Anyone know what comes out November 20? Yes, you guessed it, NEW MOON. The second in the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer. The lives/unlives of Bella, Edward, Jacob, the Cullens are in the spotlight again (though they haven't left since the first movie).

I still love the books better and I have only seen Twilight once (the day it came out). Will I go to see New Moon, heck yes though man oh man the special effects and acting better be spot on b/c I honestly could not stand Bella in book two. I just kept yelling at the book, "get a backbone girl boys don't define who you are, stand up for yourself!" 

While we are talking vampires, I went to see the Cirque du Freak: Vampire's Assistant movie last Friday. I admit not the best movie I have seen but darn it was funny and it was nice not have "perfect" vampires roaming around.

For the record I am on Team Switzerland.

Check out these scenes, interviews and more from MTV

So did everyone trick-or-treat on Beggar's Night in Worthington last night? I thought it was a little odd that Trick-or-Treat night didn't actually fall on Halloween night, which is this Saturday. What did you all dress up as? Get some good candy? I hope everyone gets a chance to dress up and celebrate the fun holiday and opportunity to be in costume!

Did you know that every month we highlight some newer books and materials available at the library? It's in the New and Now section of our webpage. Go there each month to see new stuff that's available through Worthington Libraries.

Speaking of new books- has anyone read this one?

The author is a producer of The Daily Show (one of my favorite shoes on Comedy Central) and I think the title alone is hilarious. I checked out the book's website (http://sheldrakeindustries.com/) and found it pretty funny as well.

Here's the summary from our catalog:

"Omaha, Nebraska, twelve-year-old Oliver Watson has everyone convinced that he is extremely stupid and lazy, but he is actually a very wealthy, evil genius, and when he decides to run for seventh-grade class president, nothing will stand in his way."

I'll be interested to see if it's any good!

I'm on the reserve list, so I'll let you know once I get it.

If it looks like something you'd like to reserve, too- click here!

One of the biggest decisions you will make as a teenager is "where, oh where will I go to college" Many students start asking that question early , I know a few who have been taking PSAT, SAT, ACT tests since they were freshmen. The pressure is on, in-state or out of state,  private or public, small or large, business or arts, the list goes on and on.

I took the ACT in high school (SAT was not required for my state schools). I studied and studied and got a pretty decent score, enough to get me into my family Alma Mater, University of Oklahoma. I had been a dream of mine to go to OU since I was a wee little tot, but once I got there I quickly realized the school was too big for me. Don't get me wrong I loved being away from my family for the first time and I absolutely loved the football team (still do) but coming from a high school graduating class of 280ish, having a math class with at least 200 was not my idea of fun. After this setback I got my degree at a different school and in a TOTALLY different state (Alaska). Even though my first dream didn't turn out as I had planned, I ended up traveling to some beautiful places (I have been dog sledding, skydiving, seen Mt. Everest, moose outside my dorm room window, glaciers, the Northern Lights, ...)

Here is my challenge to you, research, research, research schools and make the BEST choice for you. To help guide you in the right direction, the Worthington Libraries offer a wide range of databases and books to assist in your journey.

Through our Research option on our Worthingtonlibraries.org website you can click on.....

Colleges and universities research guide

You can get access many databases including the examples below.

• OhioMentor
• Princeton Review
• My College Guide
• CollegeNet

Hello all,

Though the week is almost over, I think it's worth noting that this week was Teen Read Week!

So if you read books this week- great! If you celebrated Teen Read Week at all- fantastic! There's still one and a half more days to read so have at it and pick up a book!

Each year teens vote on their favorite books from the previous year and they are compiled into a list of 10 books that the American Library Association makes into a booklist. You can see previous booklists from Teen Read Week compilations here.

The 2009 Teen Top Ten is:

1. Paper Towns by John Green
2. Breaking Dawn by Stephanie Meyer
3. The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
4. City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
5. Identical by Ellen Hopkins
6. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
7. Wake by Lisa McMann
8. Untamed by PC and Kristin Cast
9. The Disreputable history of Frankie Landau Banks by E. Lockhart
10. Graceling by Kristin Cashore

Have you read any of these? All of them? Do you think it's a good list?

120 pounds and fired for being to too fat????!!!! The news has been buzzing about the Ralph Lauren ad that was photoshopped so poorly, the model looked like she weighed about 80 pounds.  The model in this picture, Filippa Hamilton, has claimed she was fired by Ralph Lauren for being "too large" Too large? She is actually  5'10' 120 pounds and a size 4!

What is this saying to young women, teens and other fashion designers? Shish.

Body image books have always been published, but more and more are coming out with (THANKFULLY!) a better message such as be true to yourself, love it or hate it you only have one body!

• The Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
• Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson
• Looks by Madeline George
• Pretty Face by Mary Hogan
• Models Don't Eat Chocolae Cookies by Erin Dionne
• Does This Book Make Me Look Fat?
• Artichoke's Heart by Susan Supplee
• Big Fat Manifesto by Susan Vaught