Read on- if you can!!

Trying to read several new books, but getting my hands on them is next to impossible because I keep giving up the new titles to our students!! Catching Fire is one that I so want to read. So, students, if you are reading this, please hurry and finish so that your librarian can have a turn!! READ FASTER!!!

Catching Fire; sequel to Hunger Games

I picked up Catching Fire at our local bookstore, then took it home to read. I made the mistake of bringing it to school so I could read it later in the day. Librarians are suckers for students who love to read (go figure!) and so when a student asked me if I had the sequel to Hunger Games, I could not tell a lie! So, just enough into the book to get me hooked, I have given it up for the greater good. Just so you know, I am also still waiting for Tricks to come back so I can read it, not to mention several other titles- I need to learn to put one aside for myself!!

If I Stay

A long road trip over Labor Day weekend, but still I procrastinated picking up a book. When I finally stopped daydreaming and picked up If I Stay, I was hooked immediately. A normal family outing, taking a road trip (nothing like reading a book about a drive gone wrong while you are on the highway with a bunch of crazy drivers!) when Mia loses her mother, father and little brother in a car accident that leaves her in a coma. Now she knows that she is in control and she is the one who must decide whether she should live or die. Short and bittersweet, this is a read for anyone, be you a teen or an adult, with thought-provoking issues. What would you choose?

Finished, at last!

Wow! I finished the book and with apologies to the author, I spelled his name wrong. It is Cory Doctorow.
The book was captivating and high students will love it. There is lots of information about computer hacking in the back of the book and explanations about why hacking is not always a bad thing. Compelling, exciting, fearful, and so much more. You will pick it up and you will NOT want to put it down. Hope you can find it and give it a shot.

I'm reading

Big Brother by Cory Docterow. One of my wonderful student aides read it and raved about it. Even though I am not as technologically savvy as he is, the book is amazing. A high school student named Marcus is involved in computer warfare with the government in San Francisco because the government is taking away student rights, and has killed his best friend Darryl. He causes all sorts of havoc in the name of freedom. I am not finished with the book yet, but Marcus refers to the history of computers used during WWII, making the book appeal not only to teens but older adults as well. Highly recommended!!
(try finding it at a bookstore- it is not as easy as you might think. Big Brother is watching!!)