Two Related Things

TAG! Including our adorable
bride & groom!

 And we're back!  So the past couple of weeks here in APL-land have been absurdly busy.  We had our wonderful, fantastic, and generally ridiculous "Harry-Potter-Bill-and-Fleur's-Wedding" event last week, followed by a TAG (teen advisory group) meeting so huge we couldn't even fit it into our regular meeting space (wish I had a picture!).  

Me & the Death Eaters!
(Best looking Death Eaters I've ever seen!)

The kinda cool, kinda weird, kinda amazingly coincidental thing about the HP program is the fact that some pretty huge J. K. Rowling news broke just a few days after our event (oh I'm sorry, did I say "pretty huge" news?  What I meant to say is "HOLY FREAKING COW* THIS IS GIANT NEWS!!!).  So here's what happened (think of this as the "Tanvi Condensed" version): "The Cuckoo's Calling," an adult thriller/mystery/crime/detective novel by debut author Robert Galbraith comes out in April.  It doesn't sell very many copies, but it gets rave reviews by both critics and regular readers alike; in fact, a lot of people are so amazed by this book that they're all like, "no way is this written by a first-time author, it's too freaking good!"  Well, um, turns out they were right -- it wasn't written by a first-time author.  Actually, it was written by the woman herself, the phenomenon we all know as J. K. Rowling.  Who wrote a new book.  And published it under a pseudonym.  Which is kind of insane.  So a book that originally sold like, a couple thousand copies now has the coveted #1 bestseller spot on Amazon; and here at APL, we originally had 1 copy that like, never checked out--now there are 56 holds and the library is buying 7 more copies (yes, needless to say, it IS on my APL holds list).  

I know this isn't necessarily YA-related, since the book in question is an adult title, but does anyone think you'll try it out anyway?  Also, when asked if J.K. Rowling is the actual author of "The Cuckoo's Calling," she and her publisher readily admitted that she is.  Anyone else smell something fishy?  Think this was some sort of genius marketing ploy?  I kind of do.**

By the way, stay tuned for more teen posts!

*Yes, I realize that I am probably the only person on the planet who says "holy freaking cow," and I am totally okay with that.

**But I don't care!  I still love her!

Photobooth! & Harry Potter!

Had to share pictures of a few of APL's teen advisory peeps from last week's teen event (click photos to see a larger image).  The photobooth pictures came out great!  Next week's event is the Harry Potter celebration of Bill Weasley and Fleur Delacour's wedding.  So psyched.  How ridiculous and awesome will it be to watch Bill and Fleur get married in person (not to mention, how amazing will it be to hear them read the ridiculous vows we wrote them? ;)   Come by Bandshell Park on Wednesday, July 10 at 4pm to watch the ceremony, then stay for the butterbeer, cake, and chocolate frogs afterwards!

TAG Meeting Minutes: May 17, 2013

People:

Maria, Fletcher, Izanna, Benji, Alex, Zoe, Maya, Kira, Jordan, Angela

Percy Jackson Plan:

Start out by dividing all participants into either Romans or Greeks Five gods will have activities, Hades, Ares, Apphrodite, Posidean and Zues

Hades: Treasure Hunt Tag

                -start point and end point (door to underworld)

                -person as Hades to be tagger

                -pick up treasure on the way

                -person with most treasure in the end wins

Upcoming Stuff: Earth Day

April means Earth Day!  Also National Poetry Month, Arbor Day, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Tax Day, Record Store Day (so awesome), April Fool's Day, Jazz Appreciation Month, and Administrative Professionals' Day!  I know everyone is dying to have a wild celebration in honor of admin professionals, but I think at APL we'll just stick to Earth Day and National Poetry Month (I myself am a huge fan of both trees and poems, although I am less a fan of poems about trees).

I derive a lot of satisfaction from recycling and upcycling and making cool stuff out of junky stuff, because a)you save something from being tossed and creating more waste on our planet; b)you can make and own something that no one else has; c)your DIY skills and planet-saving savvy will impress that cute kid you've been eyeing; and d)making stuff is probably a better use of my time than watching cat videos on YouTube (or is it...*).

Anyone have any ideas of stuff you'd like to recycle into other stuff sometime in April at APL?  I kind of like these things:

*Yes. yes it is