Book Bag: Friendswood Youth Services Blog

As all the other blogs have been saying, 2008 really has been quite a year, but we made it through Hurricanes and all. :) I hope you're all having a great holiday, just know that I'm terribly bored and lonely without you! Christmas has come and gone but I definitely still have the holiday spirit in my heart and I'm excited about ringing in the New Year tomorrow! Does anyone have special plans? Tell me about them and a super cool Christmas Pez Dispenser could be your prize! As the New Year draws to a close, I wanted to make a list of my favorite books that came out this year, this will be hard since I can't really think of anything I've disliked so far... :) City of Ashes by Cassandra Clare (sequel to City of Bones and the third City of Glass is out in March!) Paper Towns by John Green Graceling by Kristin Cashore Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Little Brother by Cory Doctorow and Suite Scarlett by Maureen Johnson There are many other books I've read this y...

From me and lolcats! Much loves, Sti

So I discovered this project this morning: www.projectforawesome.com Check it out! Here's a little explanation from the site to explain what they're trying to accomplish "Sometimes the world just sucks too much. This year is certainly no exception. But it’s the time of the year when we have to think about others instead of ourselves. Which is why the YouTube community is excited, this year, to band together to promote our favorite charities, and to encourage giving among young and old alike... Throughout the day this December 17th, we will be liveblogging the transformation that YouTube is undergoing. As P4A (project for awesome) videos go live throughout the site, and the community promotes those videos, and people give money to the biggest and best charities of the year." The name alone is enough to make me love it, but I also really like the message and goal of the project. Also, here's Hank Green (brother of the 'awesome' YA author John Green and co-fo...

So yes, they exist apparently, how crazy is that? And more than a little creepy! Bella and Edward These are more my style.. The Doctor, Rose and some monsters inside the TARDIS.. Yeah, I'm a dork, so what? :P Much loves, Sti

Here's a video of one my new favorite authors, John Green, facing his fears. It's pretty funny and inspiring: Do you have any fears you'd like to conquer that you would like me to record? Much loves, Sti

So, as excruciating as it is to sit in a car for 12 hours with 4 other people as you drive to Florida, there is one positive thing about all that down-time, and that is reading! On the way there I slept or drove and it was too dark to read (though I did listen to some of Gregor and the Prophecy of the Bane), but on the way back I read the most wonderful book: First of all, isn't the cover gorgeous? My sister didn't think so, but I do. Here's the summary of the book from amazon.com: Graceling takes readers inside the world of Katsa, a warrior-girl in her late teens with one blue eye and one green eye. This gives her haunting beauty, but also marks her as a Graceling. Gracelings are beings with special talents—swimming, storytelling, dancing. Katsa's Grace is considered more useful: her ability to fight (and kill, if she wanted to) is unequaled in the seven kingdoms. Forced to act as a henchman for a manipulative king, Katsa channels her guilt by forming a secret council...

I totally forgot to post this picture, and I know it would make many people happy. Frank J. Brown, founder of Friendswood, gets into the Holiday Cheer! Also, I am uploading some long overdue videos onto my youtube account, including the 7 days of Birthukkah song, and some of the Desert Island videos from a few months back. Here's a link to my page: http://www.youtube.com/user/librariansti And I wanted to warn you all that I won't be here on Friday, Keith is charge of entertaining you for the afternoon. His activity is a doozy so come prepared to use your brains! Much loves, Sti

And I haven't started Christmas shopping yet...Eek! We had our Christmas party on Saturday and it was a lot of fun. There was lots of food, Christmas karaoke, strange white elephant gifts from the house of Sti, and a snowball fight! Here are a few pictures: karaoke! This picture came out dark but it's sooo cute I love this picture of Kathleen and Jenny The Brothers Wimer sing The first throw of the snowball fight Group picture We're collllld, and Zach is creepy Aaaand that's all for now!

:) Did you like my pun there? I love bad jokes. Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I know I did, I love cooking with my mom, I love eating, I love taking family pictures, I especially LOVE cranberry sauce and PIE, and I even kinds love washing dishes (don't laugh!) so Thanksgiving is pretty much an ideal holiday for me. This year it was also my grandma's birthday so I got to talk to her on the phone for an hour. Well...maybe talk isn't the word I should use, listen is better since my grandma likes to ramble on and on. Remind you of anyone you know? :) Leave a comment to tell me about any fun traditions you have on Thanksgiving? My sister reenacted the funny commercial where the grandpa eats a scoop out of the pumpkin pie and then fills it in with cool whip! Hope everyone also survived the insanity of Black Friday! I ventured out late that evening when it had died down, but I didn't buy much, just an awesome cd and my sister bought a wonderful documentary: ...