Last Post by Me

Greetings and salutations~
Today is my final day as a virtual YA librarian for the Framingham Public Library, and so I thought I'd write just a few words of farewell.
First of all, we have a local Framingham author who has a new YA book coming out in October -- David Yoo and Stop Me If You've Heard This One Before. Keep an eye out for it!
I've just put in an order for bunches of new books, including Marvel and DC Comics, some great new fiction, and some fascinating nonfiction, as well. I'm also ordering some audiobooks and some new DVDs of anime. So, be looking for more things entering the YA shelves in the months to come.
This also means that I will no longer be available on Twitter or Facebook, nor will I be adding new books to the LibraryThing list (that shows in the navbar on the right).
So good luck and happy reading! Keep enjoying the library!
~Emily

Downloadable Audiobooks (& Samples)

Audiobook downloads are becoming more and more popular -- and if you can't download them from the library, you can listen to clips on publisher websites and be forwarded to sites where you can buy them, if you want. Some authors and publishers allow free downloads, but others don't.

So here are some snippets of a few books, some of which we will get in audio, others of which we will only get in hard copy. Enjoy!

Breaking Dawn



Ghost Medicine



Door of No Return



Keys to the Kingdom: Superior Saturday

Harry Potter Suit

Nope -- I'm not writing about a suit of clothes!
I was reading an article about JK Rowling's suit against a publisher in Michigan who was publishing a book about Harry Potter Lexicon, which is based on a website based on the Harry Potter books. If you're interested in Rowling or Potter or in the ideas of fair use, copyright, and media, check out the short article. And if this isn't enough, I'm sure there will be plenty of other articles popping up in news sources around the world.

New Books

I picked up an Indie List book paper from the local bookstore in Amherst and saw that one of my favorite authors has a new fantasy out – Robin McKinley, who wrote The Blue Sword, Beauty, and Sunshine (to name a few), has a new book out, and the reviewer I read quite liked it. I’ll be ordering it, so be sure to look for Chalice.

Celia Rees also has a new book out – remember Sorceress and Witch Child? Sovay tells the story of a girl who dresses as a highwayman and has a bit of trouble about it – a historical fiction piece that is sure to be popular. Be on the lookout for that one, too.