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Most Wanted

• Most Wanted, Science!, Simon

  Most Borrowed for 2010

  13.01.11 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Which items were borrowed the most from the library last year? By harnessing the power of computers, I can tell you what they were! Definite winners were Stephenie Meyer and Robert Muchamore, unsurprisingly (perhaps they should write a book together and it would be the most popular book ever written?); Glee, also unsurprisingly; and Old Dogs, surprisingly.

  The most borrowed item overall (out of everything!) was a magazine from the Young Adult collection; Simpsons Comics.

  (There’s no point in listing the most borrowed YA non-fiction, as they’re mostly all study guides (Year 13 Bio is #1); 100% Gleek and Sam Stern’s Eat Vegetarian are the top non-study guide non-fiction books popular with borrowers, who are predominately vegetarian Gleeks.)

  1o Most Borrowed YA Fiction
  1. Brigands M.C., by Robert Muchamore
  2. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
  3. Breaking dawn, by Stephenie Meyer
  4. Shadow wave, by Robert Muchamore
  5. Fallen, by Lauren Kate
  6. The general, by Robert Muchamore
  7. Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer
  8. The hunger games, by Suzanne Collins
  9. Tomorrow, when the war began, by John Marsden
  10. The awakening, by L. J. Smith

  10 Most Borrowed YA Movies
  1. Alice in Wonderland
  2. How to train your dragon ; plus, Boneknapper dragon
  3. Percy Jackson & the lightning thief
  4. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
  5. Avatar
  6. Glee. Season 1, volume 2, Road to regionals
  7. Old dogs
  8. Letters to Juliet
  9. The last song
  10. G-Force
  
  10 Most Borrowed YA Comics
  1. Big bratty book of Bart Simpson.
  2. Simpsons comics : dollars to donuts
  3. Twilight : the graphic novel. Volume 1
  4. Ghostopolis
  5. Naruto. Vol. 40, The ultimate art
  6. Maximum Ride : the manga. Vol. 3
  7. Skeleton key
  8. The Simpsons : treehouse of horror : dead man’s jest.
  9. Naruto. Vol. 23, Predicament
  10. Big beastly book of Bart Simpson.

  10 Most Borrowed YA CDs
  1. Glee : the music. Volume 3, Showstoppers deluxe.
  2. Now that’s what I call music 33.
  3. Teenage dream, by Katy Perry
  4. Now that’s what I call music 34.
  5. From the inside out, by Stan Walker
  6. Glee : the music. Volume 1.
  7. Can’t be tamed, by Miley Cyrus
  8. Rokstarr, by Taio Criz
  9. Glee : the music. Volume 2.
  10. Glee : the music : the power of Madonna.

  
  

• Grimm, Most Wanted

  Most Wanted: January 2011

  10.01.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  2011 starts where 2010 left off, in a list of espionage, dystopias and supernatural romance. Note that the fourth book in the Mortal Instruments series (City of Fallen Angels) will be published in April. Also note that Bruno Mars is amazing, just the way he is.

  1. Shadow Wave, Robert Muchamore [no change]
  2. Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead [no change]
  3. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [no change]
  4. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer [back]
  5. Torment, Lauren Kate [up 1]
  5. Tomorrow When the War Began, John Marsden [up 2]
  5. Doo-wops and Hooligans, Bruno Mars [new]
  8. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [back]
  8. Dead of the Night, John Marsden [down 3]
  8. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer [back]
  8. City of Fallen Angels, Cassandra Clare [new, on order]
  

  
  

• Most Wanted, Simon

  Most Wanted: December 2010

  03.12.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here are the most wanted books and CDs for December held in the YA collection. Nothing much has changed from last month I see! At least there are no Twilight books, which clogged up the list for what felt like years.

  There are a few new items! The latest Now That’s What etc. is in, with two discs of ‘massive hits’; we’ve got the latest Naruto; and the third and final book in the Wake trilogy, Gone, has arrived. Almost making the list, but not quiet sufficiently popular, are new albums by Taylor Swift and Bruno Mars, and the ordered-but-not-yet-published Awakened, by P. C. Cast.

  1. Shadow Wave, Robert Muchamore [no change]
  2. Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead [up 4]
  3. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [down 1]
  4. Now That’s What I Call Music 34 [new]
  5. Dead of the Night, John Marsden [up 2]
  6. Torment, Lauren Kate [up 3]
  7. Tomorrow When the War Began, John Marsden [down 4]
  8. Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare [down 5]
  9. Gone, Lisa McMann [new]
  10. Naruto vol. 48 : The Cheering Village, Masashi Kishimoto [new]

  
  

• Grimm, Most Wanted

  Most Wanted: November 2010

  02.11.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  It’s Shadow Wave by several lengths this month, with daylight to Mockingjay. Tomorrow When the War Began and the fast finishing Torment couldn’t be separated in photos for third. (Tis Melbourne Cup Day.)

  The queue for Shadow Wave is moving along: if you reserved it at the end of August you should be getting it very soon. We’ve got lots of copies (22). The Mockingjay queue is up to the beginning of September. I Shall Wear Midnight (also a good name for a racehorse) by Terry Pratchett is the last in the series featuring Tiffany Aching (see also Wintersmith, A Hat Full of Sky and The Wee Free Men in reverse order), and sneaks into the Most Wanted list this month. Actually, they’re all smashing racehorse names.

  1. Shadow Wave, Robert Muchamore [no change]
  2. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [up 1]
  3. Torment, Lauren Kate [up 5]
  3. Tomorrow When the War Began, John Marsden [down 1]
  4. Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare [no change]
  5. Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead [no change]
  6. Crescendo, Becca Fitzpatrick [up 1]
  7. Dead of the Night, John Marsden [down 1]
  8.  I Shall Wear Midnight, Terry Pratchett [new]
  9. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [new again]
  10. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [new again]

  
  

• Grimm, Most Wanted

  Most Wanted: October 2010

  04.10.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Let us take you back to 1993: the 20th Century. Czechoslovakia became the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Jurassic Park hit movie screens around the world (and Fresh and Fruity yoghurt pottles), Radiohead released their first major album (Pablo Honey), Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch called it quits (you knew Mark Wahlberg had a funky bunch?), the Lions toured New Zealand, and John Marsden published Tomorrow When the War Began. That is to say, Tomorrow When the War Began is seventeen years old this year! And it’s made it into our Most Wanted list, in a solid second place (see also Dead of the Night at number 6). It must be the excellent movie (and the dude from Home and Away?). So there you go, they’re still a crazy popular read.

  1. Shadow Wave, Robert Muchamore [no change]
  2. Tomorrow When the War Began, John Marsden [newandshiny]
  3. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [down 1]
  4. Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare [down 1]
  5. Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead [down 1]
  6. Dead of the Night, John Marsden [newandshiny]
  7. Crescendo, Becca Fitzpatrick [down 1]
  8. Torment, Lauren Kate [new and on order]
  9. Brigands M. C., Robert Muchamore [up 1]
  10. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer [down 3]
  10. Teenage Dream, Katy Perry CD [new]

  
  

• Grimm, Most Wanted

  Most Wanted: September 2010

  01.09.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  

  Spring. Publishing madness. Shadow Wave is due to be published this month,  we should be getting Mockingjay anytimesoon, same goes for The Clockwork Angel, and Crescendo has a publication date of the middle of October, which is like next month only. Last Sacrifice is marked for December, so you’ll have to wait a bit longer for that one.

  1. Shadow Wave, Robert Muchamore [no change]
  2. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [up 2]
  3. The Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare [up 2]
  4. Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead [up 2]
  5. The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer [down 3]
  6. Crescendo, Becca Fitzpatrick [up 2]
  6. Glee: The Music, Volume 3, CD [down 3]
  7. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer [no change]
  8. Fang, James Patterson [no change]
  9. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer [up 1]
  10. The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins [back again]
  10. Jealousy, Lili St Crow [new]
  10. Brigands M. C., Robert Muchamore [no change]
  10. Glee: The Music: Journey to Regionals, CD [new]

  
  

• Grimm, Most Wanted

  Most Wanted: August 2010

  03.08.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Not much to report this month, except to point out the titles everyone is waiting patiently for: Shadow Wave, Mockingjay, The Clockwork Angel, Crescendo, Last Sacrifice… lots of good books still to come this year. Maybe you should reserve a copy if you’re hoping to read one of those; everyone else seems to have! Enjoy your reading.

  1. Shadow Wave, Robert Muchamore [up 6]
  2. Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer [down 1]
  3. Glee: The Music, Volume 3, CD [no change]
  4. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [up 1]
  5. Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare [up 1]
  6. Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead [up 4]
  7. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer [down 3]
  8. Spirit Bound, Richelle Mead [down 6]
  8. Crescendo, Becca Fitzpatrick [new order]
  8. Fang, James Patterson [down 3]
  9. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer [no change]
  10. Burned, A House of Night Novel, P. C. Cast [down 4]
  10. Brigands M. C., Robert Muchamore [down 3]
  10. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer [back again]

  
  

• Grimm, Most Wanted

  Most Wanted: July 2010

  01.07.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Fallen has finally fallen; Bree Tanner will be enjoying her very short second life at the top of the Most Wanted list. While reading The Short Second Life… you could select a Glee CD for background music, the current soundtrack of choice for Wellington. Get in quick to reserve Mockingjay (the final instalment in the excellent Hunger Games trilogy): it comes out in September. Can hardly wait. Also note that Shadow Wave (CHERUB #12) is available to order. (NB Short Life of Bree Tanner is free to read online also, but for a limited time!)

  1. Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer [up 8]
  2. Spirit Bound, Richelle Mead [up 2]
  3. Fallen, Kate Lauren [down 2]
  3. Glee: The Music, Volume 3, CD [new]
  4. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer [up 3]
  5. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [up 1]
  5. Fang, James Patterson [down 3]
  6. Burned, A House of Night Novel, P. C. Cast [down 2]
  6. Runaway, Meg Cabot [down 1]
  7. Shadow Wave, Robert Muchamore [new order]
  7. Brigands M. C., Robert Muchamore [down 1]
  8. Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare [up 1]
  9. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer [down 1]
  10. Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead [new order]
  10. Crocodile Tears, Anthony Horowitz [down 8]
  10. Maximum Ride : The Manga vol. 3, James Patterson [down 1]
  10. Will Grayson, Will Grayson, John Green & David Levithan [down 5]

  
  

• Most Wanted, Simon

  Most Wanted: June 2010

  02.06.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here’s the latest Most Wanted list! These are the top teen titles, as determined by the number of reserves they have (some other maths is involved! It is complex!) There are a few new additions this month, although we’re still lumbered with the Twilight books (NB Short Life of Bree Tanner will be free to read online also!)

  A [new order] means it’s on the system but still on its way from wherever. So reserve them now.

  1. Fallen, Kate Lauren [no change] 
  2. Fang, James Patterson [up 2]
  2. Crocodile Tears, Anthony Horowitz [down 1]
  3. Spirit Bound, Richelle Mead [up 4]
  4. Burned, A House of Night Novel, P. C. Cast [new]
  5. Runaway, Meg Cabot [new]
  5. Will Grayson, Will Grayson, John Green & David Levithan [up 2]
  6. Brigands M. C., Robert Muchamore [up 1]
  6. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [up 3]
  7. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer [down 2]
  7. Now That’s What I Call Music 32 [down 4]
  7. My Worlds, Justine Bieber [down 1]
  8. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer [down 2]
  9. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer [down 2]
  9. Maximum Ride : The Manga vol. 3, James Patterson [new order]
  9. Clockwork Angel, Cassandra Clare [new order]
  9. Short Second Life of Bree Tanner, Stephenie Meyer [new order]
  10. Glee, The Music : The Power of Madonna [new]

  
  

• Grimm, Most Wanted

  Most Wanted: May 2010

  04.05.10 | Permalink | Comment?

  Seven is a popular number, and we’ve got lots of new stuff in the list for May. There’s unsurprisingly yet another NTWICM compilation; the latest Maximum Ride; Justin Bieber, who’s recovered from his dousing in L&P; a story about two Will Graysons; the latest Vampire Academy novel; the blue cats on DVD!; and the final instalment in the Hunger Games trilogy (which will be published this September). Heaps for you to reserve.

  1. Fallen, Lauren Kate [no change]
  2. Crocodile Tears, Anthony Horowitz [down 1]
  3. Now That’s What I Call Music Volume 32 [new]
  4. Fang, James Patterson [new]
  5. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer [down 2]
  6. My Worlds, Justin Bieber [new]
  6. Eclipse, Stephenie Meyer [up 1]
  7. The Book Thief, Markus Zusak [up 1]
  7. Will Grayson, Will Grayson, John Green & David Levithan [new]
  7. Spirit Bound, Richelle Mead [new]
  7. New Moon, Stephenie Meyer [up 1]
  7. Breaking Dawn, Stephenie Meyer [back yet again]
  7. Brigands M. C., Robert Muchamore [down 4]
  8. Hourglass, Claudia Gray [up 2]
  9. Avatar [new]
  9. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [new order]
  10. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [back again]

  
  

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