Hello Thomas Branigan Memorial Library!

So, I am finally in NM. And I went today and got my library card! YAY!! I can't tell you how excited I am to have a working library card again. Even though my new library (TBML?) doesn't have the same loan rules and stuff as AADL. But it's still AWESOME!

Now all I need to internet access at home!

Oh, and to find my little "books read" book b/c I seem to have lost it in the moving shuffle. :(

Goodbye AADL!

In two days I will have to say goodbye to the Ann Arbor District Library. Not working there, but as a patron. I will be moving to New Mexico in exactly a week, but on Saturday, I will be leaving Ann Arbor for good.

I have to turn in all my library books! Right now, I have less than 10 out and it seems so weird! Has that ever happened? :) I was frantically trying to finish them before I had to leave, but I was just too ambitious. Ah, well... My goodbye letter:

Dear AADL,

Despite the craziness that occurs when someone is an employee there, you are an excellent library. I will DEFINITELY miss the four weeks you can have books, the unlimited renewals of items, the no limit on how many items you can take out, the 50 item limit on interlibrary loans, and the fantastic selection. And the new branches. And of course, all my library friends. Please know that I will always think of you fondly. And perhaps, I will be back! :) Please don't miss me too much, although I was an ideal employee and an ideal patron (very very few fines & I always read my books with holds on them first!).

Sincerely,
Dawn

PS. I won't hold it against you that Remus & the Lupins are coming the day AFTER I leave Ann Arbor!

Will I ever get this done?

A - As If Being 12 3/4 Isn't Bad Enough, My Mother Is Running for President! by Donna Gephart
B - Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale
C - A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt
D - Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend by Victoria Laurie
E - Evernight by Claudia Gray
F - The Four Dorothys by Paul Ruditis
G - Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris
H - Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt
I -
J -
K -
L - Leven Thumps and the Whispered Secret by Obert Skye
M - A Mystery of Wolves (Little Fur) by Isobelle Carmody
N - Nothing Pink by Mark Hardy
O -
P - Pretty Little Devils by Nancy Holder
Q -
R - River Secrets by Shannon Hale
S - Stargazer by Claudia Gray
T - Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
U - Unhappy Medium (Suddenly Supernatural) by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel
V - Vegan Virgin Valentine by Carolyn Mackler
W - What Happened to Cass McBride? by Gail Giles
X - Far from Xanadu by Julie Anne Peters
Y -
Z -

books i've read may 2009

5.1.09

• The Doghouse by Jan Thomas (PB)
• Henry's Night by D.B. Johnson & Linda Michelin (PB)
• There's Nothing to Do on Mars by Chris Gall (PB)
• The Foggy Foggy Forest by Nick Sharratt (PB)
• Loose Leashes by Amy Schmidt & Ron Schmidt (PB)
• A Charmed Death by Madelyn Alt (A)

5.2.09

• Nothing Pink by Mark Hardy (YA)
• Moonpowder by John Rocco (PB)
• Henry Climbs a Mountain by D.B. Johnson (PB)
• Henry Builds a Cabin by D.B. Johnson (PB)
• Henry Works by D.B. Johnson (PB)
• Henry Hikes to Fitchburg by D.B. Johnson (PB)
• River Secrets by Shannon Hale (YA)

5.3.09

• Tales from Outer Suburbia by Shaun Tan (GN)

5.5.09

• Wild Ones #4 by Kiyo Fujiwara (M)
• Wild Adapter #6 by Kazuya Minekura (M)

5.6.09

• Grave Sight by Charlaine Harris (A)
• Pretty Little Devils by Nancy Holder (YA)

5.7.09

• What Would You Do If You Ran the World? by Shelly Rachanow (A-NF)

5.10.09

• Destiny Kills by Keri Arthur (A)

5.12.09

• Hex Marks the Spot by Madelyn Alt (A)

5.13.09

• B.P.R.D.: 1946 by Mike Mignola, Joshua Dysart, & Paul Azaceta (GN)

5.18.09

• How to Get Married by Me, the Bride by Sally Lloyd-Jones & Sue Heap (PB)
• Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms by Julia Rawlinson & Tiphanie Beeke (PB)
• Bear's Picture by Daniel Pinkwater & D.B. Johnson (PB)

5.19.09

• Love Attack #3 by Shizuru Seino (M)
• Rosario + Vampire #1 by Akihisa Ikeda (M)
• Professor Winsnicker's Book of Proper Etiquette for Well-Mannered Sycophants by Clover Ernest & Obert Skye (Y)
• Wild Ones #5 by Kiyo Fujiwara (M)
• Wild Ones #6 by Kiyo Fujiwara (M)

5.20.09

• Jack of Fables: Turning Pages by Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Russ Braun, Tony Akins, Jose Marzan Jr., & Andrew Pepoy (GN)
• The Wallflower #19 by Tomoko Hayakawa (M)
• The Eternal Smile by Gene Luen Yang & Derek Kirk Kim (GN)
• Nana #16 by Ai Yazawa (M)

5.22.09

• The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan (YA)
• Pillage by Obert Skye (YA)
• Wanted by Matsuri Hino (M)
• The Higher Power of Lucky by Susan Patron (Y)
• Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott (YA)

5.23.09

• Lucky Breaks by Susan Patron (Y)
• Keeping You a Secret by Julie Anne Peters (YA)

5.24.09

• Evermore by Alyson Noel (YA)
• Dead Is the New Black by Marlene Perez (YA)

5.25.09

• Owly: Tiny Tales by Andy Runton (GN)
• Babymouse: The Musical by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (GN)
• Babymouse: Puppy Love by Jennifer L. Holm & Matthew Holm (GN)

5.26.09

• Take a Chance on Me by Cecily von Ziegesar (YA)

5.27.09

• The Forest of Hands and Teeth by Carrie Ryan (YA)
• The Library Diaries by Ann Miketa (A-NF)

5.28.09

• Moonlight by Rachel Hawthorne (YA)
• Rosario + Vampire #2 by Akihisa Ikeda (M)
• Close the Last Door! #1 by Yugi Yamada (M)
• Dead Is a State of Mine by Marlene Perez (YA)

5.29.09

• Does This Book Make Me Look Fat? edited by Marissa Walsh (YA)

5.30.09

• Little Vampire by Joann Sfar (GN)
• Dead Is So Last Year by Marlene Perez (YA)

5.31.09

• Life Sucks by Jessica Abel, Gabe Soria, & Warren Pleece (GN)
• Squirrel's World by Lisa Mosher & Valeri Gorbachev (Y)
• Pitch Black by Youme Landowne & Anthony Horton (GN)

total 05.09: 59

13 picture books; 4 adult fiction; 15 young adult fiction; 10 graphic novels; 11 manga; 2 adult non fiction; 4 youth fiction