So, you say that you’ve been noticing all of your friends’ facebook statuses changing to say something like "ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT TALK TO ANYONE UNTIL I FINISH WRITING." Wondering what all the word count comparing is about? Feeling a little confused? Left out? Worry no more, the answer is here! It’s November, and that means NaNoWriMo, of course.
KCMLIN (Kansas City Metropolitan Library and Information Network) recently had a YA Workshop: Going TEEN! Mid-Continent Teen Programmers were out in force, and you know what that means: shenanigans!
The Teen Book Club will be discussing Zoobreak by Gordon Korman this month. It’s the story of a group of young friends who conspire to rescue a pet monkey from an evil zookeeper.
Antioch Branch, January 3 at 6:30 pm. Fantasy, adventure, travel, mystery. What is your favorite genre of book? Come and be a part of our Teen Book Club. Read one book per month, and then come and join us for lively discussions. Refreshments served. For December, we are reading:
Don’t worry, it’s not going far! The Lee’s Summit Branch Teen Book Club (a.k.a. The Vampire Support Group) is switching nights from the second Tuesday of every month to the fourth Tuesday of every month starting in January. We’ll still be meeting at 6:30 pm, and we’ll still be reading an awesome sampling of teen books.
Here at the Lee's Summit Branch, every 3rd Tuesday at 6:30 p.m., I host an Anime movie night just for teens. We sit back, have some popcorn and lemonade, and watch some anime. We have been known to break away from watching the movie and just sit back at a table just to chat. Sometimes, it’s about anime, sometimes it’s about life, and sometimes it jumps from one subject to another. As I told my regulars, "I'm not gonna teach you anything or even make you sit and watch.
Death was the other Woman by Linda Richards is reminiscent of the old "Thin Man" movies with the main characters’ witty banter, gangsters and gumshoes, and 1930s slang.
