My New Obsession-MNO!

I have decided to feature a new meme: My New Obsession (MNO). The idea is that we can share what we are into right NOW. This changes all of the time with me, and I suspect you too, so let's let our freak flags fly and show me what you are all excited about!

Music: I can't get enough of "Pumped Up Kicks" by Foster the People. The library has not bought the cd, so I am pondering the expense of ordering the MP3 download from Amazon. Every time I do this, the library buys the cd a week later. Perhaps they are spying on my account....

Books: Release Your Inner Geek

I have read and loved two books this year so far that are just love songs to the inner geek.

Among Others by Jo Walton is about a young girl whose reality is just terrible, and she gets through it by reading science fiction novels and by practicing magic. This is one of the most original books I have read in years. My review is here.

My other (new) fave is Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. I saw it at BEA, and grabbed a copy from Netgalley. I could not put it down. This will not appeal to everyone, but as someone who grew up in the 80's and who loves video games (not to the extreme the characters in this story do, but hey). Think The Empty Pot meets Goonies meets Tron meets Brazil (one of my top ten movies of all time!) Yeah, it is something like that. Read my review here.

Movie: I know I am a little late here, but we just watched True Grit and it was great. I didn't understand a third of what Bridges said, so I plan to watch it again with subtitles, but Mattie Ross stole the entire movie for me. Excellent.

TV: Still going strong with Game of Thrones (although, I am not sure I LOVE Game of Thrones). I really like some of the characters in the story, but the huge amount of sex bothers me. Also, when characters I don't like are on screen, the story really drags for me. I kind of see it as a stop gap until True Blood comes back.

Summer shows I can't wait for:

True Blood

Haven

Torchwood: Miracle Day (too bad it is set in the US)

(I really don't watch too much TV)

Movies I can't wait for:

HP 7.2 (have tickets for opening night already)

Super 8

So, if you have some current obsessions, leave a comment!

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Teddy Bear Storytime

Tonight's storytime followed the same format I use for all of my day storytimes as I have temporarily suspended my idea of doing storytime in reverse in order to get the kids sleepy. They only seem to run out into the library to pick out movies and books and the effect is lost. So here is what we did tonight. Our theme was teddy bears, but our night storytime is always wear jammies, bring a lovey, and low action. My opening song is Hello Bubbles which I learned from Read Sing Play here . BTW this woman is a storytime goddess and I have picked up many great ideas on her blog. Story the 1st: The Red Hat by Lita Judge Why? Because I want to get across to my kids that books do not always have to have words in order for us to "read" them, and I want to give pre-readers a chance to feel proud they finished a book on their own. I plan to try to read or highlight at least one wordless read for the next couple of storytimes. Flannel Board: Ten in the Bed I used a mod

Nebula Award Nominees 2017- Short Stories

This post is my progress report on my self-challenge to read all of the 2017 Nebula nominees! So far, I have completed the short story category and most of the the novelettes. I have 3 novellas and 3 novels to go. Nebula Award Nominees 2017- Short Stories What fun! I would never have read any of these stories on my own, although I expect some of these will show up in some future anthologies. I have one personal gripe, and this will come up again in another category, and that is the death of the horror genre. Because they have just killed "horror" and lumped scary stories in with science fiction and fantasy, we get stories like Sabbath Wine trying to compete with Our Talons Can Crush Galaxies and it's not fair. It really is apples and oranges. Don't believe me about horror? Go find the horror section in the Barnes and Noble. Go ahead, I'll wait. Griping over, this selection of stories was AWESOME and heavy on the fantasy stories. Seasons and Ward

The Perfect Giveway!

Christi the Teen Librarian and I had the great fun of meeting Ellen Hopkins in Princeton last week. I want to share this great event with a reader who would love to own an autographed copy of Ellen's latest YA novel: Perfect. This is a finished copy, not an arc. Here's the skinny. No fancy forms, no extra entries (you know, I think those things are bunk anyway!), and no hoops to jump through! *you must be 13 to enter *I can only ship to US addresses only (sorry!) *Giveaway runs until November 11 *winner will be determined by Random.org So leave a comment with your name, and a way to contact you. Follows are NOT required, but I have more giveaways planned so you may want to follow just so you have a head's up on those.

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