Teen Open Mic Night

April is National Poetry Month, to celebrate the Leesburg Public Library will hold an Open Mic Night. All teens ages 12 to 18 are invited to read a poem, play and instrument, or demonstrate some other talent for others. Free coffee samples will be generously provided by Chocolate Lab Coffee Company of Leesburg. Please call the library if you plan to perform, 352-728-9790. This event will be held on the outdoor stage in the library garden.

Tantalize – book review

Tantalize by Cynthia Leitich Smith.

I love novels on vampires and werewolves, so when I first heard about Tantalize I was extremely excited to get it into my hands and start reading. Without hopefully giving to much away, the book is about a adolescent girl falling in love with her werewolf/human friend. Along with dealing with life’s problems being thrown at her left and right, she meets and crushes on Sanquini’s new chef. Sanguini’s – A very rare restaurant, is the main setting.

The author drags you into the story and you fall in love with the character’s personalities. She gives you tons of details to satisfy the imagination. You crave what the character’s crave. It’s one of those books you never want to put down because you’re so enthralled in story’s fast-paced plot. It’s easy for your eyes to flow along with the text.

Terrible cliffhanger at the end though… But don’t all good books do that? She allows your imagination to conclude the ending. This is one book I would gladly read again.

Writen by ViolentEyes. (Aka. Rachel)

Essay Contest! Win $$

Call or come in to the youth services department for more information and an entry form!

The Friends of the Library are sponsoring an essay contest for grades 4-5, 6-8, and 9-12. In honor of National Poetry Month simply write 500 words or less interpreting Elizabeth Barret Browning’s famous Sonnet #43:

How Do I Love Thee?

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height

My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight

For the ends of Being and ideal Grace.

I love thee to the level of everyday’s

Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight.

I love thee freely, as men strive for Right;

I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise.

Shelfari -Website Review

Well a couple of days ago i got invited to shelfari.com

shelfari is a website that

• you can put books you have read
• favorites
• Make friends
• join clubs
• write reviews
• make your own club
• compete with your friends on who read the most book ( like am doing with natalie..she’s cheating)
• See other people who have read the same book that you have
• get a profile that you can tell o thers about yourself
• addictive
• fun

Here is my page ……. where to go to get an idea of what it is like http://www.shelfari.com/oothy

I think it would be so awesome if there was a website like that for movies

its a great website and am sure you’ll like,,,,,,,,,,,i ‘ll see you there and don’t forget to add me as a friend and join my group : I always have a book with me

Package Arrived!

Today we received a package from YA Author Cynthia Leitich Smith. The package included: autographed books marks, a bat finger puppet, stickers of werewolves, roses, and bats, and a t-shirt from Sanguini’s, the resturaunt in the book.

Write a review of her book Tantalize for this blog and take your pick of this awesome gift pack. See be a contributor for more information.

A summary of Tantalize: When multiple murders in Austin, Texas,

threaten the grand re-opening of her family’s vampire-themed restaurant, seventeen-year-old, orphaned Quincie worries that her best friend-turned-love interest, Keiren, a werewolf-in-training, may be the prime suspect.