Two New Books

I finished two books over the weekend (reviews posted on Shelfari--you can scroll over their covers on the shelf on this blog to read them). I liked 7 Days at the Hot Corner, but did not enjoy Feathered. Both were very quick reads so I now I need to find another book. Thinking about trying the Circle Trilogy by Ted Dekker. It has been recommended to me several times and I borrowed it from a student (Thanks, Tim!). Hoping to start it tonight...

Book Thief trailer on YouTube

Here is a link to the trailer of The Book Thief. Although this is being made into a movie, this is NOT the actual movie trailer. Enjoy!


http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=book+thief+trailer&search_type=&aq=0&oq=book+thief

The Book Thief

I LOVED this book! I'm not a huge fan of historical fiction, but this novel is so much more than that...this is the story of a young girl, Liesel Meminger. Liesel's mother must put her in foster care because she is unable to care for Liesel and her younger brother. On the train to her new home, Liesel's brother dies leading to her first encounter with Death, the narrator of this story. Liesel steals a book from her brother's gravesite, but is unable to read it.

Liesel is introduced to her new family and after some time, she adjusts to life with the Hubermanns. However, she is plagued with nightmares. When she awakens in tears, her foster father is there to comfort her. They begin midnight reading lessons to help Liesel catch up to her classmates. She becomes obsessed with books and words (love her!).

As tensions rise during World War II, the Hubermanns get a strange visitor. Max, a Jewish man, asks for their help and they decide to hide him in their basement. Although they are very poor, the family is mostly happy until one fateful day when Hans Hubermann tries to help a Jewish prisoner on the way to Dachau, the local concentration camp. This is a must read! It is about friendship, family, death, survival, war, and much, much more. I highly recommend this!

Blogger on the tech move!

Okay guys...now that I have been posting to the blog for a bit, I decided to get a facebook page for the library AND I'm on twitter! Search for MHS Library on FB or mhslib on twitter to become a fan or follow. If I can stay on top of things ( a BIG if), there will be posts on new books, book club meetings, etc. Enjoy!

Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith

I have been wanting to read this book since I read the outstanding reviews. I think I may have built it up too much...I enjoyed reading this, but it was kind of confusing at first. It contains MANY elements of fantasy, almost too many. I had a hard time connecting the guardian angel element with the vampires. Why both? I appreciate the fact that the author kind of took a lighter side in telling the vampire story (in my opinion). I thought the book had a good amount of humor in it and it didn't have all the drama of Twilight and others like it. If you are interested in knowing what this book is REALLY about, read my review on Shelfari. You don't have to actually go to my Shelfari page...you can just scroll over the cover at the right of this blog.

I am currently readingWarrior by Marie Brennan and trying to prepare for this month's book club meeting.