Where did Ms. Sonya go?

So it's been 2 months since Sonya left the library. I'm sure many of you miss her as much as I do... So, where did she go? Well, besides to Boston, Sonya has moved on to LibraryThing where she is working on LibraryThing for Libraries, which is really pretty awesome.

For example, if you were to search for Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in the Danbury, CT Library Catalog, which has LibraryThing for Libraries, here are the tags that would come up:

adventure boarding school british children children's children's fiction children's literature England fantasy favorite film friendship harry potter juvenile kids magic mystery rowling witches wizardry wizards young adult
You can then click on any of those tags and be directed to other books that have similar elements. Another cool feature is that you can get recommendations of similar books. Here is one recommendation for HP and the SS:
Charlie Bone and the castle of mirrors / Jenny Nimmo.

Pretty cool, huh? LibraryThing is something you can join (if you're over 13! and then w/parent permission), input your own books and then get great recommendations for similar books, meet other members who have similar books, write reviews and more. If you join, make me your friend. You can search for me on the Search tab under Members. I'm lalalibrarian.

New Stuff!

Come in and check out our new books or go ahead and put one on hold now!

New YA Fiction
Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
Prom Kingss and Drama Queens by Dorian Cirrone
Boy Toy by Barry Lyga
The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
Bounce by Natasha Friend
Story of a Girl by Sara Zarr
Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
Zen and the Art of Faking It by Jordan Sonnenblick
Girl at Sea by Maureen Johnson

NEW YA Science Fiction
Unwind by Neal Shusterman
Final Warning by James Patterson (last in the Maximum Ride series!)
Gregor and the Code of Claw by Suzanne Collins

NEW Graphic Novels
Amulet Book 1: The Stonekeeper by Kazu Kibuishi
Artemis Fowl: The Graphic Novel by Eoin Colfer

Not so new, but new to us!

FICTION
Rhymes with Witches by Lauren Myracle
Devilish and 13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson

SCI-FI
Dreamquake by Elizabeth Knox
The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan
Gregor and the Marks of Secret by Suzanne Collins
Specials and Extras by Scott Westerfeld

News from Library Land

The fourth book in James Patterson's Maximum Ride series releases today! Check it out or put it on hold today because it's going to be popular...

Harry Potter #7 the movie is going to be released in two movies. Wha?! Go here to read more.

What do you think? Is it great b/c that means more movies to watch or annoying b/c it's longer to wait??

Why haven't you posted in a week?

a) I've been weeding books like a madwoman and I can barely move my forearms
b) I'm a new insomniac and I may be going insane
c) I'm starting a new teen group next month and then the blog will be written by teens
d) all of the above

and the answer is...what do you think?

Welcome to the teen blog!

Hi! I'm Laura Gardner, the new Youth Services Librarian here at the Millicent Library. I'm very excited to work with the teens in this area!

I love reading teen books best of all (see some recent reads below)

I also love playing with new technologies like...

Voicethread (here is a short voicethread about my dogs)
This is a great service where you can upload a picture and then start a conversation!
Goodreads see above...you can be my friend! just ask... :)
LibraryThing catalog your own books! this is where my predecessor, Ms. Sonya works now...
Twitter short conversations...fast updates

and lots more...

If you're interested in participating in this blog by writing reviews of books, music, movies, games, etc. and/or if you're interested in joining the new Teen Group at the Millicent Library, contact me either by stopping by the library, emailing me (lgardner at sailsinc dot org) or calling the library (508.992.5342).