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Deleted Does Not Mean Gone Forever

Michelle Boule writes: “Most of us know that things, once put online, have a way of remaining online, no matter how hard we try to delete them or forget them. In May 2009, Jacqui Cheng of Ars Technica started an experiment to see how quickly an embarrassing photo was deleted from social networking sites. Sixteen months later, the photo is still accessible and viewable despite having been deleted almost two years ago. 
ALA TechSource Blog, Oct. 18; Ars Technica, July 3, 2009, Oct. 11

Insatiable FIC Cabot

Hearts at Stake FIC Harvey

Hearts at Stake showed up at my house one day and I took a look at it and thought...I love vampires but do I really want to read this? But then I started reading it and was instantly engaged. It turned out to be the perfect read for my frame of mind, and I wanted the sequel the moment I finished.

Lucy and Solange are best friends, but Solange is not your typical teenage girl. She's actually a vampire princess. Well, she's not a vampire princess yet, but she's been born into a rare vampire family where the children turn into vampires on their sixteenth birthday. Due to a prophecy, it's expected that she'll overthrow the current vampire queen and take power.

She's got seven really protective older brothers who are trying to protect her from all the vampire crazies who seek to destroy her. And yes, that's pretty hot. . . . (review from My Friend Amy)

Edgar Allan Crow

Photos by Taylor Alderman

Thirsty FIC And

Dealing with a teenage crush, peer pressure, an older brother’s torment, and typical teenage angst is nothing when you add becoming a vampire to the mix. Christopher can’t remember getting bit, and nothing out of the ordinary has triggered his memory, but the signs are all there. The growing hunger, then lack of ability to eat, the ivory pallor of his skin, the anger, and most of all, the thirst - the uncontrollable thirst. He WAS turning into a vampire. (from Bitten by Books)

Bleeding Violet FIC Reeves

Love can be a dangerous thing….

Hanna simply wants to be loved. With a head plagued by hallucinations, a medicine cabinet full of pills, and a closet stuffed with frilly, violet dresses, Hanna’s tired of being the outcast, the weird girl, the freak. So she runs away to Portero, Texas in search of a new home.

But Portero is a stranger town than Hanna expects. As she tries to make a place for herself, she discovers dark secrets that would terrify any normal soul.

Good thing for Hanna, she’s far from normal. As this crazy girl meets an even crazier town, only two things are certain: Anything can happen and no one is safe. (from the book jacket)

Ghost Towns of Kansas 978.1 FIT

Dunlap, KS from Kansasphotos.com

Daniel Fitzgerald has made a career recording the histories of towns that once thrived but are now lost. Without Fitzgerald, they would be lost even to memory. With the help of the Educational Enhancement Fund, CGHS Library recently purchased re-issues of several volumes of the Ghost Towns of Kansas. 

The DC Comics Guide to Digitally Drawing Comics 741.5 Williams

Artist author Freddie E Williams has been creating comics digitally since 1999. He wrote this great resource targeted at those who intend to create comics on the computer, or who are looking for ways to streamline their digital workflow. You must already know how to draw to get the most out of this book.

Every tutorial in the book is a step-by-step explanation with screenshots and concise instructions using PhotoShop. It's easy to follow along as Williams thoroughly explains everything from creating drafts up to the final inking stage. 

The best part about this book is that it highlights ways to harness the power of using the computer, fully taking advantage of what it can be made to do. There are chapters on creating brushes, textures, effects, templates for props and many more with real examples. There's even a section on creating Actions and Droplets to reduce repetitive tasks, which is an incredible time saver.

There are loads of tips everywhere. One particular one helped me very much. There are times when I draw two characters, but they are of a different size. Scaling the smaller image up makes the thickness of the line thicker than the image I am trying to match. This book has a solution to make that line thickness match!

This book is really good. You're bound to learn something regardless of your skill level in art. (Review taken from Parka Blogs)

Interactive Romeo and Juliet

This Romeo and Juliet features links to video, vocabulary, and discussion. The folio actually explains in a comprehensible way what the insult, "bite your thumb at me," means. Do you know that people still bite their thumbs at each other in Italy?

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