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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Get Better Sleep - Read a Book!

via Wikipedia
Do you have trouble sleeping but don't know why? One answer may be that you spend too much time in front of a screen before bed. Scientists say that people who read a book on a computer/tablet/phone screen before bed get worse sleep than people who read a "printed book." They even give this advice:
“The message for parents and children is to reduce the use and brightness of screens in the hours preceding bedtime,” Lauren Hale, a sleep researcher at Stony Brook University, said in an e-mail. “Of course, this recommendation is much easier said than done.”
Check out this article from the Boston Globe for more information.

UPDATE: This article from the Washington Post also says that it's more difficult for us to concentrate to books on a screen vs. printed books.

Thursday, August 7, 2014

TTT Voting - Starting August 15!

You guys are definitely enjoying the Teens' Top Ten nominee books we received from YALSA. We barely have any on the shelf at any given time! (To know if you have one of these books in particular, see if it has a blue sticker on the spine. It has been chosen.)

Here is the complete list of 25 nominees, including synopses and a cool intro video.

  • The Nightmare Affair by Mindee Arnett
  • Of Triton by Anna Banks
  • Siege and Storm by Leigh Bardugo
  • Love In The Time Of Global Warming by Francesca Lia
  • The Testing by Joelle Charbonneau - download it through Overdrive or OneClickDigital
  • The Eye of Minds by James Dashner
  • Earth Girl by Janet Edwards
  • The Clockwork Scarab by Colleen Gleason - download it through Overdrive
  • Maybe I Will by Laurie Gray - download it through Freading
  • The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die by April Henry
  • Splintered by A. G. Howard
  • Teardrop by Lauren Kate
  • Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
  • Monument 14: Sky On Fire by Emmy Laybourne
  • Six Months Later by Natalie D. Richards - download it through Freading
  • Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
  • This Song Will Save Your Life by Leila Sales
  • Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson
  • The Rithmatist by Brandon Sanderson
  • This is What Happy Looks Like by Jennifer E. Smith
  • Winger by Andrew Smith
  • A Midsummer Night’s Scream by R.L. Stine
  • Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by April Tucholke
  • In The Shadow of Blackbirds by Cat Winters - download it through OneClickDigital
  • The 5th Wave by Rick Yancey

  • If you see one you really want to read, put a hold on it! Check it out! Read it! Download it! Listen to it! Fall in love with it! Or maybe just have a crush on it. Then you can vote on your favorites when the Teens' Top Ten voting starts on August 15.

    What better way to have your voice heard than vote for the Top Ten YA books? Oh right! Comment below with which of the 25 nominees are your faves, or which ones you think should have made the cut!

    Thursday, July 24, 2014

    Bonus Post: New eBooks!!

    I've told you before about how you can check books out online. Well since you guys did such an awesome job of doing just that in June, we're getting some more ebooks for you guys to borrow! Isn't that amazing?! And I was allowed to give you guys a sneak peak into an eBook you can check out starting tomorrow. Wanna know what it is? Well do you? I'll give you a hint: I talk about it all the time on here.


    That's right! Starting tomorrow, you can check out TFIOS through your phone, e-reader, tablet, computer--you name it! Simply go to our website, click "Downloadable Media" on the left, and click on the Overdrive button. (You have to go through our website to see what's available through your card.) You can browse through our entire online collection or just select "All Teen" to see just YA books.

    Overdrive works just like the library, just through the interwebs. You can put up to three items on hold, and your checkouts last two weeks. You just don't have to worry about returning it to the library; it will disappear after your checkout time is up (which is great because I forget all the time). We get new books constantly, so keep checking to see what's available.

    Also check out our other online lending services! Freading also has eBooks, Zinio has magazines, and OneClick is for audiobooks. (Don't forget that audiobooks count on your summer reading!) We also have all of these resources for you to look at/download. We're just full of free gifts!

    Also, check out SYNC. They give away two audiobooks a week--one current YA and one book that's more likely to be on your summer reading list for school. It's only available until August 13, so take advantage of it now!

    You only have a few weeks of summer left, so why not spend it getting some fun reading in before you have to worry about homework again?

    Thursday, June 12, 2014

    The Maze Runner + The Giver + eBooks + more!

    So if you guys saw TFiOS this weekend you may have seen trailers for some other movies that are based on Young Adult books. Here were some of them:




    And lucky for you, we have them all available for checkout! But did you know that we also have some of them available for online checkout? All you have to do is log in using your library card and pin and download them to your device. They work like normal checkouts, so you'll have them available for two weeks only. Here are some:


    ...and we have tons more available. We also have magazines and audiobooks! Start browsing now!

    Thursday, October 27, 2011

    Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

    A Halloween bonus video! Check out this eerie book trailer, then check out the book from the library or the eBook from our OverDrive eLibrary.