Check Out Our Digital Magazines

Have you heard about our magazine service, Zinio? It allows you to read some of your favorite magazines online or on your tablet and smartphone.  There are no holds, so magazines are available all the time and the service is updated regularly, so you'll always have the latest issue at your fingertips. Go to our Zinio page to sign-up!

10 Flower Arrangements for 10 Books

This is a perfect remedy to winter and a reminder that spring is coming soon! Check out this fun post at Epic Reads, which pairs 10 beautiful flower arrangements with 10 YA books! It's hard to pick a favorite.

Lauren Oliver Novella 'Raven' Preview

Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive preview of the novella Raven, a short story about the character Raven from Lauren Oliver's Delirium series.  This short story will be included in the book Delirium Stories, which will also feature stories about Hanna and Annabel.  Delirium Stories comes out March 5th, the same day of the final installment of the Delirium series, Requiem.  Check out their preview here.

One Week Left for Winter Reading!

Just one week left to turn in your Winter Reading Logs AND you don't even have to leave your house to do it. If you've read or listened to 5 books since January 2nd, then just submit your list here and be entered into a drawing for all kinds of prizes, like free books and gift cards.

Winter Reading ends February 28th.

Best Fiction for Young Adults 2013

Recently, the Young Adult Library Services Association announced their Best Fiction for Young Adults of 2013.  This is a great list to use if you're looking for a good read, but don't know where to start.  Here's a peek at the top 10, but check out their site for the whole list.

Top 10:

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews
Greg and Earl are forced to spend time with a classmate recently diagnosed with leukemia. Will their lives change for the better or just stay the same as usual?

The Diviners by Libba Bray
New age, old magic.

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman
Intriguingly, in this world, dragons can transform at will into the body of a human. Part human, part dragon, Seraphina must hide her heritage as the tenuous peace her country has with dragons seems likely to slip away as unknown elements are stirring up trouble that even Seraphina's music can't assuage.

Enchanted by Alethea Kontis
Sunday's child may be able to find her story with the help of a frog.

Every Day by David Levithan
How can love survive if each day you wake up as a different person?

Never Fall Down by Patricia McCormick
Arn is taken from his home by the Khmer Rouge and force to become a child soldier. What will he do to survive?

Boy 21 by Matthew Quick
A chronicle of grief paralleling Finley's silence and immersion in the repetition of basketball with Boy 21's belief that his murdered parents will return from space and take him to the cosmos.

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz
Aristotle and Dante could scarcely be more different, but through the years of growing up, they become more to each other than they ever imagined.

The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
Blue Sargent has been told her whole life that she will kill her true love. She stays away from boys, but when one boy's ghost shows up on the corpse road, which is a promise of death within a year, Blue understands that she can no longer avoid the Raven Boys. When she teams up with them to search for ley lines and lost kings, she knows that something has started and that her life will never be the same.

Code Name Verity Elizabeth Wein
Verity and Maddie are friends working in the war effort. When the Gestapo captures Verity, she trades information for freedom. Meanwhile, Maddie tries to free her. This is their story.

Winter Reading 2013

Warm up with a good book this Winter and win some prizes!  The Winter Reading program is rolling at the library.  This is an easy way to win prizes, like gift certificates to local restaurants and movie theater tickets.  To participate:
1. Read or listen to 5 books
2. Submit a reading log to the Adult Services desk (Print out a log on our Winter Reading page, or pick one up at the Adult Services desk).
3. Repeat

Winter Reading ends February 28th.  See how many logs you can finish!

Winter Teen Volunteer Opportunities

Help our Youth Services Department with programs this Winter.  Registration for each opportunity begins 10 days before the event. To register, visit our Calendar of Events.

Montgomery Campus
Sat, Feb 2; 1:45-2:45 pm
     Assist with the 'Something Fishy' storytime

Oswego Campus
Tues, Jan 22; 6:15-7:15 pm
     Assist with the 'Awesome Ocean' program
Mon, Jan 28; 6:15-7:45 pm
     Assist with the 'Book BINGO' program
Thurs, Jan 31; 6:15-7:45 pm
     Assist with the 'Construction Challenge' program
Thurs, Feb 21; 6:15-7:45 pm
     Assist with the 'Construction Challenge' program