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Book Nerd Paradise

Posted on July 1st, 2010 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books, Events, Guest blogger, Movies.

Happy July, everyone! I know I’ve been posting a lot of videos lately, but I couldn’t resist sharing this one, brought to my attention by alert reader novelwriter65. It’s from author John Green’s trip to the American Library Association annual conference (and if you know librarians Marisa and Robin, ask if they got to see him!).

If you <3 John Green, either before or after watching this video, check out some of his books from the library! 

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The smallest library in the world?

Posted on April 15th, 2010 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books, Guest blogger, Random Fun.

Teen volunteer novelwriter saw this post online and shared it with us:

As both books and classic red phone booths are becoming a thing of the past, a village in Somerset, England has merged the two rare commodities.

The bright red old phone booth was purchased for just 1 pound and remodeled as the smallest library in the world. Residents line up to swap their already read books for new ones left by other patrons. Over 100 books and a variety of movies and music CDs are available at this tiny library.

What do you think? Would you visit this phone booth if it was your only library? Would you like a tiny library like this right around the corner from your house?  

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Book Spine Poetry

Posted on April 12th, 2010 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books, Words & Writing.

Stop by the Teen Center to see April’s book display for National Poetry Month: Book Spine Poetry!

Read the spines as lines of a poem and see if you can put together a story in your mind. You can even build your own when you are here!

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Secret message?

Posted on April 16th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Art & Craftiness, Guest blogger.

Guest blogger preetycrazybabe shares the following tidbit (thanks for sharing!):

Did you know that the FedEx logo has an arrow in it? Try to find it!

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Post from Dragid10 – finally posted!

Posted on April 15th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Guest blogger, Words & Writing.

Guest blogger Dragid10 from Write in the Middle wrote the following post to share, and I have forgotten to post it online for many weeks!! Sorry for the delay, and thanks for sharing, Dragid10!

OK, anime is awesomeriffic!

There once was a little boy. His name was Rick. He lived in a house that was burned down 75 years ago. He made friends. On Halloween they went to his house. But they didn’t see it. Rick slowly raised from the ground. He made them vampires. The end.

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Skeleton Creek

Posted on April 14th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books, Movies, Words & Writing.

I just finished reading Skeleton Creek, a new book with a creepy twist! Ryan is stuck in his room with a broken leg after a mysterious accident with his best friend Sarah. He fell when they were investigating a dredge, an old, abandoned machine in the woods of their hometown, Skeleton Creek. Now Ryan and Sarah have been forbidden by their parents to contact each other, but Sarah still manages to email Ryan some password-protected videos about what else she is discovering about the dredge. Ryan notes the passwords in his journal, and you, the reader, can go online to view Sarah’s videos. Be warned — some of them are quite spooky, and the ending will leave you hanging on desperately for the next book in the series!

Take a look at the book trailer:

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Guest blogger strikes again

Posted on April 13th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Guest blogger, Random Fun, Words & Writing.

This post comes to you from guest blogger Obito99 at Write in the Middle. Thanks for sharing, Obito99!

FuFu is a Ghana dish. You can have it with any stew. Also, Bonku is wonderful.

Chuck Norris is too cool for school. When he went to school, he got an A+ for roundhouse kicking, so he graduated from school at age 9.

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High school student catches error on test

Posted on February 16th, 2009 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Books, Events, Homework Help, Words & Writing.

Did you see this article about Geoffrey Stanford, the high schooler from Kansas who caught a mistake on his state writing test?

Stanford, a linebacker and International Baccalaureate student, alerted English teacher Jennifer Fry, who alerted the district test coordinator, who alerted state education officials, who were, as you might imagine, embarrassed.

Even though it was really just a spelling mistake (emission vs. omission), it changed the meaning of the word. Have you ever caught a mistake on a test before? Have you tried to convince a teacher that an answer might be wrong? If you saw a mistake, would you report it? (I def. would!)

Don’t forget, the library has a ton of books to help you study for tests, including the SAT, ACT, and GED. You can also look at our Online Collections and take practice tests with LearningExpress Library. Finally, check out our Events Calendar to sign up for an SAT or ACT Practice Test on March 22!

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Write or Die!

Posted on December 5th, 2008 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Guest blogger, Words & Writing.

Guest blogger Odderkid shares the following post: 

Have you ever wondered what the most evil writing tool ever invented is? 

Well, I’ve found it. 

http://lab.drwicked.com/writeordie.html

Great for NaNoWriMo, deadlines, or whatever rocks your socks. Give it a word goal, how long you want the program to run for, and start typing. If you write consistently, you’re perfectly fine. But if you stop for a certain amount of seconds, one of three things will happen after an alert of the background turning red (depending on what function you’ve set it to).   

There’s Gentle Mode, where after you stop writing a box will come up to remind you to keep writing.

Normal Mode, where an annoying sound will blast from your computer every time you stop writing.

And of course Kamikaze Mode, where your work eventually begins to delete itself.  

So, if YOU ever have a deadline or just want to rip out some hair, go to Write Or Die!!! 

….Thanks for the tip, Odderkid! Can’t wait to try this…and I’m a little afraid…

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This post is so book.

Posted on December 4th, 2008 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Technology, Words & Writing.

If you use predictive text messaging, you’ll get a kick out of this story from The Times Online:

Jeffrey Stark from London writes: “A colleague recently noticed that her teenage son and his friends were using the word ‘book’ as a term of approval, as in ‘that T-shirt is really book’. She wondered why. It transpires that if you text the word ‘cool’, predictive texting turns it into ‘book’. Being lazy teenagers they would rather change the meaning of the word than hit the options button.”

Does your predictive texting change “cool” to “book”? Either way…this is a great development for fans of books and libraries!

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The POA

Posted on December 3rd, 2008 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Guest blogger, Teen Volunteers, Web sites to watch.

What’s the POA, you ask? It’s the Protection of Animals web site, and it was started by animal<3, a local Westerville teen and Library Teen Volunteer.

animal<3 says,

Hi! Here is a great website my friend and I made discussing animal rights. You can join our group by going to the Contact Us page. We will gladly accept!

Thanks for the tip, animal<3! Visit the site today! 

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TGI…Tuesday…Minute Mystery!

Posted on December 2nd, 2008 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Minute Mysteries, Random Fun, Words & Writing.

Whoops, I messed up my usual schedule and haven’t been blogging as much last month — so here I offer you, along with my apologies, a special Tuesday edition of TGIF Minute Mysteries.

First, the answer to our previous mystery: The man has hiccups; the bartender scares them away by pulling a gun. No one quite guessed it…although I liked the theory that it was a water gun!

And today’s mystery: A man is holding a box. Though he cannot see into it, he knows exactly what’s inside. How is this possible? Leave comments with your theories!

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NaNoWriMo is back!

Posted on November 3rd, 2008 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Events, Words & Writing.

If you haven’t heard before, November is National Novel Writing Month. Challenge yourself to write an entire novel in 30 days. Think it can’t be done? Think again! Writers all over the world will be subjecting themselves to the same challenge, so you won’t be alone. Dust off your pencils, markers, and/or keyboard, and let me know how you do!

Totally blocked? Try Write in the Middle, our Library’s very own writing club for those in grades 6-9! The next meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday, November 4, 7:00-8:30 p.m. Future meetings can be found on our events calendar. Hope to see you there!

Good luck, novel writers!

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Even more Chuck Norris

Posted on October 29th, 2008 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Guest blogger, Words & Writing.

Guest blogger Obito99 wanted to share this story beginning from our Library club Write in the Middle. You may recognize the subject matter. Thanks, Obito99!

Hello readers this is me. I HAVE A STORY FOR YOU TO READ. I HOPE YOUr READY FOR IT. I AM A LITTLE BOY NAME CHUCK NORRIS YES CHUCK NORRIS. I AM GOING TO BE A COOL GUY ONE DAY. I AM WAY COOLER THAN JACKIE CHAN. I HAVE MET JACKIE CHAN YES I HAVE THAT IS RIGHT. AND HE IS NOT THAT COOL. YEAH HE KNOWS KUNG FU BUT HE CAN NOT BEAT ME. SO WHEN I SEE HIM AGAIN I WILL BEAT YOU UP JACKIE CHAN. SO WATCH OUT JACKIE CHAN YEAH I SAID IT JACKIE CHAN. SOME FACTS ABOUT ME WHEN I DO Pushups I PUSH THE EARTH DOWN.

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TGIF Minute Mysteries

Posted on October 24th, 2008 by Becky.
Categories: All posts, Art & Craftiness, Books, Events, Minute Mysteries, Movies, Random Fun, Words & Writing.

After a looooong break (sorry about that!), the Friday Minute Mysteries are back!

A man walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says, “Thank you,” and walks out.

What happened? Leave a comment with your theory!

(If you happen to be old enough to remember the last mystery I posted (yeah, it was a while back), the answer is: The room is the ballroom of a sunken ocean liner. The rays are manta rays. The man ran out of air while scuba diving in the shipwreck. al guessed it! Go, al!)

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