Teen Read Week 2016 Winners

GS LRC: Top Library Users & Borrowers (September 2016)

Top Library Users

Mr. Paul Daniella R. Alagar

MAPEH Area

Theophilus Aragorn R. Carpina

4 - Kindness

Top Library Borrowers

Ms. Kathleen R. Jimenez

MAPEH Area

Jay Kris A. Jarcia

3 - Truthfulness

Aithan Mari Reingelo H. Camo

3 - Truthfulness

Jessica Noelle S. Cuevas

3 - Fidelity

Level and Section with the Highest Library Attendance

3 - Fidelity

Ms. Maribel M. Lopez

(Adviser)

(HS LRC) October Book of the Month - Lisey's Story

Since his first novel was published in 1974, Stephen King has stretched the boundaries of the written word through the years by not only bringing horror to new heights but trying his hand at nearly every possible genre, including children's books, graphic novels, serial novels, literary fiction, nonfiction, westerns, fantasy, and even e-books. He accomplishes one more feat by breaking hearts with an expertly crafted tale of an epic interior journey full of grief and discovery without covering much physical terrain.

Meet the complex and lonely Lisey: middle-aged widow of a famous and wildly successful novelist. Every marriage has two hearts but this one comes in light and dark...

The book tells two intimate stories set in the present and one is about her beloved. She finds out he set about providing for her upon seeing things coming for Lisey before his untimely death proving his deep and enduring love for her.

It won't seem to be your father's kind of King at first impression since it's nothing like The Shining, Salem's Lot, or even Cell.

If, as Stephen has said, Misery was his love letter to fans, Lisey's Story is a love letter to his wife, written from the perspective of his death as the genesis for the story was an incident in June 1999 when he was hit by a van and seriously injured. While Stephen was in the hospital, his wife decided to redesign his study. Upon coming home and seeing his belongings in boxes, he saw an image of how the place would look like after his death. Fitting when Lisey’s Story is full of references to other books, songs, poems and movies which all add up to the world that had meaning to the dead. Stephen actually thinks it's his best book yet and has stated that it's his favorite of the novels he has written.

(GS LRC) October Book of the Month - 365 Horror Tales

Tired of reading Goosebumps to get your hairs raising and your blood racing? In the 2001 film Vanilla Sky, one of the main characters tells another that “the sweet is never as sweet without the sour . . . and I know the sour.” He meant that he’d had a hard life, so when good things happened to him, he appreciated them more just like when you read horror and feel on some level  that the fictional character has an even harder life than you.

And perhaps if someone has a good life, horror gives them a contrast. Bad hair day? Well, at least zombies aren’t after you. Can't buy that new toy? Could be worse: you could be dealing with the end of the world.

This month's feature is easy to read not only because each of the terrifying stories are short but the book is meant to be read every day in a year, hence 365, so you can either finish the whole thing on your free time or scare yourself slowly...

Each story is complete in itself by arousing suspense but the cause of each terror is an underlying issue to captivate the attention of a reader and fuel every imaginative mind.

If that hasn't got you hooked yet, there's lot of colorful self-explanatory illustrations to accompany each story so you won't really get bored. All the thrilling stories are simply told although they sure won't fail to attract experienced readers because of the plot variety. Before you celebrate All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day by visiting your dead loved ones, why not start reading 365 Horror Tales to warm up?