Book Trailer Tuesday: Where Things Come Back

I'm not going to lie, Where Things Come Back is a bit of an odd duck. But it's also one of my absolute favorites of the year. No question.

Here's the trailer:

WHERE THINGS COME BACK by JOHN COREY WHALEY Official Book Trailer from Corey Whaley on Vimeo.

Before Gabrielle disappeared, Cullen Witter held onto the hope that he wouldn't end up trapped in tiny Lily, Arkansas. He bides his time by coming up with book titles and imagining the zombie apocalypse. Without Gabrielle, Cullen does his best to maintain normal amid pain and absurdity when the town forgets one of their own has gone missing and instead becomes obsessed with the reappearance of a supposedly extinct woodpecker. But if a bird can reappear after 60 years of assumed extinction, surely a little brother can come back, too.

Place a hold on Where Things Come Back by John Corey Whaley.

Weekend Book Give-Away: All These Things I've Done

Don't forget, the Pen Fatale Tour and will be coming through our area next week!:

Come meet Alyson Noël (author of the Riley Bloom series), Gabrielle Zevin (author of All These Things I've Done), Jessica Brody (author of My Life Undecided/The Karma Club), and Mary Pearson (author of the Adoration of Jenna Fox/The Fox Inheritance)!

Thursday, October 13 · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Barnes and Noble
19401 Alderwood Mall Parkway
Lynnwood, WA

This weekend's book giveaway is for a title that I have been dying to read, All These Things I've Done by Gabrielle Zevin (author of two of my favorite teen books Elsewhere and Memoir of a Teenage Amnesiac):

In a future where chocolate and caffeine are contraband, teenage cellphone use is illegal, and water and paper are carefully rationed, sixteen-year-old Anya Balanchine finds herself thrust unwillingly into the spotlight as heir apparent to an important New York City crime family.

For a chance to win this awesome sounding book, answer me this: If you lived in this future, which of these things would be hardest on you, and how creative would you get to break the rules?

Winner will be picked Tuesday October 11, 2011. Must leave name or initials and check back here to win!

Scott Westerfeld in Seattle

I know there are Westerfeldians in this audience.

From his site:

Friday, October 7
7:00PM
Not 5PM as previously advertised!
Central Library
1000 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

This is a Secret Garden Bookstore event, so you’ll be able to buy books.

I Twittered at him to see if his talk would be similar to one I heard by him a few weeks ago. It will be. Which means:

Go. Seriously. Drop whatever plans you had and GO. It will SO be worth it. PROMISE. Even if you haven't ever had any interest in any of his books. GO.

Review and Win - Dog Tag Flashdrive

It is Teen Read Month, and addition to giving away awesome Secret Surprise Bags, we will be having drawings for these awesome dog tag flash drives. What do you need to do to win? Just review any books you Read For the Fun Of It this month, and your name will be entered in the drawing!

Need some ideas for things to read? Here are some booklists we put together just for Teen Read Month:

• Picture It - Horror Books to Make Your Skin Crawl
  
• Picture It - Hot Manga You Need to Read
• Picture It - Picture Books Not for Little Kids
  

The rest of our great booklists can be found here.

Teen Read Month - Mini Contest #1

So...you want to know more about these Secret Surprise Bags, eh? Each Wednesday I will post a mini-contest here where you can get a chance to win a bag filled with:

• One super awesome book (either brand new or autographed).
• Candy.
• An assortment of the newest and greatest Sno-Isle Libraries swag.
• Really cool pins.
• More books.
• A really random surprise.

This week's Mini Contest is for a Secret Surprise Bag containing an autographed copy of the wonderful book The Absolute True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by local author Sherman Alexie.

I really LOVE this book. Not only is it a great story, moving, thoughtful, and really funny...it as terrific illustrations by one of my favorite local artists Ellen Forney. If you want to celebrate great teen reads, this is a perfect place to start.

How can you win the Secret Surprise Bag containing this awesome book?

Write haiku about your favorite teen books! No limit to how many haiku you write...only one can be the winner, but it won't be a random drawing...it will be the one I like best :D

Here is an example I just made up for Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson:

Melinda won't talk.
Lonely in crowds, carrying
Secret from party.

Top haiku will be selected Wednesday October 12, 2011.
Winner must be a teen (12-18 or 6th-12th grade) in Snohomish or Island Counties who uses a Sno-Isle Library.

It is Teen Read Month - Let's Celebrate!

In many places they like to enjoy Teen Read Week, which is pretty cool and okay by me. But it simply is not enough time to contain all the love we have here at Sno-Isle for awesome teen books and those who read them. So instead we insist on spending a WHOLE MONTH celebrating! That's right...it is Teen Read Month again here at Sno-Isle Libraries, and boy do we have all kinds of fun planned for you. The theme this year is Picture It @ Your Library, when we invite you to:

Visualize winning prizes.

• Here on the teen blog you can enter to win Secret Surprise Bags in weekly mini-contests.
• Submit book reviews to be a randomly drawn winner for a sweet Sno-Isle Teens dog-tag flash drive.

Imagine entering our 8th Annual Art Contest.

• Create a 2-D art piece celebrating what you see when you "Picture It at Your Library."
• Top four winners get a $50 Amazon.com gift card.
• Entry deadline is Oct. 31, 2011.
• For ages 12 to 18.
• Funded by the Sno-Isle Libraries Foundation.
• Print out the entry form here.
  

Envision yourself at one of our great teen events.

• Love manga? Take a manga class or learn about the past, present and future of manga.
• Love movies? Watch movies inspired by books such as "I Am Number Four" and "True Grit."
• Love creepy things? Discover zombie pumpkins, sugar skulls, spooky movies, and put on your scariest costume for the zombie ball.
• Plus, photo scavenger hunts, a foodie competition, and so much more!
• Find out about all these events through our Teen Events Calendar.

Which Teen Read Month aspect or event are you most excited about?

Book Trailer Tuesday: The Perfect Chemistry Trilogy by Simone Elkeles

These books are REALLY popular. And I suspect it might have something to do with the trailers:

The first one is oddly a rap video trailer, which is new to me...


Place Perfect Chemistry on hold.



Place Rules of Attraction on hold.



Place Chain Reaction on hold.

Check out all of the books by Simone Elkeles.