The Malcolm X Library's Teen Advisory Group meets to provide input on the latest library services, books, movies, games, and music they have been interested in. It helps the library determine what types of materials and programs to offer to teens.
* Members present:
Bill (Youth Services Librarian), A, D1, D2, E, S, T, V
* What Library Services Have You Used in the Past Month?
--A: Books, CDs, Homework Help
--D1: Computers, Homework Help, Art Classes
--T: Computers Laptops, Books (But Didn't Start Reading Them)
--D2: Computers, Activities, Read "The Books"
--S: Books, Movies, Computers, Teen Advisory Board, Book Club, "Chill Spot"
--V: Space for Studying
* What Good Books Have You Read Lately?
--T: Nothing
--D2: Because of Winn Dixie, Juniper
--V: Dubliners, A Mango-Shaped Space, The House on Mango Street
--A: Maximum Ride, Gone, Vampire Kisses
--S: Zlata's Diary, Bloodthirsty, The Bible
--D1: Vampire Academy, Vampire Diaries
* What Movies/TV Shows Have You Been Watching Lately?
--S: Precious, Takers, Splice, Unborn
--A: Wendy Wu, Howl's Moving Castle
--E: The Orphan, Paranomal Activity 1 and 2
--V: Inception, The Kids Are All Right, Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles
--D2: The Twilight Zone
--T: Nothing
--D1: Annie, Glee, Night Gallery Bones
* What Games (Board/Video) Have You Been Playing Lately?
--V: Dungeons & Dragons Online, Lord of the Rings Online, Clue, Backstories
--A: Dungeons & Dragons Online, Duel Monsters, Disney's Sing It!
--S: Gaia Online, A 'Game' Called "Talk About Poeple Who Look Striaght Up Nasty"
--D2: Twister, Memory, Breakdancing
--T: Gaia Online
--D1: Gaia Online, Candyland, Sorry Monopoly
* What Music Have You Been Listening to Lately?
--D: Fireworks by Katy Perry, Kharma Chamelon by Boy George, Through the Rain
--E: Do You Remember? by Jay Sean
--V: Captain Beefheart, Coldplay, Laurie Anderson, Jay-Z, Killers, Kraftwerk, Jimi Hendrix
--S: Linkin Park, Wake Me Up Inside, Pocketful of Sunshine, Hallelujah
--D2: Slash, Bruno Mars
* Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 9, 6:30 pm. All Young Adults are invited to attend!
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, November 18, 2010
"What'cha Been Reading?" Book Club Meeting November 2010
Books We Discussed at our November 18, 2010 Meeting
At the "What'cha Been Reading?" Book Club we casually discuss anything we've been reading while enjoying snacks. It is fun and a great way to find out about books worth reading.
* Scott Pilgrim (Series) by Brian Lee O'Malley
--Effectively melds romance, video games, rock music, and cool artwork
--"He shouldn't go out with her! He's a cheater!"
--"He's like Joe Jonas."
* Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
--The book is "pretty good."
--"The cover is misleading because the girl doesn't look African-American like she is in the book."
--She is sort of like Amelia Earhart
* MacBeth by Wiliam Shakespeare
--It is "good but sad"
--The language isn't too difficult to understand
--"My school keeps calling and harassing my mom to attend a play of MacBeth for $4 a ticket!"
* Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
--"Oh snap! She became a vampire for him! And had a kid! OMG!"
--"I like it because it's not realistic and I like to escape from the real world."
* Series of Unfortunate Events (series) by Lemony Snicket
--"I stopped at book 7 because I got bored."
--"My teacher said it was 'too little' and didn't count much toward my reading requirements."
* US History Textbook
--"I used to try to be sick so I could avoid reading it, but I started to get into it."
--The British are "liars" because they promised the slaves they'd have freedom if they fought the colonialists but never stuck to their word
* The Wizard of Oz (series) by L. Frank Baum
--If you've only seen the movie, the books are quite different. In the first book, for example, the Tin Man uses his axe to take down a flock of attacking birds.
--The characters are very colorful and imaginative
* Dr. Seuss books
--"I have a acrush on the Cat in the Hat. I'd go on a date with him."
--We all admitted we've had crushes on characters from books (and other forms of media) at one time or another!
* Next Month's "What'cha Been Reading?" Book Club Meeting
Thursday, December 16, 3:30 pm. Please join us!
At the "What'cha Been Reading?" Book Club we casually discuss anything we've been reading while enjoying snacks. It is fun and a great way to find out about books worth reading.
* Scott Pilgrim (Series) by Brian Lee O'Malley
--Effectively melds romance, video games, rock music, and cool artwork
--"He shouldn't go out with her! He's a cheater!"
--"He's like Joe Jonas."
* Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith
--The book is "pretty good."
--"The cover is misleading because the girl doesn't look African-American like she is in the book."
--She is sort of like Amelia Earhart
* MacBeth by Wiliam Shakespeare
--It is "good but sad"
--The language isn't too difficult to understand
--"My school keeps calling and harassing my mom to attend a play of MacBeth for $4 a ticket!"
* Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
--"Oh snap! She became a vampire for him! And had a kid! OMG!"
--"I like it because it's not realistic and I like to escape from the real world."
* Series of Unfortunate Events (series) by Lemony Snicket
--"I stopped at book 7 because I got bored."
--"My teacher said it was 'too little' and didn't count much toward my reading requirements."
* US History Textbook
--"I used to try to be sick so I could avoid reading it, but I started to get into it."
--The British are "liars" because they promised the slaves they'd have freedom if they fought the colonialists but never stuck to their word
* The Wizard of Oz (series) by L. Frank Baum
--If you've only seen the movie, the books are quite different. In the first book, for example, the Tin Man uses his axe to take down a flock of attacking birds.
--The characters are very colorful and imaginative
* Dr. Seuss books
--"I have a acrush on the Cat in the Hat. I'd go on a date with him."
--We all admitted we've had crushes on characters from books (and other forms of media) at one time or another!
* Next Month's "What'cha Been Reading?" Book Club Meeting
Thursday, December 16, 3:30 pm. Please join us!
November Teen Council Meeting Update
Topics Discussed on November 17, 2010
* Getting Organized: What is Our Plan?
--Teens plan and run their own programs, with Youth Services Librarian acting as adviser.
--Teens take on roles as needed.
* Event for December 7
--Plan: A chairty drive for homeless teens
--Attendees who donate an item get hot chocolate and cookies!
--Teen Council will contact organization working with homeless teens to plan event
* Recruiting New Members
--Best method: Word of mouth
--Bring along friends who are responsible and would do well as Teen Council members
* Chatting About What We're Interested In
--"What Library Services Do You Use?"
--Reading/Books
--Internet
--Homework Help (sometimes)
--For a quiet place ("But it's not!")
--"Do You Read for Fun?"
--"All the time. I ran into a pole because I was reading."
--"Twilight, but nothing else."
--"Books? Nah. Movies? Oooooh!"
--"What Types of Movies Do You Like?"
--Toy Story 3
--Scary movies
--Guardians of Ga'Hoole
--Chronicles of Narnia (to watch close to Christmas)
--Alpha and Omega
--"What Type of Music Do You Like?"
--Disney music (Another teen immediately said "No!")
--Hip-hop
--Old-school
--Everything!
--Justin Bieber
--Trey Songz
* Teen Council Facebook Page
--The Teen Council is thinking of starting a Facebook page. Fun!
* Next Meeting
There will be no Teen Council meeting in December. The next one will be in January 2011. Stay tuned for a date and time!
* Getting Organized: What is Our Plan?
--Teens plan and run their own programs, with Youth Services Librarian acting as adviser.
--Teens take on roles as needed.
* Event for December 7
--Plan: A chairty drive for homeless teens
--Attendees who donate an item get hot chocolate and cookies!
--Teen Council will contact organization working with homeless teens to plan event
* Recruiting New Members
--Best method: Word of mouth
--Bring along friends who are responsible and would do well as Teen Council members
* Chatting About What We're Interested In
--"What Library Services Do You Use?"
--Reading/Books
--Internet
--Homework Help (sometimes)
--For a quiet place ("But it's not!")
--"Do You Read for Fun?"
--"All the time. I ran into a pole because I was reading."
--"Twilight, but nothing else."
--"Books? Nah. Movies? Oooooh!"
--"What Types of Movies Do You Like?"
--Toy Story 3
--Scary movies
--Guardians of Ga'Hoole
--Chronicles of Narnia (to watch close to Christmas)
--Alpha and Omega
--"What Type of Music Do You Like?"
--Disney music (Another teen immediately said "No!")
--Hip-hop
--Old-school
--Everything!
--Justin Bieber
--Trey Songz
* Teen Council Facebook Page
--The Teen Council is thinking of starting a Facebook page. Fun!
* Next Meeting
There will be no Teen Council meeting in December. The next one will be in January 2011. Stay tuned for a date and time!
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
October Teen Council Meeting Update
Topics Discussed on October 20, 2010:
* Yummin' Without the Oven
--What went well: Lots of people attended, Teen Council members did a good job running it
--Ideas for the future: More hands-on activities for people
* Recommendations for Movies to Show
--Suggestions: Shrek 4, Iron Man, G-Force, Escape from Witch Mountain, Percy Jackson, Hotel for Dogs, Nancy Drew, Spy Next Door, Hanna Montana, iCarly, Spongebob, Harry Potter
* Teen Blog
--Is anyone contributing? What can we do to get more people to contribute? Should we keep it going?
* MX Library Facebook Page
--Everyone on Facebook should "Like" the library's Facebook page so as to keep up to date with events!
* Upcoming Events
--The library has a great deal of events teens would like, such as Team Otaku! (3:30 pm on Fridays), Saturday Morning Adventurers (11:00 am on Saturdays), a monthly Book Club, a monthly craft program, movie screenings, and more!
* "Homework"
--Come up with suggestions for future Teen Council-led events.
* Next Meeting
--The next Teen Council Meeting is Wednesday, November 17, 6:30 pm at the Malcolm X Library
* Yummin' Without the Oven
--What went well: Lots of people attended, Teen Council members did a good job running it
--Ideas for the future: More hands-on activities for people
* Recommendations for Movies to Show
--Suggestions: Shrek 4, Iron Man, G-Force, Escape from Witch Mountain, Percy Jackson, Hotel for Dogs, Nancy Drew, Spy Next Door, Hanna Montana, iCarly, Spongebob, Harry Potter
* Teen Blog
--Is anyone contributing? What can we do to get more people to contribute? Should we keep it going?
* MX Library Facebook Page
--Everyone on Facebook should "Like" the library's Facebook page so as to keep up to date with events!
* Upcoming Events
--The library has a great deal of events teens would like, such as Team Otaku! (3:30 pm on Fridays), Saturday Morning Adventurers (11:00 am on Saturdays), a monthly Book Club, a monthly craft program, movie screenings, and more!
* "Homework"
--Come up with suggestions for future Teen Council-led events.
* Next Meeting
--The next Teen Council Meeting is Wednesday, November 17, 6:30 pm at the Malcolm X Library
Friday, September 3, 2010
Reading Review: Lord of the Flies By William Golding
Imagine if your school was on an airplane for a school trip and unexpectedly the airplane crashes on a uncharted island. Now...there are no adults what-so-ever and you and your classmates have the island all to yourselves. Do you keep the order of civilization or give into your instinctual desires to survive? Well this what happens to Ralph and his classmates. They crash and no grown-ups survive the accident and eventually they find the other surviving boys and they decided to unite in hope of being rescued. At first, everything goes smoothly, but then the boys lose the aspiration to go home and thus havoc ensues.William Golding delivers a wonderful example that there may be evil in all of us if you put us in the right circumstances.
This is no way a super-easy read. There is a lot of symbolism like, which boy represents the evil in mankind and which represents the good. There are even some references to the Bible in this book. I'm not saying you have to know everything to understand this book, but you do have to keep an eye out and make note on each of the boys personalties.
This went past my expectations. I thought it would a boring lecture about human morals,but I was proven wrong. This book is quite funny, though I will warn you; there's a lot of violence in it as well (a lot more than I thought). The book might make you a little uneasy when you find out the true meaning behind the book and who the real "Lord of the Flies" is. I highly recommend that you picture your classmates as the characters in Lord of the Flies, because it makes the story seems more real and you connect with a characters much better.
Because of the gore, cussing, and somewhat disturbing message, I recommend that this book be recommended to twelve years olds and up. Anyone younger might not understand it, become bored easily, or have nightmares the following night. Besides that, This is a fabulous book and there is a reason we're still reading it 56 year later.
This is no way a super-easy read. There is a lot of symbolism like, which boy represents the evil in mankind and which represents the good. There are even some references to the Bible in this book. I'm not saying you have to know everything to understand this book, but you do have to keep an eye out and make note on each of the boys personalties.
This went past my expectations. I thought it would a boring lecture about human morals,but I was proven wrong. This book is quite funny, though I will warn you; there's a lot of violence in it as well (a lot more than I thought). The book might make you a little uneasy when you find out the true meaning behind the book and who the real "Lord of the Flies" is. I highly recommend that you picture your classmates as the characters in Lord of the Flies, because it makes the story seems more real and you connect with a characters much better.
Because of the gore, cussing, and somewhat disturbing message, I recommend that this book be recommended to twelve years olds and up. Anyone younger might not understand it, become bored easily, or have nightmares the following night. Besides that, This is a fabulous book and there is a reason we're still reading it 56 year later.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Hello from Malcolm X Library's Youth Services Librarian
Hello everyone! My name is Bill and I am the Youth Services Librarian at the Malcolm X Library. I have worked for the San Diego Public Library system since 1993 (which might even be before some Teen Council members were born!), and I transferred to the Malcolm X Library in January of this year.
Even though I'm writing this post, the focus of this blog will be content created by the library's teens. The blog is run by the Teen Council, and I'm here to provide support and guidance as needed. The idea is for the blog to truly be "for teens, by teens." I think that just by using a phrase like that I'm proving that I'm "old" and probably don't write the type of content that most teens would consider "cool." haha!
I wanted to point out that you don't have to be a Teen Council member to write for the blog. Any teen who has something to share is free to submit content. Maybe you've read a good book lately or you've seen a movie that you think everyone should avoid at all costs. Perhaps you've heard a really catchy song that people might not know about or you just got your hands on a really great video game. Submit whatever you'd like to share and let your voice be heard!
Since I'm taking the time to post something on the blog, I might as well write a little bit about something that has captured my attention lately. When I'm not busy being a librarian, I'm a huge video game nerd. My favorite thing to do is spend time with my family... but playing video games is a close second!
Recently I have been playing an XBox 360 (Live Arcade) game called Hydro Thunder: Hurricane, which is an over-the-top racer featuing souped-up boats blasting through amusement park-like water courses at breakneck speeds. Each level is cleverly designed and features a unique theme, such as an tropical island where giant monsters roam the waters. Hurrican is actual a sequel to the original Hydro Thunder, a game I put countless hours into years ago on my Sega Dreamcast. For $15, it provides more than enough fun material to warrant its fairly low price.
Thanks for taking the time to visit the Teen Council blog (and reading my long post!), and I hope you'll give us a hand by writing something for it. Also, be sure to check out the events we have going on at the library. We have all kinds of fun things to do, like Teen Craft programs, video game events, and a Teen Book Club. I hope to see you at our library soon!
Even though I'm writing this post, the focus of this blog will be content created by the library's teens. The blog is run by the Teen Council, and I'm here to provide support and guidance as needed. The idea is for the blog to truly be "for teens, by teens." I think that just by using a phrase like that I'm proving that I'm "old" and probably don't write the type of content that most teens would consider "cool." haha!
I wanted to point out that you don't have to be a Teen Council member to write for the blog. Any teen who has something to share is free to submit content. Maybe you've read a good book lately or you've seen a movie that you think everyone should avoid at all costs. Perhaps you've heard a really catchy song that people might not know about or you just got your hands on a really great video game. Submit whatever you'd like to share and let your voice be heard!
Since I'm taking the time to post something on the blog, I might as well write a little bit about something that has captured my attention lately. When I'm not busy being a librarian, I'm a huge video game nerd. My favorite thing to do is spend time with my family... but playing video games is a close second!
Recently I have been playing an XBox 360 (Live Arcade) game called Hydro Thunder: Hurricane, which is an over-the-top racer featuing souped-up boats blasting through amusement park-like water courses at breakneck speeds. Each level is cleverly designed and features a unique theme, such as an tropical island where giant monsters roam the waters. Hurrican is actual a sequel to the original Hydro Thunder, a game I put countless hours into years ago on my Sega Dreamcast. For $15, it provides more than enough fun material to warrant its fairly low price.
Thanks for taking the time to visit the Teen Council blog (and reading my long post!), and I hope you'll give us a hand by writing something for it. Also, be sure to check out the events we have going on at the library. We have all kinds of fun things to do, like Teen Craft programs, video game events, and a Teen Book Club. I hope to see you at our library soon!
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Welcome Everyone!
Hello everybody! Welcome to our blog! This blog is here for book reviews, recipes, movie reviews, magazine reviews, upcoming events, and more! We're here to let the teens have their voices heard here at the Malcolm X Library. But it won't just be you at this blog. The Teen Council of the Malcolm X Library is hard at work creating events and workshops for the community to attend. Be sure to stay in touch so you can catch all the events and so you can sign up too.We hope people like you keep this blog alive with your wonderful submissions.
~Your Teen Council
~Your Teen Council
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