New books for October ~ Part 4

Hello, Goodbye, and Everything in Between by Jennifer Smith

Contemporary Fiction 

High school sweethearts Clare and Aidan spend the night before they leave for college reminiscing about their relationship and deciding whether they should stay together or break up.

The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz

Historical Fiction 

Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. But what hope is there for adventure, beauty, or art on a hardscrabble farm in Pennsylvania where the work never ends? Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart out into her diary as she seeks a new, better life for herself--because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl could only dream of--a woman with a future.

How to be Richer, Smarter, and Better Looking Than Your Parents by Zac Bissonnette

Nonfiction 

Striking out on your own for the first time is exhilarating. But in a culture full of bad advice, predatory banks, and splurge-now-pay-later temptations, it can also be extremely dangerous--leading you to make financial decisions that could hurt you for years to come. Combine this with a slumped economy, mounds of student loans, and dubious examples from reality TV stars to politicians to your own parents, and it’s no wonder so many twenty-somethings are struggling.

Twenty-three-year-old Zac Bissonnette--the author of Debt-Free U--knows exactly what you’re going through. He demystifies the many traps young people fall victim to in their post-college years. He offers fresh insights on everything from job hunting to buying a car to saving for retirement that will give you a foundation for a secure, stable, and happy life. In the process, he reveals why FICO scores are overrated, online job applications are a waste of time, car loans are for suckers, and credit card rewards are a scam.

With detours to discuss wine connoisseurs, Really Broke Housewives, and Lenny Dykstra, Zac shows you how to make better choices today so you can be richer, smarter (and better-looking!) for years to come.

Hunter by Mercedes Lackey

Fantasy 

Long ago, the barriers between our world and the Otherworld were ripped open, and it's taken centuries to bring back civilization in the wake. Now, the luckiest Cits live in enclosed communities, behind walls that keep them safe from the hideous monsters fighting to break through. Others are not so lucky. To Joyeaux Charmand, who has been a Hunter in her tight-knit mountain community since she was a child, every Cit without magic deserves her protection from dangerous Othersiders, whatever that might cost her.

The Keeper by David Baldacci

Fantasy 

Vega Jane and her friend Delph have taken the map that Quentin Harris left them and set out from the town of Wormwood, determined to brave the Quag and find freedom on the other side--but the Quag was designed to keep the town people in, and it is filled with bloodthirsty creatures and sinister magic, and it is not going to let them escape unscathed.

Popular books of 2014!

Want to know what was most popular this year in the teen section?  I hope you do, cause I'm going to tell you!

Each section lists the 5 books with the most number of checkouts this year.

New Books
1. We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
2.  The Ultimate Player's Guide to Minecraft by Stephen O'Brien
3.  Cress by Marissa Meyer
4.  The Finisher by David Baldacci
5.  Hollow City by Ransom Riggs

Fantasy
1. The Finisher by David Baldacci
2. Cruel Beauty by Rosamund Hodge
3. The Burning Sky by Sherry Thomas
4.  Graceling by Kristin Cashore
5.  Incarceron by Catherine Fisher

Science Fiction
1. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins
2. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
3. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
4. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
5. Divergent by Veronica Roth

Action/Adventure
1.  No Easy Way Out by Dayna Lorentz
2.  United We Spy by Ally Carter
3.  Quarantine: The Loners by Lex Thomas
4.  Panic by Lauren Oliver
5.  Hatchet by Gary Paulsen

Historical Fiction
1.  The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
2.  The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne
3.  VIII by H. M. Castor
4.  A Death-Struck Year by Makiaa Lucier
5.  A Mad, Wicked Folly by Sharon Biggs Waller

Realistic Fiction
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2.  The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
3.  We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
4.  An Abundance of Katherines by John Green
5.  Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Paranormal
1. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
2.  City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
3.  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
4.  Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
5.  City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare

Mystery
1.  Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard
2.  Asylum by Madeleine Roux
3.  Flawless by Sara Shepard
4.  Pretty Little Secrets by Sara Shepard
5.  Fake ID by L. R. Giles

Graphic Novels (non manga)
1. Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time by Scott & David Tipton
2. Bone by Jeff Smith
3. Divided We Fall, United We Stand by Sam Humphries
4. The Amazing Spiderman by J. Michael Straczynski
5.  Maximum Ride by James Patterson

Graphic Novels (manga)
1. Black Butler by Yana Toboso
2. Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba
3. Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi
4. Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima
5. Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino

Nonfiction
1. Zentangle Basics by Suzanne McNeill
2. Ultimate Players Guide to Minecraft by Stephen O'Brien
3. Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
4. Teens Cook Dessert by Megan and Jill Carle
5. Navy SEAL Dogs: My Tale of Training Canines for Combat by Mike Ritland

Music CDs
1. Pure Heroine by Lorde
2. Prism by Katy Perry
3. El Camino by The Black Keys
4. Night Visions by Imagine Dragons
5. Blurred Lines by Robin Thicke

Audiobooks
1. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
2. Divergent by Veronica Roth
3. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
4. The Giver by Lois Lowry
5. Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Nutmeg Nominees
1. The False Prince by Jennifer Nielsen
2. The Raft by S. A. Bodeen
3. See You at Harry's by Jo Knowles
4. Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon
5. Guitar Notes by Mary Amato

New books to read during those April showers! (Part 4)

White Space by Ilsa J. Bick

A seventeen-year-old girl jumps between the lines of books and into the white space where realities are created and destroyed--but who may herself be nothing more than a character written into being from an alternative universe.

Always Emily by Michaela MacColl

Emily and Charlotte Brontë are about as opposite as two sisters can be. Charlotte is practical and cautious; Emily is headstrong and imaginative. But they do have one thing in common: a love of writing. This shared passion will lead them to be two of the first published female novelists and authors of several enduring works of classic literature. But they're not there yet. First, they have to figure out if there is a connection between a string of local burglaries, rumors that a neighbor's death may not have been accidental, and the appearance on the moors of a mysterious and handsome stranger. The girls have a lot of knots to untangle— before someone else gets killed.

Perfect Lies by Kiersten White

Sisters Anie and Fia have had their abilites manipulated by the Keane Foundation for too long--and now they're ready to fight back against the twisted organization that has been using them as pawns.

The Finisher by David Baldacci

Vega Jane has never left the village of Wormwood. But this isn't unusual, nobody has ever left the village of Wormwood. At least not until Quentin Herms vanishes into the unknown. Vega knows Quentin didn't just leave, but that he was chased. And he's left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can decode. The Quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying beasts and bloodthirsty Outliers. But just as deadly are the threats that exist within the walls of Wormwood. It is a place built on lies, where influential people are willing to kill to keep their secrets. Vega is determined to uncover the truth. But the closer she gets, the more she risks her life.