The Project is sponsored by the Holocaust Museum Houston and the Hochberg Holocause and Human Rights Committee of Temple Bnai Israel in Willimantic, Connecticut is collecting the butterflies to send to Houston. Please check out the link to Temple Bnai Israel. You might want to look at the butterflies at the Houston Museum. If you get your butterfly to me, I will send all of them together.

Also, I have ordered the book, "I never saw another butterfly," and we are including it as one of the titles on the mural. Email or call me (203-797-4528) if you have any questions.

Paper Towns was written by John Green the author of the award winning book, Looking for Alaska. Paper Towns begins one month before Quentin "Q" Jacobsen's graduation from Central Flordia high school where he basks in the predictable boringness of his life until the beautiful and exciting Margo Roth Spiegelman, Q's neighbor and classmate, takes him on a midnight adventure and then mysteriously disappears.

The Time Quake is the third part of the Gideon trilogy by Linda Buckley-Archer. In this book, the sinister Lord Luxon makes himself at home in twenty-first century Manhattan, Peter and Kate, aided by Gideon, pursue The Tar Man through the streets of eighteenth-century London, when history is at its tipping point.

Remember, you can see what is new anytime by clicking on the Read It button above. Also, I'd like to know what you are reading and enjoying. Make your comments below. Once you have registered, you will just have to log in to make comments right here to the blog. Or you may email me

Witch & Wizard by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet: The world is changing: the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now, kids are disappearing. For 15-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside down when they are torn from their parents one night and slammed into a secret prison for no reason they can comprehend. But while trapped in this totalitarian nightmare, Wisty and Whit discover they have incredible powers they'd never dreamed of. Can this newly minted witch and wizard master their skills in time to save themselves, their parents--and maybe the world?

Candor by Pam Bachorz: For a fee, "model teen" Oscar Banks has been secretly--and selectively-- sabotaging the subliminal messages that program the behavior of the residents of Candor, Florida, until his attraction to a rebellious new girl threatens to expose his subterfuge.

Soulstice by Simon Holt (The Devouring book 2): As the summer solstice approaches, fifteen-year-old Reggie, horrified to learn that the Vours are still intent on harming her family and her best friend Aaron, finds help from an unlikely source.

Winter's child by Cameron Dokey: After Grace rejects next-door neighbor Kai's love, he dreams of a dazzling Snow Queen, who entices him to leave home and wander to faraway lands, prompting Grace to realize how much she has lost and set out on a mystical journey to find him.

Let me know what you are reading or review a book you are reading. Just email me, dharrigan@danburylibrary.org

Don't forget the next book discussion is Thursday, Janaury 28th from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in the LTC Conference room. Let me know if you are coming so I will know how much food to get.

Peggy who works at the adult service desk sent this to me. I thought it was great. Of course I now want to go out and buy that game. Do you think I could pass this off as exercise to justify it?

Teen Council Members are invited to join us on the following dates to make a Mural. We will take a month off in December and hope to finish the project in February or March.

All sessions will be in the Lower Level Conference Room from 5 to 7 p.m. Dates are as follows:

Tuesday, January 12 & 26;
Tuesday, February 2, 9, 16 & 23; and
Tuesday, March 2, 9, 16 & 23.

You may not be able to make all the sessions, but please try to participate when you have the time. If you are interested in joining Teen Council, contact Mrs. Harrigan, 203-797-4528 or dharrigan@danburylibrary.org.

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld is set at the beginning of World War I on June 28, 1914 when Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated, triggering a sequence of alliances that plunges the world into war. But that is where the similarity ends. This global conflict is between the Clankers, who put their faith in machines, and the Darwinists, whose technology is based on the development of new species. This is fast moving action that you might really enjoy.

Those of you who are Westerfeld fans might want to put a hold on this book. Westerfeld is the author of the Uglies, Peeps, So Yesterday and the Midnighters series.

Fire a novel by Kristin Cashore is a prequel to Graceling. Set in a kingdom called the Dells, Fire is the last human-shaped monster, with unimaginable beauty and the ability to control the minds of those around her, but even with these gifts she cannot escape the strife that overcomes her world.

Remember, you can see what is new anytime by clicking on the Read It button above. Also, I'd like to know what you are reading and enjoying. Make your comments below. Once you have registered, you will just have to log in to make comments right here to the blog. Or you may email me directly at dharrigan@danburylibrary.org.

Did you read Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli? Do you ever check out book trailers? I thought this one for Graceling by Kristin Cashore was fairly good also.

I am hoping to make a few book trailers with the Teen Council. Unfortunately, it seems that most of you don't know what they are. Certainly, we could have you talk about the book, but there is no reason that we could not add background music and a few images.

I hope someone out there will have some time and motivation. Email me dharrigan@danburylibrary.org or comment below.

City of Bones by Cassandra Clare, is the first book in "The Mortal Instruments" trilogy.

Clary Fray is a normal high school student growing up in New York City until she discovers that there are demons, her mother is kidnapped, and she meets the very alluring and two year older Jace.

I enjoyed this book for its fast pace and action, as well as the romance. Fantasy doesn't always do well on the mystery part of a story. Although I figured a lot of things out and suspected other things, I thought this was well organized and well thought out. Is there such a thing as a pure genre? It seems that mystery, fantasy, even science fiction use different aspects of each other. As for this book, it is a good story whatever the literary category.

Fight scenes must be hard to write because I often get lost. Sometimes I get confused on a second reading. It is hard to have words become visuals for fast action. But Clare did well, and maybe even better than most.

If you have read City of Bones, please make some comments here. If you haven't, you might want to give it a try. If you enjoyed Twilight, you might like this also.

So please comment. You might even find that you would get volunteer time. Besides, Kenny can't be the only member of Teen Council who is out there.

I don't know if any of you have seen the Cirque du Freak: Vampire's Assistant movie yet. It was based on Darren Shan's book, Cirque du Freak.