World Book Night is Coming! Get Involved!

World Book Night is coming up!  Have you applied to be a giver?  DO IT NOW!  I just did.

If you're not in "the know" about World Nook Night, here's a basic rundown:

On Tuesday, April 23rd, the world will celebrate books!  The love of reading will be spread by volunteers who will give away 500,000 (yes, that's half a million!) books!  You read that right.  Give away.  Share with others. No costs associated.

And now you're thinking, so how does that work?

Basically, individuals (or groups if you have a group of 10 or more willing "givers"), apply to be givers on the website.  If accepted (and most people will be, so don't be all "What if my application isn't good enough?" or "I never get chosen!"), you'll pick up a box of 20 books from your local library or bookseller the week prior to the big night.  The box will contain 20 copies of one awesome title that you selected in your application (chosen from a short, but awesome list).  Then, on World Book Night, you give them away!  You can stand on a street corner and hand them out to passers-by.  You can go to a hospital and give them to patients.  You can host an event at your library or school and give them out.

Got more questions?  Check the FAQ.

Make sure you complete the online application by the deadline: this Friday, January 25th!

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FREE Comic Book Day!

It's the first Saturday in May, and that can mean only one thing: FREE COMIC BOOK DAY!

Go get yours.

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Finding New Homes for Old ARCs

The Parade of Awesome is winding down, and I'm utterly exhausted. It's been a crazy busy summer, and I never even saw the Harry Potter exhibit or movie. In the last week I've travelled back from my two-month stint in Chicago, lazed around on the beach for a few days, and sadly, become computerless. Next week, I move to Virginia, but also head off for a week at the beach before getting down to brass tacks and starting my new job. Talk about a time of transition.

As I pack of my life, I keep coming across more and more ARCs that I've already read and am not sure what I should with them. There are a few that are still-to-be-released that I figure I'll share with my new middle schoolers (Collins' Catching Fire, Dashner's Maze Runner, Chadda's The Devil's Kiss, Brown's Hate List), but there are a few more that are either too mature for middle schoolers (Larbalestier's Liar and Cashore's Fire), already published (Carey's Unknowns, Wolfson's Cold Hands, Warm Heart, Friedman's The Importance of Wings, Gill's Soul Enchilada, Grant's Gone), or both (Kaye's Demon Chick, Wizner's Castration Celebration, Noel's Evermore)...and I have no idea what to do with them.

I'm not packing them up and hauling them to Virginia. I thought about raffling them off on the blog, but I move on Monday, and I think it would be a logistical nightmare to ship them off to individuals. Chucking them just seems like such a waste.

Anyone want to take these off my hands or have a great idea about what I should do with them?

LibrariYAn's First Contest: The Catching Fire Giveaway!

As you may recall, I've been plotting since January on how to acquire an ARC of Catching Fire Suzanne Collins' sequel to the SLJ Battle of the Books-winning The Hunger Games.. The actual book won't be released until September 1st, and I knew that that was just too long to wait for greatness. So there I was at BEA today, and what do you know, I was able to acquire not one, but TWO copies of the ARC! Of course, I don't need two copies. I only need one, so I'm giving one away!

Have I piqued your interest? If so, read on for the details on whatcha need to do to win. If not, what is wrong with you that you don't want an ARC of Catching Fire? You clearly have your priorities in disarray! But I digress...

The Prize: Advanced Reader's Copy (ARC) of Suzanne Collins' novel Catching Fire (sequel to The Hunger Games) AND a mocking jay button*

The Winner: The person who gets the most *new* people to comment on my blog by midnight on Monday, June 1st. Tell everyone you know about LibrariYAn and get them to leave a comment on this post. Make sure you get credit for the comment by also having them include your name as the person who did the referral. (Sample comment might be "Love your blog! Stacy told me how much she loves your posts and that I just *had* to pop over and start reading. I'm so glad I did, and will keep coming back. I too loved The Hunger Games!"). I get new readers, and the person with the most referrals wins a cool prize. Sound fair? Good!

Looking forward to a few new readers!

* similar to the one Katniss wears, but obvi not as cool, since it's just a round black and yellow button and not a classy gold pin.