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Anime

Screenhead chooses their picks for the Top 10 Anime movies.

Wordnik

One of the [several] curses of being a librarian is that I have a weakness for dictionaries. Wordnik is a particularly nifty online dictionary.

"Launched by Erin McKean, former editor in chief of the New Oxford American Dictionary, Wordnik is a word-feast offering a summary, definitions from dictionaries old and new, related words, pronunciations, real-world usage examples, etymology, synonyms, antonyms, cross references, and usage statistics. One of its great advantages is the example sentences pulled from sources ranging from Twitter to newspaper articles. It even includes photos from Flickr to illustrate words." (taken from Book Patrol)

3 Willows

Don't Judge A Girl By Her Cover

Mortal Instruments

I just finished up the Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare! The books are City of Bones, City of Ashes, and City of Glass and are based in both the mundane world (the one most of us live in) and a world around us filled with Shadowhunters, angels, fairies, vampires and werewolves. Our main character, Clary, occupies both of these worlds, often with dire consequences. Clary is a human girl, as far as she knows, with the ability to see and hear those not-quite-human beings that surround her. This ability can be detrimental both to her health and to the health of others. When Clary becomes involved, quite by accident, in a non-human affair, those beings become very interested in the fact of her existence and her life as it was before is shattered.

The books are exciting and romantic, and there is a lot going on in them. Clary is friends with a boy who becomes a vampire, she is in love with a boy who is Shadowhunter, some of their friends are werewolves, and all of this is complicated by the fact that none of these supernaturals are comfortable with each other’s existence, but they are all bound by Clary and her needs. 

Ooh…they’re good! You are all so lucky because you have all three to read at once, you won’t have to wait like the rest of us did! Except! I just heard that there is going to be a fourth book! There is more story to tell. I hate to use this tag-line but if you know anyTwilight fans, they will devour these books, too. (Taken from ReaderGirlz)

Just One Wish

We just put some new books out on Friday. One of them is Just One Wish by Janette Rallison. Here's a story about how the cover was chosen too.

Google Wave

Lots of hype on the web about Google Wave. For more than you want to know, here's what Mashable has to say about it.

Andy Warhol

"I am a deeply superficial person." -Andy Warhol

The Killer's Cousin

Recently acquitted of murder, seventeen-year-old David has moved to Massachusetts to complete his senior year of high school. His aunt and uncle have offered him shelter—escape from the media's questions and from the uncertain glances of his neighbors and ex-friends.

His attic apartment doesn't feel much like a shelter, though. He sees ghostly shadows at night, his aunt is strangely cold, and his eleven-year-old cousin, Lily, is downright hostile. And as Lily's behavior becomes more and more threatening, David can't help wondering why. What ugly secrets lurk within the walls of Lily's home?

There's one thing David knows with certainty. The more he learns about his cousin Lily, the harder it is to avoid thinking about his own past. 

(The Killer's Cousin by Nancy Werlin)

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Movies Reviews

To get general info, reviews and ratings (out of five stars) for a specific film from the past or present day, search for movie: followed by the film's title. You can also search for actors, directors, characters, and other movie-related elements.

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