Hi All -
Wow - We had 30 inches of snow at my house. Couldn't (or didn't want to) get out of my driveway today. Read the Michael Printz award winner - How I Live Now by Meg Rossoff - very impressive. Also currently reading The Faery Wars which is an action-packed adventure. We did the Michael Drout lecture with standinf room only. He was his usual great self. I think this has to be annual, as he is so inspirational a lecturer. Next year maybe I'll ask him to talk again about the Great Vowel Shift and the whole obsession Tolkien had with language.......
I'm looking into getting someone to come and talk to us about a powerful topic again. Similar to having the Socrates Cafe like we had last year..... What do you all think?
Ellen

weeee!! snow!!!
i hear that in duxbury, you got even more snow than we did here...
anyway... on the subject of books, The second Abarat book is quite good... I should actually have time to read today, as i have very little homework due on monday. Then I plan to read "ender's game" one of my friends leant it to me and has been bothering me to read it for a while. It sounded cool though.
so, have anything new and exciting happened since i visited??
other than the snow, there's not much new exciteing stuff here...

see ya!
~Eleanor

Hey Everybody!
Didja know Matty was interviewed by the Boston Globe about Harry Potter? She's our resident expert now. I saved a copy of the article for you, Matty.
I'm reading a really fun, clever book that's light but honest: "The Schwa was Here," by Neal Schusterman. He's written a lot of other YA novels, but I haven't gotten to them yet. Judging from this one, though I want to take a further look.
Does anyone want to help out the library by attending the next Long Range Planning meeting to give the teen perspective? Matty is our official rep., but Elaine says she could use more than one teen for this important committee. They don't meet very often, but a lot rides on what they do - make a plan for the future of the Duxbury Free Library! Please let me know if you are interested.
the next meeting is on Thursday, Juan. 20th at 3:30 p.m. in the Trustees Room behind the YA lounge. Hope to see y'all on Wed.
Ellen