Monday, November 16, 2020

New on Hoopla Digital

 Hoopla is loaded with new titles for you to borrow from the comfort of home on any web-enabled device. Just create a profile using your library card number and you can borrow up to 10 titles a month, and it's not just books either. Hoopla also lets you stream movies and music and download audiobooks and comics. Here are some of our favorite new titles available now:

Five Total Strangers by Natalie D. Richards: Mira is halfway to Pittsburgh to spend Christmas with her mom as the city is hit by a truly epic blizzard that cancels the final flight of her trip. Desperate to get home, Mira accepts a ride share with some college kids she made friends with on her flight. But as conditions get worse, she realizes these people don't know each other at all. She's trapped in a car with a bunch of strangers, and horrible weather conditions... but one of the passengers seems to be determined that none of them will make it to their destination alive. 

Pretty Funny For a Girl by Rebecca Elliott: Hayla is a girl with a dream: one day she hopes to be a stand-up comedian. She knows it's a cutthroat business, and that it's mostly dominated by middle aged white guys, but she knows she's funny and is determined to make it big. Then she meets super hottie Leo, who is also on the path to becoming a famous comic and offers Hayla a chance to co-write some of his sets. Hayla's friends don't rust Leo, and keep telling Hayla he's just using her, but Hayla doesn't want to listen for one particular reason: she's afraid she might be falling in love with Leo. 

We Were Restless Things by Cole Nagamatsu. Noemi's best friend is dead. He died under the most mysterious of circumstances, too: drowned on dry land, with no lakes or other bodies of water to be found for miles of where his body was discovered. Only Noemi knows the truth: there is a lake hidden in the woods, and only Noemi has the ability to find it. This is where Link died... or did he? Because now, Noemi is starting to get weird messages from someone claiming to be her dead best friend. And the messages are a warning of terrible things to come. 

Winter, White and Wicked by Shannon Dittemore: Sylvi lives a very unusual life. She's an orphan, and lives all alone in her truck on the island of Layce, which is cursed by a never-ending winter. Sylvi is actually pretty ok with her life though - no one really bothers her, and she has a really great best friend Lenore and the protection of an ice spirit to keep her company. That is until the day Lenore runs away to join a band of northern rebels, and Sylvi gets roped into a dangerous smuggling operation in order to try to saver her beloved friend. 



Monday, November 9, 2020

New Manga in November

 Fresh hot new manga series have just arrived at the YCLD and they're ready for you to check out from your nearest branch! Here are four of our favorites!

Fushigi Yugi - Byakko Senki
 by Yuu Watase: 24 years after the original Fushigi Yugi manga finished its original, massively successful run, we are once again invited to journey into the Universe of the Four Gods. The setting is 1923, and Suzuno's father is the keeper of a very special book: The Universe of the Four Gods, a book which Suzuno has been warned since childhood is only every supposed to be touched by men. But, when a massive earthquake strikes and Suzuno and her father become trapped, dad makes the ultimate decision: to saver his daughter's life by letting her touch the book - and allowing her to be sucked into its pages and into the Universe of the Four Gods. 

Manga Yokai Stories - Ghostly Tales from Japan
by Lafcadio Hearn: Ok, yes, we know, Halloween is over, but come on! It's always a good time for a creepy story! This book contains seven different creepy short stories, illustrated in manga form spanning some of the creepiest legends from Japanese history. The illustrations are both beautiful and creepy, and there's something here for fans of all kinds of creepy stories from ghosts, to haunted items and more. 

Sayonara Football
 by Naoshi Arakawa: Nozomi wants nothing more in the world than to play football (soccer). It's her complete obsession. Unfortunately there are no leagues in her area for girls, and the boys do not ant her on their team. When she finally meets Midori and Sumire, a couple of other female players (who also happen to be bitter cross-town rivals) she sees this as her chance to be accepted and make a team... if she can bring the two rivals together somehow. The problem is, despite her obsession and tough talk, Nozomi is kind of a terrible soccer player, and is constantly kicking goals into her own net! 

Spy X Family
by Endo Tatsuya: Twilight is the world's greatest spy, and has just been assigned his most complex mission of all time. Unfortunately for him, the mission requires him to infiltrate a super fancy private school, which means Twilight needs a family, so he can have a child to enroll in the school. At the world's shadiest orphanage, Twilight finds a little girl named Anya, who he figures will do just fine. What he doesn't know is that Anya is actually psychic and can read his mind, so she knows exactly what he's up to, and thinks she's the luckiest kid alive to be adopted by a real-life spy. When Twilight meets shy, unassuming Yor he figures he has also found himself the perfect fake wife... except for the fact that Yor is the world's deadliest assassin. No one realizes this except mind-reader Anya though, and stuff starts to get SUPER weird and SUPER fun!


Monday, November 2, 2020

What's New in November

 Hi everyone! It's a new month, and we are starting to get all kinds of new books for you to check out throughout the YCLD! Here are some of our favorite titles in print that we have available for you to borrow:

Cinderella is Dead by Kalynn Bayron: It's been 200 years since Cinderella met her prince at the royal ball, and things have changed in her kingdom. Now, teenage girls are required to attend an annual ball where the eligible men of the kingdom choose their brides. Girls who are not chosen at the ball disappear without a trace. 16 year old Sophia is not about to take that chance, especially because she is in love with her friend Erin, so she decides she has to flee before it's too late. 

Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost: This alternative history books has elements of sci-fi and steampunk, set in 1930's Oklahoma. Sal lives in the city of Elysium, and has just been selected to train with Mother Minerva, local witch and city leader. But when she makes friends with a demon in disguise, some bad stuff goes down, and Sal is unceremoniously booted out of town. So what does Sal do? Well, she joins a gang, of course. No just any gang either, a gang of fierce women who ride mechanical horses and use magic to try to stop the oncoming apocalypse. 

Girl, Unframed by Deb Caletti: Everyone thinks Sydney is incredibly lucky to be the daughter of one of the most famous movie stars in the world. Everyone, that is, except Sydney, who knows her famous mom Lily is a hot mess. It's why Sydney has mostly been raised by her grandmother, and only spends some of her vacations with her mom, and usually with one of her mom's gross creepy boyfriends. Which is exactly what happens when Sydney goes to stay with Lily and her current boyfriend Jake, a violent creep who might be involved in some really shady business ventures. We don't want to give away too much, but we will tell you that parts of the book are told through court exhibits for a trial, and the ending to this one is a shocker. 

Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner: Raina has the perfect life, with a great boyfriend, great grades, and roles in all the school plays. That is, until she gets dumped by her boyfriend, her drama club friends and her dream college all at the same time. Completely wrecked, Raina turns to a local advice columnist whose advice leads her to a chance meeting with Millie, who is out for revenge after being kicked out of the Mock Trial club she basically built from the ground up. Together they set out to change the rules, and smash the patriarchy in time for graduation.