Thursday Thirteen #4

Thirteen Ways the Library Can Help with a Research Paper

1) The library staff- always willing to answer questions. Not so willing to do the homework for you (high school- been there, done that, lost the t-shirt).

2) Card Catalog- helps you find anything in the library- books, cds, dvds, audiobooks- can be searched by author, title, series, subject, keyword.

3) Books, glorious books... lots and lots of books.

4) DVDs- movies- plays, tv shows, documentaries- all can be resources or topics for research papers.

5) Music- Classical music, popular music, even soundtracks and broadway music. All available for checkout.

6) Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, and Almanacs- oh my. Most can't be checked out, but with the handy dandy copier, you can still take the information home.

7) Our homepage- keeps you informed of upcoming programs and any closings in our future- for example, Easter.

8) Military & Intelligence Database- whose homepage is currently highlighting global warming, stem cell research, and animal rights (most of these articles are full text).

9) Mango Languages will help you learn the language if you are studying the culture of a country.

10) Literary Criticism Online- where you can find articles on such diverse authors as J.M. Barrie, Clive Barker, George Bernard Shaw, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. You won't find Christopher Marlowe or William Shakespeare, our subscription doesn't go back that far.

11) CultureGrams- provides a variety of fun facts and interesting information about countries and the American States, as well as the Provinces of Canada. It includes: flags, pictures, and even recipes.

12) Expanded Academic and EbscoHost- both excellent sources of full text periodicals and scholarly journals, add to the works cited page.

13) Word- So you can type it up, and even insert those pesky footnotes without too much angst and hairpulling (Endnotes are even better).

Thursday Thirteen #3

Thirteen YA Authors Websites

1) Kelley Armstrong (http://www.kelleyarmstrong.com/)- author of the Darkest Powers trilogy. The third book, The Reckoning, comes out April 6th. And since I like posting pictures, here is its cover:

2) Libba Bray (http://www.libbabray.com/)- author of the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, as well as Going Bovine.

3) Heather Brewer (http://www.heatherbrewer.com/)- author of The Chronicles of Vlad Tod, the adventrures of a teenage vampire as he makes his way through 8th grade and then high school. The latest book, Eleventh Grade Burns is now out. And there is even a website: http://www.vladtod.com/. The cover for Eleventh Grade Burns:

4)Rachel Caine (http://www.rachelcaine.com/) author of the Morganville Vampire series. The latest, Kiss of Death, comes out in April. Its cover:

5)Kristin Cashore(http://kristincashore.blogspot.com/) author of Graceling and Fire. Her blog says she's working on book 3, still. Here is the cover for book 2:

6) P.C. Cast (http://www.pccast.net/)- coauthor, with her daughter Kristin, of the House of Night Series, and author of the Parthalon books. The latest House of Night book, Burned, will be out April 27th, while the latest Parthalon book, Brighid's Quest, was just released. Their covers are:


7)Suzanne Collins (http://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com/) author of Catching Fire and The Hunger Games, the cover of which is here. 8) Claudia Gray (http://claudiagray.com/) author of the Evernight series. The latest book is Hourglass, and this is its cover:
9)Lauren Kate (http://www.laurenkatebooks.net/) author of Fallen.

10)Richelle Mead- (http://www.richellemead.com/), author of the Vampire Academy series. The 5th book, Spirit Bound, is coming out May 18th. Here is the cover:

11)Carrie Ryan ( http://www.carrieryan.com/) author of Forest of Hands and Teeth and also The Dead-Tossed Waves. The paperback copy of Forest has a new cover, so I'm posting that here:
12)Rachel Vincent (http://www.rachelvincent.com/)- author of the Soul Screamers series. My Soul to Lose, a novella she wrote as a prequel to book one is available as a free download off of her website. The third book, My Soul to Keep comes out June 1st, but doesn't have any cover art yet, so here is the cover for the 2nd:

13)Scott Westerfeld (www.scottwesterfeld.com)- author of the Uglies series and Leviathan, which came out in October. Here is its cover:

New books for the new year

Once again I missed Thursday, so no Thursday Thirteen. Although that is one of my new year's resolutions, to post here more often, and spice up the posts some. I've got big plans. And maybe the technology will cooperate this year. Since this will be my last post until after Christmas, I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas, a Happy Yule, Happy Hanukkah, and a great weekend.

1) The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong

2) Player's Ruse by Hilari Bell

3) Eleventh Grade Burns by Heather Brewer

4) Hunted by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

5) Jessica's Guide to Dating on the Dark Side by Beth Fantaskey

6) Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

7) Alligator Bayou by Donna Jo Napoli

8)The Indigo King by James A. Owen

9) Thirst (vol. 2) by Christopher Pike

10) Royal Blood by Ellen Schreiber

11) The Necromancer by Michael Scott

12) Strange Fate by L.J. Smith

13) My Soul to Save by Rachel Vincent

Thursday Thirteen #2

13 YA Books without Vampires

In honor of the release of the second Twilight movie, I thought I'd do a TT of YA books without vampires. There are books galore out with vampires, and some of them are quite good. But in the rush to read all things vampire, let us not forget there are other things out there to read about: werewolves, fairies (both good and evil), goblens, trolls, zombies, and that strange bizarre thing known as the real world. So this is just a sampling of the nonvampire ya books out there that have made it to my tbr list, some of them I found browsing B&N's teen page, some from browsing our ya section. So what YA books have you added to your tbr list lately?

1) Gilda Joyce:Psychic Investigator

by Jennifer Allison

2) The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing: Traitor to the Nation

by M.T. Anderson

3) The Summoning

by Kelley Armstrong

4) Going Bovine

by Libba Bray

5) Code Talker

by Joseph Bruchac
6) Graceling

by Kristin Cashore

7) The Warrior Heir

by Cinda Williams Chima

8) City of Bones

by Cassandra Clare

9) The Maze Runner

by James Dashner

10) Before I Die

by Jenny Downham

11) Hush, Hush

by Becca Fitzpatrick

12) Meridian
Amber Kizer

13) Wicked Lovely

by Melissa Marr

Thursday Thirteen #1

Thirteen YA Novels about Vampires- for those of you who think there's no such thing as too many vampires. I must confess I haven't read all of them, but my to be read pile tends to get away from me (and take over rooms in my apartment- but that's a different story). Most of these are the first in a series (or first in an I-hope there is more series). Book reviews to come.

1) Eighth Grade Bites by Heather Brewer


2) Glass Houses by Rachel Caine

3) Marked by P.C. Cast & Kristin Cast

4) Vamps by Nancy A. Collins

5)Vamped by Lucienne Diver

6) The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks

7) Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead

8) Thirst #1 by Christopher Pike

9) Vampire Kisses: The Beginning by Eileen Schreiber

10) Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith

11) The Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith

12) Vampirates by Justin Somper

13) Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow