Book Review Wednesday: 100 Days

Hello! Here is a YA novel that I stayed up too late last night to finish. It's a good one, and be sure to have tissues handy. 

In her book, Nicole McInnes spins a tale of three high-school sophomores: Agnes, Moira, and Boone.  To her credit, she warns the readers that Agnes has Progeria, which is a progressive disease that causes sufferers to age quickly, and that she has 100 Days to live.  The story of their lives takes place in those 100 Days, and all three characters have problems to overcome.

McInnes also provides information about Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome: progeriaresearch.org. 

Pokemon of the Week: Pidgey

Hi!

I can't believe Thanksgiving is this week! We've had some exciting events recently with an Indiana Library Federation conference, Mini-Golf @ the Library, and Book Club at Northridge Middle School, so I'm playing catch-up here.

Yes, I am perhaps one of the last diehards still excited about catching Pokemon and visiting Pokestops in search of free Pokeballs. The highest level one can reach is Level 40. I'm holding strong at Level 24.

Fortunately, Niantic is making efforts to keep "Pokenerds" like us engaged in the game. There was a Halloween Pokemon theme where players caught scary Pokemon and received more XP and Stardust for catching them. I found out that Niantic is having a 'Pokemon Go' Thanksgiving event. It will be similar to Halloween with more XP and Stardust awarded to players between November 23-November 30.  Here is the link to the website if you would like to read more:

 http://heavy.com/games/2016/11/pokemon-go-thanksgiving-event-special-week-start-end-announcement-announced-by-niantic-double-xp-stardust/


Oh, yes--I almost forgot--the Pokemon of the Week is Pidgey. (It is the closest Pokemon to a turkey that I could find.)  Pidgey is a nostalgic if not one of the most common Pokemon in the game. As you can see, Pidgey is small, and uses aerial ace and tackle to fight other Pokemon. Eventually, Pidgey evolves into Pigeotto and Pidgeot.

(Image Courtesy of Pokego.org)

Have a great week!

Book Review Friday: Poem Runs: Baseball Poems and Paintings

Hello!

I visited the Boys & Girls Club of Middlebury today, and in honor of the Cubs winning the World  Series, I read a baseball poetry book to them.

I love Douglas Florian, and his poems are perfect! The kids wanted me to read them again. This book is available to check out at MCPL, and would also make a great holiday gift for the baseball fan in your life. ;)

Happy November, Pokemon GO Changes and Pokemon of the Week: Gastly

Hello! Happy November!

If you played Pokemon GO since last Wednesday, you may have noticed a few changes on the game. When I opened up the application, I noted this screen.

(Source: Forbes.com)

In addition, there were extra scary Halloween-type of Pokemon such as Gastly, Gengar, Haunter, and Meowth. It would only make sense that Gastly is the Pokemon of the week, since I caught many Gastly Pokemon since last week.

Also, there was additional candy scored for catching Pokemon GO characters like Gastly. As a result of the Halloween-style Pokemon GO, Forbes.com states that "analytics firm Sensor Tower is reporting a huge 133% increase in revenue from the event, tracked over at least the first five days."

I think we will be seeing more (and welcome) changes to keep Pokemon GO exciting and interesting!

Book Reviews: Teens' Top Ten

Hi!

YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association) recently released The Teens' Top Ten Books this October. I was happy to see that we have four of the top ten here at MCPL!  (I am in the process of ordering the other six titles.)

Here are the titles available at MCPL:

All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven 

Illuminae by Amie Kaufman
The Novice by Taran Matharu
Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo










Here is a link to the other titles: ww.ala.org/yalsa/teenstopten

Pokemon of the Week: Zubat and Golbat

Hello!
Despite the fact that Pokemon GO has decreased in popularity, I'm still having fun and playing! Currently, my trainer is at Level 23.

The Pokemon of the week is Zubat.  I've captured many of these elusive Pokemon. They are quick and difficult to catch. You can evolve Zubat into more powerful Pokemon named Golbat.

Zubat (Photo courtesy of Pokemon.com)

Golbat (Photo courtesy of Pokemon.com)

 

Winners of The Raffle Drawings for Teen Read Week 2016

I can't believe Teen Read Week 2016 is over!
It was a good week, weather-wise.
Here are our teen winners of the raffle drawings:

Jusiah Dick and Katelynn Noble

Braydyn Wieigos

Josaelin Weam

Abigail Checkley

Special thanks to 41 Degrees North Restaurant and Bar for their generous $25 donation!