Temporary Policy for Donations

I know this blog isn't exactly teen related, but I want to get the news out to everyone who who checks our pages!

Thanks to everyone for all the great donations over the last year! We’ve gotten so many and it really helps us to provide a good selection. We get a lot of great items! Also, it has contributed greatly to our ability to have awesome and successful booksales in the last year, helping us raise several thousand dollars for our building fund.

But for the next several months (until our building expansion is completed) we will not be able to take as many donations.

Here is what we will gladly take off of your hands throughout the expansion:
- DVDs
- Audiobooks on CD
- Books with copyright dates 2009 and up

Here are the items we will not be able to take until the expansion is complete:
- Encyclopedia sets or other sets of books
- Audiobooks on cassette
- Magazines
- Books with copyright dates below 2009
- Large quantities of any items

We ask that you either donate these items to another library who would like the donations, donate the items to your local thrift store, or hang onto those items until we are done with the expansion and then when we are ready and able to store and process them bring them on in to us!

Culture Kids do England!

Toad in the Hole recipe (via Jamie Oliver) Yum!

INGREDIENTS
• sunflower/canola oil
• 8 large good-quality sausages
• 4 sprigs of fresh rosemary

FOR THE BATTER

• 1 1/4 cup milk
• 1 cup plain flour
• a pinch of salt
• 3 eggs

Mix the batter ingredients together, and put to one side.

Put just under ½ inch of oil into a baking pan, then place this on the middle shelf of your oven at its highest setting (475ºF). Place a larger tray underneath it to catch any oil that overflows from the tin while cooking. When the oil is very hot, add your sausages. Keep your eye on them and allow them to colour until lightly golden.


At this point, take the tin out of the oven, being very careful, and pour your batter over the sausages. Throw a couple of sprigs of rosemary into the batter. It will bubble and possibly even spit a little, so carefully put the tin back in the oven, and close the door. Don't open it for at least 20 minutes, as Yorkshire puddings can be a bit temperamental when rising. Remove from the oven when golden and crisp.

JCLC Downloadable books on ipad or iphone!

Now you can read our e-books on Apple mobile devices! All you need to do is login to your account on the JCLC downloadable webpage with your library card, get Adobe editions software on your computer, pick out your e-books and download it and transfer it to your favorite Apple device.  Here's how:

 

Installation:

1. On your computer, download Adobe Digital Editions and create an account. Authorize the Adobe Digital Editions (ADE) program with your Adobe ID. ADE will act as “home base” and authenticate your eBooks.

 

2. On your Apple device, download the free BlueFire Reader app (iTunes App Store) and create an account.

 

3. Launch BlueFire Reader. Tap “Info” and authorize the app with your Adobe Digital Editions ID.

Download an e-book:

1. On your computer, open a browser, go to the JCLC downloadable website and log in.

 

2. Find an e-book (Make sure it is epub, not mp3!). Click "download". A dialog box will open, select “Open with Adobe Digital Editions”. This will download the .epub (the actual book) file to your computer. The eBook will appear in ADE.

 

3. On your computer, locate the .epub file in the (My) Documents/My Digital Editions folder (or the equivalent on a Mac). Send yourself an email, with that .epub file as an attachment.

 

4. On your Apple device, check your email.

 

5. Tap on and hold the attachment’s icon until the fly-out menu appears which says “Open with BlueFire Reader”, then select it. The attachment’s icon will change to the BlueFire Reader logo.

 

6. The BlueFire Reader app will now launch and you can start reading! Once the checkout period has expired the file will deactivate from your device and your computer desktop.

House of the Star by Caitlin Brennan

Having read so many books like "My Friend Flicka", and "National Velvet", played with My Little Ponies and still catch up with Mercedes lackey's Companion books every time a new one comes out, I was very pleased to win the ARC of this book on goodreads.com. I had high hopes, which were not disappointed.

At the beginning it was the premise of the book to that drew me in - a princess from another realm is sent to work on a horse ranch in Arizona, along with the scion of her country's worst enemy in hopes that the feud destroying the lands of faerie can be stopped. Of course, the horses there are not just any horses, but magical ones called worldrunners, (similar and yet strikingly different to Lackey's Valdamar Companions) that are the only safe way to travel the roads through the worlds of Faerie.

But I also loved that Brennan makes her main character, Elen, arrogant and unyielding in her hate for her enemy and therefore gives the readers a chance to form their opinion of the feud, instead of having to choose a side. Indeed, there were times when I really didn't like Elen, but so much the better!

Request a copy of this book by clicking here!

Dead Authors Graveyard!

Trick or Treat!

I see dead people...	Visitors!
Flower Fairy Princess	Ghostly appearances!
Red-eyed Fireman...	And Vampires abroad!
Prize winning teeth!	What's a punch with out a mutilated fist?!

Places to win free books!

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