'Tis That Time of Year Again...

As the holiday season comes to an end, I am looking over my gifts only to discover I received a ton of bookstore gift cards this year. Now some maybe discouraged to rip open a package only to find a gift card, but not me. After many years of receiving gifts of books I've already read or have no need for, I have finally convinced my friends and family of the value and limitless possibilities of a gift card! So needless to say, I am very grateful this year!

Now comes the hard part of figuring out what to purchase. I have quite a few series I have started and need to continue. Currently, I'm finishing up Fire by Kristin Cashore which I think (and don't hold me to this because I'm not completely finished with it yet) I may like a little more than her previous title, The Graceling. 

                         

My list (so far) of possible titles to purchase (and keep in mind, I tend to lean towards YA titles):
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner's Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart
Fragile Eternity by Melissa Marr
The Mortal Instruments Series by Cassandra Clare
ArchEnemy by Frank Beddor 
Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld
Shiver by Maggie Stiefvater
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia

If anyone is reading this and has some possible suggestions of favorites to either add to the list or comments about the titles mentioned so far, they would be greatly appreciated!

Evil Librarians

I am trying to embed a video into my blog for the first time but I'm not sure if it's gonna work.  The video I found via Fuse #8's blog and is about evil librarians abusing power.  It's hilarious!  (I went ahead and linked it just incase this doesn't work!) 

Evil librarians are beginning to become a popular topic.  Brandon Sanderson has evil librarians as the villains of his popular series (see above).  This makes sense to me because librarians are above all else, resourceful and have plenty of time to plot evilly genius plans to take over the world.

However, we can also use our powers for good such as in the "popular" tv series The Librarian with the ever infamous Noah Wyle (see above). 

But who wants to be good when bad has never looked so good...