Gaming Afternoon @ The Mary Jacobs Library

Join us for a Spring Break Special! Thursday, April 5 from 1:30 - 3pm, we'll be playing DDR and Guitar Hero II. We'll also have available some favorite board games.

Feel free to bring your favorite PS2 game (nothing with a mature rating, please). Registration for this event is required. So if you want to come you must call the phone number listed below.

Of course, munchies will be served! Hope to see you there!

The Mary Jacobs Library is located at 64 Washington Street in Rocky Hill. Call us at 609-924-7073 x102

Review of A Murder is Announced

A Murder is Announced is a mystery about an unusal crime. The murder is announced in the local Gazette to take place at 6:30 the next afternoon. And, many make the mistake of thinking it as a murder mystery party, even though it is not. Many arrive that afternoon, to witness the murder. As Detective Insperctor Craddock, and Miss Jane Marple investigate, they go on an interesting journey finding new suspects, more murders, and the final culprit. This book has an amazing and unexpected ending. VERY good, VERY recommended. ...A Miss Marple Story. Reviewed by Liza.

Review of A Great and Terrible Beauty

In A Great and Terrible Beauty, Gemma Doyle is in India with her mom in the market when someone whispers to her mom "Circe." Next thing Gemma knows, is that she runs away from her mom and finds her dead. Later in the book, Gemma finds out the reason her mom was killed a why Gemma might also be killed. Her mother was part of the Order and she was the last person who could open the realms which is another world. Now that her mom is killed, Gemma posseses the power to open the realms. Now Gemma must save her friend and more importantly her mother from the dangers in the realm.
In this book you can feel the magic pulling you in with the suspence. If you are a fantasy loving girl, you will be pulled into this book just like I did. And if you liked this book just as much as I did, there is a sequel called Rebel Angels for you to read. Boys- STAY AWAY! Reviewed by Cathy

Review of Milkweed

The book Milkweed is a moving story about the Holocaust and its horrors. It shows the life a kid going through the rough times and finds a way to find hope. He starts as a orphan living in the streets, slowly finding friends, and not living in a house, but in a horse stable. He grows to find more friends who become family, and help him through his journey. It describes the rough conditions of the mistreatment of the Jews during this time, but still focuses on a young boy learning new things and finding new hope. It s a very interesting book, and is VERY recommended. Reviewd by Liza.

Gossip Girl TV Update

Blake Lively and Leighton Meester are set to star in the CW's drama pilot Gossip Girl, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The show is written by The O.C.'s Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, and directed by Mark Piznarski who has worked on series like Everwood and Veronica Mars.

Leighton Meester (Surface) will play Blair, and Blake Lively (Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) will play Serena.

For more details, go to http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0847169/