Mockingjay

The cover of the next book in The Hunger Games series has been released!

I can't wait for August 24, 2010 :)

The Comeback Season - a contest!

I received the following email from Jennifer Smith, the author of The Comeback Season. As you know I really enjoyed the book- so this contest sounds like lots of fun. :)
Feel free to pass along the contest information to anyone who might be interested!

In honor of the recent publication of The Comeback Season,

and the amazing season the Cubs are having this year, we're having....

The Comeback Season

CONTEST!

1^st Prize: 2 tickets to the Cubs vs. Astros game on 9/3/08 at 7:05 at Wrigley Field

2^nd Prize: A marked-up copy of The Comeback Season, with notes from the author

3^rd Prize: A signed copy of The Comeback Season

There are three ways to win!

1. Let me know that you told at least 10 people about the contest via blog or email

2. Send a photo of you reading the book

3. Send a receipt showing that you bought the book

Send all entries to: thecomebackseason@gmail [dot] com

Winners will be chosen on August 12^th, 2008 by random drawing

(* If you win 1^st prize, but don't live in Chicago, you can opt for the Cubs tickets to go to the next person, and you'll get a marked up copy of the book instead, plus another YA book of your choice!)

Good luck, and go Cubs!

summer reading

I find it so hard to believe that it is almost the end of the school year. This year just seemed to fly by. I hope that you continue to read over the summer. A few suggestions if you are looking for summer reading suggestions:

* Lake Bluff Public Library has a summer reading program. The theme this year is "Where the Wild Things Read." The program begins June 21st and runs for 6 weeks. Please consider participating. :)

* I will be blogging about the books I am reading this summer... so please continue to visit this blog :)

* I also have suggestions for summer reading listed on the LMC website

The book I am SO excited about this summer is Breaking Dawn, which is the newest book in the Twilight series. It will be released on August 2nd.

Rebecca Caudill 2008 winner

This was just announced! The winner of the 2008 Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award is: Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick. It is a great book. :)

Eclipse

I have gotten a few comments on the post about Eclipse and I have enjoyed talking with many of you about this book during this past week at school!

Like many of you, I want the next book to be out NOW. :) But...the next book in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, will not be released until Fall 2008. Stephenie Meyer has also started to write Midnight Sun, which is Edward's version of Twilight. You can read the first chapter of Midnight Sun on Stephenie Meyer's website.

going shopping! :)

I have been waiting for today... I am heading out to go buy Eclipse. I can't wait to start reading it!

Harry Potter ...

So I was waiting for the mailman when he delivered my copy of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows from Amazon on Saturday morning. :) I am on Chapter 10 right now...I decided that I wasn't going to read it all at once, I wanted to just take time to enjoy this last novel. But I am so tempted to just peek at the last chapter. :) But I won't do that. I will post when I am finished reading it. :)

I also saw the Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix movie on Saturday afternoon. I thought it was pretty good!

So all in all - it has been a Harry Potter weekend for me. :)

Harry Potter thoughts

Wow... hard to believe that book 7 will be out in a few short days. :) I have my theories about what will happen ... I wonder if my theories will prove to be true?? It has been fun working at the public library to hear everyone's thoughts about what they think will happen. The challenge for me will be to read it fast enough before I work at the public library again ... because I sure people will be talking about it. :)
I have not seen the new movie, but I heard that it was pretty good. That might be on my list of things to do for tomorrow. :)

In other new book news... not much longer for Eclipse to come out! I can't wait!

Harry Potter fever?

Is anyone excited for the new Harry Potter book to come out? Less than two weeks now...

home again & advance reading copies

I am back home from my trip to Washington, DC. I had a great time. It was hard to believe that there were over 20,000 librarians at the conference ... that is alot of librarians all in one place. :)
There were authors all over the place at the conference - I think I was most excited to see Judy Blume - I LOVED reading her books when I was in middle school.

I know that some of you might be wondering what advance reading copies of books that I managed to pick up. I immediately headed to the Little Brown booth - they are the publisher of all of Stephenie Meyer's books and I REALLY wanted a copy of Eclipse! But no luck - they were not giving out advance reading copies of that book - I guess I have to wait until it comes out in August.
Here is a list of advance reading copies I did get:

• I'll ask you three times, are you OK? by Naomi Shihab Nye (great author!)
• The Last Apprentice: Night of the Soul Stealer by Joseph Delaney (3rd in the series)
  
• Memoirs of a teenage amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin (by the author of Elsewhere - I can't wait to read this one!)
• Adam Canfield watch your back! by Michael Winerip (sequel to Adam Canfield of the Slash)
• Guyaholic by Carolyn Mackler (by the author of Love and other four letter words)
• The Breakup Bible by Melissa Kantor (by the author of If I have a wicked stepmother, where's my prince?)
• Cover-Up by John Feinstein (by the author of Last Shot)

I got a few others by authors I didn't recognize ... I am anxious to read those as well. I will post as I read these... first on my list is Memoirs of a teenage amnesaic.


Keep commenting - let me know how your summer is going and what books you are reading! :)