So, all you gamer fans out there! This Thursday, the 29th marks the start of the ORIGINS international convention, all about games and gaming!!!! I will be going Thursday and Friday this week, wohoo! I’m going to try and learn some nifty stuff, like how to design boardgames, and learn how to play all sorts [...]
Superman Returns comes out this week — check out all this great Superman stuff we’ve got at the library! Here are just a few:
Superman Archives. Seigel, Jerry – full color reprints of the very first Superman comics!
Superman II.1980 — KNEEL BEFORE ZOD!!!!
Smallville — The Show, The Books, The Comics
Hey guys — This Thursday @ Fairfield you can come in and make a beaded American Flag pin in time for the 4th! Call 858-3238 ext. 317 or stop by the teen desk to sign up!
Hey — Last Friday night I went downtown to the 1st Annual Desdemona Music Festival and got to see The Wu Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah! I’d just ordered copies of his new CD, “Fishscale,” for the library (Click Here to Find It). The concert was great — he tore the stage up, it was phenominal [...]
Fairfield DDR contest winners:
The undefeated Tony S. won the first round and the astonishing Ashley D. won round 2!
They both walked away with $10 gift certificates to “Books-A-Million” — but everybody who competed was a great sport making the whole event alot of fun!
Be sure to check out the next DDR contest at Hamilton next Thursday [...]
Calling all Otaku! Join us for the third annual Toshokan Fest. There will be something for everyone. Show what you know about anime trivia. Find out about Japanese street fashion and attend a workshop with Tokyopop artist, Joanna Estep. Catch episodes of Kodocha and Samurai 7 and watch some of the hottest Japanese music videos. [...]
Ok, for those of you who frequent the Oxford Branch, you know how dismal our manga/graphic novel collection has been. I am trying to fix that. So, here’s a brief overview of the new series’s we’ve started getting since the beginning of the year.
Bleach by Tite Kubo. Yeah, I’ve already gushed about this. It’s one of [...]
I read Chuck Dugan is A.W.O.L.: A Novel with Maps by Eric Chase Anderson last week
Its about a Dugan — a Marine frogman who goes “A.bsent W.ithout O.fficial L.eave” when he hears his mother is re-marrying his dead father’s arch-enemy the mysterious “Admiral.” Its got gunfights, espionage, a giant octopus attack and a gang of pirates using a refurbished German [...]
Hey — This Thursday from 3:00 to 6:00 there’s gonna be a DDR contest at the Fairfield Branch!
Entry is free, there will be snacks — and we’re giving away two gift certificates to “Books-a-Million” for the winners!
Sign up at the Teen Zone or call 858-3238 ext. 317 and tell us at what difficulty you’d like to [...]
So, I read some new books this past week, and thought I’d share them with you.
First, I read more Bleach. Like, volumes 8 - 11. I love that series. I really do. So yummy.
Geography Club by Brent Hartinger. This was actually a really good book! It tells the story of a boy who knows he is [...]
