Trailer Tuesday: The Diviners by Libba Bray

Out today is Libba Bray's new title, The Diviners. First in an expected trilogy, this trailer is disturbing enough that I'm going to make sure I actually read the 600+ page first book.

Honestly, I'm curious about the audio for this. Maybe I'll conquer it that way... Thanks for the tip, Kathleen!

Weekend Book Give-Away: Waking Storms

In case you haven't noticed, there is a serious mermaid trend going on it teen lit right now.  Why mermaids?  I don't have a theory yet, but as someone who LOVES swimming and hasn't been able to for months now due to an injury, I totally get the longing some readers might have for the water.  Really, swimming is the next best thing to flying...and mermaids don't have to worry about pesky trips to the surface to breath, right?

So this week's book is and advance reader copy of the in-demand (5 holds as we speak) sequel to Lost Voices by Sarah Porter: Waking Storms.

As a mermaid versus human war looms on the horizon, Luce falls in love with her sworn enemy Dorian and assumes her rightful role as queen of the mermaids. 

Here is a cheesy trailer if you weren't sold yet:

Why, why, why are sworn enemies so darn attractive?  For a chance to win this ARC, tell me either:

1. Your theory on why mermaid books are so popular all of the sudden.
2. Your theory on why sworn enemies are so attractive.

Winner will be selected with Random Number Generator on Tuesday September 18, 2012. 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.

YALSA’s Teens’ Top Ten Voting is Almost Over

Have you voted yet for YALSA's Teens' Top Ten?  This is your last chance to decide which of the awesome books selected by teen book groups (such as our own star team at the Mukilteo Library) should be honored.

The full list of nominated titles is here.

Vote now through September 15th for your 3 favorite books!  The Teens' Top Ten will be announced during Teen Read Week, October 14-20, 2012.

Author Margaret Peterson Haddix - This Monday in Mill Creek

Are you a fan of the amazing Margaret Peterson Haddix, author of the Shadow Children series, and more recently the exciting series The Missing? We just found out she will be appearing THIS MONDAY at the University Book Store in Mill Creek, talking about the fifth book in The Missing series, Caught.

When Jonah and Katherine travel to early 1900s Switzerland and Serbia to return Albert Einstein's daughter, Lieserl, to history, her mother Mileva grasps entirely too much about time travel and has no intention of letting her daughter go.

This is a great opportunity to see an awesome author for free!  Spread the word to your friends and teachers...
 
University Book Store
Mill Creek Branch
7pm - Monday September 17

Trailer Tuesday: Illuminate by Aimee Agresti

I generally think that I'm fairly immune to scroll-decorated covers with girls in pretty dresses at this point, but Illuminate by Aimee Agresti sounds pretty good. Add to that the fact that the normally brutal Kirkus reviewers have this to say about it: "It may be a debut, but from the first paragraph readers will feel they are in the hands of a confident, professional writer. Though lengthy, the plot wastes no space...Smart, well-crafted and sophisticated; without a doubt, this belongs on the top of the stack of the current crop of angel books. More, please!" So I suppose I should give this 500+ page behemoth a chance. Just for you, though. ;)

Weekend Book Give-Away: Friends With Boys

This week's book is a perfect back to school story, or rather a story about starting public/high school for the first time.  In Friends With Boys by Faith Erin Hicks Maggie is in for some culture shock:

After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and three older brothers, Maggie enrolls in public high school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by the melancholy ghost that has followed her throughout her entire life.  

Wait, what...ghost?!  Ok, so this isn't your typical high school comic book.  For a chance to win this fun book, tell me about something you will never forget about starting school, or homeschooling if that is your thing.

 Winner will be selected with Random Number Generator on Tuesday September 11, 2012. 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: Boy21 by Matthew Quick

I don't believe that this trailer does Boy21 by Matthew Quick justice. It's an unassuming book, but boy does it pack a punch.

Finley doesn't talk much. Because of that, and because he's the only white kid on his high school's basketball team, people call him White Rabbit. The summer before senior year, Coach asks him to do a favor and befriend a new kid, show him around, and try to convince him to play ball. Russ, the new kid, would rather you call him Boy21, and is waiting for his parents to return from space and take him with him. Finley knows that Boy21's parents were murdered, and he can tell right away that he needs help. A LOT of help. Professional help. What he doesn't understand is why Coach thinks he'd be any help, or why Coach thinks Finley and Russ, White Rabbit and Boy21, have something in common.



I loved it. It was wacky, funny, and heartbreaking. Which, based on Matthew Quick's last novel, is exactly what I expected.