Week of December 9 , 2007

In addition to books or compact disks the library offers mp3 format and electronic resources downloads.

An mp3 that I just transferred to my ipod for listening while cleaning, putting up the Christmas tree, and weight lifting
is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, A Year of Food Life by Barbara Kingsolver. It’s a very informative, interesting, chatty sort of story about a family that leaves Tucson, AZ to live off the land on an Appalachian farm.

Midnighters: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld is the first of a trilogy about an hour of time each day that only special people know exists.
Friends, Rex, Desdemona and Melissa are part of this world. They are misfits at their high school in Bixby OK. Jessica Day is a new student from Chicago. She too has the gift. Why do the darklings want her killed? Even Jessica doesn’t know.
This was an exciting story from the start - I wanted to complete it in one sitting - a real page turner.

Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson

A regular somewhat impulsive guy's social status is downgraded to that of a criminal because of a dumb act. As Tyler Miller's life spirals downward he becomes aware of who he is and what he wants to become. This revelation changes how he perceives himself and those around him.