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    Some New eBooks

    26.09.12 | Permalink | Comment?

    Stephanie has bought some new ebooks recently, including a couple of popular series and some intriguing plot-lines. 

    Stravaganza: City of Masks, City of Stars, City of Flowers, by Mary Hoffman. We have the first three books in this very popular series as ebooks (you can also reserve the paper version of the soon-to-be-published latest, City of Swords). The official series website is here.

    Gossip Girl series, created by Cecily von Ziegasar. We’ve recently acquired heaps of these (approximately 13), including the first book, It Had to be You (the prequel), and Don’t You Forget About Me (which we partly mention because that’s the name of the theme song of the excellent The Breakfast Club (outstanding teen movie from the 80s! ($4.00 for 1 week))).

    The Académie, Susanne Dunlap. Eliza Monroe is the daughter of the soon-to-be fifth president of the United States (true story!). It is only fitting, then, that she attend an exclusive academy in Paris. She’s not too thrilled at the notion, until she discovers she will be attending with the daughter of Josephine (of Napoleon and Josephine fame), who is marvellously called Hortense de Beauharnais (true story) and the younger sister of Napoleon himself (Caroline). More intriguing: the two girls hate each other. Paris in the early 19th century: what a place to be!

    The Pledge, Kimberly Derting. In the far future the world is divided strictly by language, and the language you speak is a matter of life and death. This world is complicated for Charlie, as she is gifted with the ability to understand all languages. When Charlie meets Max, who speaks a language she’s never heard before (but can understand, of course), she’s intrigued, but Max understands the danger Charlie is in: can he protect her as war threatens?

    Note: you need Adobe Digital Editions to download ebooks. This step-by-step guide will tell you everything!

    For more ebooks, visit our Overdrive homepage.


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    Dystopian E-Books

    11.07.12 | Permalink | Comment?

    The library has a growing collection of -ebooks, including a selection in the popular young adult dystopian genre:

    0.4, Mike Lancaster

    The Adoration of Jenna Fox, Mary E Pearson

    Ashfall, Mike Mullin

    Candor, Pam Bachorz

    Matched and Crossed, Ally Condie

    The Dead, Charlie Higson

    The Declaration, The Resistance and The Legacy, Gemma Malley

    There’s a waiting list for the Hunger Games trilogy, but if you don’t mind that then The Hunger Games is here, Catching Fire here and Mockingjay here.

    E-books are available for three weeks, and they’re free to borrow (and also don’t incur any overdue charges). So easy.

    For other, print, dystopian books have a look at this list.


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    More New e-Books

    23.02.12 | Permalink | Comment?

    A couple of trilogies added this week:

    The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins. Read it on your e-book reader before the movie comes out! Also, there’s Catching Fire and Mockingjay. Like print books, library e-books are reservable – you will be notified by email when they’re ready for you to collect (you have a couple of days to do so).

    Shiver, Linger and Forever by Maggie Stiefvater, which form the Wolves of Mercy Falls trilogy, about a pack of wolves who are in reality humans infected with a virus.

    If you want to find out more about library e-books, there’s more information in this post right here.