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Thursday, August 24, 2017

VOTE: Teens' Top Ten Books of 2017

Voting for YALSA's Teens' Top Ten Books of 2017 is now open through October 14th. The Teens' Top Ten is one of the only booklists to be nominated and selected solely by teens. We have several of the nominated books on display at Dorris Van Doren, and the others are available for request through the library's website or the library information desk.

Here are this year's nominees:

The Art of Being Normal by Lisa Williamson

The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

P.S. I Like You by Kasie West

Love & Gelato by Jenna Evans Welch

Scythe by Neal Shusterman

If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo

This is Where It Ends by Marieke Nijkamp

All We Have Left by Wendy Mills

Heartless by Marissa Meyer

Burning Midnight by Will McIntosh

The Year We Fell Apart by Emily Martin

Starflight by Melissa Landers

The Diabolic by S.J. Kincaid

Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton

Genius: The Game by Leopold Gout

Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

We Will Not Be Silent by Russell Freedman

The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle

Don’t Get Caught by Kurt Dinan

Truthwitch: A Witchlands Novel by Susan Dennard

Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare

Once Upon a Dream: A Twisted Tale by Liz Braswell

Tell Me Three Things by Julie Buxbaum

Passenger by Alexandra Bracken

The Killing Jar by Jennifer Bosworth

Nightstruck by Jenna Black

To vote please visit: Teens' Top Ten Books of 2017. You can also write a review or rate the nominated books as well.

The final Top Ten list will be announced after Teen Read Week in October.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Gardening Workshop Series

Last fall, we received a grant from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to get seed libraries started at our public libraries. We have been busily making preparations to make it happen and hope to launch this new library service by the end of this month. Right now, we're still in the process of receiving the seeds that we ordered, and divvying them up to be checked out by you! For more information about the seed libraries and updates on this project, please visit sowgrowreapeat.weebly.com.

In the meantime, you can begin planning your gardens and getting your soil ready! Free monthly gardening workshops taught by the El Paso County Master Gardeners will take place at libraries on the east, west, and central sides of town. Don't forget the master gardeners also have workshops at the Multipurpose Recreation Center (9031 Viscount), which is very close to the Jose Cisneros Cielo Vista Library on Hawkins.

You can call the library to save your spot or visit our event page on Eventbrite at sowgrowreapeat.eventbrite.com. From there, you'll be able to choose the locations and dates you'd like to attend. Attend one or as many as you like! Please note that the central location is split between two locations, with the first three workshops beginning at Memorial Park Library and the second three at the Main Library.

The first workshop at the Dorris Van Doren Library will be next Tuesday, April 19 at 5:30 pm. We hope you'll join us!