May Events

Hey Guys!

Spend your early out at EPL and watch an Anime of your choice!

Of course there will be snacks provided!

Take a break from the busy end of the school year and enjoy games, a craft, snacks, and music with your friends!

Birthmarked and Prized by Caragh O'Brien

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Birthmarked & Prized

by Caragh O'Brien

           This is my new favorite series! If you liked the Matched Trilogy by Ally Condie you'll love this super unique series. I  haven't gotten the chance to read the third book in the series yet...but I'm so excited to try it out! 

From the publisher:

About Birthmarked:

After climate change, on the north shore of Unlake Superior, a dystopian world is divided between those who live inside the wall, and those, like sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone, who live outside. It’s Gaia’s job to “advance” a quota of infants from poverty into the walled Enclave, until the night one agonized mother objects, and Gaia’s parents disappear.

About Prized:

Sixteen-year-old midwife Gaia Stone is in the wasteland with nothing but her baby sister, a handful of supplies, and a rumor to guide her when she is captured by the people of Sylum, a dystopian society where she must follow a strict social code or never see her sister again.

About Promised:

After defying the ruthless Enclave, surviving the wasteland, and upending the rigid matriarchy of Sylum, Gaia Stone now faces her biggest challenge ever.  She must lead the people of Sylum back to the Enclave and persuade the Protectorat to grant them refuge from the wasteland.  In Gaia's absence, the Enclave has grown more cruel, more desperate to experiment on mothers from outside the wall, and now the stakes of cooperating or rebelling have never been higher.  Is Gaia ready, as a leader, to sacrifice what--or whom--she loves most?

Here's a super cool trailer!

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The Madman's Daughter

The Madman's Daughter by Megan Sheperd

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         Wow! This was a fantastic book! I have to admit that I was a little wary of reading another love-triangle book but this one was totally unique and intriguing to the very end. The Madman's Daughter has it all: a fabulous cover, fascinating characters, secrets and mysteries that are revealed at exactly the right time. I'm so surprised that this is Megan Sheperd's first novel...it's excellent!

         Supposedly, this book is the beginning of a trilogy. Don't be deterred...this book is awesome as a stand-alone. I didn't feel the least bit like I was left hanging. Although, I'm stoked to read more about Juliet's adventures!

         If you like mysteries, horror, romance, historical fiction, action, or adventure...this is the book for you. There is a little bit of steamy romance but less skin than you see on prime-time tv. I would recommend this book for sixth grade to adult...totally a fabulous read! 

From the publisher: Sixteen-year-old Juliet Moreau has built a life for herself in London—working as a maid, attending church on Sundays, and trying not to think about the scandal that ruined her life. After all, no one ever proved the rumors about her father's gruesome experiments. But when she learns he is alive and continuing his work on a remote tropical island, she is determined to find out if the accusations are true.

Accompanied by her father's handsome young assistant, Montgomery, and an enigmatic castaway, Edward—both of whom she is deeply drawn to—Juliet travels to the island, only to discover the depths of her father's madness: He has experimented on animals so that they resemble, speak, and behave as humans. And worse, one of the creatures has turned violent and is killing the island's inhabitants. Torn between horror and scientific curiosity, Juliet knows she must end her father's dangerous experiments and escape her jungle prison before it's too late. Yet as the island falls into chaos, she discovers the extent of her father's genius—and madness—in her own blood.

Inspired by H. G. Wells's classic The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Madman's Daughter is a dark and breathless Gothic thriller about the secrets we'll do anything to know and the truths we'll go to any lengths to protect.

Watch the trailer!

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So sorry! I've been behind in reviewing books! I've got a few to share now...so stay tuned for several awesome reads over the next few days! It is springtime, after all, and love is in the air...love of reading that is! ~Arielle

Sheperd, Megan. The Madman's Daughter. Balzer and Bray, 2013. Print. ISBN:9780062128027  Hardcover. U.S. $17.99

Clockwork Princess Has Arrived!

If you've been anxiously awaiting the final installment in the Infernal Devices Series by Cassandra Clare...wait no more!

Call, stop in, or email Arielle (aloy@boone.lib.ia.us) to join the very short waiting list!

So exciting!

You can read the first chapter on the Clockwork Princess Webpage!

And....don't forget that the Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie comes out soon!

Watch the trailer....look good? Read the book!

New Teen Zone Open House!

Hello all! I've been super busy at the library recently...not just because it is the holidays...not just because Miss Barb's retiring and we're getting new staff... but also because we're updating the 

Teen Zone!!!!! Can you tell I'm excited?

Here is a sneak peak at how the Teen Zone will change! Leave a comment to let me know what you think! Also, don't forget to come to the New Teen Zone Open House on January 18th from 3:45-5:45! The Open House is a drop- in program. Come any time between 3:45 and 5:45, stay as long as you like! There'll be snacks and games; you can decorate a book end that will adorn the library's shelves forever! and you can enter to win some super sweet give-a-ways!

You. guys. rock.

Here is the beautiful coffee table slash comic book rack that my Dad built!

Here is is from a different angle!

Here is one of the two new blue chairs that just arrived...they are so cozy! Also, one of six new beautiful foot stool slash seats that Darwin built for us!

 

Candy Sushi and Holiday Decorations!

The Candy Sushi and Holiday Decoration program on Friday was a blast! Lots of sushi was made, lots of sushi was eaten....and I learned a little Japanese and a little about making paper snowflakes!

Raven Boys

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The Raven Boys 
by Maggie Stiefvater


From the publisher:

Every year, Blue Sargent stands next to her clairvoyant mother as the soon-to-be dead walk past. Blue herself never sees them-not until this year, when a boy emerges from the dark and speaks directly to her.

His name is Gansey, and Blue soon discovers that he is a rich student at Aglionby, the local private school. Blue has a policy of staying away from Aglionby boys. Known as Raven Boys, they can only mean trouble.

But Blue is drawn to Gansey, in a way she can't entirely explain. He has it all-family money, good looks, devoted friends-but he's looking for much more than that. He is on a quest that has encompassed three other Raven Boys: Adam, the scholarship student who resents all the privilege around him; Ronan, the fierce soul who ranges from anger to despair; and Noah, the taciturn watcher of the four, who notices many things but says very little.

For as long as she can remember, Blue has been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She never thought this would be a problem. But now, as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore.

From Maggie Stiefvater, the bestselling and acclaimed author of the Shiver trilogy and The Scorpio Races, comes a spellbinding new series where the inevitability of death and the nature of love lead us to a place we've never been before.

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Easily the strangest book trailer I've seen...but the author made it...so, enjoy!

Arielle's thoughts: There's a lot going on in this book. Psychics,  old English history, domestic violence, a love triangle, mysticism, and so on and so forth. If you liked Stiefvater's Shiver series you'll probably enjoy The Raven Boys. Beware, there are huge gaps to be filled and the author's obvious hope is that you'll be so enthralled that you'll read the next book in the series.  

Stiefvater, Maggie. The Raven Boys. Scholastic Press, 2012. Print. ISBN: 978-0545424929 Hardcover. U.S. $18.99