Bott = Back!

Hey SCLA, I'm back! I want to thank everyone who has sent their congrats to me over the past 2 weeks. Now for some library updates:

1. We are rearranging the library! I am currently in the process of labeling all the fiction books according to genre. This means when you want a vampire book, you can go to the actual VAMPIRE section. Currently, all the fiction books are organized by author's last name. Hopefully the rearranging will make it easier for you to find books you want. This is going to take about 2 weeks as I have research classes to teach and things to catch up on. I'll keep you updated and have it on the announcements :)

2. IF YOU HAVE A BOOK TO RETURN, DROP BY THE LIBRARY!
- You will not be fined or penalized for a book that was due over the past two weeks.

3. BOOK OF THE WEEK! Mr. Bott's Book of the Week: Please Ignore Vera Dietz by AS King.
***I LOVED this book*** It reminded me of how many times I wanted to forget something; something bad...but the problem seemed to follow me. This book captures that feeling!

Vera’s spent her whole life secretly in love with her best friend, Charlie Kahn. And over the years she’s kept a lot of his secrets. Even after he betrayed her. Even after he ruined everything.

So when Charlie dies in dark circumstances, Vera knows a lot more than anyone—the kids at school, his family, even the police. But will she emerge to clear his name? Does she even want to?

Edgy and gripping, Please Ignore Vera Dietz is an unforgettable novel: smart, funny, dramatic, and always surprising.

Book of the Week: Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

I thought my family was weird...

Our main character in this book, Lena, has got me beat!

           

There were no surprises in Gatlin County.
We were pretty much the epicenter of the middle of nowhere.
At least, that's what I thought.
Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong.
There was a curse.
There was a girl.
And in the end, there was a grave.

Lena Duchannes is unlike anyone the small Southern town of Gatlin has ever seen, and she's struggling to conceal her power, and a curse that has haunted her family for generations. But even within the overgrown gardens, murky swamps and crumbling graveyards of the forgotten South, a secret cannot stay hidden forever.

Ethan Wate, who has been counting the months until he can escape from Gatlin, is haunted by dreams of a beautiful girl he has never met. When Lena moves into the town's oldest and most infamous plantation, Ethan is inexplicably drawn to her and determined to uncover the connection between them.

In a town with no surprises, one secret could change everything.

Weekly Geekly! How to Eat a Triceratops...

Mmmmm....dinosaur. Other than eating at Dinosaur BBQ in Troy (which I'm pretty sure doesn't serve actual dinosaur), I've never thought about a meal involving extinct beasts. Maybe once and a while I get the hankering for a condor egg omlet, but I stick to the usual, beef, pork, chicken....macaroni. BUT I am slightly obsessed with dinosaurs and during my weekly Google exploration I came across this:

How awesome is that picture? When I was growing up, my two favorite dinosaurs were T-Rex (the one eating) and Triceratops (the one who is being eaten). I always pictured them in these epic battles and it always ended the same. The triceratops would get in a few good pokes with his horns to the T-Rex torso, but ultimately, Rex would win. Why? Because he's Rex...no one beats him...come on!

But even back then with my toy dinosaurs, I always had a problem: How did Rex eat that guy? I mean the shield on the head of the triceratops covered a good portion of the upper back. Now, some would call me a nerd...and you'd be right, but the guy who drew these pictures got me beat. Finally I can sleep at night knowing how Rex got to that tender neck meat of the triceratops! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to find my dinosaur toys.

To read more and see the complete set of pictures, check out the website HERE.