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What Did You Get From the LIBRARY?
I most recently borrowed Every Thing on It by Shel Silverstein, Around the World by Matt Phelan, Unwind by Neal Shusterman (to have it signed for the library) and The Scions of Shannara by Terry Brooks (also to have it signed for the library).
Even, Delirium by
also the complete adventures of the Borrowers
and The Burning Bridge
Josiah wrote: "I most recently borrowed Every Thing on It by Shel Silverstein, Around the World by Matt Phelan, Unwind by Neal Shusterman (to have it signed for the library) and The Scions of Shannara by Terry Br..."Aw! That was so nice of you! Will the library still let people check it out?
Lesli wrote: "Even, Delirium by also the complete adventures of the Borrowersand The Burning Bridge "You'll love Delirium if you have ever read anything like Matched or Divergent. I always forget The Borrowers were books. All I know is that I loved the show. Did you ever watch the Miyazaki movie based on it?
Adriana wrote: "Aw! That was so nice of you! Will the library still let people check it out?" The library does a lot for me, so I'm glad to be able to do something in return!
Sure, the signed books that I return to the library are still in regular circulation. What a surprise it is for readers when they check out Bruiser by Neal Shusterman or Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper and find that the copy of the book they're holding was actually signed by the author! :-)
Josiah wrote: "Adriana wrote: "Aw! That was so nice of you! Will the library still let people check it out?" The library does a lot for me, so I'm glad to be able to do something in return!
Sure, the signed bo..."
I would die if I saw a signature! Does the author know beforehand that it's going to be a library book in circulation?
Mary Norton was famous for a number of books in addition to The Borrowers, including Bedknob And Broomstick (which was eventually turned into the movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks). She also wrote Are All the Giants Dead?
Adriana wrote: "Does the author know beforehand that it's going to be a library book in circulation?"I think they do. Part of the reason why I ask them to sign it to the library, instead of just autographing it, is that it reduces the chances of the book being stolen.
Josiah wrote: "Mary Norton was famous for a number of books in addition to The Borrowers, including Bedknob And Broomstick (which was eventually turned into the movie Bedknobs and Broomsticks). She also wrote Are..."Are All the Giants Dead? sounds like a winner for me!
Yeah, I think I read Are All the Giants Dead? when I was in fourth grade. I've liked all of the Mary Norton books that I've read.
Josiah wrote: "Adriana wrote: "Does the author know beforehand that it's going to be a library book in circulation?"I think they do. Part of the reason why I ask them to sign it to the library, instead of just ..."
Oh good. I wanted to ask aren't you worried that it will get stolen but I didn't want to be so blunt.
Adriana wrote: "Oh good. I wanted to ask aren't you worried that it will get stolen but I didn't want to be so blunt. "It definitely is a consideration. I remember that the first time I went to see Neal Shusterman, a librarian was at the signing with a book to be signed to her library. She told him that he didn't need to personalize it to the library, that a signature alone would be just fine, but he suggested that it would be better if he signed it specifically to the library because that would help prevent it from being stolen.
Josiah wrote: "Adriana wrote: "Oh good. I wanted to ask aren't you worried that it will get stolen but I didn't want to be so blunt. "It definitely is a consideration. I remember that the first time I went to s..."
I'm surprised the author didn't think of that but I sure didn't think of doing that either so...
Aw! You got Five Flavors of Dumb XDLots of beautiful covers.
I just checked out Three Strikes for Rotten Ralph by Jack Gantos, Just in Time, Abraham Lincoln by Patricia Polacco, Specials by Scott Westerfeld, Ten Rules for Living with My Sister by Ann M. Martin and Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. I'm planning to have Walk Two Moons autographed for the library by Sharon Creech on September 17, but the other four books are for my own reading. I hadn't even heard about this newest Ann M. Martin novel until I found it on the shelves at the library today.
Sarajayne wrote: "Just picked up 
. Can't wait to read it!"Tell me how it goes! I borrowed it once from the library but I've never read zombies before and when that happens I end up not reading a book. -__-
I'm sure it's really good though. I am just weird.
Josiah wrote: " I just checked o..."
Sheesh boy. That's actually probably going to be my amount of books checked out this Saturday too. Oh no Specials.... will not give anything away! Remember to read Extras after that! I never knew there was a forth one right away.
A sister book! I love that Pearl's boyfriend is a cat XD
Sarajayne wrote: "Adriana wrote: "Sarajayne wrote: "Just picked up . Can't wait to read it!"Tell me how it goes! I borrowed it once from the library but I've never read zombies before and when ..."
is supposed to be really good.
I just checked out Alexander Hamilton: The Outsider by Jean Fritz from the library today. It'll be the first Jean Fritz book that I've read, and I'm looking forward to it. She's been writing for a very long time and has racked up many awards, including a Newbery Honor for Homesick: My Own Story.
Yay you got Chime ^__^How does your library have Croak already? Your library is amazing.
I got eight books today :O
Sarajayne wrote: "Adriana wrote: "Yay you got Chime ^__^How does your library have Croak already? Your library is amazing.
I got eight books today :O
[bookcover:Boys, G..."I've only read Death as a narrator in The Book Thief. What others books have you read featuring death?
Okay thanks!Of course you liked it. The concept is amazing ^__^
I just checked out The Maze Runner by James Dashner earlier today. I've read the book, of course, but I'm planning on bringing it with me to have it signed for the library when I go see James Dashner speak on September 25. For myself, I'm going to ask him to sign The Scorch Trials.
You don't have A Maze Runner yourself?
No, I don't actually have any of the books in the Maze Runner trilogy. On the night I go to see James Dashner I'm going to buy my own copy of The Scorch Trials to ask him to autograph, so at least then I'll have one of the three books! The copy of The Maze Runner that I'm bringing, though, is to have it signed to my library.
Sarajayne wrote: "And I'm such a book nerd-today I went out and bought a cute basket that coordinates with my bedroom, just to hold my library books lol. "I like that! :-) It's the kind of thing that I might think to do, though I'm always a bit hesitant to put anything new in my room because I don't want to let the space become cluttered. I keep my library books downstairs in an out-of-the-way part of the kitchen, so I'll notice the stack and remember to bring along any books I've already finished when we go to the library.
How does the library e-book work? My librarians don't know...
Oh wow. Cool. I have to figure out how to do it with mine. But you have to wait which is annoying but I'm used to it.
I love Overdrive! My library set it up, and also a service called "Freeding" which is pretty cool but too confusing for me. haha.
Just today I checked out Triss by Brian Jacques, The Maze Runner by James Dashner (the copy I'd checked out before turned out not to really belong to the library on a long-term basis), Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan, Little Brother by Cory Doctorow and First Light by Rebecca Stead. The only one that's actually for my own reading is Triss; the others are to bring to have signed at upcoming author events. I'll probably read First Light before Rebecca Stead comes, though. They also had a rack of books that had been discarded by the library, absolutely free for any patrons who wanted them, so I took four: Getting Even by Newbery Honor author Mavis Jukes, Mr. Mysterious & Company by Newbery Medalist Sid Fleischman, The Jedera Adventure by Newbery Medalist Lloyd Alexander, and The Animal, the Vegetable, & John D Jones by yet another Newbery Medalist, Betsy Byars, a book that I already owned a copy of but not in hardcover. It was a productive trip to the library today! :-)
I love my library book sale rack! None are free (which would be awesome!) but most of them are only a quarter each.
My library has a sale rack, too, which I check every time I'm there. The books on it range in price from twenty-five cents to a dollar. It's rare for there to be a cart of discarded books that are actually being offered for free, so my timing in going to the library yesterday was quite good.
My library doesn't have a sale rack ):
I got soooo many books yesterday.
As well as a manga book and a guidance counseling book. As you can see I am set for the October challenge (;
lol. You think you're sick because you haven't gone to the library?
Sarajayne wrote: "Adriana wrote: "I got soooo many books yesterday.[bookcover:Give Up the G..."I know right? Awesome. Hope you like it as well as me (:
A couple of days ago I checked out Extras by Scott Westerfeld and Grandfather's Dance by Patricia MacLachlan from the library.
Maribel wrote: "Adriana wrote: "lol. You think you're sick because you haven't gone to the library?"Actually I have the flu which is one of the reasons why I can't go :P"
The way you worded of it made me think of something else. Silly me. My mind is else where :P
Hope you feel better.
Josiah wrote: "A couple of days ago I checked out Extras by Scott Westerfeld and Grandfather's Dance by Patricia MacLachlan from the library."Extras! I completely forgot what happens in the end... maybe so when you finish message me (:
Yes you did! Daughter of Smoke and Bone is a great book for the October challenge which I just realized. Isn't it this obscure book that is completely different from the cover?
I've never read a book with a mask on it. Yeah, masquerades are "in" lol. Like underwater books were before them. I think alien books are "in" too.
I just checked out When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead, Rot and Ruin by Jonathan Maberry and Variant by Robison Wells. The second and third books are for getting into the feel of Halloween reading, and When You Reach Me is the book I'm planning to have signed to the library at the Rebecca Stead event on October 15.Other books I'm thinking of reading this month that fit into the Halloween theme include Dust and Decay by Jonathan Maberry, Enclave by Ann Aguirre, A Plague Year by Edward Bloor, The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey, Fugitives by Alexander Gordon Smith, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein by, of course, Mary Shelley, Mother's Day by Eric Morse, It's the First Day of School...Forever! by R.L. Stine and Beyond the Chocolate War by Robert Cormier.
I love The Monstrumologist's new cover! Noooo!!! That's what I feel like when I read most of R.L. Stine's covers. That's just terrifying.
Whoot Cormier!
You read ridiculously fast girl. That's a very good thing. I have to get on the ball! But exam this Tuesday... *sigh*I thought you said Enclave was very adult.
Maybe it was a different books then. It was somewhere in the YA suggestions for October.
Ah, it sounds as if Enclave will be a good book to read this month! Sometime this October I also plan on checking out Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore by Alvin Schwartz. No one is better than he at retelling scary stories from American and international folklore. I've long been a fan of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and its two followups.
I just picked up 2 YA books and 2 picture books.
I'm really looking forward to How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity. I've been on the holds list for that one for a long time! Plus the cover of that one is awesome.
Already read Lunch Lady which was pretty good.
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