WINNERS of theTeen Read Week SWAG Contest!

We took the names of all our entrants, put them into a random number generator, and came up with THREE winners!

Abdullah
Caitlin
Hafsah

All three winners need to email us at libraryninja@arlingtontx.gov in order to get your swag, which will be, as Ninja Jenny describes it, a "surprise smorgasbord of stuff." Sounds pretty awesome to me!

Thank you to everyone who participated! Keep an eye out for future contests, keep on reading, and keep sending us your great book reviews!

Teen Read Week SWAG Contest - Question Seven

Who is the best villain ever?

Ninja Jenny says: Um.....Volde, er, He Who Must Not Be Named :)  Actually, I think the worst villain I have read would have to be the Mayor in the Chaos Walking trilogy (The Knife of Never Letting Go, The Ask and the Answer, and Monsters of Men).  He was just PURE evil!

Teen Read Week Rules
1. Contest runs October 17 - October 23
2. Every day there will be a question to answer by making a comment on the blog
3. Every day you comment will be an entry into the SWAG drawing
4. Only one comment per day, per person (yes you can backtrack if you miss a day)
5. Winners will be chosen at random by a number generator after October 24
6. Anyone in the lower 48 states can participate!
7. Members of the Arlington Public Library will get an extra entry if they let us know they are library members.
8. Please remember to include your email in your comment.  If you are uncomfortable with that, please email the Ninja at libraryninja@arlingtontx.gov

Teen Read Week SWAG Contest - Question Six

What book do you wish you had written and why?

Ninja Jenny says: I wish I had written Harry Potter, not because of the money J.K. Rowling has made, but because of the awesome world she created.  I envy her creative brain!

Teen Read Week Rules
1. Contest runs October 17 - October 23
2. Every day there will be a question to answer by making a comment on the blog
3. Every day you comment will be an entry into the SWAG drawing
4. Only one comment per day, per person (yes you can backtrack if you miss a day)
5. Winners will be chosen at random by a number generator after October 24
6. Anyone in the lower 48 states can participate!
7. Members of the Arlington Public Library will get an extra entry if they let us know they are library members.
8. Please remember to include your email in your comment.  If you are uncomfortable with that, please email the Ninja at libraryninja@arlingtontx.gov

Teen Read Week SWAG Contest - Question Five

What book character most reminds you of yourself?

Ninja Jenny says: Jo March from Little Women reminds me a lot of me!  She was headstrong, took her own path, and struggled a lot between what was expected of her and what she truly wanted to do with her life.  I love her character!

Teen Read Week Rules
1. Contest runs October 17 - October 23
2. Every day there will be a question to answer by making a comment on the blog
3. Every day you comment will be an entry into the SWAG drawing
4. Only one comment per day, per person (yes you can backtrack if you miss a day)
5. Winners will be chosen at random by a number generator after October 24
6. Anyone in the lower 48 states can participate!
7. Members of the Arlington Public Library will get an extra entry if they let us know they are library members.
8. Please remember to include your email in your comment.  If you are uncomfortable with that, please email the Ninja at libraryninja@arlingtontx.gov

Teen Read Week SWAG Contest - Question Four

If you could have any book be required reading at your school, 

what book would you choose and why?

Ninja Jenny says: I would require everyone to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower.  The book is a modern day Catcher in the Rye, and while I hated Catcher when I was in high school, I loved and still love Perks.  The book speaks to the reader on many levels, showing the beauty of first time experiences, first love, and true friendship.

Teen Read Week Rules
1. Contest runs October 17 - October 23
2. Every day there will be a question to answer by making a comment on the blog
3. Every day you comment will be an entry into the SWAG drawing
4. Only one comment per day, per person (yes you can backtrack if you miss a day)
5. Winners will be chosen at random by a number generator after October 24
6. Anyone in the lower 48 states can participate!
7. Members of the Arlington Public Library will get an extra entry if they let us know they are library members.
8. Please remember to include your email in your comment.  If you are uncomfortable with that, please email the Ninja at libraryninja@arlingtontx.gov

Teen Read Week SWAG Contest - Question Three

What book was your favorite when you were a little kid?

Teen Read Week Rules
1. Contest runs October 17 - October 23
2. Every day there will be a question to answer by making a comment on the blog
3. Every day you comment will be an entry into the SWAG drawing
4. Only one comment per day, per person (yes you can backtrack if you miss a day)
5. Winners will be chosen at random by a number generator after October 24
6. Anyone in the lower 48 states can participate!
7. Members of the Arlington Public Library will get an extra entry if they let us know they are library members.
8. Please remember to include your email in your comment.  If you are uncomfortable with that, please email the Ninja at libraryninja@arlingtontx.gov

Teen Read Week SWAG Contest - Question Two

What is the weirdest book you've ever read and why?

Teen Read Week Rules
1. Contest runs October 17 - October 23
2. Every day there will be a question to answer by making a comment on the blog
3. Every day you comment will be an entry into the SWAG drawing
4. Only one comment per day, per person (yes you can backtrack if you miss a day)
5. Winners will be chosen at random by a number generator after October 24
6. Anyone in the lower 48 states can participate!
7. Members of the Arlington Public Library will get an extra entry if they let us know they are library members.
8. Please remember to include your email in your comment.  If you are uncomfortable with that, please email the Ninja at libraryninja@arlingtontx.gov

Teen Read Week SWAG Contest - Question One

What is the most disappointing teen-book-to-movie and why?

Ninja Jenny's opinion....Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison being made into Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.  Why?  I just don't think they got Georgia right AND the acting wasn't great AND Robbie and Tom were the same age AND Vatti just wasn't weird enough! :)

Ninja Amy's opinion...The WORST book to movie I have ever come across is my beloved Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause. The main character’s age, location, and family situation is changed drastically. She goes from being a teen in the U.S. to a 20-something living in Romania. The bad guy in the movie isn’t the same bad guy in the book. The situation with the human boy is changed COMPLETELY in the movie. And don’t even talk to me about lack of character development in the movie! Don’t waste your time or money on the movie version if you are a fan of the book.

Teen Read Week Rules
1. Contest runs October 17 - October 23
2. Every day there will be a question to answer by making a comment on the blog
3. Every day you comment will be an entry into the SWAG drawing
4. Only one comment per day, per person (yes you can backtrack if you miss a day)
5. Winners will be chosen at random by a number generator after October 24
6. Anyone in the lower 48 states can participate!
7. Members of the Arlington Public Library will get an extra entry if they let us know they are library members.
8. Please remember to include your email in your comment.  If you are uncomfortable with that, please email the Ninja at libraryninja@arlingtontx.gov

Welcome to Teen Read Week and Giveaway Extravaganza!

Ninja Minions, tomorrow is the start of Teen Read Week and we want you to, well, read!  Over the next few days we will have some great book reviews and some even better book challenges that you can participate in and win SWAG!  That's right, the Ninja's closet is full of crazy stuff and we want to give it away for freeeeeeeeeee! Right now we have quite a few books to give away as well as pens, bookmarks, zombies, vampire teeth, candy, even swimming caps (yes, we're serious!).

So if you want to grab a swag bag then just comment on the daily Teen Read Week question.  Next week we'll choose three winners of fun swag.  Think of every comment you make to be an entry into the contest. 

Thanks everyone!

Teen Read Week Rules
1. Contest runs October 17 - October 23
2. Every day there will be a question to answer by making a comment on the blog
3. Every day you comment will be an entry into the SWAG drawing
4. Only one comment per day, per person
5. Winners will be chosen at random by a number generator after October 24
6. Anyone in the lower 48 states can participate!
7. Members of the Arlington Public Library will get an extra entry if they let us know they are library members.
8. Please remember to include your email in your comment.  If you are uncomfortable with that, please email the Ninja at libraryninja@arlingtontx.gov

The Ninja Reviews. . .Daughter of the Flames by Zoe Marriott

Zira is an orphan who is raised by the people called the Ruan. She is raised to be a warrior priestess, an expert in weapons and combat. When the temple where she lives is attacked by the ruling Sedorne, Zira discovers that she is the last heir to the empire, the daughter of a Ruan and a Sedorne. The choices she must make are difficult and she must figure out a way to protect her people.

This book immediately opens with an action sequence, which pulled me in and kept me reading. I definitely had my favorite characters, with Zira's adoptive "mother" being one of them. I have a thing for books that described meals, and this book had some really awesome descriptions of food. Made me very hungry. Overall, this is a great fantasy with a really strong female lead and a lot to say about differences in culture and religion.

If you are a fan of Tamora Pierce, Robin McKinley, or John Flanagan, you should definitely read this book!

This book is on YALSA's top 10 nominee 2009 books for teens. You can see the list of nominees here. During August 25 through September 18 you can vote on your favorite and help create YALSA's next top 10 list!

Teen Read Week! The great autographed book giveaway!

Autographed Book Giveaway for Teen Read Week!

October 19-24 on the Teen Library Ninja blog
http://bookin.arlingtonlibrary.org

It’s Teen Read Week and we’re playing Read and Seek with the Arlington Public Library’s Library Ninja! Visit the Ninja every day October 19 through October 24. Search for the answers to the five questions posted each day and email your answers to libraryninja@arlingtontx.gov. Answers to all questions can be found somewhere in the Ninja’s blog!

Questions will go up at 9 a.m. Participants must email their answers THAT DAY between 9 a.m. and midnight. Sorry, no late entries! Only those in grades seven through twelve who live in the Arlington area are eligible (you'll have to come to the library to pick up your prize if you win!).

We will select up to six winners from the teens that turn in correct answers to all 30 questions! Each of the winners will receive a different autographed book! Here are the autographed books we have to offer:

Merchant of Death by D.J. MacHale
Lovestruck Summer by Melissa Walker
Love is Hell by Various Authors (autographed by Melissa Marr)
The Emerald Tablet by P.J. Hoover
Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan
Forest of Hands and Teeth audiobook by Carrie Ryan

Celebrate Teen Read Week!

October 12 - 18 is Teen Read Week, a yearly reading celebration put on by the American Library Association. This year's theme is Books with Bite! To celebrate, pick up a book with vampires , dragons, werewolves, or other bitingly awesome creatures!

Also, take a moment to fill out this short quiz to nominate the top ten teen books of the year as well as help decide next year's Teen Read Week theme!

And as an added bonus, stop by the Woodland West Branch and say hello to Bitey McPointy Tooth! He vants to show you some very vondervul booooks...