Three books you may have missed!

If you haven't heard of these three titles, you may want to prop up that rock and RuN to the library!

Violet on the Runway by Melissa Walker

Violet is transformed from awkward teenager to high-fashion diva almost overnight, when she is unexpectedly "discovered" and whisked away to the New York catwalks.

Spud by John van de Ruit

South Africa in 1990 might be foreign to American teens who have never heard of apartheid, but 13-year-old John Milton and the rowdy boys at boarding school make for an unforgettable cast of characters. Read the book, and discover the crude origins of John's nickname, Spud.

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

This is an intense novel about a boy, Clay, dealing with the death of a girl he liked. Before she committed suicide, Hannah Baker left a series of cassette tapes behind, explaining the events that led her to end her life.

htw

Pick a Game!

On Friday July 25th, we'll have our end of the Summer, Summer Reading Celebration coupled with our Game On! We'll hold the drawing for the three summer reading prizes plus have lobster other prizes. Lobster? Anyway, we need to pick what game to play for the tournament.
Rock Band
Mario Kart Wii
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Guitar Hero
or something completely different?
Post your choice in the comments!

Pick a Movie!

Friday July 11th is our late-night movie night from 6 to 10 pm. We'll have pizza, build your own sundaes and oodles of fun. Now all we need is to decide what movies to watch. So comment on this blog and let me know what you want to see (oh, and no R rated movies.) We'll vote on the top choices.

So You Wanna Publish A Review?

Hey Everybody!

We've had 125 people sign up for Summer Reading to date!

The 3 main prizes we are offering are:

• 4 gigabyte Ipod Nano
• 7.1 megapixel Digital camera
• A full-scale Halo mask (designed by our very own Jake Shill)
  

You get an entry towards which ever prize you like after every 25 points you earn. You just need to come by and fill out a ticket and drop it in the box for your prize. We'll have drawings for the prizes at the end of the summer as well as prizes for most points earned.

If you want to post a review just reply in the Comment section to this post. I'll be posting a new blog for review weekly.

Remember, you get 3 bonus points for your reviews. A refresher of how it works:

• You can review books, movies or CDs you've read, seen, or listened to since May 20
• In your review, include the title and author/artist
• Tell me what you liked and/or disliked (the plot? characters? the ending? too slow?)
• Please please please do NOT give away the ending, or what happens to major characters. No spoilers!!
• Give a rating of 1-5 stars, with 5 being the best of the best
• Review should be at least 3-5 sentences (be sure to put your initials at the end)
• Be creative! List your favorite tracks of a CD, favorite quote from a book, etc.
• After clicking on "Comments" and writing your review, select "Anonymous"

Email me at mlayne@bham.lib.al.us to let me know which review you posted and I'll give you your points.