The Mahomet Public Library has plenty of activities planned for Teen Read Week, October 12-18, 2008. This year's theme is "Books with Bite @ Your Library". Teen Read Week events are open to all junior high and high school students. Here's what we have planned for the week:
Ø Enter a drawing to win a paperback copy of “Twilight” or “New Moon” by Stephenie Meyer.
Ø How many vampire candies are in the jar? Guess correctly (or even close!) during Teen Read Week, and you could win them all!
Ø Decorate your own Monster Cookie in our drop-in program on Tuesday, October 14 from 4-5 p.m. Preregister by October 9 so we have enough supplies for everyone! Contact the library at 586-2611 to register.
And of course, keep visiting our blog to give your ideas of programs you'd like to see in the library!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Flowers for Algernon
Since Banned Book Week is coming up next week, I recently read "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, since this book has been challenged repeatedly due to references to sex and drinking, as well as inapropriate language. These weren't the things that jumped out at me, though. I've read books with worse! But I found the story interesting. Charlie feels so alone when he has a low IQ, and so looks forward to being "smart". When an operation gives him the opportunity to become more intelligent, Charlie probably feels like his problems will be solved. Instead, he still feels alone, but this time because his intelligence has so greatly surpassed the people around him. There were parts of the story that I didn't fully understand, mostly when Charlie was talking about the downward spiral he expected in his intelligence, based on the studies of others, but I got the idea, and don't feel I lost much by not understanding all the scientific principles. In general, I enjoyed this book.
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