Useless information: ratio of vampires to un-undead – 7:7. Making an appearance this month are some other popular vampire series, House of Night and Vampire Academy. If you’ve read the Twilight books 14 times each then here are some more ideas which you may or may not have thought of yourselves. There are over 100 people waiting for Brigands M.C. so please be patient!
Scorching to the front of the list with a whopping 83 people in its queue is Brigands M.C.. There are now bestseller copies available for The 10 pm Question, so if you’re finding the queue worrying you could grab one of those for $5 for one week.
Hello, not much to report; this month looks a lot like last month! Keep reading, and send us a review if you like (like, why is The Book Thief so popular?).
The 10 pm Question, Kate de Goldi [no change]* Update: they’re taking so long with the Official Guide that we’ve cancelled the order. The book is now supposed to come out at the end of next year, so we’ll let you know when we re-place the order (about 6 months before it’s published).
Kate de Goldi, who recently picked up the readers’ choice award at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, has hit the top of our Most Wanted list with The 10 pm Question, and we’d like to congratulate her on her success with a most excellent book.
The 10 pm Question, Kate de Goldi [up 2]Other popular things include Now That’s What I Call Music 30, Bloodhound by Tamora Pierce, Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (due next month now), Avalon High: Homecoming and Adored (an It Girl novel).
Most wanted, least received, we should add: “What has happened to the official guide to the Twilight saga?” you ask. Well, it’s not just us who don’t have it. It seems to be on a very slow boat out of the publisher’s printing press. Patience is needed if you’re one of the 60+ people who have reserved it.
New this month is Eagle Day, the next in the Henderson’s Boys series by Robert Muchamore. Spies + World War II = winning formula.
Other popular titles: Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins (due September), Adored (an It Girl novel), Max (James Patterson), and Wicked by Sara Shepard to name just a handful.
Movers and shakers! Excitement! Zombies are the new vampires! Etc etc.
This month we have some interesting duels on our Most Wanted list (I quite like the scenarios): A) Small, innocent German boy v bunch of gorgeous vampires (and one would-be gorgeous vampire) – B) the classic vampires v zombies matchup – C) unique twelve year old boy v brainy brain in the body of a supermodel.
Keep reading good stuff.
Stephenie Meyer’s books aren’t ducks in a row this month. We still really like World War II stories (BITSP, The Book Thief, Henderson’s Boys for example). Also, check out new books by the ever-popular Meg Cabot and Jacqueline Wilson.
Also ran well includes: Twilight (the DVD), Max by James Patterson (again), Double Cross by Malorie Blackman (the last book in the Noughts and Crosses series), Eagle Day by Robert Muchamore (the new one in the Henderson’s Boys series – out later this year), and My Secret Diary (Jacqueline Wilson’s autobiography).
No change (although you might like to see The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, which is on at the movies at the moment – first person to write an intelligent comment on this post will win a BITSP movie poster!*).
Other popular titles include all the large print versions of Ms Meyer’s books, plus Max by James Patterson (I haven’t read any of those books: should I?).
* We just want to see if you’re paying attention.
Well, people want to read The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas again before they see the movie, but it’s still no match for the other child-caught-in-the-horror-of-WWII book, The Book Thief. If you haven’t read either of those and you’re interested I suggest you reserve them now. Very good.
Read our interview with Kate De Goldi to find out what sorts of things inspired her to write, and how the characters in The 10pm Question came about.
Tis all for now.
No change please, we don’t like it: that’s what it looks like anyway for this month’s you’ll-be-lucky-to-lay-your-hands-on-one-of-these list of hot items.
The only new book here is the Ten Out of Ten, the final instalment from Princess Mia and Genovia and that (reserve it now).
Other noteworthy popular things include: The Escape (Robert Muchamore), the Twilight Soundtrack, Avalon High Homecoming (Meg Cabot again), The 10pm Question (Kate de Goldi), Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging (Louise Rennison), Infamous: an It Girl Novel (Cecily von Ziegesar), and Beyoncé’s offering I am… Sasha Fierce.
Tune in next month, when you’ll hear Miss Piggy say…
Let’s hope this isn’t a case of start as you mean to go on (for the year, that is). I’m really keen to start a new craze. Any ideas?
Poor old Christopher Paolini. He’s been meyered and he’s on his way down the list*. We’re almost, like, so over the It Girl novel, plus there are two new books coming out this year:
Double Cross, by Malorie Blackman is the fourth in the Noughts and Crosses series (being Noughts & Crosses, Knife Edge and Checkmate as well). Necropolis by Anthony Horowitz is also the fourth book, this time in the Power of Five series. Yay for series.
Tschüß.
* Although, news flash: I’ve done some research. Apparently he outsold Ms Meyer in New Zealand last year. I find this rather difficult to process, but maybe Paolini fans are buyers, not borrowers? Hm?
Twilight has now hit 150 reserves, so here’s a salute to a dubious landmark (dubious if you’re at the wrong end of that queue). We’re doing our best, but there’s not much you can do apart from go out and buy 150 copies… there isn’t a “Twilight” category in the library budget.
A word of advice just between you and me: if you’re wanting to re-read Eclipse or Breaking Dawn over the next couple of months then get your reserve in now (you can always cancel it if you change your mind). Borrowers with adult cards (who are partly responsible for the Twilight queue) are slowly making their way through the series and reliving their turbulent teens. It’s true.
Twilight, Stephenie Meyer [no change]Hope you’ve had a good month. These books certainly have. Not much to report except: Nation. Apparently it’s not typical Terry Pratchett, according to reviewers, and they also say it has razor-sharp satire (satire, if it’s any good at all is always razor-sharp) and funny dialogue. That’s not to say that Terry Pratchett doesn’t have a razor-sharp wit or a sense of humour. Reserve it now if you’re a fan, then when you’ve read it you could write a review talking about how it’s not typical Terry Pratchett.
If anyone can tell me why everyone’s decided to read The Book Thief I’d be most grateful. Am curious, since it was published in 2005. Not that you shouldn’t read it, of course; it’s a most excellent book and Markus Zusak is a most excellent writer. I also note that The Book Thief thing isn’t a Wellington City Libraries phenomenon: it’s also been on a New York Times Best Seller list for, like, ever, which is pretty impressive for an Australian YA writer.
October’s top 10 most wanted once again contains lots of vampires, dragons and secret agents. Notable is the introduction of a being almost as deadly: the gossip girl. Readers are obviously keen to check out the book to see how it measures up against Chase et al. Georgia Nicolson fans are reading Louise Rennison’s books in anticipation of the movie (we note with interest that they’ve turned “full-frontal” into “perfect” – we were wondering what they were going to do with that).
If you’re sick of waiting for Twilight you could get out a bestseller copy for $5.00. See this blog post about our DVD offer. Speaking of ’sick of’, we changed the book cover below from Twilight … thought Brisingr could do with a bit of a gee up. Maybe next month …
See you in November.
This month’s top 10 most wanted young adult library items has turned into a top 12 thanks to a couple of ties. The Book Thief is enjoying a renaissance (because it’ll be a movie in a couple of years maybe?… yes, it is so… hopefully they’ll cast Death with a suitably chilling voice.). Stephenie Meyer fever is still in full swing: who can compete? Christopher Paolini is doing his best with his queue of people waiting patiently (soon!), and Breaking Dawn and The General are engaged in an elegant duel. En garde.
See you next month.
By looking at the number of people wanting a book, a CD, or a DVD, we can get a good idea of what is popular with users of the library’s teen collection. What are the most popular items in our collection? Here’s a list, thrown together by computers and statistics! It is in order from most popular to not-nearly-so-popular. (Some of the items haven’t been released yet, but they’re still in demand.)
This is the newly dreamt up Wellington City Libraries Young Adults Monthly Chart: tune in next month to see who’s most wanted.
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