the maze runner

     I heard about the Maze Runner when i was at school, and from what i heard sounds like a pretty good movie. I had gone to my friends house to watch it, having the volume really loud made me feel like i'm in the theaters. So basically the movie is about a teenage boy named Thomas wakes up in an elevator in the middle of a giant labyrinth like the other youths before him. Thomas becomes part of the group and demonstrates a unique perspective to his group that there's a way out of the maze. They will work together to solve the mystery of the maze.

New arrivals

New arrivals to the Homestead Library this week: The Cinder series, by Marissa Meyer; Firefight (sequel to Steelheart); World War Z (to replace the vanishing copy); Tomboy, a graphic novel memoir by Liz Prince, and much more. They're going fast!

Monthly Book Swap and Sunnyvale Librarian visit coming March 25th!

Please bring your Sunnyvale library card and a book to swap. Here's all the details:

March Madness Round 1 Voting

Voting will be open until Thursday, March 12.

Library March Madness!

What was last year's top book at the Homestead Library? You decide!
These 16 titles were the most-borrowed books from February of last year to February of this year. Here's how to participate:

1. Come to the library and get a blank bracket.
2. Make your predictions and turn in your bracket by Monday, March 9th.
3. Go to the library website and vote for your choices. Voting for the first round will open after school on Monday, 3/9. 
4. Check back as the competition continues. You'll be able to vote four times to help determine the champion!

The seeds are:

1. Divergent, by Veronica Roth
2. Allegiant, by Veronica Roth
3. Blood of Olympus, by Rock Riordan
4. Attack on Titan, by Hajime Isayama
5. Drama, by Raina Telgemeier
6. Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
7. Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore, by Robin Sloane
8. Full Metal Alchemist, by Hiromu Arakawa
9. Crank, by Ellen Hopkins
10. Prodigy, by Marie Lu
11. Mockingjay, by Suzanne Collins
12. What If? serious scientific answers to absurd hypothetical questions, by Randall Munroe
13. Delirium, by Lauren Oliver
14. If I Stay, by Gayle Forman
15. Leviathan, by Scott Westerfeld
16. Matched, by Ally Condie
    

Dan's picks #6 ready player one

A mysterious and massively wealthy creator of an online world called OASIS dies, his whole fortune willed to whomever can find the Easter egg he has hidden masterfully in his virtual universe that he created, to the tune of $250 billion and control of his massive company. In a country wrecked by economic despair and turmoil this incites a generation of egg hunters "gunters" that devote their lives to studying and searching for this illusive prize. We follow wade, a young boy with not much going for him except that he devoted 5 years of his teenage life to finding the egg. when, he finds the first clue that could lead him to the egg, he becomes catapulted into a ruthless and over-the top world.

The integration of the theme of real vs. not real sucks you in because for many people who learn, play, search in OASIS, virtual reality is their reality. This book has a great deal of action and is one of the more fast paced adventure books I have read. One of my favorite books so far.

Hey Guys,
The Library just got a new collection of books from the Throne of Glass series. It is a series created by Sarah J. Mass and is a must read for anyone who enjoys fantasy. The book itself is a little bit like The Mortal Instrument series; though very little similarities, but is more alike to Kristin Cashore's Graceling (which is also another must read). Even though they are quite similar, that doesn't mean that you should compare them page by page. Throne of Glass is a masterpiece by itself that makes even me (if you know me you know how much I hate novels. I prefer manga) to read it from the first page of the book to the last. The author ends the book at the right places and leaves you to imagine as to what will happen to the main character; Celaena Sardothien, and to the people she encountered along the way.  The Throne of Glass series consists of 3 books right now, but more are to be published in the upcoming years. Sarah J. Mass has also created a prequel to this series called The Assassin's Blade; which consist of stories leading up to Celaena Sardothien's adventure.