Looking For A Good Book?

Want a good book, but don't know where to start looking? Just check out the display near the circulation desk! There's always an array of fantastic choices all at your disposal! From books similar to your favorites, to cool series' you should check out! Also, if you like a book but it is not in the library, (meaning the library does not have it at all, not that it is checked out), tell one of the lovely librarians and we'll be sure to order it! If you still can't seem to find a book that really screams, "READ ME!!!", don't be afraid to ask the friendly SLPs if they've read a good book lately. Remember, the theme this year is "Literature is a Treasure", so happy hunting!

Mothership by Martin Leicht
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

WOW! The Hanover School is a school for pregnant teens...in space! And it starts off with our heroine falling on her behind, but she gets her tuchus up and she runs for the rest of the book!

The action never stops. So, it isn't giving anything away to say that Elvie is at the Hanover School because her baby daddy gorgeous high school boyfriend abandoned her as soon as he found out she was preggers and she is escaping her evil cheerleading nemesis Britta. Unfortunately, the Hanover school and fate are planning to deal Elvie a horrible blow: Alien teachers, Britta and her gorgeous boyfriend. All brought together in the floating school for pregnant teens.

Will Elvie ever tell Britta to stuff it? Will she and Cole get back together? Should they? What's up with these alien teachers? And why are all the guys so darn hunky?

If you want a truly hysterical read, try Motherhood. The characters are really delightful and I tore through the book in one day. I couldn't put it down.

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The Doomsday Vault by Steven Harper
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Author Steven Harper has done a bang-up job creating a very interesting steampunk world with a clockworker virus being the cause of the Victorian technological accomplishments. It is a fascinating conceit. The only quibble I have is that for the first 1/3 of the book it really feels like it is two separate stories. It is hard to see the link up and the change between them is distinct. When they finally come together it is great!

What I especially liked about this novel was its unconventionality. There were gay characters in steampunk! The automatons have quirky personalities and the villians do as well. One is never quite sure what is what in this crazy, turned upside world. Just when you think you have a handle on what will happen, the rug is pulled out from underneath you. It is intricately plotted, just like the automatons are intricately created and it shows. I stayed up late many a night to get to the end because I could not put it down. At nearly 400 pages, it is a long, satisfying read!


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Book Review: Angels and Demons

Recently I read the book Angels and Demons, by Dan Brown. This book follows Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon, as he tries to stop the Illuminati, a legendary secret society, from destroying Vatican City with the newly discovered power of antimatter. It is a very exciting read. You can try to solve the mystery with the main characters, but I guarantee that they will discover clues that confuse you to no end… at least until the end of the book. It is a mature read, but one that I think any book lover will enjoy. This is the first of Dan Brown’s books on Mr. Langdon, and if you like this book, I highly recommend the other two. Reading them in order allows you to understand the allusions to prior books in the others.

The image on the book cover above is called an ambigram. An ambigram is a word or image stylized so that it can be rotated 180 degrees and still look like the same image.

  The same image, rotated 180 degrees. What part do ambigrams play in this mystery? Read the book to find out!

Summary:☻☻☻☻☻ 5/5 Smiley Faces! Find it in the fiction section at Call #: F BROWN DAN ANGELS

SLP Retreat

As you all know, we had our annual SLP retreat a few weeks ago. Here is a log of all the fun things we did!



Raichell, Carly, and Elizabeth greet Coach!

Raichell and Coach had A LOT of fun together :)

One of the highlights of the day for the SLPs was having the opportunity to design this year's library T-shirt. Every year, our library T-shirt is inspired by our theme for the year. This year, the theme is unlocking the treasure of literature. So, each SLP drew up a T-shirt design based upon this theme.



A group of SLPs wait for paper to start designing T-shirts.

SLPs designing their T-shirts

Afterwards, we voted for our favorite design.

This is the winning T-shirt design!

Next, we had lunch from Moe's:

SLPs in line for quesadillas and nachos

We also had watermelon-themed cake pops!



And cupcakes!

 Later, we played a few games to break the ice and help learn everybody's names.
 

The SLPs in circle formation

 And, by the end of the day...

Coach under the atlas stand

...well, Coach was tuckered out.


Ms. Arcuri with an open-mouthed Coach in her lap

Welcome to the BPS Reads! Blog!!

We are extremely excited to launch our new library blog! It'll be run by Berkeley's Student Library Proctors (SLPs). SLPs run the library circulation desk, shelve books, and do a variety of other tasks to help keep the library running smoothly!

During our SLP retreat in late August, all of the SLPs had their pictures taken with Coach, the resident library dog. Our head librarian, Mrs. McLean is raising Coach, a black goldadore puppy, in preparation for the Southeastern Guide Dogs program. You can see the McLeanPup blog here.

Without further ado, here are our head SLPs for the 2012-2013 school year!


Elizabeth

Keebler

Here are our co-head SLPS, Raichell and Carly:


Raichell

Carly

Mrs. McLean and her SEGD puppy Coach:

Mrs. McLean and Coach

Mrs. Connors smiling with Coach (and trying to make him smile, too!)



Ms. Arcuri with Coach!

Our goal is to put up weekly blog posts on everything and anything from book reviews to what has been happening lately the library. We all hope you enjoy our blog!!