March Madness Wrap Up

Apologies for taking so long to give you the final score for March Madness.

As usual with my life things have been crazy.
Here are a few things that happened since I last posted:

Visited my sister in Spain for 2 weeks (family fun!)
Attended the Texas Library Association annual conference (meeting cool authors and librarians fun!)
Served on a jury (surprisingly fun!)
Found out I need a root canal (not fun AT ALL)

So that's a bit of my life. But what you really came here to find out about is the results of our 3rd annual March Madness: Genre Edition!

The final two genres to face off were Paranormal and Fantasy, which I think we can agree was not a surprise. And that's a hard choice to make because in many ways the genres are very similar, indeed I think the lines between them are often blurred. But this is how I simplified it, 'do you prefer books about wizards or books about vampires?'

Apparently people prefer books about wizards, because Fantasy beat Paranormal! Were you surprised?

In addition to voting on genres, all of the winning books from past weeks were brought back to compete against each other one more time. The contenders (in order from least votes to most votes) were:

#7 Newes from the Dead by Mary Hooper

#6 Cinder by Marissa Meyer

#5 Lord Loss: Demonata Book 1 by Darren Shan

#4 Firelight by Sophie Jordan

#3 Divergent by Veronica Roth

#2 Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

#1 Graceling by Kristin Cashore.

Thanks for taking part in this year's competition! I hope you found some new books to interest you. And I thought you should know, the sequels to Graceling (Bitterblue) and Divergent (Insurgent) are now out! So put them on hold now!

DFTBA,

Sti

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October Calendar

Join us in Centennial Park as we resume our outdoor storytimes in the (hopefully) cooler weather! We'll be in the amphitheater at 9:30am on Mondays for Rattle & Rhyme (0-18 months), Tuesdays for Toddler Time (0-3 years), and Wednesdays for Preschool Storytime (3-6 years)!

Zaki Con 2019: Cosplay Contest!

The final event of Zaki Con is our cosplay contest. I assume you're familiar with cosplay if you're reading, but just in case you aren't: cosplay is " the practice of dressing up as a character from a movie, book, or video game, especially one from the Japanese genres of manga and anime." And anyone can do it! Young and old alike are adorable when dressing as their favorite characters from books, movies, and anime! At Zaki Con, we want to see your interpretation of cosplay! You can enter as one person or as a group (though groups will have to share prizes if they win). All you have to do is come dressed as your favorite character. Since Zaki Con is a family event and it is held in the public library, all costumes must be appropriate for our setting and audience! Entries will be judged by a panel of judges from the library and the community. We look forward to seeing your cosplays during the Con and at the contest which will be held at 5:00pm on Saturda

Duct Tape Pencil Bag

1. Gather supplies. 2. Unwrap one length of duct tape and carefully set plastic bag on top. Go slowly so there are no air bubbles in the duct tape! 3. Unwrap other color of duct tape and tape the opposite side of the bag. 4. Trim extra duct tape off. 5. Continue adding duct tape (You can do all one color on each side or alternate like I did. Trim sides so everything is even. 6. Optional, if you want to store your pencil bag in your binder, mark where the rings are located. 6. Use a hole punch to make holes. 7. Decorate with stickers or permanent markers!

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