Sweet Summertime Giveaway!!!

I hope you all are enjoying your summer reading!! As a little added bonus we are having an impromptu Stacks Summertime Giveaway!!!!

This again will be a two prize giveaway;  one for Wicked Lovely and one for The Hunger Games!

Are you reading Wicked Lovely with us? All you have to do is post your review comment on the Wicked Lovely book post (the one from Wednesday June 19th or the follow up to be posted the second week in July). All responses for this book will be put into a drawing on Thursday July 18th for a prize pack of the second book in the series (Ink Exchange) AND a gift card from Sweet Frog!!

Are you reading The Hunger Games with us? Same Deal!! All you have to do is post your review comment on The Hunger Games book post (the one from Wednesday June 19th or the follow up to be posted the second week in July). All responses for this book will be put into a drawing on Thursday July 18th for a prize pack of the second book in the series (Catching Fire) AND a gift card from Sweet Frog!!

The more you talk about the books with us the more you'll be entered into the drawing!! Happy Summer Reading!!

Wicked Lovely

Here is the discussion post for our second book this month. Here is a brief summary from the author's website.

Aislinn has always been able to see faeries, and she has always followed the rules to avoid them. But when Keenan, the Summer King, pursues Aislinn, the rules that have protected her no longer work. Keenan wants Aislinn to be his queen, and even as she struggles to avoid that role, she proves herself worthy of ruling the Summer Court. But Keenan’s mother, the Winter Queen, will stop at nothing to prevent Aislinn from assuming her rightful place in the faery realm.

Again with this book try to think about how it could fit into our theme of "Beneath the Surface."  Some things aren't quite what they seem, especially when reading books with supernatural characters. Which characters did you feel were trying the most to be something they were not?

Here are some other questions that you can think about while reading...

Why did Beira kill Keenan's father and what direct and indirect consequences does it have on the Summer Court?

What are the signs that show Aislinn was meant to be the Summer Court Queen?

What is ironic about the fact that Donia and Keenan are truly in love?

To participate in this discussion simply comment to this post below. You can discuss any of the question above, if you would recommend the book, or if you decided not to read this book for a certain reason. Remember all comments are monitored.

If you are participating in the Summer Reading Program you must either post to this book or The Hunger Games to get points.

Some brought in a written response into the library and that is fine too! Either way you are participating!!

The Hunger Games

I feel like at this point this book needs no introduction. I did find this brief summary from Scholastic though...

In this gripping young adult novel set in a future with

unsettling parallels to our present, the nation of Panem consists

of a shining Capitol surrounded by 12 outlying Districts, in

the ruins of the area once known as North America. In this

stratified society where the Capitol controls all resources,

16-year-old Katniss and her friend Gale forage for food

in the woods surrounding their impoverished District. The

main support for both their families, Katniss and Gale are

apprehensive about the approaching annual Reaping, when

two “tributes” between the ages of 12 and 18 will be chosen by

lottery from each of the 12 districts to compete in

The Hunger Games, a survival contest on live TV in which

teenagers fight to the death.

While you're reading this book think about how it ties into our Summer Reading theme "Beneath the Surface."

Is there something that isn't quite what it seems by the end of the book?
Do you feel like there is a secret that hasn't come out yet? (If you've read the rest of the trilogy pretend you haven't )

Here are some other questions you can think about...

How does Katniss feel about the country of Panem? Why does she need to maker her face an "indifferent mask" and be carful what she says in public?

 

Why are the 'tributes' given stylists and dressed so elaborately for the opening ceremony? Does this ceremony remind you of events in our world, either past or present? Compare those ceremonies in real life to the one in the story.

To participate in this discussion simply comment to this post below. You can discuss any of the question above, if you would recommend the book, or if you decided not to read this book for a certain reason. Remember all comments are monitored.

If you are participating in the Summer Reading Program you must either post to this book or Wicked Lovely to get points.

Some brought in a written response into the library and that is fine too! Either way you are participating!!
 
 

Summer Reading - Get your Points here!!

 

 

 

 

If your are visiting us for the summer here's the post you've been waiting for!! (and of course our friends who have been with us from the beginning who are participating in Summer Reading!)

In order to get your 3 (yes 3!) points (or drawing entries) you must participate in June's Book Discussion. In the previous post you will see our books for this month. Next week (June 18th) I will put up a separate post for each book. Pick a book, read it, and comment on it's post! It's as easy as that!! When you comment be sure to tell me how you felt this book displayed the Summer Reading Theme, "Beneath the Surface" that will be our code so I know you are participating in Summer Reading!

We have copies of both books now available at the library as well as Summer Reading Packets if you have not signed up yet!

Books for June!

Sorry for the delay folks, but here are our two next books! Remember, these will be the books that take us through the Summer Reading Program. If you have not signed up for summer reading, but would like to contact the library ASAP!!

 

Our first book was a suggestion by Michelle Embrey, Thanks Michelle!!  We will be reading Wicked Lovely, by Melissa Marr! This is the first book in the Wicked Lovely trilogy, Marr's 21^st Century era Fairy Tale. Here's a little snippet from Goodreads.

 

 

 

Faery intrigue, mortal love, and the clash of ancient rules and modern expectations swirl together in Melissa Marr's stunning twenty-first-century faery tale

 Our second book will be the very popular, Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. This is the first book of the trilogy that is now a movie franchise! A little bit from Goodreads...

 

 

 

In the ruins of a place once known as North America lies the nation of Panem, a shining Capitol surrounded by twelve outlying districts. The Capitol is harsh and cruel and keeps the districts in line by forcing them all to send one boy and one girl between the ages of twelve and eighteen to participate in the annual Hunger Games, a fight to the death on live TV.

 

I have multiple copies of these books now available so stop by and see us!! As always, each book will get its own book review post with a few ideas to think about. It will be these two separate posts that you comment on. You can read one or both selections, or you can tell us why you decided not to read them!

 

Later this week I will be posting more about how you can get more points (or drawing entries) for Summer Reading... the theme this year is “Beneath the Surface” so while you're reading think about how this could apply to these selections!