Trailer Tuesday: The Flame in the Mist by Kit Grindstaff

Yeah... this totally creeps me out. Yikes. I'm not sure about the whole magical rat thing, but I think I'm going to have to read it when it comes in... place your hold!

From the publisher: "Thirteen-year-old Jemma finds herself in a race for her life when she discovers an ancient prophecy that reveals the truth about her past and an unimaginably great and dangerous destiny--to defeat the evil Agromonds and restore peace and sunlight to Anglavia."

Weekend Book Give-Away: The Goddess Inheritance

Following the cliffhanger ending of Goddess Interrupted, this week's book give-away is the much anticipated conclusion to the "Goddess Test" series: The Goddess Inheritance. Will Kate choose love or life in this modern re-telling of Greek mythology?

From the publisher: "During nine months of captivity, Kate Winters has survived a jealous goddess, a vengeful Titan and a pregnancy she never asked for. Now the Queen of the Gods wants her unborn child, and Kate can't stop her--until Cronus offers a deal. 

In exchange for her loyalty and devotion, the King of the Titans will spare humanity and let Kate keep her child. Yet even if Kate agrees, he'll destroy Henry, her mother and the rest of the council. And if she refuses, Cronus will tear the world apart until every last god and mortal is dead. 

With the fate of everyone she loves resting on her shoulders, Kate must do the impossible: find a way to defeat the most powerful being in existence, even if it costs her everything. 

Even if it costs her eternity." 

For a chance to win, tell me about a time that you, or a character in another book you've read, had to make a difficult decision. What happened? What did you do?

Winner will be selected with Random Number Generator on Tuesday May 21, 2013. Be sure to leave a name with your entry, and check back to see if you won. To win you must be a teen (6th-12th grade, or 12-18) who uses a Sno-Isle Library.   

Trailer Tuesday: The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

Richard Yancey made his name with the Alfred Kropp series and solidified it with the horror series The Monstromologist. The publisher is betting on this new series The 5th Wave. Which, I have to say has gotten decent buzz, and sounds pretty gripping. What do you think?

Weekend Book Give-Away: The Cydonian Pyramid

Did you read The Obsidian Blade?  Then you will be excited to get to read this week's book is the The Cydonian Pyramid by Pete Hautman before the library copies have even come in!

More than half a millennium in the future, in the shadow of the looming Cydonian Pyramid, a pampered girl named Lah Lia has been raised for one purpose: to be sacrificed through one of the mysterious diskos that hover over the pyramid's top. But just as she is about to be killed, a strange boy appears from the diskos, providing a cover of chaos that allows her to escape and launching her on a time-spinning journey in which her fate is irreversibly linked to his. In this second volume of the Klaatu Diskos trilogy, Tucker Feye and Lah Lia each hurtle through time, relating their stories in alternating viewpoints that converge at crucial moments. Fans of the first adventure will be intrigued by the chance to see the world through Lah Lia's eyes -- no matter how disturbing the vision might be.

For a chance to win, tell me about a time you gained understanding by seeing things from a different perspective...or about a good book you've read that does this.

Winner will be selected with Random Number Generator on Tuesday May 14, 2013. Be sure to leave a name with your entry, and check back to see if you won. To win you must be a teen (6th-12th grade, or 12-18) who uses a Sno-Isle Library.  

Your Own Book Award

There are lots of book awards out there...lots and lots and lots. Some of them are for literary merit, some are for popularity, some are for for specialized topics or characters or first-time authors. Now there's one just for high school students who go to Kamiak or Mariner!

School librarians Stephanie Wilson and Gail Anderson met with the Mukilteo librarian (that's me) to talk about how tired we were of all these awards with nominated books that were too easy for teens or too snobby or too weird or too boring. We decided to make our very own award, the Mukilteo Teen Book Award, came up with a list of recent books we loved, and let the high school students vote for their favorite. We announced the winner this week...Divergent by Veronica Roth! The runners-up were The Fault in our Stars by John Green and Cinder by Marissa Meyer.

So, you don't live in Mukilteo, but want your own award, too? Talk to your teen librarian. Talk to your school librarian. Talk to your friends. We can't wait to see your winning book!

Looking for a a funny book?

I don't know about you, but I love a book that makes me laugh out loud. Don Calame's Swim the Fly is one of my go-to funny books. But what if you've read that already?

The Lawrence (Kansas) Public Library has created a humor flowchart to help you find your new favorite funny book.

Pretty genius if you ask me!  You might also want to check out the flowchart for The Hunger Games or their Paranormal Historical Fiction booklist.

What's your favorite funny book?

Trailer Tuesday: Icons by Margaret Stohl

You likely know Margaret Stohl as one of the two who created Beautiful Creatures. ICONS is her first full-length solo effort. The book trailer is certainly creepy, and straight out of a summer disaster blockbuster.


From the publisher: "After an alien force known as the Icon colonizes Earth, decimating humanity, four surviving teenagers must piece together the mysteries of their pasts--in order to save the future."



What do you think? How long before they make it into a movie? ;)