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• Grimm, Most Wanted

  Most Wanted: May 2011

  02.05.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  These are the 10(ish) most requested and taken home young adult items at the moment. City of Fallen Angels is still number one, and Cassandra Clare will actually be in Wellington next week. Here’s more about the details!

  1. City of Fallen Angels, Cassandra Clare [no change]
  2. Passion, Lauren Kate [up 2]
  3. Angel, James Patterson [down 1]
  4. I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore [down 1]
  5. Plague, Michael Grant [up 3]
  5. Scorpia Rising, Anthony Horowitz [new]
  7. Megamind, DVD [new]
  8. Glee: The Music: Volume 5 [down 2]
  8. Awakened, P C and Kristin Cast [up 2]
  10. Midnight, L J Smith [no change]
  10. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [no change]

  
  

• Grimm, Most Wanted

  Most Wanted: April 2011

  08.04.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Here they are, the Most Wanted for April 2011, resplendant and somewhat belated.

  1. City of Fallen Angels, Cassandra Clare [no change]
  2. Angel, James Patterson [no change]
  3. I Am Number Four, Pittacus Lore [new]
  4. Passion, Lauren Kate [up 6]
  5. Grey Wolves, Robert Muchamore [down 1]
  6. Glee: The Music: Volume 5 [new]
  7. The Third Day, The Frost, John Marsden [no change]
  8. Plague, Michael Grant [new]
  8. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [no change]
  10. Midnight, L J Smith [new]
  10. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [no change]
  10. Awakened, P C and Kristin Cast [down 5]

  
  

• Grimm, Most Wanted

  Most Wanted: March 2011

  01.03.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Expected publication/arrival dates for popular reserves are: City of Fallen Angels – April; Angel – this month; Passion – June.

  In the mean time you can read the first chapter of CoFA here. Cassandra Clare led her readers on a merry chase around the internet for the full text of the first chapter last month. Visit her blog for more fun timewasting as it happens.

  1. City of Fallen Angels, Cassandra Clare [up 2]
  2. Angel, James Patterson [up 6]
  3. Shadow Wave, Robert Muchamore [down 2]
  4. Grey Wolves, Robert Muchamore [up 2]
  5. Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead [down 3]
  5. Awakened, P C and Kristin Cast [down 1]
  7. The Third Day, The Frost, John Marsden [up 2]
  8. Mockingjay, Suzanne Collins [back again]
  9. Tomorrow When the War Began, John Marsden [down 4]
  10. Catching Fire, Suzanne Collins [back again]
  10. Entice, Carrie Jones [new]
  10. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer [down 1]
  10. Passion, Lauren Kate [new]

  
  

• Grimm, Most Wanted

  Most Wanted: February 2011

  01.02.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  The first three books in the Tomorrow series by John Marsden feature this month (#5, #6 and #9) so if you’re reading your way through the series at the moment we suggest you reserve the next couple soon (they’re Darkness Be My Friend and Burning For Revenge) since the crowd hasn’t caught up with them just yet. We’ve got the DVD of Tomorrow, When the War Began now as well, so you can relive some skillful dump truck driving (and some rather silly standing in windows instead of hiding under pieces of furniture).

  1. Shadow Wave, Robert Muchamore [no change]
  2. Last Sacrifice, Richelle Mead [no change]
  3. City of Fallen Angels, Cassandra Clare [up 5]
  4. Awakened, P C and Kristin Cast [new]
  5. Tomorrow When the War Began, John Marsden [no change]
  6. Grey Wolves, Robert Muchamore [new]
  6. The Dead of the Night, John Marsden [up 2]
  8. Angel, James Patterson [new, on order]
  9. The Third Day, The Frost, John Marsden [new]
  9. Twilight, Stephenie Meyer [down 5]

  
  

• 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]

  
  

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