Archive for October, 2008

Happy Halloween

Posted by DBRLTeen on Friday, October 31st, 2008

Happy Halloween from the Tiny Masters of Today (friends of our dbrlteen myspace – see www.myspace.com/dbrlteen.  According to Vanity Fair, the Tiny Masters are “cooler than you’ll ever be.”

The Tiny Masters of Today are an American indie punk rock band, consisting of sibling duo Ivan, born February 21, 1994 (1994-02-21) (age 14) and Ada, born March 4, 1996 (1996-03-04) (age 12) both from Brooklyn, New York.

Read the Wikipedia article.

Visit the Tiny Masters website.

Stamp Show, Sunday Nov. 2

Posted by DBRLTeen on Thursday, October 30th, 2008

Columbia Philatelic (Stamp Collectors) Society will have a stamp show at the library!  Displays and collections from many countries, and lots of questions and answers from the experts.

Columbia - Friends Room
Sunday Nov. 2
1:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

What’s Going On in Columbia?

Posted by DBRLTeen on Friday, October 24th, 2008

Check out the iheartcolumbia blog of interesting events happening in Columbia!

http://iheartcolumbia.com/

Quidditch, anyone?

Posted by DBRLTeen on Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

If you work hard enough in high school you’ll be able to go to a good college and play quidditch.  Muggles welcome!

2008 Teen Top Ten Books Announced

Posted by DBRLTeen on Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

More than 8,000 teens from across the country voiced their choice for their favorite books in the annual Teens’ Top Ten poll during Teen Read Week, Oct. 12-18, with “Eclipse,” the third book in Meyer’s vampire series easily taking first place. This is Meyer’s second time atop the Teens’ Top Ten list, as “New Moon” took the top slot last year.

Here’s the full list:

  1. Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
  2. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J. K. Rowling
  3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
  4. Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead
  5. Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
  6. City of Bones by Cassandra Clare
  7. The Sweet Far Thing by Libba Bray
  8. Extras by Scott Westerfeld
  9. Before I Die by Jenny Downham
  10. Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson