host (Meyer), Just Listen (Sarah Dessen)

Party on Reading Beach

Whoo hoo! The book fair is going on all week at MHS. Spend $5 there and get a ticket to Reading Beach next Tuesday.

Reading Beach is a chance to kick back and read outdoors on the lawn behind the library during English class time. Bring your sunscreen, your blanket or lawn chair, and something great to read. I'll provide cold drinks and music.

Such a great deal!

What are you reading this summer?

One of the great joys of summer is having the time to laze about reading all the stuff that's been piling up on my bedstand. I'll share the list of what I can't wait to read by the pool....feel free to share yours in comments below. Disclaimer: Some of my books are rated for adults, not Young Adult!

1. Sizzling Sixteen (The new Stephanie Plum book from Janet Evanovich)
2. The Short Second LIfe of Bree Tanner (Stephenie Meyer, 'nuff said)
3. An Echo in the Bone (The new Outlanders book from Diana Gabaldon...Jamie!)
4. The Red Pyramid (The new Rick Riordan book...started already)
5. Mockinjay (Technically we will be back at school when it comes out but I am so excited about it that I included it....August 24th!!!)
6. Linger (The sequel to Shiver which I liked but didn't love)
7. Every Day in Tuscany by Frances Mayes (A perfect chill out for summer book)
8. I'll Be Mature When I'm Dead (Dave Barry...funniest guy ever)
9. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane
10. With The Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa (Non fiction about WWII in the Pacific)
    

May Book Club Starting

Like to read and talk about what you're reading? Want to participate in a podcast or a video? Want to have your own blog to share your reading rants with the world? Then Booktalkers, Melissa High School's book club, might be for you.

Come to the library during lunch next Monday, May 10th, to join in. We will meet both lunches but just come to yours please :)

We will pick book(s), decide on projects, and make plans!

Be there.

Girls Only: Fictional Guys We Love

Not long ago, I found some Facebook flair that made me laugh. It read "Fictional boys are so much better". Hee. It's kind of a "duh" since they are um, fictional. Real boys come with way more baggage and issues. OK, Edward Cullen has a lot of issues but at least he's really, really pretty! It started me thinking about all the fictional boys we've loved over the past few years. I'll start the list. You can add and/or debate.


Dave the Laugh from Angus, Thongs (Louise Rennison)
Robbie from Angus, Thongs
Massimo from Angus, Thongs
Sam from Shiver (Maggie Stiefvater)
Ethan from Beautiful Creatures (Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl)
Patch from Hush, Hush (Becca Fitzpatrick)
Darcy from Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Bobby from First Part Last (Angela Johnson)
Miles from Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Henry Schoonmaker from The Luxe (Anna Godberson)
Will Keller from The Luxe
Ponyboy from The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
Dallas from The Outsiders
Marcus from Little Brother (Cory Doctorow)
Peeta from The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
Gale from The Hunger Games
Aragorn from The Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Legolas from The Lord of the Rings
Edward Cullen from Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Emmett from Twilight
Jacob Black from Twilight
Julio from Romiette and Julio (Sharon Draper)
Jack from Firestorm (David Klass)
Gerald from Forged by Fire (Sharon Draper)
Harry Potter from Harry Potter (JK Rowling)
Ron Weasley from Harry Potter
Cedric Diggory from Harry Potter
James Potter from Harry Potter
Kartik from A Great and Terrible Beauty (Libba Bray)
Dexter from This Lullaby (Sarah dessen)
Dimitri from The Vampire Academy Series (Richelle Mead)
David from The Uglies (Scott Westerfeld)
Bobby Pendragon in The Merchant of Death (D.J. MacHale)
Seth from Wicked Lovely (Melissa Marr)
Jace from City of Bones (Cassandra Clare)
John from Dear John (Nicholas Sparks)
Will Blakelee from The Last Song (Nicholas Sparks)
Fang from Maximum Ride (James Patterson)
Kyra H added:
Jude from Skinned (Robin Wasserman)
Eli from The Compound (S.A. Bodeen)

Who else?

p.s.- Kyle E would like to add that he really hates this post ;)

New Cory Doctorow Book

Fans of Little Brother rejoice. we get a new Cory Doctorow book May 11th. I can't summarize For the Win any better than the Amazon reviewer since I haven't read it yet (grrr, no advance reader copy!) so I'll link that blurb here.

I love that one of the characters is called Big Sister...hahaha, all you juniors reading 1984 will pick up on the reference I'm sure. The story is very plausible to me. My son and I are avid gamers and when we were into Star Wars Galaxies, we totally spent real money on virtual goods (I got an uber pistol on ebay, as I recall). I never considered that some kid in a third world country might have been grinding jobs in the game in a sweatshop. It might not sound like a bad gig getting to play online games for hours on end but speaking as a person who spent much of one entire summer shooting whomp rats....it is mind-numbing work at best. That's why we would go on ebay and buy weapons, armor, money, and even characters (Jedi!) somebody else had leveled up. Virtual economies are real.

I've got this on pre-order from Amazon. Can't wait!