As you may know, the Mars Area Public Library charges one dollar per DVD checkout in order to maintain our collection of DVDs for your viewing pleasure.
But today we have a great new and fantastic chance for you to check out DVDs from the library for FREE!
All you have to do is comment on a post, any post, on this blog and we wil email you a printable ticket which is redeemable at the library for one free DVD checkout. Here's a step by step rundown of how this works:
1. Comment on the Teen Book Blog
2. Receive an email with your ticket attached in a .pdf file.
3. Print your ticket.
4. Go to the library and choose your free DVD.
5. Present your DVD and ticket to a librarian and they will check it out to you for FREE. :D
You know you want to.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
Book Chat: Genre
Genres in teen fiction are just as varying as books for any other age group. This blog's first book, The Grimm Legacy is a modern urban fantasy title, with elements of classic fairy tales and adventure stories. Our next book, Ship Breaker, is postapocalyptic look at the Gulf Coast region, combining action an violence with themese of environmental and social concerns.
We, at the Mars Teen Book Blog, were wondering what your favorite genre of teen fiction is. Do you like supernatural romances, or are you a reader of more realistic fiction? Do you prefer books that examine relevent social concerns, or do you just want flat out escapism?
Join us for a chat in the comments of this post and we'll send you a printable ticket for one free DVD checkout at the Mars Area Public Library!
We, at the Mars Teen Book Blog, were wondering what your favorite genre of teen fiction is. Do you like supernatural romances, or are you a reader of more realistic fiction? Do you prefer books that examine relevent social concerns, or do you just want flat out escapism?
Join us for a chat in the comments of this post and we'll send you a printable ticket for one free DVD checkout at the Mars Area Public Library!
Saturday, March 5, 2011
NEXT BOOK: Ship Breaker
The next book that the Mars Teen Book Blog will be discussing is Ship Breaker by Paolo Bacigalupi. This book is by an award winning teen and adult science fiction writer and is set in a postapocalyptic future in the American Gulf Coast region. According to reviews it is "fast-paced" and "vivid, brutal... and captivating." Sounds awesome, right?
This books was also recently named a Top Ten Book for Teens in 2011, the same list that Catching Fire, City of Glass, and Shiver made last year. So you know it must be good!
This is the announcement that we will be discussing the book. Official discussion will begin on April 14, to give everyone time to read it. Check it out via the link above, or by searching our catalog!
This books was also recently named a Top Ten Book for Teens in 2011, the same list that Catching Fire, City of Glass, and Shiver made last year. So you know it must be good!
This is the announcement that we will be discussing the book. Official discussion will begin on April 14, to give everyone time to read it. Check it out via the link above, or by searching our catalog!
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Discussion Post: The Grimm Legacy
Here are some questions to inspire you:
- Who was your favorite character?
- Who did you predict was the theif of the Grimm Collection? Were you correct?
- If you could borrow from the Grimm Collection, what would you take? What would you leave as a deposit?
For those readers who have not yet read the book, below there will be spoilers. So, beware!
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
First Post! Oh My!
Hi everyone!
What we'd like to do with this blog is create a place where teens in Mars can come to share their favorite books and discuss teen/YA fiction in a book club-like environment. Only you know, on the internet, the VIRTUAL FRONTIER, and not in plain old real life.
We want to start off slow in order to feel everything out and gain some members of our AWESOME NEW CLUB, so at first we're gong to try reading one book together and also have periodic chats about a few different genres or types of books.
As you may imagine, librarians LOVE to recommend books, so I am pretty excited about all of this.
The book we have chosen to discuss first is The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman. It's about a girl who works for a library, but not an ordinary one. This library loans objects and some are MAGICAL. You heard me. Sounds awesome, right?
There are three copies of this book available to our library. Stop in and ask us to reserve a copy for you today, or go to our website (a link to which is handily located on the left sidebar of this page) and place The Grimm Legacy on hold for yourself.
We will shortly be announcing the date on which we will begin discussing this amazing book. Don't worry if you can't finish the book before then, discussions will be ongoing and can be participated in at ANY TIME!
What we'd like to do with this blog is create a place where teens in Mars can come to share their favorite books and discuss teen/YA fiction in a book club-like environment. Only you know, on the internet, the VIRTUAL FRONTIER, and not in plain old real life.
We want to start off slow in order to feel everything out and gain some members of our AWESOME NEW CLUB, so at first we're gong to try reading one book together and also have periodic chats about a few different genres or types of books.
As you may imagine, librarians LOVE to recommend books, so I am pretty excited about all of this.
The book we have chosen to discuss first is The Grimm Legacy by Polly Shulman. It's about a girl who works for a library, but not an ordinary one. This library loans objects and some are MAGICAL. You heard me. Sounds awesome, right?
There are three copies of this book available to our library. Stop in and ask us to reserve a copy for you today, or go to our website (a link to which is handily located on the left sidebar of this page) and place The Grimm Legacy on hold for yourself.
We will shortly be announcing the date on which we will begin discussing this amazing book. Don't worry if you can't finish the book before then, discussions will be ongoing and can be participated in at ANY TIME!
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