Hey guys!

We are incredibly busy in the library system! We have a ton going on. We have just celebrated Teen Read Week and I know that you guys are busy at school as well. Football games, band practice, other sports, papers, and much, much more keep teens hopping this time of year. We had our first RPL Anime Club of the school year and had a blast. Goofing off, watching anime, looking through catalogues at books and movies, aah! So much fun, so much fun. I've also been reading some great new books.

There's a book called "The Curse of the Romanovs" by Staton Rabin. It is about what could have happened to Alexei Romanov. In the 1990's the bodies of all but two of the Romanovs were found. Alexei and one of his sisters were not in the grave. This is definitely a novel and has some really out there ideas, but it was really fun to read. There is legend about Rasputin and how he was poisoned, beat, and shot through the head, but still alive. His body was dumped in a frozen river. In the story, which is told by Alexei, Alexei witnesses this murder and even aided in it's happening. He then travels to the future and meets one of his decendents. Really cool book, but I'll let you read the details.

At home, I've been watching "Heroes". What a GREAT show. I love it! Claire's power makes me cringe sometimes though. For those who know what I'm talking about: "Lizard" eeeeewwww! If you haven't seen it, you really need to! Who doesn't like humans who are mutating, deadly diseases, Irish mob, crooked politicians, Japanese legends, mind readers...must I go on?

On the music front, I am loving Linkin Park's new album. If you want to listen to it or buy, sorry! Got to be 18 or older! The music is just a little graphic in nature. Linkin Park just made the "Transformers" movie. They used the one song for the entire soundtrack and I never got tired of it! Plain White T's are also great and Whoot! Matchbox 20 and Maroon 5 have new albums too!

Going back to "Transformers"...Best movie of the summer! And it came out on DVD last month! Yea! I was so afraid it was going to be campy, and so happy it wasn't. Shia Labeouf did a fantastic job. It did have plenty of references to the classic cartoon show to make my generation who grew up watching it very happy, but it was not so nostalgic where it didn't make sense to your generation. Great job!

Got a review or a comment to make? Email me at jfinch@mcls.ms!

Signing off!

Jenni