4 days left in Round 2--Percy in the lead!

We've had a few more voters in this round--as it stands right now, Percy Jackson has 6 votes, followed by The Hunger Games, Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings--all have 5.  A Series of Unfortunate Events, Harry Potter, Eragon, and Artemis Fowl each have 4 votes--so the way it's looking right now, these are the series that will advance to Round 3.

Not happy with those choices?  Want to make sure your favorite makes it to the next round?  Well follow the link and vote!  You've got until 8:30 Monday morning--there's still time!

Here's the link, in case you missed it:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lyOwlWw1do2LbuNI6XYer0AJF1zJnlPPOocb99Mt0yE/viewform

Round 2 Starts Today!

Voting for Round 1 is closed--these 16 YA series advance to Round 2:

*A Series of Unfortunate Events
*Harry Potter
*The Hunger Games
*Twilight
*The Chronicles of Narnia
*Divergent
*Percy Jackson
*Eragon
*Artemis Fowl
*Ruby Red
*Seven Realms
*Maximum Ride
*Ranger's Apprentice
*Pendragon
*Pretty Little Liars
*Lord of the Rings
*White Rabbit Chronicles

Cast your vote here https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lyOwlWw1do2LbuNI6XYer0AJF1zJnlPPOocb99Mt0yE/viewform
--or use a paper ballot next time you're in the library--just give it to someone in the Children's Department and they'll make sure it gets recorded :)

Book Review & TAB

TAB meets tonight at 7 in the Children's Department.  We'll be making plans for National Poetry Month and next week's Teen Tech Week activity--come join the fun!

This book review is brought to you by Margaret, who's 16.  She gave 4 1/2 stars to Pendragon:  the Merchant of Death (the first of  the series).  Here's what she had to say about it:

" The book is about a boy named Bobby Pendragon who travels through space and time to a realm called Denduron.  I love how imaginative this book is and how it literally took me to new worlds.  Any fantasy/sci-fi lover will find this series to be fascinating".  

Paper surveys available

I'll be printing some paper ballots for this week's Book Madness voting--pick one up if you come in and give it to anyone who works in the Children's Department, and we'll add your responses to the online.  Voting goes through Saturday, and we'll have next week's ballots out on Monday.

Next week is also Teen Tech Week--our QR Code Scan-venger Hunt will start Monday and go through Saturday.  More information to come Monday morning.

Round 1 begins today!

It's finally here--the first round of our Book Madness! Go to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1UiH2Fu_z4NBvSmiEvoVjVv4_zT1r6dtKuIQkYpMHdUk/viewform to vote for 16 of the 32 choices listed. Voting goes through next Monday morning at 8:30 AM, and the surviving teen book series will advance to Round 2 :)

Book Madness!

Only 5 days until the madness begins!  Our Teen Advisory Board members chose 32 Young Adult book series (or series of interest--some are in other parts of our library) at our last meeting, and starting Monday, March 3rd, I'll post a link to a Google Form for that week's voting.  You'll chose your favorite of half the titles (16 the first week, 8 the second, and so on) and the choices with the most votes will advance to the next round.  Each round will start Monday at 8:30 am and go until the same time the next week.  Don't get to vote for your favorite series each week!

Round 1:  March 3-10
Round 2:  March 10-17
Round 3:  March 17-24
Round 4:  March 24-31
Final Round: March 31-April 7

The winner will be announced/posted on Monday, April 7th at noon.  We'll post it here on the blog, on Twitter, and on our Facebook page.  We'll also have a 'live' version of our bracket on the wall over the Young Adult computers that we'll update each week, so you can keep up with the results when you come to the library.

In other news, the week of March 10th is Teen Tech Week--we're planning something that's been a big hit at other libraries--just a hint, go ahead and download a QR code reader for your smartphone--you can get them for free by searching on your phone's app store ;)

TAB next week, YA book review

Our next TAB meeting will be next Thursday, March 6, at 7PM in the Children's Department.  We'll be making plans for our Poetry Night in April and our Teen Read Week activity in March.

Speaking of March.....next Monday starts our YA Book March Madness--we'll start with 32 books (or series) and vote each week to find the champion!

Starting this week, I'll be posting book reviews written by our teen volunteers--if you want to add one of your own, the forms are on the YA fiction shelf right next to our Book Nook.  Here's what Lauren, 16, had to say about John Green's book Looking for Alaska:

"This book is about a teenage misfit who changes schools.  He makes many new and interesting friends that challenge him and help shape him into who he will be.  One of these friends is the reckless and beautiful Alaska Young

I thoroughly enjoyed the characters and the overall story of the book.  Although it is quite sad, John Green uses humor in all the right places.  I also liked how the novel was divided up with 'Days Before" and "Days After."

I would definitely recommend Looking for Alaska. If you enjoyed The Perks of Being a Wallflower or any other John Green books, you would like this one as well."