The results are in...

This was a big Summer for reading in Coventry, and while just about all of the books flew off the shelves, some of them were more popular than others.  Here they are, the most circulated books at the Booth & Dimock Memorial Library!

• The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins
• City of Lost Souls and City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
• Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
• The Girl of Fire and Thorns by Rae Carson
• Shark Girl by Kelly L. Bingham
• Everneath by Brodi Ashton
• The Accidental Genius of Weasel High by Rick Detorie
• Spirit's Princess by Esther Friesner
• The Storyteller by Antonia Michaelis
• Prized by Caragh M. O'Brien
• Unwind by Neal Shusterman
• The Nine Lives Chloe King by Celia Thomson
• The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
• Partials by Dan Wells
• Blood Red Road by Moira Young

Teen Review: Starting From Here

Starting From Here by Lisa Jenn Bigelow
Rating: 4 of 5 stars

Teen Review

Genre: Romance/Family

Summary:
Colby find a stray dog near her house and through him she learns how to open herself up to new relationships and opportunities.

Review:
This book was very relatable and well-written. It focused on a lot of different issues and was an overall very satisfying book. The characters were very diverse and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it.

People might like this book if they liked:
The Miseducation of Cameron Post by Emily M. Danforth

Reviewed by Bethany


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Want to learn more about Minecraft?

Attention, all you Minecraft maniacs:  the Booth & Dimock Library has just added two books about Minecraft!  Minecraft: Video Game Guide and MineCraft: Tips, Tricks, and Cheats are available as eBooks on the Teen Zone Nooks!  They're available to patrons with an eReader agreement on file.  Don't have one? Stop by the Library today and fill one out!

2012 Teens Top Ten

Voting for the Teens Top Ten through YALSA is now available! You can vote for up to three titles simply by clicking HERE. Copies of the survey are also available in the Teen Zone. 

The Nominees: 

All Good Children by Catherine Austen Ashes by Ilsa Bick Abandon by Meg Cabot Tempest by Julie Cross What Happened to Goodbye by Sarah Dessen Wither by Lauren DeStefano Where She Went by Gayle Forman Scarlet by A.C. Gaughen Eona: The Last Dragoneye by Alison Goodman The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Page by Paige by Laura Lee Gulledge Legend by Marie Lu Hourglass by Myra McEntire Cinder by Marissa Meyer Shine by Lauren Myracle A Monster Calls, Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd by Patrick Ness. Illus. by Jim Kay. This Dark Endeavor: The Apprenticeship of Victor Frankenstein by Kenneth Oppel Across the Universe by Beth Revis Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Divergent by Veronica Roth Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys The Scorpio Races by Maggie Stiefvater How to Save a Life by Sara Zarr All These Things I’ve Done by Gabrielle Zevin

Step Back in Time

Nearly 23 million people immigrated to America between 1890 and 1924.  Ever wonder what their experience was like?  Check out this website to build your own character and take a walk in their shoes.

Want to read more?  Check out these fantastic picks from the Library!

Strings Attached by Judy Blundell (YA BLU)
Bright Young Things by Anna Godberson (YA GOD)
Illegal by Bettina Restrepo (YA RES)
Across a Hundred Mountains by Reyna Grande (YA GRA)
Ashes of Roses by Mary Jane Auch (YA AUC)
The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Y/GN TAN)

Get Text Alerts from the Library!

Do you wish you always knew what the next teen event at the Booth & Dimock Library would be?  You could buy a crystal ball and try to see the future, but those are expensive!  Fortunately for you, the B&D Teen Zone has a solution: Text Message Alerts!

Sign up today and you'll receive a maximum of two (2) 160-character text messages per week keeping you informed about the latest and greatest library events.  Registration forms are available at the Teen Desk, so sign up today!

Meet Author Esther Friesner!

Join us at the Booth & Dimock Memorial Library on Thursday, August 23rd at 6:00pm to meet local author Esther Friesner!  Ms. Friesner has written 37 novels, more than 185 short stories, and edited ten popular anthologies.  Her latest novel, Spirit's Princess, is about 3rd century shaman-queen Himiko of Japan and will be followed by Spirit's Chosen.

Don't miss this opportunity to participate in the Connecticut Author's Trail and meet a great author, right in your own backyard!

There's still time to get your Summer Reading done!

If you're looking to get some last-minute Summer Reading done, just stop by the Teen Zone!  We've set aside a whole shelf full of this year's Summer Reading books, all in one convenient location!  Just look for the blue Summer Reading sign, right in front of the Teen Desk.

Did you know...

The Teen Zone has it's own special Nook Color, available now!  It comes pre-loaded with some of the best and most popular titles that everyone's talking about.  Check it out today and you'll have access to:

• A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park
• Rot & Ruin by Jonathan Maberry
• The Running Dream by Wendelin Van Draanen
• City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
• Divergent by Veronica Roth
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
• Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo
• Ten Things We Did (and Probably Shouldn't Have) by Sarah Mlynowski
• Variant by Robinson Wells

Don't miss out!  All you need is your library card and a signed eReader Agreement form.