Each year it's something different. Last year it was all about VAMPIRES. I'm sure the culmination of the Twilight film series had something to do with that. This year, it's ZOMBIES. The TV series The Walking Dead is huge and the adaptation of the book World War Z into a major movie starring Brad Pitt is definitely driving interest in the genre.
Now I'm a simple librarian. I like Lord of the Rings and Walter Dean Myers and Sharon Draper and Ellen Hopkins and the list goes on and on...but I could never get into ZOMBIE books. They always seemed like the same plot over and over. So when I picked up ASHES, the first book of the trilogy by the same name, I thought it was going to bore me to death. I was wrong.
The story is about Alex, a young girl who is having a rough go of it. She goes for a walk in the woods....
Then there's an explosion......
And people are...."CHANGED"
check it out:
I loved this book...Not your average Zombie story!
1. Regents is next week...Yes...NEXT WEEK! With that said, you might want to brush up on the information presented on the Regents exams. I have every workbook known to man that will help you with some of the more difficult Regents questions. Stop by the library to check them out today!
2. Book of the Week- Oddly enough, my Book(s) of the Week are the aforementioned REGENTS WORKBOOKS!
GET IN HERE...TAKE OUT THESE BOOKS...PASS YOUR REGENTS!
This book deals with my favorite protagonists, Ingrid....she's cool- plays soccer, smart, and just snagged the role of Alice in the production of Alice In Wonderland. Now, she usually gets a ride from her mom to soccer practice, but her life is about to change when she decides to walk home...and gets lost...
Thirteen-year-old Ingrid
Levin-Hill decides to be independent and walk to soccer practice. After
getting lost on the way, she meets a woman people call Cracked-Up Katie and
calls a taxi from Katie’s house. Ingrid is horrified to hear Katie’s
murder announced on the news the next day. She is afraid to tell anyone
she was at Katie’s house, and then realizes she left her soccer shoes in
Katie’s living room. Thinking she might be fingered as a suspect, she
secretly heads off to retrieve her shoes in the middle of the night. The
plot thickens when she sees another intruder in the house while she is
there. She knows the wrong men have been arrested for the crime—but is
afraid to talk, even when the police chief questions her directly about those
red soccer shoes. In the meantime, the chief’s cute son starts calling
her, she gets the lead role in the community play, and her relationship with
her older brother Ty has its ups and downs. She continues a positive
relationship with her Grampy, a lively character in the family. Ingrid
independently investigates, trying to figure out whodunnit.
Happy New Year Everyone! Welcome back- So what does January bring us?
1. The second batch of new library books have arrived. I will be advertising the covers around the school and Marcus will be reading a couple reviews on the announcements.
2. REGENTS ARE THIS MONTH - There will be a review session on Saturday Jan. 12...stay tuned
3. Overdue notices will be sent out via Facebook and, if books are not returned, phone calls will be made home!
4. BOOK OF THE WEEK TIME! This is a slight twist on the Cinderella Story...and by slight I mean, wicked awesome! This book is called Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Just think if Cinderella was a cyborg (robot human hybrid) and the fate of the world lay in her hands...
From Amazon.com
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth’s fate hinges on one girl. . . .
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She’s a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister’s illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai’s, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world’s future.
