i'm reading the second book in the Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Played With Fire. Lisbeth is a hero for the post-modern age and depsite her weirdness she has a heart and believes in justice. Maybe its her type of justice but she is an inspiring hero.

Guess who's coming to movie near you in the summer? Hex is a western comic book antihero, but bound by a personal code of honor to protect and avenge the innocent

There is nothing like relaxing with a great book on a beautiful summer day. It doesn't matter if you are at the beach, pool or just curled up inside with the A/C cranked. Entertainment Weekly has a list of 18 books that look like potential best sellers to take with you wherever you decide to read this summer.

If you are a fan of Stieg Larsson's books (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl who Played with Fire and the soon-to-be released The Girl who Kicked the Hornet's Nest), you'll definitely be interested in this new genre of books, Nordic Noirs.

Another book, The Devil's Star, sounds like it could be the next big block-buster Scandanavian mystery series.

Skål!

In an effort to curb video game addiction, South Korea is banning midnight gaming. "the ban will attempt to block underage access to online computer games after midnight in light of the rising problem of video game addiction among youth."

Good Luck!

I always get the best book suggestions from the people who work right here at the library. In case you are interested in what we currently have checked out, the following is a list of what we are reading now:

Maureen C. - Still Life by Joy Fielding & Flawless :inside the largest diamond heist in history by Scott Andrew Selby and Greg Campbell.
Jen - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
Eileen - Bloodroot by Amy Greene
Amy - The Street of a Thousand Blossoms by Gail Tsukiyama
Mary Ellen G. - Brava, Valentine by Adriana Trigiani
Mike - The Girl Who Played with Fire by Steig Larsson
Connie & Ruth - Caught by Harlan Coben
Marlene - Astrid & Veronika by Linda Olsson
Terry - Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan
Joanne - Oive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout & Stones into Schools by Greg Mortenson
Camille B. - The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule
Maureen B. - Little Bee by Chris Cleave
Jen R. - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith
Ellen L. - Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese
Tricia - Hell Gate by Linda Fairstein
Pat - The Good Earth by Pearl Buck
Camille D. - Milk Glass Moon by Adriana Trigiani & Look Again by Lisa Scottoline.
Alene - Despereaux (in Spanish!) by Kate DiCamillo

The dreaded works cited page: Always the last thing I did when I was writing a report. It's tedious and it's a skill most of us never use after you leave school. But it must be done. So here's a little help as you're working on those end-of-the-year projects. The Nauset Public School System in Cape Cod, MA has published the formats that grades 1 through 6 should use in bibliographies/works cited pages. There's also info for older students up to grade 12. Click on your grade to see examples, stop procrastinating and finish that paper!

*Don't forget to use Tutor.com for all your homework questions, just log on with your library card barcode.

She is the hero/hacker of the book, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo....and the movie. She is the ultimate post-modern cyberpunk.

As you can see from my colleague Mr. M's blog, there are a lot of people out there totally obsessed with Steig Larsson's books. Larsson's trilogy is a genuine publishing phenomenon. Readers who can't wait for the May release of the last book, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, are buying it in the U.K!

Read more about this adult version of the Harry Potter craze.

Don't forget that the movie is now playing at the Malverne Movie Theatre. I saw it last night and it was amazing!!!

Here Comes the Garbage Barge! written by Jonah Winter and illustrated by Red Nose Studio is one of those books that everyone took notice of when it crossed our desk in March. We see a lot (A LOT) of books here so one has to be pretty special for all of us to take the time to sit down and read it cover to cover.
Needless to say our interest was piqued because most of us have some memory of the notorious garbage barge that left Long Island in 1987 and made its way to Belize and back before finding a place to dump its contents. This book fictionalizes that true story and has some of the most unique illustrations I've seen in awhile. We like it so much that it is on the short list for our Summer Reading this year. Check out this video on how Red Nose Studio made the miniatures that became the illustrations.

Not the kind of picture you're used to seeing in the children's blog, but author John Grisham is coming out with a series for kids, the first book is called Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer. I always confuse Grisham and Michael Crichton, but I should remember Grisham=lawyers, Crichton=science-y.
Read all about it at Publishers Weekly.

National Library Week is this week: April 11-17. The theme this year is Communities Thrive @ Your Library and the Honorary chair is author Neil Gaiman.