Vote for the Teens' Top Ten!

The Young Adult Library Services Association (or YALSA for those of us too lazy to bother with five-word association names...) has opened the polls for their annual Teens' Top Ten. The top ten books of the year nominated and chosen solely by teen readers will be announced during Teen Read Week (October 14th - 20th). Voting is for teens only. (Adults:  you can focus all of your intense passion for young adult literature by nominating titles for the Readers' Choice Awards: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/readerschoice)

Teens can go here to vote for their favorites. The polls will remain open until September 15th, so hurry and pick your faves today!

Incidentally, in honor of Teen Read Week, the Oregon City Library will be hosting an old-fashioned book swap on Sunday, October 14th at 5:30. We invite our teen patrons to bring in all their unwanted books/cds/dvds/videogames to trade with other teens. Remember: one person's thrice-read copy of MAR: Marchen Awakens Romance Vol. 4 is another person's undiscovered treasure. More details on the book swap to come.

If you like The Hunger Games...(and who doesn't?)

Check out this awesome 5-page flowchart that shows a plethora of suggestions for what to read next if you enjoyed The Hunger Games. Thanks to the Lawrence, Kansas Public Library for putting that together and displaying it on their website. Pure librarian brilliance!