New Books & CDs – 5/27/15

Here are the books we have added to the collection this week.

Undertow  by Michael Buckley

Destination Unknown  by Amy Clipston

The Apothecary  by Maile Meloy

We are adding the latest books in various series.

Maximum Ride Forever  by James Patterson (Maximum Ride Bk.9)

The Boy Who Lost Fairyland  by Catherynne M. Valente  (Fairyland Bk. 4)

Empire of Night  by Kelley Armstrong (Age of Legends Bk. 2)

These are large print versions of book that we own.

We have added two new CDs to the YA music collection:

Handwritten  by Shawn Mendes

Meet the Vamps  by The Vamps

New Items – 5/16/14

Don’t forget that we put our new books on this table. Stop by an check out some great reads.

New Graphic Novels 

This One Summer has been receiving great reviews. Zombiellenium is the first of a series of graphic novels that follow a girl. This is one is entitled Gretchen.  

Reading Olympics 

We added these three titles to complete the list of books that appear on the High School Reading Olympics list.

Get a jump start of 2014-15 Reading Olympics  by checking one out today.

Romantic Reads

Wish You Were Italian is a new book by Kristen Rae in the If Only series. Kiera Cass continues on her Selection series with The Elite  and The One.

Continuing Series 

Strombringers is the sequel to Changling in the Order of Darkness series by Philippa Gregory.

The adventures of Michael Vey continue in Michael Vey: Rise of Elgen (book 2) and Michael Vey: Battle of the Ampere  (book 3).

Book 4 of the Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead entitled Blood Promise joins the other three books.

Other Books

New Music 

We own these two CDs before but they went missing. We are replacing them for you Gleeks out there.

Favorites of 2013

Here are my favorites of 2013. The books, CDs, movies and TV shows on this list weren’t necessarily released in 2013. I read, watched or listened to them in 2013.

My Reading Pleasure… 

Bloody Jack  by L.A. Meyer [This is the first book in a wonderful series]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Angelfall by Susan Ee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Man vs. Wild: Survival Techniques from the Most Dangerous Placed on Earth  by Bear Grylls [I would like to think I could use what I learned to survive a zombie apocalypse.]

My Listening Pleasure…

Til the Casket Drops by ZZ Ward

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Beyonce by Beyonce [This album is currently on order at IVPL. I received it as a Christmas present.]

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Read by Allan Corduner [This book on CD was an entertaining list on my drive back and forth between New York and Pennsylvania.]

My Viewing Pleasure…

From Up on Poppy Hill

Perks of Being a Wallflower

Hunger Games: Catching Fire 

The IT Crowd 

The Story of Saiunkoku 

New Items – 1/8/14

 

Let’s start with the new music in the YA collection. You can check out CDs 3 weeks at a time for free.

Here are new three new YA biographies. We own the book-on-cd version of the Tim Tebow’s Through My Eyes in addition to the young readers edition.

Bring out your inner writer by reading these writing manuals and a guide to reading poetry.

Unleash your artistry by designing clothes or by playing along with the pop & movie hits of 2013.

Here are other various YA non-fiction books. Words Wound  is a great title about cyberbullying.

Moving onto fiction, here are four historical fictions featuring three different time periods.

We have added another book the Private series by Kate Brian. Stop by the YA Room to read the review of Roomies. Starclimber is the sequel to Kenneth Oppel’s Airborn.

I forgot to take a picture of the new book-on-cds that were added today.

The House of the Scorpin by Nancy Farmer

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

Paper Towns by John Green

Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims  by Rush Limbaugh

Holes  by Louis Sachar

The Book Thief  by Markus Zusak

I hope you find some great to listen to or read.